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BOX OFFICE CONTACT POINT & FIRST AID FORAGES MEETING POINT FEASTS & WORKSHOPS TOILETS STREET MARKETS PEDESTRIAN ACCESS St Michael’s Centre WATER REFILL P PARKING

BAILEY PARK ‘PARK & WALK’ P TO NEVILL HALL DISABLED HOSPITAL PARKING MADE IN ARTS MARKET

TIVERTON PRODUCERS’ MARKET CHADWICK’S & WINE THE MARKET CHAPEL HORSINGTON’S TASTING YARD WORKSHOPS Portico Lounge ENTRANCE STREET & NIGHT MARKET

UPPER N BREWERY YARD AREA THEATRE MARKET HALL NEW PRODUCERS’ MARKET EXIT ONLY TASTING WORKSHOPS Priory Centre THE ART FISH & FIZZ SHOP MARKET

THE KING’S ANGEL HOTEL ARMS ST JOHN’S SQUARE

ANGEL BAKERY LINDA VISTA GARDENS P DISABLED BUS PARKING STATION STREET DRINKS’ THEATRE TO CASTLE MARKET & Timothy Oulton MEADOWS FARMYARD ‘PARK & WALK’ Farming Matters Stage P At The Dome Kids’ Cookery School TO THE TRAINS, A40, A465, M4 Over Fire THE CASTLE

Cookery School INFORMATION

Contents Cynnwys Information Street Food & Night Market 51 Welcome 2 Cookery School 52 Croeso 3 Fringe Festival 54 About the Festival 5 Wild & Foraged 56 Festival Information 6 Newbies Guide to the Festival 58 The Festival at a Glance 8 Markets Events Market Listings 61 Event Listings 14 The Castle 62 Market Hall 64 Upper & Lower Brewery Yard 66 Highlights Castle Street Market/ 70 Feasts 28 The Farmyard Focus on Monmouthshire 30 Made In Monmouthshire 74 Merchandise 33 Horsington’s Yard 76 In Conversation 34 Tiverton Producers’ Market 78 Demos 36 Cheese & Wine 82 Kids’ Cookery School 39 The Priory 84 Castle Street Market/ 40 (Fish & Fizz, New Producers’) The Farmyard Street Markets 89 The Castle 42 Drinks’ Theatre 47 A-Z of Stallholders 92 Family Guide to the Festival 48 Refill at AFF 49 Thank You 104

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Welcome, Croeso, Ni allwn eich croesawu i’r Fenni heb ddiolch yn fawr i gefnogwyr a noddwyr yr ŵyl. INFORMATION Gallwch ddod o hyd i restr lawn ym mlaen Another warm welcome to our 21st edition Croeso cynnes arall i’n 21ain rhifyn o Ŵyl y canllaw hwn, ond hoffwn neilltuo ennyd of the Food Festival. It’s a Fwyd y Fenni. Pleser o’r mwyaf yw croesawu i dynnu sylw at y sefydliadau newydd sy’n pleasure to welcome visitors, old and new, to ymwelwyr, hen a newydd, i’r Fenni y ymuno â ni yn 2019: mae Unearthed, Æcorn Abergavenny this festival weekend. penwythnos hwn ar gyfer yr ŵyl. Aperitifs a Maple o Ganada yn newydd i’r This guide aims to give you all the information digwyddiad, a byddant yn ychwanegu llwyth you need to make the most of our jam- Nod y canllaw hwn yw rhoi’r holl wybodaeth o bethau i chi eu gweld, eu blasu a’u gwneud packed, food-filled programme. Our festival y mae arnoch ei hangen i fanteisio i’r eithaf trwy gydol yr ŵyl. site maps will help you to discover the wide ar ein rhaglen llawn dop, llawn bwyd. range of activities that the festival has to offer Bydd y mapiau o safle ein gŵyl yn eich Rydym wedi datblygu ardal ein Buarth Fferm across the town. Look out for festival signs helpu i ddarganfod yr amrywiaeth eang o wanted to take a moment to highlight the new ymhellach ym maes parcio Stryd y Castell displayed around the town, as well as our weithgareddau sydd gan yr ŵyl i’w chynnig organisations joining us in 2019: Unearthed; ym mhen uchaf y dref. Yma, byddwch yn stewards and town ambassadors who can ledled y dref. Cadwch lygad am arwyddion yr Æcorn Aperitifs and Maple from Canada are darganfod rhaglen lawn o sgyrsiau a dadleuon help out with any directions. ŵyl wedi’u harddangos ar hyd a lled y dref, yn all new to the event, and are going to add ar lwyfan materion ffermio Banc Triodos; ogystal â’n stiwardiaid a llysgenhadon y dref a a huge amount for you to see, taste and do gall y plant ryngweithio â’n sw bridiau prin; Here at food fest HQ we’re very excited all eich helpu gydag unrhyw gyfeiriadau. throughout the festival. mae yna babell gweithgareddau i’r teulu, sy’n about the programme of events at this year’s cynnwys digon i gadw’r plantos yn brysur, heb festival. We are honoured to welcome some Yma ym mhencadlys yr ŵyl fwyd, rydym We have further developed our Farmyard sôn am y tractorau i ddringo drostynt. of the finest thinkers in food from across the wedi’n cyffroi’n lân ynghylch y rhaglen o area in the Castle Street car park at the top of At hynny, fe ddowch o hyd i gaffi a bar Triodos globe. Godfather of the modern fermentation ddigwyddiadau yn yr ŵyl eleni. Braint yw the town. Here you will find a full programme gan Tiny Rebel yn yr ardal hon, lle perffaith i movement, Sandor Katz, joins us all the way croesawu rhai o’r meddylwyr gorau ym maes of talks and debates on the Triodos Bank ymlacio â’ch traed i fyny am ychydig. from the United States; the irrepressible bwyd o bob cwr o’r byd. Bydd pencampwr farming matters stage; the kids can interact and Trevor Gulliver from y mudiad eplesu modern, Sandor Katz, yn with our rare breed petting zoo; there is I fyny wrth y Castell, fe welwch ysgol St JOHN restaurant are coming to look back ymuno â ni yr holl ffordd o’r Unol Daleithiau; a family activities tent with loads to goginio i’r plant, sy’n cael ei chyflwyno at 25 years at the forefront of the British bydd yr anorchfygol Fergus Henderson a the little ones busy, not to mention the big mewn partneriaeth â’r Ysgol Goginio ac gastronomic revolution; not to mention the Trevor Gulliver o fwyty St JOHN yn dod i fwrw tractors to climb on. Also, in this area you’ll Ysgol Annibynnol Rougemont. Cynhelir many additional chefs, drinks experts, food golwg yn ôl dros 25 mlynedd yn rheng flaen find the Triodos Bank Café and a bar from dosbarthiadau rhad ac am ddim i blant yma writers and authors exploring everything y chwyldro gastronomaidd Prydeinig; heb Tiny Rebel, a perfect place to put your feet up trwy gydol y penwythnos, ond gofalwch eich from cooking with your garden (Josh anghofio’r amryw o gogyddion, arbenigwyr for a while. bod wedi archebu eich lle gan eu bod yn Eggleton, Market Hall stage), to the rise of the diodydd, ysgrifenwyr am fwyd ac awduron a llenwi’n gyflym. #MeToo movement in professional fydd yn archwilio popeth o goginio gyda’ch Up at the Castle you’ll find the Kids Cookery (The Dome, The Castle). gardd lysiau (Josh Eggleton, llwyfan Neuadd School delivered in partnership with Cook Rydym yn falch iawn o gael ailgyflwyno ein y Farchnad), i dwf y mudiad #MeToo mewn School and Rougemont Independent School. Gŵyl Nadolig flynyddol yn 2019. Nodwch y Abergavenny Food Festival aims to bring ceginau proffesiynol (The Dome, The Castle). There will be free kids’ cookery classes dyddiad, sef dydd Sul 8 Rhagfyr, a dewch yn together the food, farming and hospitality running here all weekend, but make sure barod i brynu eich holl nwyddau ar gyfer y communities from across the UK, to enjoy Nod Gŵyl Fwyd y Fenni yw dwyn cymunedau you’ve booked your place as they fill up fast. Nadolig. 3-days of discussion and debate on the future bwyd, ffermio a lletygarwch o bob cwr o’r of food. The 2019 programme includes more Deyrnas Unedig ynghyd, a hynny er mwyn We’re excited to bring back our annual Gan ddymuno penwythnos gwych i chi ar diversity, more women, and more young iddynt fwynhau tridiau o drafodaeth a Christmas in 2019. Save the date for gyfer yr ŵyl. chefs and farmers than ever before. We are dadleuon am ddyfodol bwyd. Mae rhaglen Sunday 8th December and come ready to particularly proud to offer such a wider range 2019 yn cynnwys mwy o amrywiaeth, mwy stock up on all your goodies for the festive Aine Morris of ways for you, our visitors, to experience o fenywod, a mwy o gogyddion a ffermwyr . Prif Weithredwr good food and drink. ifanc nag erioed o’r blaen. Rydym yn arbennig o falch o gynnig amrywiaeth mor eang o Wishing you a wonderful festival weekend. We can’t welcome you to Abergavenny ffyrdd i chi, ein hymwelwyr, brofi bwyd a diod without saying a huge thank you to our da. Aine Morris festival supporters and sponsors. You can Chief Executive find a full list at the front of this guide, but I

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About The Festival Gwybodaeth Am Yr Ŵyl

Since its inception in 1999, Abergavenny All information in the festival guide is correct Food Festival has grown to become the at the time of going to press but may be largest food festival in , attracting subject to change. some of the UK’s best chefs, food producers, farmers, cooks and campaigners to our Welsh market town.

The award-winning festival exhibits over 270 of the UK’s finest food and drink producers, Join the including young farmers and innovative new food businesses, alongside our programme conversation! of events, including tasting workshops, masterclasses, chef demos, cookery classes, discussion and debates, all designed to get you shopping locally, growing your own and @afoodfestival #AFF2019 cooking up a storm. We are known for being an inclusive and welcoming event, delivering a delicious opportunity for people from all walks of life to explore and learn about food.

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parking for blue badge holders can be found Cymraeg in Castle Street car park, situated next to For More Information Defnyddiwch eich Cymraeg pan INFORMATION Information Shopmobility, and in Bailey Park (please note welwch arwydd hwn. Use your this is a grass site). Car parks will open at 8am www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com Gwybodaeth Welsh whenever you see this sign. on Saturday and Sunday, gates will be locked at @afoodfestival #aff2019 7pm on Saturday and 6pm on Sunday, with no Getting Around access for an hour before closing times. Tickets Your Wristband The full festival map can be found at the front of can be bought on the day or in advance on our Wristbands can be purchased in advance from this guide, and maps for each festival site, along website – Please note these car parks get very our website or on the day from one of our box with the listings towards the back. Look out for busy so we’d encourage use of public transport Box Offices And Information offices (see map at the front of the guide.) the festival signs around the town or ask one of whenever possible, more information is on our There are three box offices situated around Please note wristbands are more expensive on our stewards or town ambassadors who will be website. town where you can collect and buy weekend the day than in advance. Prices can be found on able to point you in the right direction. wristbands and tickets for events. They are our website. Our festival car parks are run by teams of all marked on the map and situated opposite volunteers from local groups, Access St John’s Square in Castle Street car park, at Your wristband gives you access to all 270 with £2 from your £4 fee going back into the stallholders in our Producers’ Markets, free The main festival markets are accessible to the bottom of Cross Street by the bus station, community either through volunteer groups, or cookery demonstrations in the Market Hall, wheelchair users and mobility scooters. All and at the entrance to the Tiverton Producers’ through the Friends Of groups that take care of entertainment, talks and activities in The Castle events in the Borough Theatre, St Mary’s Priory, Market.. You will also find a Festival Information the sites that host the parking. Last year, you and the festival Farmyard, throughout the St Michael’s Centre are also accessible for and Merchandise Point located on Market Street helped to raise over £7,000 for local volunteer day. as well as free kids’ cookery classes and wheelchair users. It should be noted that our at the entrance to Upper Brewery Yard. groups. entertainment across the weekend. Drink’s Theatre is a first-floor venue in a building without wheelchair access, and events at the Wristbands and some event tickets can also be Castle require visitors to pass over sloping or Opening Times purchased from the Borough Theatre box office Event Tickets uneven ground. in Abergavenny in the weeks before the festival. We have a fantastic programme of ticketed FRIDAY events (p. 14 to 27) from tutored tastings to Dogs The Castle: 19.00-22.00 for Friday Night Lost And Found foraging expeditions. Stomp (additional tickets required) We love dogs! Unfortunately all dogs (even our All items will be held at the Festival Information If you haven’t already purchased tickets online, own), with the exception of guide/assistance Point on Market Street. you can buy them at any of our festival box dogs, are not allowed in any of the internal or SATURDAY offices (subject to availability) as detailed external market venues. The Markets: 9:30-18:00 (except for Lower Brewery Yard night market Water Points above. Tickets are sold on a first come, first You can refill your water bottle at any of our served basis so get in there early to avoid Please note assistance dogs will not be allowed which closes at 23.00) water points. We have a number of water bars disappointment. close to the animal pens in the festival farmyard The Castle: 9:30-18:00 then 19:30-23:00 situated around the town. Look out for the Refill to avoid any distress to the farm animals. for at the Castle (additional tickets required) Abergavenny stickers in shop windows. Any Note: The Box Office is for direct sales shop displaying this sticker will happily refill between Abergavenny Food Festival and you, Getting Here SUNDAY your water bottle at no charge or look out for the customer. We will not sell your tickets on Abergavenny is a small town with limited The Markets & The Castle: 9:30-17:00 the water droplets on the maps showing where to a third party on your behalf and we will not parking and so we encourage our visitors to use the festival water bars can be found. issue refunds for returned/unused tickets. public transport or car share whenever possible. Here To Help Abergavenny can be reached by rail, coach Recycling Kids Go Free or bus. More information can be found on our Our friendly team of stewards will be on hand We have a full recycling team on site for Wristbands for children under the age of 16 website. www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com to help you through your weekend. They’re easy to spot, just look out for the blue t-shirts the weekend to make sure we can keep our are free of charge – but they do need to have with our festival logo. We also have team town, and our environment as we found it. All a wristband to enter the festival sites. Included Parking members at the information points who can our waste is clearly marked to be recycled in their wristband is all the same access as for Food festival car parks can be found at Bailey provide you with help and information about all separately. We need your help keeping the town grown-ups PLUS the addition of free children’s Park to the top of town, and Castle Meadows aspects of the festival, and town ambassadors tidy and minimising our environmental impact. cookery school activities. Have a read of our towards the bottom. To save time on the day, who have plenty of in depth knowledge about If you aren’t sure where to dispose of your Family Guide to the Festival on p. 48 for more car parking can be paid for online in advance Abergavenny. rubbish, please ask one of our stewards. information. through our website. Disabled/Accessible

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F = FREE WITH FESTIVAL WRISTBAND

INFORMATION At a Glance Cipolwg Saturday 21st September Saturday 21st September

Tasting Cookery Cooking Over Professional Talks & Debates Drinks' Theatre Masterclasses Foraging Tours Workshops Chef Demos School Fire Masterclasses Borough Theatre Timothy Oulton St Mary’s Priory Out & About Various Locations Market Hall Stage The Castle The Castle The Angel Hotel

Beer versus Cider Cocoa - Exploring From the Orchard Welsh Rotary Club Storecupboard Plant-based - the battle of the with Sue 11.30-13.00 Shellfish - Young chef Cookery BBQing with Quinn competition BBC’s Dirty brew £5.00 with Cyrus 10.00-11.00 11.00-12.00 10.30-11.30 Todiwala with Franco £22.50 Vegan, Matt Taruschio and Pritchard £16.50 £16.50 11.00-12.30 £22.50 Freddy Bird 10.30-11.15 09.45-11.45 F F Around The Gin Wild Cocktails The Way We Eat Beautiful Balsamic Anatomy of a Curious cuts Hang Fire BBQ Food Globe with Neil No-Fuss Now, with Bee with Belazu 13.00-14.30 Cow and how to Photography Ridley & Joel Veggie & 12.00-12.45 Wilson & Sandor 12.00-13.00 £22.50 use them with Masterclass Harrison 13.00-14.30 Vegan Katz £7.50 Pipers Farm 12.00-13.30 13.00-14.00 £22.50 with Elly Pear 13.00-14.00 11.30-13.00 £22.50 £16.50 12.30-13.15 £10.00 £32.50 F F

The Diet That Could Patisserie with Oysters & Martinis Wild Cooking Perception of Chris Harrod of Salt & Time Three Courses Food Blogging Save The World Cocorico’s Laurian 15.00-16.00 13.30-15.00 Taste with Bee The - A Russian Over Fire with Masterclass Veaudour 15.00-16.00 £16.50 £22.50 Wilson 14.00-14.45 Cookery Class Freddy Bird 14.30-16.00 13.30-14.30 15.00-16.30 14.00-15.30 13.30-14.15 £12.50 £16.50 £12.50 £32.50

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Foods of the Fizz Cocktails with Beyond Sauerkraut Wild & Seasonal with One more, no Andalusia with Dinner Party Thai Inspired Food Styling Islamic World Olly Smith with Sandor Katz Native more - a festival José Pizarro cooking with Welsh with Masterclass 17.00-18.00 17.30-18.30 15.00-16.00 15.30-17.00 feast with a 15.30-16.15 Rosie Birkett & Smoking Goat’s 16.30-18.00 band of merry Elly Pear Ali Borer £10.00 £16.50 £22.50 £22.50 £22.50 chefs 16.00-17.30 15.00-15.45 19.00-22.00 £32.50 £55.00 inc. drinks F F Asma Khan - Pasture-fed Mutton Zero Waste with A life in Food with Black Welsh Tom Hunt 19.00-20.00 Lamb 17.00-17.45 £12.50 16.30-17.30 £16.50 F

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Sunday 22nd September F = FREE WITH FESTIVAL WRISTBAND

Tasting Talks & Debates Drinks' Theatre Masterclasses Workshops Borough Theatre Timothy Oulton St Mary’s Priory St Michael’s Centre

The Future of Coffee & Cocktails The Cupboard Sour with Mark Farming: a debate 11.00-12.00 with Angela Clutton Diacono 11.00-12.00 £16.50 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00 F £16.50 £16.50

The Pivotal Pig: 25 Mezcal & Mass Blue Cheese & Everything but the years of British food 13.00-14.00 Prosecco Oink through the eyes of £16.50 12.30-13.30 12.30-14.00 St. JOHN £16.50 £22.50 13.00-14.00 £12.50

Food Families and Non-alcoholic Voices at the Table - a , sage, Life with Bee Wilson cocktails culinary story salon rosemary and 15.00-16.00 15.00-16.00 14.00-15.00 with Jekka McVicar £12.50 £16.50 £7.50 14.30-15.30 £16.50

Charcuterie & Vermouth 15.30-16.30 £22.50

Chef Demos Cookery School Cooking Over Fire Foraging Tours Market Hall Stage The Castle The Castle Out & About

Tommy Heaney of Modern Scandi Native over Fire Heaneys Cooking with Trine 11.00-11.45 11.00-11.45 Hahnemann 10.00-11.30 F £27.50 F

Josh Eggleton of Darjeeling Express The Ultimate Burger Fish & Forage the Pony & Trap with Asma Khan with DJ BBQ 13.00-14.30 12.30-13.15 12.30-14.00 12.15-13.00 £22.50 F £32.50 F

Gareth Ward of Masterclass Charred: When veg Ynyshir with Emiko Davies meets flames, with 14.00-14.45 14.30-16.00 Genevieve Taylor F £32.50 13.30-14.15 F

Zoe Adjonyoh Maple from Canada of Zoe’s with Hang Fire BBQ & Kitchen Guests 15.30-16.15 F 14.45-15.30 F

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EVENTS EVENTS Friday 20th Sept History Cooked Food Club The Chapel, Abergavenny Thinking Drinkers - 19:30 £50 Heroes of Hooch

History Cooked is a Free with a festival wristband Borough Theatre dining club run by chef and food 18.00-19.30 writer Rosie Sykes and food £19.50 historian Polly Russell. They An interactive imbibing are collaborating with Franco experience from these award- Taruschio, the former-owner winning performers and drinks chef of the Walnut Tree and the experts, during which every man who put Abergavenny on single audience member tastes the food map for this not to be five fabulous drinks, for free! missed feast. You will learn how alcohol has inspired pioneering explorers, politicians and painters in Friday Night Stomp at the equal measure, from Plato and Castle Picasso, to Nelson, Napoleon The Castle and Norm from Cheers. 19:00-22:00 £12.50 Weekend Cocktails Dance the night away with our Drinks Theatre band at the Friday Night Stomp 18.00-19.30 at the Castle! Keep those energy £16.50 levels up with delicious street FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO food available to purchase, Bored of bellinis? Tired of gin BUY TICKETS FOR OUR EVENTS the finest cocktails from our and tonic? Kick start festival www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com partners at Chase Distillery, weekend with a tipple or three with local , wines and non- Or visit one of our festival box from Joel Harrison and Neil Samatha Evans from Hang Fire Southern Kitchen offices during the weekend alcoholic options available from Ridley. Our favourite cocktail the festival bar. connoisseurs will lead you on a tour of the world’s best cocktails with samples to slurp, and tips on how to make your drinks look Event Listings as good as they taste. Digwyddiadau Thursday 19th Sept An Evening with Cyrus Party at the Castle We have over 100 ticketed events taking place Community Feast Todiwala Market Hall Bridges Centre over the weekend including chef demonstrations, 19.00-22.00 19:00 feasts, foraging tours, debates and more. We also £16.50 £35 have plenty of non ticketed events taking place in Our first feast of festival A fantastic opportunity to enjoy our Farmyard (p. 40), throughout our Markets (p. weekend is by the community, a sumptuous cooked by 61) and at The Castle (p. 42). for the community. Taking place TV chef and personality, Cyrus in the Market Hall, to celebrate Todiwala OBE at The Bridge’s the installation of our famous Centre, Monmouth. Cyrus will Event tickets can be bought through our website, or at the festival decorations. The Angel introduce his dishes, ingredients festival box office over the weekend. There are also plenty of Bakery will be cooking up a and meet guests as this evening events that are free with your festival wristband, just look out storm of delicious produce, with feast, which will include book for the symbol throughout this programme. wine and soft drinks available to signings and an auction. purchase. Free with a festival wristband

14 15 EVENTS EVENTS Saturday 21st Sept Plant-based BBQing Beer versus Cider - The From the Orchard - An Food Photography Beautiful Balsamic with with BBC’s Dirty Vegan, Battle of the Brew Apple Walk Masterclass Belazu Storecupboard Cookery Matt Pritchard Drinks Theatre Abergavenny Community Professional Masterclasses St Mary’s Priory 11.00-12.00 Orchard 12.00-13.30 12.00-13.00 The Cookery School Cooking over fire 10.30-11.15 £16.50 11.30-13.00 £22.50 £7.50

10.00-11.00 Free with a festival wristband £5.00 £22.50 Free with festival wristband Join brewer Jaega Wise, and Fancy giving your Instagram We all have a bottle of it floating Join BBC’s Dirty Vegan, Matt drinks writer Pete Brown as Author James Rich, who’s family shots a bit of an upgrade? Now’s around in our cupboard, but Join chef and food writer Pritchard as he teaches you how they delve into the battle of own a cider farm, will be sharing your chance to find out how how much do you really know Claire Thomson, and chef Sam to create some ‘proper tasty’ the brews, and take you on his love for everything apple. the professionals do it. Food about balsamic vinegar? Join Sohn-Rethel to discover quick vegan food over fire. Previously a boozy adventure that will You’ll tour the Abergavenny photographer Stuart Ovenden, Robert Curbishley from Belazu and thrifty made with of TV’s Dirty Sanchez, Matt’s change the way you look at your Community Orchard to learn assisted by food journalist Ingredient Company and learn ingredients we all have lurking flair for entertainment is sure to pint. Guest will enjoy a journey about different varieties and Clare Hargreaves, will offer how its made, quality and in the kitchen cupboard. You’ll make this a demo to remember. through hops, malts and apple explore what you can find in advice on choosing the right provenance and learn new ways learn about the provenance of Come along to watch him cook varieties, the brew, the bottling, the hedgerows surrounding angle, composition, lighting to use this ingredient in your the produce you’re using, cook Free with a festival wristband a festival with Free

up delicious seitan kebabs, and the taste similarities (and the trees. There’ll be plenty of and post-production. Bring everyday cooking, with plenty of up a storm and then sit down to followed by some mourish differences) of these much- tasting opportunities and you’ll your fully charged camera or tasting as you go. enjoy the dishes you’ve created. Turkish Delight peaches. loved tipples. make your own jar of pickled smartphone, and Stuart and apples to take home. Clare will provide materials for Rotary club - Young Cocoa - Exploring Welsh Shellfish you to shoot. chef competition with Chocolate with Sue Quinn Portico Lounge Curious Cuts - How to use Franco Taruschio and St Mary’s Priory 11.00-12.30 them Hang Fire Southern Freddy Bird 10.30-11.30 £22.50 Adult Cookery School Kitchen Market Hall Stage £16.50 Love to eat fish, but worried 11.30-13.00 Cooking over fire 09.45-11.45 Join food writer Sue Quinn in an about our waters? Join Cyrus £32.50 12.00-12.45 Two young finalists will battle it exploration of this fascinating Todiwala, Oceans Ambassador Bored by the brisket and tired of Free with festival wristband out to decide who goes through ingredient in a session that will for the Marine Conservation topside? Join Peter Grieg from Samantha Evans and Shauna Aged Welsh Beef with to the national finals of Rotary explore cocoa’s history and Society and The Shellfish Pipers Farm who will talk you Guinn of Hang Fire Southern Matt Waldron of Park Club Young Chef of the Year’ versatility, with plenty of tasting. Association of Great Britain through how to make best use Kitchen in Barry, return to House competition. Come and see Sue will demonstrate how to as he navigates the waters of of some more interesting cuts, Abergavenny Food Festival Welsh Chef Stage - the UK’s future celebrity chefs make ‘proper’ Wales. He’ll talk you through and Charlotte Pike who will get to host the Cooking over Fire supported by PGI Welsh creating a 3 meal for 2, using a enjoyed by Marie the best that Wales has to you involved in cooking up some stage. They will present their Lamb/Beef before they get famous. Antoinette, and show you how offer, seasonality, quality and special and mouthwateringly unique, always enthusiastic, 12.15-13.00 to use chocolate in savoury availability, before sampling tasty dishes with them. approach to outdoor cooking Free with festival wristband cooking, to lift and enhance the Goan Seafood Palav and showcasing local free-range Keralan Crab in Coconut. flavours of food. Monmouthshire Pork from No-Fuss Veggie & farmer, Martha Roberts. Expect Vegan Meals with Elly lots of giggles and delicious Pear nibbles from some of our Market Hall Stage favourite women in flames. DJ BBQ 12.30-13.15 Free with festival wristband Best-selling food writer Elly Curshen, also known as Elly Pear demonstrates recipes from her newest book, Green: Veggie and Vegan Meals for No-Fuss Weeks and Relaxed Weekends.

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EVENTS Salt & Time - A Russian Abraaigavenny 2019 cookery class Chesters Wine Merchants Adult Cookery School 14.00-17.00 14.00-15.30 £10 £32.50 Groete! Chesters Wine

Merchants is proud to present Free with a festival wristband Join Russian chef and supper the first South African Wine club host Alissa Timoshkina tasting event in town with a as she takes you into a journey traditional Braii provided by The deep into the food of the former Tidy Kitchen Co. Soviet Union and Siberia for a Freddy Bird Cooking Over Fire cookery class packed-full with inviting recipes and evocative The rise of #MeToo in storytelling. You will discover the kitchen Around the Gin Globe, The Way We Eat Now, Food, Diets & Mental Wild Cooking dishes new and old - revealing The Dome, the Castle with Neil Ridley & Joel with Bee Wilson & Sandor Health Off-site, Linda Vista Gardens, a that is vibrant, 14.30-15.30 Harrison Katz The Dome, the Castle meet at the Castle Street nourishing, exciting. Free with festival wristband Drinks Theatre Borough Theatre 13.00-14.00 box-office Join some of the UK’s leading 13.00-14.00 13.00-14.00 Free with festival wristband 13.30-15.00 Chris Harrod from The female voices in food as they £16.50 £10.00 We seem to be living in a time £22.50 Whitebrook discuss the global rise of Join award-winning drinks Explore what it means to eat in where we no longer eat with our Join food writer and fire Market Hall Stage the #MeToo movement, and writers, authors of The World the modern age, what our food hearts, emotions or heritage enthusiast Genevieve Taylor, 14.00-14.45 what it means for hospitality Atlas of Gin, Neil Ridley and choices say about us, and how – but with our waistlines and and ‘The Cauldron’ chef, Henry Free with festival wristband businesses, their kitchens and Eldon as they teach you some their staff. We explore the policy,

Free with a festival wristband a festival with Free Joel Harrison for a spirited look we might not have as much social media in mind. Join

Join Chris Harrod, last years’ practice and progress that is at the tipple of the moment. control over what we want to festival CEO, Aine Morris in essential fire skills. You’ll head BBC Great British Menu making the food and farming Attendees will get to hear the eat, as we think. Chaired by conversation with authors Eve to a secret festival site where winner and chef-owner of sectors a better place for all stories behind the botanical Xanthe Clay, this fascinating Simmons and Laura Dennison, you will learn how to build and Monmouthshire’s Michelin- those who work within them. recipes, some gin history and a and lively panel discussion will on food, fads, diets, disorders tend to your fire, how to get starred as he look at the future of the spirit, include; founder of sustainability and how the modern age is consistent heat, prepare some brings his signature ultra-local with tastings along the way. communications agency impacting how we feel about delicious outdoor dishes, before and seasonal food to our chef- Food Blogging Ed Gillespie, Godfather of what we eat. sharing the feast you help demo stage. Chris will showcase Masterclass create. fermentation Sandor Katz, the amazing wild and foraged Professional Masterclass founder of Real Kombucha, Three courses over fire ingredients that the locale has 14.30-16.00 David Begg, Food Historian Polly with Freddy Bird Patisserie with Cocorico’s to offer, all cooked into a few £12.50 Russell and award-winning food Cooking over fire Laurian Veaudour mouth-watering dishes. Do you love food and want to writer Bee Wilson. Wild Cocktails 13.30-14.15 St Mary’s Priory turn that passion into a job? Free with festival wristband 13.30-14.30 Can you write but not sure how Off-site, Linda Vista Gardens, Anatomy of a Cow £16.50 to create a successful blog? meet at the Castle Street Who says cooking over fire has Portico Lounge Do you know your choux from Join award-winning box-office to just be a one-course wonder? 13.00-14.30 your shortcrust, your ganache food bloggers Ed Gilbert from 13.00-14.30 Join Bristol chef, Freddy Bird as £22.50 from your praline? What better Gorro and Jane Cook £22.50 he shows you how to expand You may know your fillet from your outdoor repertoire and way to start your Sunday than from HungryCityHippy as they Join us on a wild and boozy your rump, but how much do cook up canapés, mains and with a sugar hit to get you going share their experiences and romp through the local you really know about beef? desert. A flame-cooked dinner in the form of a lesson in French insights on food blogging. countryside. You’ll learn to Join Farmer Tom Jones as he party without the washing up - patisserie delicacies with chef, identify seasonal wild guides you through the complex what’s not to love? Laurian Veaudour, owner of and plants with local forager world of the cow. You’ll learn Cocorico Patisserie in Cardiff. Liz Knight, which you will about different cuts and how to then transform into delicious cook each to perfection. This cocktails under the tutelage of unique tasting experience will Mark Diacono of Otter Farm. include different cuts, and cuts Booking is a must – all forage from differently aged animals. tour information will be sent to participants ahead of time.

Fergus Henderson & Trevor Gulliver 18 19 photo by Jason Lowe EVENTS EVENTS The Diet that Could Oysters & Martinis Lamb Dinner Party cooking with Zero Waste with Tom Fire & Wild Dining Save the World Drinks Theatre with Tom Watts-Jones of Elly Pear & Rosie Birkett Hunt Three Pools, Borough Theatre 15.00-16.00 the Hare and Hounds Adult Cookery School Market Hall Stage 18.00-22.00 15.00-16.00 £16.50 Welsh Chef Stage - 16.00-17.30 17.00-17.45 £40

Free For a cocktail with a short supported by PGI Welsh £32.50 Free with festival wristband A unique Fire & Wild five-course Free with a festival wristband Our current diet is pushing the ingredients list, the hunt for the Lamb/Beef Do you love to host friends and A passionate advocate of dining experience hosted at earth beyond its boundaries, perfect martini can be divisive, 15.15-16.00 family for dinner, but often end root-to-fruit , eco-chef Three Pools permaculture while having significant impact as can that slipperiest of Free with festival wristband up in a fluster? Join food writers and Guardian columnist Tom farm. Fire & Wild are famous on the physical health of many. molluscs, the oyster. Join Danny Elly Pear and Rosie Birkett Hunt will show you how to for their open fire, wild and During this talk, Professor Walker and Alex Bluett to match who have expert tips from 20+ make the most of the whole of foraged cooking style - with Andalusia with José Tim Lang will explore whether different versions of this iconic Pizarro years experience of throwing your ingredients and minimise the aim of bringing people into we can provide healthy diets cocktail with the finest oysters magnificently memorable dinner waste in your kitchen. Expect the environment their food is Market Hall Stage from sustainable food systems from around the UK. . This class in praise of the unexpected use of everyday sourced from and reconnecting 15.30-16.15 and what this diet might look scruffy hospitality, conviviality ingredients, top tips on reducing the guests back to nature (byo Free with a festival wristband a festival with Free

Free with festival wristband like. Come and explore this and cooking with friends is not food waste, and delicious tasters wine). Perception of Taste with Bordering Spain’s southern important issue that promises to Bee Wilson to be missed. of recipes that make use of the shape our future environmental coast, Andalusia is a place unloved bits we often throw St Michael’s Centre Asma Khan - A life in and human health. where the past and modernity away. 15.00-16.30 blend together to form a rather Pasture-fed Mutton with Food £12.50 magical culinary destination. Black Welsh Lamb Borough Theatre What affects how we taste food? Award-winning chef, and St Mary’s Priory of the Islamic 19.00-20.00 Is it shaped by our upbringing long-time festival friend, José 16.30-17.30 World £12.50 or embedded in our genes? Pizarro takes readers on a £16.50 Borough Theatre Founder of the award-winning Beyond Sauerkraut with Why do we have such strong journey through the most Does what eat make a 17.00-18.00 Darjeeling Express restaurant, Sandor Katz preferences for certain foods? delicious dishes of this lesser- difference to their meat and to £10.00 author of Asma’s Indian Kitchen St Mary’s Priory Join food writer and taste expert known culinary region, including our health? What about their There is power in the breaking cookbook and the first British 15.00-16.00 Bee Wilson and broadcaster Tenderloin with Pears & breed and the soil they graze of to build cross-cultural chef to feature on Netflix’s cult £22.50 and columnist Tim Hayward as Hazelnuts and Sopa Bullabesa. from? Join farmers Nick Miller communities. That’s why we TV series ‘Chef’s Table,’ we they take your taste buds on an are thrilled to welcome Asma Founding father of the and Sarah Dickins, chef Jane are delighted to be hosting adventure through flavour, and Khan to Food Festival 2019. In fermentation movement, Wild & Seasonal with Baxter, and Cyrus Todiwala, to this important discussion on find out if you’re a super taster. conversation with Telegraph do-it-yourself food activist Native discover more about how the foods of the Islamic World with breed of a sheep, its upbringing award-winning author and chef food journalist, Xanthe Clay, and author Sandor Katz will Off-site, Linda Vista Gardens, and diet all affect the flavour. Anissa Helou, founder of Somali Asma will be sharing the story be leading this fermentation Thai Inspired Welsh meet at the Castle Street supper-club Arawelo Eats of her life in food. masterclass. Learn about at Pork with Smoking Goat’s box-office Fozia Ismail, and halal livestock home ferments, pickles, kraut Ali Borer 15.30-17.00 Food Styling Masterclass farmer Muhsen Hassanin. and brews designed to get your Cooking over fire £22.50 Brecon Suite, Angel microbiome bouncing, and your 15.00-15.45 Join foraged and seasonal food 16.30-18.00 José Pizarro body in optimal health. He’ll Free with festival wristband experts Ivan Tisdall-Downes and £22.50 Fizz Cocktails with Olly also be on hand to answer your How do you combine local Imogen Davis from Native on Styling a plate of food to look Smith questions and troubleshoot your produce with Asian flavours? this Wild & Seasonal adventure. beautiful is a key part of building Drinks Theatre fermentation problems. Join chef Ali Borer from You’ll gather a variety of foraged an Instagram following, brand 17.30-18.30 Smoking Goat as he explores leaves and plants before or blog. Experts Stuart Ovenden £16.50 how to fuse the best British creating a foraged feast around and Clare Hargreaves will teach Bubbles need not be saved for ingredients with Thai and the fire. Booking is a must – all you about composition, how special occasions. Whether Malaysian influences to create forage tour information will be to keep food looking fresh, it’s a small work victory, drinks gutsy and spicy dishes that will sent to participants ahead of changing trends, handy props, before hitting the town, a big leave your taste-buds tingling time. and how to find your style. Bring celebration, or simply, ‘just including Pork Nahm Dtok salad. your fully charged camera or because’, join drinks expert smartphone, Stuart and Clare and broadcaster Olly Smith will provide props. as he shows you how to bring the fizz into your everyday be it Champagne, cava, cider, beer, soda or kombucha.

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OneSOLD more,OUT no more - a Sunday 22nd Sept Tommy Heaney of festival feast with a band Heaneys of merry chefs Modern Scandi Cooking Market Hall Stage St Michael’s Centre with Trine Hahnemann 11.00-11.45

19.00-22.00 Free with festival wristband Adult Cookery School Free with a festival wristband £55.00 + drinks flight 10.00-11.30 Chef Tommy Heaney will be A merry band of chefs, cooks, £27.50 taking inspiration from the sea wine merchants and hospitality with his demo exploring the best Danish food offers us fresh, pros are set to whip up a storm seasonal fish and seafood from seasonal flavours, a focus on for the food fest’s annual the surrounding region. He’ll be fish over meat, and plenty of Saturday night feast. Enjoy demoing how to cook BBQ flat techniques for and a mouth-watering menu of fish with cockles and pepper preserving nature’s seasonal dishes inspired by the food of dulce tartare, along with a bounty. This class on modern the Mediterranean featuring a delicious Sea trout tartar, apple, Scandinavian cooking with Trine stellar line-up of chefs and food gin and nasturtium dish. Hahnemann will be a great experts. Guardian columnist opportunity to learn new skills, and cook-book writer, Rachel techniques and ideas that you The Vinegar Cupboard Roddy, Chef and author, Rosie can apply to familiar ingredients with Angela Clutton Sykes chef and author Claire to create different and exciting St Mary’s Priory Thomson, Matthew Williamson, meals. 11.00-12.00 Sam Son Rethel, Stacey Smith, £16.50 Ben Llewelyn and Ruth Spivey. Native over Fire With increasing recognition of the importance of vinegar to Saturday Night Party Cooking over fire 11.00-11.45 balance and enhance flavours, 19.30 – 23.00 Free with festival wristband this store-cupboard staple The Castle is having a resurgence. Join Join champions of seasonal, £20.00 award-winning food writer, wild British produce, Imogen Our legendary Saturday night historian and author of The Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes shindig at Vinegar Cupboard Angela from Native as they show you is back! The ancient walls will be Clutton as she takes you on a how to cook up some unusual brimming with live music once journey into the history, culinary and delicious seasonal treats more, so put on your dancing usefulness and significance of over fire. They’ll be demo-ing shoes and join us for this once- this everyday, yet ancient, their ‘Clay Pigeon’, a wood in-a-lifetime opportunity to rub pigeon cooked in clay in the ingredient. shoulders (and get raucous with) embers, and accompanying some of your favourite chefs. it with sides of Burnt Beetroot & Smoked Cabbage.

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EVENTS The Future of Farming: Matt Beynon from Wogan Everything but the Oink Fish & Forage Gareth Ward of Coffee, to explore the wonderful Josh Eggleton of the a debate world of coffee - roasts, flavours Pony and Trap St Michael’s Centre Off-site, Linda Vista Gardens, Ynyshir Borough Theatre and scent. Market Hall Stage 12.30-14.00 meet at the Castle Street Market Hall Stage 11.00-12.00 12.30-13.15 £22.50 box-office 14.00-14.45 Free Do you delight in the offaly 13.00-14.30 Free with festival wristband

Free with festival wristband Saltmarsh Lamb bits of pork or hate the idea of £22.50 Free with a festival wristband Two seemingly opposite visions Want to learn how to use your Gareth Ward - Chef Owner of and Lobster with Hywel eating trotters? If we are going Fancy dabbling in foraging? on the future of food put kitchen garden in your cooking? Ynyshir and Good Food Guide Griffith of the Beach to eat less, but better quality Want to learn how to cook fish forward by two experts and Josh Eggleton, owner and Chef of the Year 2019 - will House meat, learning how to consume over a fire? Join experienced advocates for food systems chef patron of the Michelin cook one of his new dishes, the whole animal is essential. foragers and chefs Matt Powell change in this lively and Welsh Chef Stage - starred Pony and Trap will Black Cod, that features on the Join free-range local pig farmer, and Alex Bluett as they guide interesting debate. Patrick supported by PGI Welsh guide you through how to do 20-course tasting menu at the Martha Roberts, and writer and you through an introduction Holden, organic farmer and Lamb/Beef just this. Expect to learn how Michelin star restaurant that broadcaster Tim Hayward as to foraging and fish cookery, director of the Sustainable 12.15-13.00 to bring different showcases his philosophy of they take you on a nose-to-tail expect delicious seasonal Food Trust, has his feet firmly Free with festival wristband into everyday salads, preserve combining the best seasonal Free with a festival wristband a festival with Free

journey of the pig. fish and hedgerow bounty. in the soil. Professor Chungui flavours in , oils and ingredients with influences from Booking is a must – all forage Lu believes no soil is necessary, The Ultimate Burger ferments, and how to reduce Japan. tour information will be sent to and that food can be produced with DJ BBQ waste by using the whole plant. The Pivotal Pig: 25 years in our cities. participants ahead of time. Cooking over fire of British food through the Voices at the Table - a 12.15-13.00 Blue Cheese & Prosecco eyes of St. JOHN culinary story salon Mezcal & Mas Free with festival wristband St Mary’s Priory Borough Theatre St Mary’s Priory What makes a perfect burger? 12.30-13.30 13.00-14.00 Drinks Theatre 14.00-15.00 Join live fire chef and burger £16.50 £12.50 13.00-14.00 £7.50 £16.50 Sour with Mark Diacono expert DJ BBQ as he shows Ever wondered what the blue Fergus Henderson and Trevor What better way to spend a Mezcal is a spirit on the rise, St Michael’s Centre you how to cook up two simple bits in your stilton are, and Gulliver, the team behind iconic Sunday afternoon that sipping storming out of the shadow 11.00-12.00 burgers - one classic that’s how they got there? Why is British restaurant, St. JOHN will on a delicious drink, nibbling on of big brother tequila with its £16.50 perfect to cook with your kids, Prosecco bubbly and how is it be discussing their new book, , and listening to readings unique and smokey taste. Join Sourness is where so much and a vegan option that will made? What makes it different The Book of St John celebrating about food from the leading expert Sara Sanna from Bristol’s of food’s magic is, whether it’s have even the meat lovers to a Cava or Champage? Join 25 years of cooking and reviving voices in the field. Voices At The Masa + Mezcal as she takes the natural sours such as lime, salivating. He’ll also solve the Borough Market’s Heritage traditional . It is Table is an event series run by you on a flavour journey deep pomegranate and kokum, or eternal question - how to get Cheese for this marvellous hard to underestimate just how Miranda York in collaboration into the heart of what makes ferments including sourdough, properly melted cheese. masterclass in how to match much their food and philosophy with poet Anna Sulan Masing. this drink unique and how it’s kimchi, kombucha and vinegar, the finest blue with a has changed the face of British Expect to hear inspiring tales, produced through a network of using it well is the secret behind wonderful array of sparkling food. Borough Theatre visitors and laugh till your belly hurts. Darjeeling Express with small-scale artisanal producers. creating great food. Join writer, Asma Khan delights. can expect to be regaled with grower and cook, Mark Diacono trademark verve, discovering Pasta Masterclass with Adult Cookery School the distinctive spirit of the of Otter Farm, on a wander 12.30-14.00 Charred: When veg Emiko Davies & Rachel through this under-appreciated original pioneers of nose-to-tail meets flames, with £32.50 cooking. Roddy taste. Join celebrated Indian chef, Genevieve Taylor Adult Cookery School Asma Khan of ’s Cooking over fire 14.30-16.00 Coffee & Cocktails Darjeeling Express as she 13.30-14.15 £32.50 Drinks Theatre delves into her favourite Free with festival wristband Join food writers and cooks 11.00-12.00 authentic Indian recipes from Want to learn how to produce Emiko Davies and Rachel Roddy £16.50 Bengal, through Calcutta, to outstanding vegetarian dishes as they take you on journey into Addicted to coffee, but also like the Himalayas and Hyderabad. over fire? Join Genevieve Taylor the heart of this much-loved a cocktail or two? This class is Expect group cooking, large as she guides you through Italian staple. In this skill-led for you, as we teach you how to sharing dishes, and stories of the magic that happens when masterclass, what some of us combine the finest caffeinated our history and heritage from vegetables meet smoke and might see as ‘just an ingredient’ brews into a boozy tipple or this deliciously diverse continent. flames. She’ll be creating spicy is given the time and focus it two. Cocktail aficionado Danny This is Asma’s Indian Kitchen. and unforgettable dishes with deserves. Using techniques Walker of Bristol’s Psychopomp plantain, shallot, halloumi and from the Italian ‘nonne’ you distillery joins coffee specialist okra that you will be rushing will create Agnolotti del plin, home to recreate. Orecchiette and Cavatelli.

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Parsley, sage, rosemary used store cupboard staple … Food, Families & Life with maple syrup. Sam & Shauna of and thyme with Jekka Bee Wilson Hang Fire join James Golding, Borough Theatre McVicar Georgina Hayden, and Manon St Michael’s Centre 15.00-16.00 Lagrève using Canadian ‘liquid £12.50

14.30-15.30 gold’ in creative and unexpected Free with a festival wristband Join one of the UK’s most £16.50 ways. influential food writers to discuss Explore the role of herbs in your the challenges and realities of cooking, medicine and health, eating well in the modern age. with leading UK grower Join critically acclaimed food- Jekka McVicar. Whether you are commentator, Bee Wilson for interested in using wild or grown an in-depth discussion about herbs for health, wellbeing or modern British food culture and environmental concerns, or you how to feed our families well. just want to add interesting, seasonal flavours to your food, this tutored tasting workshop is Non-alcoholic Cocktails Charcuterie & Vermouth for you. Drinks Theatre St Mary’s Priory 15.00-16.00 15.30-16.30 £22.50 Cookbook Confidential £16.50 When pairing food and drink our - How can we use locally Love a cocktail but less keen on mind often jumps to the classic sourced, British produce the alcohol? No problem, many cheese and wine. But there are to replicate international of the flavour combinations other flavour combinations that flavours we know and love come from can tickle your tastebuds, like cocktails come from the The Dome, the Castle vermouth and cured meats. Join botanical ingredients rather than 14.30-15.30 local producer James Swift from the alcohol. Join Guardian drinks Free with festival wristband Trealy Farm Charcuterie, and writer Fiona Beckett, Callum How can we use locally sourced, drinks maker and author Jack Hutson of Real Kombucha and British produce to replicate the Adair Bevan for a masterclass Seedlip Spirits, as they guide international flavours we love? that explores this perfectly you through the best booze-free Talented chefs and authors, balanced combination. John Gregory Smith, John cocktails around. Whaite and Alissa Timoshkina, chaired by Jonathan Woods Zoe Adjonyoh - Puff from the Guild of Food Writers puffs will discuss how to replicate the Market Hall Stage amazing flavours they’ve tasted 15.30-16.15 around the world. Free with festival wristband Join exciting London chef Zoe Adjonyoh from Zoe’s Ghana Maple from Canada with Hang Fire & special Kitchen on a tasty exploration of West African food. She’ll be guests cooking up Puff Puffs, a spiced Cooking over fire Ghanaian donut with a quick 14.45-15.30 and easy sweet chilli that Free with festival wristband will leave you rushing home to For the grand finale of our recreate this delicious dessert. Cooking over Fire demo area; we have no less than 5 of the UK’s culinary super-stars getting together to produce a stunning feast showcasing an under-

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FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO BOOK YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com Or visit one of our festival box offices during the weekend Feasts Gwleddoedd No food festival is complete until you’ve experienced the joy of sitting back and sharing Saturday 21st a delicious meal with friends. Join multi award- September winning chefs, restaurateurs and sommelier’s ready to create a one-off evening of food One More No More – A FestivalSOLD OUT Feast With A exploration not to be missed. Merry Band Of Chefs St Michael’s Centre 19.00 – 22.00 Thursday 19th Friday 20th £55.00 Including Taster September September Wine Flight A merry band of chefs, cooks, wine merchants and hospitality Community Feast History Cooked Food Club pros are set to whip up a storm Market Hall The Chapel for the food fest’s annual 19.00 – 22.00 19.30 – Late Saturday night feast. Enjoy £16.50 £50.00 a mouth-watering menu of Our first feast of festival History Cooked is a food history dishes inspired by the food of weekend is by the community, dining club run by chef and food the Mediterranean featuring a for the community. Taking place writer Rosie Sykes and food stellar line-up of chefs and food in the Market Hall, to celebrate historian Polly Russell. They experts. Guardian columnist the installation of our famous are collaborating with Franco and cook-book writer, Rachel festival decorations. The Angel Taruschio, the former-owner Roddy, chef and author, Rosie Bakery will be cooking up a chef of the Walnut Tree and the Sykes chef and author Claire storm of delicious produce, with man who put Abergavenny on Thomson, Matthew Williamson, wine and soft drinks available to the food map for this not to be Sam Sohn Rethel, Stacey Smith, purchase. missed feast. Ben Llewelyn and Ruth Spivey.

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Its plentiful grass

HIGHLIGHTS results in outstanding livestock Farms across Monmouthshire take advantage of the weather to breed grass-fed livestock of the very best quality. Find out for yourselves the difference the grass can make at our Mutton Tasting with Black Welsh Lamb (p.21) and hear from Martha Roberts from The Decent Company about how she takes care of her rare breed pigs at our Festival Farmyard talks (p.41). Go to www.visitmonmouthshire.com for a full guide to what’s going on in the food capital of Wales It has a mountain that rhymes with The , at the corner of the National Park overlooks the valley FOCUS ON and, also happens to rhyme with Check out what’s going on orange (which no other words at the Drinks’ Theatre (p.47) do). Along with the Sugarloaf MONMOUTHSHIRE and our full list of stallholders and the Skirrid, getting out and including Meadery Our Monmouthshire Top 10 about for a ramble or a climb in FFOCWS AR SIR FYNWY (p.86) and Untapped (p.83) the Monmouthshire mountains and get sampling some local to admire the incredible scenery 1 Climb one of the many mountains for the most Monmouthshire is aptly labelled the food capital beverages for yourself. epic selfie of Wales due to its world-renowned farmers and is a must. Head to an award-winning gastropub for a well- food producers, but that’s not all it has to offer. You can have days out a 2 Monmouthshire is earned local beer From rolling hills to wide rivers, fun days out and plenty packed full of Michelin 3 Explore the ruins of Abbey fine dining, Monmouthshire has a lot to offer From nine to days at the stars before, during and after festival weekend. races, Monmouthshire is packed 4 Get festive at the Abergavenny Christmas Fair on full of fun to be had year-round. Abergavenny’s own The Walnut December 8th 2019 Over in you can have Tree is just one of the many Float down the in a canoe, a kayak or on a day at the races, attend a live award-winning restaurants in 5 There is power in the There is a thriving craft concert, or explore the incredible the county. While at the festival a stand-up paddle board Monmouthshire soil brewing scene (and Norman castle which overlooks you can find out the story of 6 Have a wander round the vines at Sugarloaf From their farm just outside distilleries too) the river. At that special place in our History Vineyard (one of our four vineyards) Abergavenny, Paul’s Vegetables Across Monmouthshire small you can learn archery and over Cooked Food Club (p.28), 7 Learn archery at Caldicot Castle (p.89) supply veg boxes packed businesses are starting, in Tintern you can explore the watch Chris Harrod from The full of rare varieties of fruit and taking advantage of the local remains of a Cistercian Abbey Whitebrook demonstrate his 8 Get on your bike at one of the hundreds of cycling culinary talent (p.36) and head veg, and just round the corner produce and great water to and visit an Old Station for . events The Welsh Truffle Company make modern award-winning to our Welsh Chef Demo stage 9 Find your local farmers market and get your hands (p.72) cultivate truffles of , ciders and meads from in association with Hybu Cig amazing aroma and flavour, due the grains, apples and honey Cymru / PGI Welsh Lamb & on some local produce Beef (p.37) for more inspiration. to the high concentrations of that the county has to offer. 10 Visit next years Abergavenny Food Festival on iron, copper, magnesium and And there are plenty of places September 19th and 20th zinc in the soil. creating great local gin too. Monmouthshire – Food Capital of Wales

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HIGHLIGHTS Save The World Food With Bee Wilson Saturday 21st September Saturday 21st September Sunday 22nd September 15.00-16.00 19.00-20.00 15.00-16.00 Free £12.50 £12.50

Our current diet is pushing the Founder of the award-winning Join one of the UK’s most Free with a festival wristband earth beyond its boundaries, Darjeeling Express restaurant, influential food writers to discuss while having significant impact author of Asma’s Indian Kitchen the challenges and realities of on the physical health of many. cookbook and the first british eating well in the modern age. During this talk, professor chef to feature on Netflix’s Join critically acclaimed food- Tim Lang will explore whether cult tv series ‘Chef’s Table,’ we commentator, Bee Wilson for we can provide healthy diets are thrilled to welcome Asma an in-depth discussion about from sustainable food systems Khan to food festival 2019. In modern British food culture and and what this diet might look conversation with Telegraph how to feed our families well. like. Come and explore this food journalist, Xanthe Clay, important issue that promises to Asma will be sharing the story shape our future environmental of her life in food. Free Talks At The Don’t miss more and human health. free talks and Castle Dome debates taking place The Future Of Farming: A Debate in the Farmyard on Food, Diets & Mental Saturday and Sunday Sunday 22nd September Health afternoon. 11.00-12.00 Free Saturday 21st September Foods Of The Islamic 13.00-14.00 Two seemingly opposite visions World Free With Festival Wristband Saturday 21st September on the future of food put forward by two experts and We seem to be living in a time 17.00-18.00 where we no longer eat with our In Conversation Talks At The £10.00 advocates for food systems change in this lively and hearts, emotions or heritage Borough Theatre There is power in the breaking – but with our waistlines and Sgwrsio  of bread to build cross-cultural interesting debate. Patrick Holden, organic farmer and social media in mind. Join communities. That’s why we festival CEO, Aine Morris in Food. It sustains us, it delights us, it, it brings The Way We Eat Now, are delighted to be hosting director of the sustainable food With Bee Wilson & Sandor trust, has his feet firmly in the conversation with authors Eve us together. Where it comes from, the impact this important discussion on Simmons and Laura Dennison, Katz foods of the islamic world with soil. Professor Chungui Lu it has on our bodies, the environment and believes no soil is necessary, on food, fads, diets, disorders Saturday 21st September award-winning author and chef and how the modern age is economy, is a hotter topic than ever. From 13.00-14.00 Anissa Helou, founder of somali and that food can be produced in our cities. impacting how we feel about interviews with leading chefs, to panel £10.00 supper-club Arawelo Eats what we eat. discussions we’re bringing you talks from Explore what it means to eat in Fozia Ismail, and halal livestock the people in the know, and debates on the the modern age, what our food farmer Muhsen Hassanin. choices say about us, and how The Rise Of #Metoo In thorniest of subjects. we might not have as much The Kitchen control over what we want to Asma Khan, Saturday 21st September eat, as we think. Chaired by photo by Justin Lambert 14.30-15.30 Xanthe Clay, this fascinating Free with festival wristband FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO and lively panel discussion will Join some of the UK’s leading BOOK YOUR TICKET FOR A TALK include; founder of specialist female voices in food as they www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com sustainability communications discuss the global rise of Or visit one of our festival box agency Ed Gillespie, godfather the #MeToo movement, and offices during the weekend of all thing’s fermentation what it means for hospitality Sandor Katz, founder of real businesses, their kitchens and kombucha, David Begg and their staff. We explore the policy, award-winning food writer Bee practice and progress that is Wilson. making the food and farming sectors a better place for all those who work within them. 34 35 HIGHLIGHTS

Zero Waste With Tom Gareth Ward Of Zoe Adjonyoh - Puff HIGHLIGHTS Hunt Ynyshir Puffs 17.00-17.45 14.00-14.45 15.30-16.15 A passionate advocate of Gareth Ward - Chef Owner of Join exciting london chef Zoe All of our CHEF root-to-fruit eating, eco-chef Ynyshir and Good Food Guide Adjonyoh from Zoe’s Ghana and Guardian columnist Tom Chef of the Year 2019 - will Kitchen on a tasty exploration DEMO’S in the Hunt will show you how to cook one of his new dishes, of west african food. She’ll be Market Hall are FREE make the most of the whole of Black Cod, that features on the cooking up puff puffs, a spiced with your festival your ingredients and minimise 20-course tasting menu at the ghanaian donut with a quick wristband waste in your kitchen. Expect Michelin star restaurant that and easy sweet chilli sauce that the unexpected use of everyday showcases his philosophy of will leave you rushing home to ingredients, top tips on reducing combining the best seasonal recreate this delicious dessert. food waste, and delicious tasters ingredients with influences from of recipes that make use of the Japan. Gareth Ward photo by Fjona Black unloved bits we often throw away.

Check out our Welsh Chef Sunday 22nd stage supported by Hybu Cig Chef Demonstrations Cymru/PGI Welsh Lamb & September On The Beef in the Festival Farmyard Arddangosiadau Chris Harrod From The Market Hall Stage Whitebrook Welsh Chef 14.00-14.45 Our chef demo stage supported by Robert Join Chris Harrod, last years’ Tommy Heaney Of Demo Stage returns to Abergavenny’s covered Market BBC Great British Menu Heaneys Hall to delight and entertain with cookery winner and chef-owner of 11.00-11.45 demonstrations, tips and tasters from some of Monmouthshire’s Michelin- Chef Tommy Heaney will be Saturday 21st September starred The Whitebrook as he taking inspiration from the sea the country’s top chefs. brings his signature ultra-local with his demo exploring the best 10.45 Welsh Pork and seasonal food to our chef- seasonal fish and seafood from With Martha Roberts demo stage. Chris will showcase the surrounding region. He’ll be 12.15 Aged Welsh Beef the amazing wild and foraged demoing how to cook BBQ flat Saturday 21st With Matt Waldron of Park House September On The ingredients that the locale has fish with cockles and pepper to offer, all cooked into a few dulce tartare, along with a 13.45 Welsh Lamb mouth-watering dishes. Market Hall Stage delicious sea trout tartar, apple, With Sarah Dickins & Nick Miller gin and nasturtium dish. 15.15 Lamb Sweetbreads Rotary Club - Young Andalusia With José With Tom Watts-Jones of The Hare & Hounds Chef Competition Pizarro Josh Eggleton Of The 09.45-11.45 15.30-16.15 Pony And Trap Judged by Franco Tarruschio Bordering Spain’s southern 12.30-13.15 and Freddy Bird, two young No-Fuss Veggie & coast, Andalusia is a place Want to learn how to use your Sunday 22nd September finalists will battle it out to Vegan Meals With Elly where the past and modernity kitchen garden in your cooking? decide who goes through to the Pear blend together to form a rather Josh Eggleton, owner and 10.45 Cooking with Kids national finals of the ‘Rotary 12.30-13.15 magical culinary destination. chef patron of the Michelin Club Young Chef of the Year’ Award-winning chef, and Best-selling food writer Elly starred Pony and Trap will 12.15 Saltmarsh Lamb & Lobster competition. Come and see long-time festival friend, José guide you through how to do Curshen, also known as Elly With Hywel Griffith of The Beach House the UK’s future celebrity chefs Pizarro takes readers on a Pear demonstrates recipes from just this. Expect to learn how creating a 3 course meal for 2, journey through the most her newest book, green: veggie to bring different vegetables 13.15 BBQ Welsh Lamb before they get famous. delicious dishes of this lesser- and vegan meals for no-fuss into everyday salads, preserve With Tommy Heaney of Heaneys known culinary region, including weeks and relaxed weekends. flavours in vinegars, oils and tenderloin with pears & ferments, and how to reduce 15.15 Welsh Beef hazelnuts and sopa bullabesa. waste by using the whole plant.

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KIDS’ COOKERY SCHOOL YSGOL GOGINIO I BLANT Our kids’ cookery classes in association with Cook School and Rougemont Independent School are ALL completely free of charge – so you can sit back while your children learn how to make you a delicious dinner. KIDS GO FREE AT #AFF2019 All our cookery classes, and our wristband tickets are FREE for under 16’s

Cook School Rougemont School Exciting and fun sessions Inspired by children, for Teaching children to love will be run by Cook School children food and Rougemont School at Abergavenny Food Festival Cook School is a growing, Rougemont School is an on both Saturday and Sunday, nationwide, not-for-profit, HMC independent school teaching children how to cook organisation, exciting and educating girls and boys from popular and delicious street educating children about good Nursery to Sixth Form. Ranked foods with locally sourced food from a young age by by Estyn as one of ‘Wales ingredients. helping them to understand leading independent schools’, food and giving them the Rougemont’s chef, Iain Jackson, confidence to prepare a wide has established an excellent variety of meals independently. nutritional programme at the Saturday 21st Founded by leading food School promoting cooking from and Sunday 22nd educator and award-winning scratch using local produce and September children’s cookbook author introducing cookery classes Amanda Grant, Cook School to all year groups instilling is supported by a number of an interest in and love of 10.00-10.45 incredible Ambassadors from good food. Since Chef Iain’s Vietnamese Street Food across the industry including appointment, the School has Claire Ptak of London’s Violet seen an astounding increase 11.15-12.00 Bakery, Chantelle Nicholson, in the uptake of pupils having Vietnamese Street Food Skye McAlpine, Zoe Adjonyoh school – now 93%! and Stefan Gates. 12.30-13.15 Mediterranean Street Food

Book your tickets to the kids’ cookery 14.15-15.00 school online at Mediterranean Street Food www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com or head to our Festival Farmyard over the weekend for last minute availability. 15.30-16.15 For more information please visit Vietnamese Street Food www.cookschool.club 39 HIGHLIGHTS

Livestock hear directly from farmers, food producers

HIGHLIGHTS Meet different farm animals (include sheep, and agricultural experts, that will inform, goats and pigs) in our new petting paddock, inspire and illuminate the key issues learn about their role in British farming, and impacting . talk to the farmers who look after them. Keep an eye on the chalkboards for special petting We encourage you to come down and have and milking events taking place over festival your say on the topics that matter most to weekend. farming and food production today.

Talks and Debates See the full programme of talks and debates below and look out for the blackboards on the The Farming Matters stage, in collaboration day for any changes or additions. with Triodos Bank has an exciting programme of dynamic talks, giving you the chance to

Saturday 21st September

FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO Family Farmyard 10.15am Grow Your Own – with Incredible Edible Abergavenny BOOK YOUR TICKET FOR A TALK Family Farmyard 10.45am Wild Tots Abergavenny – drop in session for 2-7 year olds www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com Or visit one of our festival box Family Farmyard 11.30am Little Bo Sheep – With Jane Bissett (Kennixton Sheep) offices during the weekend Farming Matters 12.15pm A Good Life & A Good Death – Meat Matters - With Maresa Bessano, Helen Joy, Bob Kennard and Sarah Dickins

Farming Matters 1.00pm Restoring Ecosystems & Boosting Global Food Production - Scaling up The Farmyard permaculture with Huw Evans Discover what it really takes to be a farmer, Farming Matters 1.50pm The & The - Egg production with David Herbert Y Buarth how the choices you make as a consumer can Farming Matters 2.40pm Dancing With Bees - A journey back to nature with Brigit Strawbridge affect farming and be part of the conversation on what’s next for the future. The Big Debate 3.30pm How To Be a Farmer Now - Growing and investing in the next generation Abergavenny Food Festival was of farmers started in 1999 by two local farmers The Farmyard can be found on Castle Street in response to the BSE crisis then at the top of town, behind The Angel Hotel. sweeping the country. With the There is plenty to see, do and take home, Sunday 22nd September from visiting the animals at the pens; to outbreak of Foot and Mouth in Family Farmyard 10.15am Forgotten Skills – Making with Kate Davies asking questions at the Farming Matters 2001, the festival pushed harder to Stage, and by dropping into the family friendly Family Farmyard 10.45am Pig Tales – with Martha Roberts & Helen Joy showcase both local produce and activity tent, which will host plenty of mini Family Farmyard 11.30am The Story of A Loaf Of Bread – with Talgarth Mill the passion of the people behind it. workshops for kids of all ages, from wild tea making with foraged finds, face painting, Farming Matters 12.15pm Water Wise – with Simon Evans Celebrating the diversity and discussing the animal charcoal drawings and more. We’ve Farming Matters 1.00pm Food Provenance – with Matthew Rymer challenges that face UK farming today, the also got a state-of-the-art John Deere tractor Festival Farmyard and Castle Street Market from Frank Sutton Ltd. Farming Matters 1.50pm Put Back More Than You Take Out – with Nathan Richards bring you up close and personal to the Farming Matters 2.40pm How To Buy Better – with Tim Lang people, animals and produce that feed you. Check the chalkboards on site for timings of The Big Debate 3.30pm How Can Wales Make Better Food Choices - Food in Wales beyond Brexit guest-led demonstrations or just drop in and with Rob Yorke, Patrick Holden & Professor Calvin Jones have a go.

All the events in our Farmyard are FREE with your festival wristband

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Food

HIGHLIGHTS There is plenty to enjoy at The Castle, from cooking over fire to music and entertainment. Our partners at Belazu and Pipers Farm have added two demo tents so you have no excuse to leave without a new food skill.

Belazu Demonstrations Pipers Farm Demonstrations

Join Belazu at their demonstration tent in the In their beautiful Safari tent next to the Cookery castle grounds to see these great chefs and food School at the Castle, Peter Greig and Connor Reed writers get hands on with Belazu’s top quality from Pipers Farm will be teaching you ingredients. less meat, waste less and reconnect with the food you are consuming.

Saturday 21 September Saturday 21 September 12.00 SALT Kitchen 11.00 Eat Less Meat 13.00 Angela Clutton 13.00 Curing & Smoking 14.00 Ixta Belfrage 13.00 Easy fire pit flatbreads & grass fed 15.00 Romy Gill MBE lamb koftas

16.00 Alexandra Dudley 14.00 Beak to tail chicken

All our daytime events at The Castle 15.00 Offaly good recipes are FREE with your festival wristband. Sunday 22 September TO BOOK YOUR PARTY TICKET www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com 11.00 Imran Nathoo Sunday 22 September Or visit one of our festival box offices 12.00 Genevieve Taylor 12.00 Eat Less Meat during the weekend 13.00 John Gregory Smith 13.00 Easy fire pit herby pork belly & braised The Castle veg Y Castell 14.00 How to make chorizo 15.00 How to teach yourself to butcher During the weekend Abergavenny’s ancient castle grounds will transform into magical setting for a fantastic array of family fun and entertainment. Food, fire and festivities abound. Whatever time you choose to pop along, there will always be something to do.

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Fun & food for thought In The Dome we’ve got a full weekend programme of family fun, toe tapping tunes and food for thought in the form of some great talks and debates – all free with your festival wristband.

Saturday 21 September Sunday 22 September

10.30- Family Games - Madame Saucisson & 10.30- Family Games - Madame Saucisson & 11.00 Petite Croissant 11.00 Petite Croissant

11.00- Live Music - The Toobahs 11.00- Live Music - The Toobahs 11.30 11.30

12.00- Debate - Festival Soapbox 12.00- Debate - Festival Soapbox 12.45 12.45

13.00- In Conversation - Food Diets & Mental 14.30- In Conversation – Cookbook 14.00 Health 15.30 Confidential with Octopus Books

14.30- In Conversation – The Rise of #MeToo 15.45- Live Music - The Toobahs 15.30 in the kitchen 16.30

15.45- Musical Food Quiz – Monsieur Bon Bon 16.30 & Madame Saucisson

Cooking over Fire Our ‘Cooking over Fire’ stage, supported by Kadai Firebowls is a highlight at The Castle. Don’t miss this programme of great chefs, and our keeper of the flame, Ben Pryor, cooking up a storm.

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10.30 Plant-based BBQ’ing with BBC’s Dirty 11.00 Native over Fire with Imogen Davis & Vegan Matt Pritchard Ivan Tisdall-Downes from Native

12.00 Hang Fire with Sam & Shauna from 12.15 The Ultimate Burger with DJ BBQ Hang Fire Southern Kitchen 13.30 Charred: When Veg Meats Flames with 13.30 Three Courses Over Fire with Freddy Genevieve Taylor Bird 14.45 Maple from Canada with Hang Fire, 15.00 Thai Inspired Welsh Goat with Smoking Manon Lagrève, Georgina Hayden & Goat’s Ali Borer James Golding

Festivities And… Street food and cocktails Our Castle grounds come alive at night with our Don’t miss the excellent range of street food legendary Friday night stomp, and Saturday Night traders, alongside our festival bar and cocktails shindig. Join us round the fire for street food and from Chase Distillery. Bring a rug, settle in and drinks before dancing the night away. enjoy the later summer vibes.

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Drinks’ Theatre Theatr Diodydd

No food festival would be complete Don’t forget the ultimate without an opportunity to sit back, imbibers night of comedy, relax and take a wander through theatre and 5 free drinks, THINKING DRINKERS – the world of some of your favourite HEROES OF HOOCH spirits. Delivered in partnership with on Friday 20th September our friends at Timothy Oulton, the at The Borough Theatre food festival Drinks’ Theatre plays host to a jam-packed programme that includes; oysters and martinis, coffee and cocktails, and a journey into the world of Mezcal, and an exploration of non-alcoholic cocktails.

For Beer Lovers: For Fans of Fizz: For Tea Totallers:

Beer vs Cider – the battle Fizz Cocktails with Olly Non-alcoholic Cocktails of the brew With Jaega Smith with Fiona Beckett, Calum Wise & Pete Brown Saturday 21st September Hutson & Claire Warner Saturday 21st September 17.30-18.30 Sunday 22nd September 11.00-12.00 £16.50 15.00 – 16.00 £16.50 £16.50 For Caffeine Addicts: For Globe Trotters: Coffee & Cocktails with Around the Gin Globe Matt Benyon & Danny with Neil Ridley & Joel Walker Harrison Sunday 22nd September Saturday 21st September 11.00-12.00 13.00-14.00 £16.50 £16.50

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HIGHLIGHTS Family Guide behind Due to all the enticing smells and delicious Canllaw Teuluoedd delights, we can’t allow 4-legged family members into the festival, and they are not allowed to be left Bringing your family to a food in cars at any festival car park. Make sure your dog festival can be a brilliant experience, is well looked after at home and keep your eyes but we appreciate that at times it out for a treat to take home for them. can also be hard to navigate the crowds with children in tow. To Stay hydrated We know you won’t go hungry at the festival, but help you make the most of your make sure you don’t go thirsty either. We have visit, here’s our family guide to the refill points marked on our maps where you can festival. fill up your reusable bottles, and for the grown-ups a tasting event at our Drinks Theatre (p. 47) is the place for something a little stronger. Look out for the ! Wristbands are free for the Under 16’s, and we have plenty of fun to be had FREE with that festival Plan your journey wristband. Check out our programme of free kids’ Parking can be booked online for Saturday and cookery classes, the activities tent in the Festival Sunday when you buy your wristbands, but don’t Farmyard and our rare breed petting zoo. Look for forget, it is a small town and space for parking the for the big blue next to all our free events. is very limited. Why not check out the public transport options instead and let the kids ask the Maps matter train driver if they’re ‘nearly there yet’. Have a look at the fold out map of the town in the front of this programme which shows all the Book your cookery classes festival sites. There’s also a detailed map of each Adults cookery classes (p. 52) at the Castle area showing what is going on where, plus full include the family friendly Store cupboard market listings from p. 61. cookery and our pasta masterclass. Kids’ cookery classes (p. 39) in association with Cook School and Rougemont Independent School are ALL Check out the castle completely free of charge – so you can sit back Head to the dome in the castle grounds (p. 45) while they learn how to make your dinner. Book all where you’ll find family fun and food for thought your classes online. all day. There’s also face painting to be found next to our baby feeding and changing tent. Bring a blanket for the lawn Once you’re fed, watered, appropriately dressed Head to the farmyard for the weather, you’ve petted a rare-breed sheep Our festival farmyard (p.40) is a hub of family fun and you’ve learnt how to cook, it’s time for a well- including hands-on events in the morning where deserved sit down. Bring a blanket and settle down kids can learn to churn butter, or what it’s really on our family lawn at the castle. like to live with pigs. We’ll also have a tractor to climb on, animals to pet, and interesting debates all day long. Look out for the blackboards over the Make the most of weekend for more info. Monmouthshire If you want to make an adventure of it, why not spend a bit more time in Monmouthshire, the food capital of Wales, and visit some of the other local attractions (p. 30).

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Get your Abergavenny Food Festival branded water bottle at one of our merchandise points over the weekend or bring your own reusable bottle with you.

Refill at Abergavenny Food Festival Mannau Ail-Lenwi Dŵr We announced our first ever official sustainability policy for our 20th festival last year, and we want to do even better this year. For this, our 21st festival we are encouraging our stallholders, speakers, and you, our visitors to the festival to try and reduce usage of single use plastic wherever possible.

This year our town has been leading the way, You can also download the ReFill app and click as back in February Abergavenny was awarded ‘Find a Refill Station’ to see where you can top Plastic Free Community status by the marine up your water bottle nationwide. So don’t forget conservation charity, Surfers Against Sewage. to bring your reusable water bottle and fill up this Abergavenny is now part of an exciting new festival. network of towns and villages across the UK who are tackling the problem of throwaway plastic. A host of independent cafes and businesses in Abergavenny have been awarded Plastic Free Look out for our Business Champion status and have removed single-use plastic from their businesses. You can find these businesses throughout town, just look water bars on our maps out for the refill sticker in their windows. to find out where to fill your bottle.

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Head to page 68 for full street food listings

Head to our stage in Lower Brewery Yard for entertainment all day long. Check out the blackboards for what’s on when. Street Food & Night Market to head to our Cheese & Wine Market just off Market Street. Bwyd Stryd If you fancy something fried In Lower Brewery Yard (p. 68) you’ll We’ve got lots of options from Nashville style fried find our hub of street food, produce chicken to vegan fritters. to go, our night market and plenty of entertainment. For world travellers We’ve got Venezuelan, Spanish, Malaysian, American, Greek, Mexican, Chinese, Tibetan and Access to the Night Market is free with your of course plenty of Welsh treats too. wristband, or you can pay just £5 to enter Lower

Brewery Yard from 6pm to 11pm for an evening of food and fun. Wash all that down with Handmade natural cordials, kombucha or a drink If you’re a seafood aficionado from the Airstream bar.

There will be Welsh seafood a plenty in the form of , cooked to order, or even rolled into a To keep you entertained burrito. There will be live music on the stage from Fordsons and The Poobahs from 6.45pm to 10.00pm to keep your toes tapping while you eat Or perhaps you’re a cheese addict? and drink. If so, we’ve got melted delights in the form of raclette or tartiflette and a wide selection of halloumi treats for those addicted to squeaky And we have sweet treats for pudding cheese. For SERIOUS cheese addicts don’t forget too!

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HIGHLIGHTS Our adult cookery classes are brought to you by Kitchen Academy

Saturday 21st September Sunday 22nd September

Modern Scandi Cooking Storecupboard Cookery With Trine Hahnemann With Claire Thomson & Sam Sohn Rethel 10.00-11.30 FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO 10.00-11.00 £27.50 BOOK YOUR CLASS £22.50 www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com Darjeeling Express Or visit one of our festival box Curious Cuts & How To Use Them With Asma Khan offices during the weekend With Pipers Farm & Charlotte Pike 12.30-14.00 11.30-13.00 £32.50 £32.50 Pasta Masterclass With Emiko Davies & Rachel Roddy 14.30-16.00 £32.50 Salt & Time – A Russian cookery class Elly Pear With Alissa Timoshkina 14.00-15.30 £32.50

Dinner Party Cooking Cookery School With Elly Pear & Rosie Birkett Book early 16.00-17.30 £32.50 Ysgol Goginio to avoid These 90-minute cookery classes, run in disappointment collaboration with the Kitchen Academy, and based at the iconic Abergavenny Castle, are Matt Pritchard a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with your favourite chefs. Each aims to teach you a new food skill, learning from some top chefs as they guide you through a practical, Trine Hahnemann hands-on class. You will pick up top tips and Photo by Columbus Leth recipes and get the opportunity to put your skills to the test, not to mention trying lots of delicious treats along the way.

52 53 HIGHLIGHTS Fringe Festival Gŵyl Ymylol It isn’t just Edinburgh that has a festival fringe. These events, created by local restaurants, bars and community groups celebrate all that is great about ’ food culture, especially the people who grow, make and cook our food.

Here are just a few of the events we have going on as part of this year’s fringe. We also have wild dining, very hungry caterpillars, yoga, farm visits, middle eastern delights and the acclaimed History Cooked Food Club (p. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR 28) as part of this years’ fringe events, head ALL FESTIVAL FRINGE EVENTS online to find out more. AND TO BOOK TICKETS www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com

Thursday 19th Saturday 21st September September

An Evening With Cyrus Love Kids Abraiigavenny 2019 Todiwala Parade 14.00-17.00 at Chesters 19.00 at The Bridges Centre 13.00-14.00 Wine Merchants Monmouth FREE with Festival Wristband Abergavenny £35.00 Pupils, parents and teachers £10.00 Last year’s sell-out dinner ‘An from local schools join Love Groete! Chesters Wine Evening with Cyrus Todiwala’ Zimbabwe Charity at the Merchants is proud to present is back for 2019. This is a Food Festival in learning and the first South African Wine fantastic opportunity to enjoy sharing African songs whilst tasting event in town! Join the a sumptuous meal cooked by raising awareness of fair/ Chesters team, and a handful tv chef and personality, Cyrus ethical trade, and global food of our favourite Winemakers to Todiwala OBE at The Bridge’s sustainability issues. The Mayor taste through the fantastic wines Centre, Monmouth. Cyrus will of Abergavenny will start the on offer. With a traditional Braai introduce his dishes, ingredients march from Castle Street provided by the guys at The and meet guests at this evening Methodist Church at 13:00, Tidy Kitchen Co. feast, which will include book before heading to the Castle, signings and an auction where the Angel Hotel and the Lower you could win a meal for 2 at Brewery Yard stage. At each Café Namaste and a stopping point songs will be night at the luxury Ned hotel in sung and a speaker will say a London. few words.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ON A TOUR www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com Or visit one of our festival box offices during the weekend

Wild & Foraged Saturday 21st September Wild Cocktails Sunday 22nd September Bwyd Gwyllt A 13.00-14.30 From The Orchard – An apple walk £22.50 Fish & Forage Helfwyd 11.30-13.00 Join us on a wild and boozy romp through the 13.00-14.30 £5.00 local countryside. You’ll learn to identify seasonal £22.50 wild herbs and plants with local forager Liz Knight, Learn more about your favourite Author James Rich, whose family own a cider which you will then transform into delicious Fancy dabbling in foraging want to learn how to food or drink and discover the farm, will be sharing his love for everything apple. cocktails under the tutelage of Mark Diacono of cook fish over a fire? Join experienced foragers bounty of the beautiful Welsh You’ll tour the Abergavenny Community Orchard Otter Farm. Booking is a must – all forage tour and chefs Matt Powell and Alex Bluett as they to learn about different varieties and explore what information will be sent to participants ahead of guide you through an introduction to foraging and countryside. With this programme of you can find in the hedgerows surrounding the time. fish cookery, expect delicious seasonal fish and Wild and Foraged events and tours trees. There’ll be plenty of tasting opportunities hedgerow bounty. you can explore the abundance of and you’ll make your own jar of pickled apples to take home. Wild Cooking free food on your doorstep. Our 13.30-15.00 2019 off-site adventures are not to Wild & Seasonal with Native £22.50 be missed. 15.30-17.00 Join food writer and fire enthusiast Genevieve £22.50 Taylor, and ‘The Cauldron’ chef, Henry Eldon as Book early they teach you some essential fire skills. You’ll Join foraged and seasonal food experts Ivan head to a secret festival site where you will learn to avoid Tisdall-Downes and Imogen Davis from Native how to build and tend to your fire, how to get disappoinment on this Wild & Seasonal adventure. You’ll gather Thanks to Kotlich Cooking for consistent heat, prepare some delicious outdoor a variety of foraged leaves and plants before their support of our Wild & dishes, before sharing the feast you help create. creating a foraged feast around the fire. Foraged events

56 57 Know your markets HIGHLIGHTS Newbies Guide We have not 1, not 2 but a whole host of separate areas, all packed with delicious stalls and Canllaw Dechreuwyr demonstrations going on all day Saturday and Sunday. Get your map out and follow our festival Abergavenny is NOT your average signage to be sure to don’t miss out on The Market food festival! First timers can Hall and Upper Brewery Yard, Fish & Fizz, Cheese & Wine (with our new wine tasting stage), New sometimes be a little surprised Producers Market, Tiverton Producers Market, The to discover the festival site isn’t in Farmyard, Horsington’s Yard, The Castle Market, the town of Abergavenny, it is the The Festival Farmyard, AND our late-trading Street Food & Night Market. All the info starts on p. 61, town. Markets, street food, cookery and we’ll have plenty of stewards too, just ask lessons, talks and debates, our someone in a crew t-shirt to point you in the right festival fringe and all manner of direction. tasty treats can be found around every corner, so comfortable shoes, Don’t forget your wellies, or and good hydration are a must! your sun-tan lotion We’ll be making weather updates via our social Here are our top tips for festival newbies to media over the weekend, and we’ve got plenty make sure you don’t miss a thing. of places to grab some shade, but don’t forget to have a look at the forecast before you leave home and bring your 50 or your mac accordingly.

Get your wristband and your Two legs good highlighter out Due to all the enticing smells and delicious We have a whole host of events taking place delights, we can’t allow 4-legged friends into the over festival weekend, from talks and debates on festival, and they are not allowed to be left in cars the current food climate, to wild forages, drinks at any festival car park. Make sure your dog is well tastings, cookery classes and demonstrations, looked after at home and keep your eyes out for a many of which are Free when you buy your festival treat to take home for them. wristband . Grab a pen and a cuppa when you arrive and mark up where to be when. Bring a bottle We know you won’t go hungry at the festival, Get in early, leave late but make sure you don’t go thirsty either. Bring a If you don’t want to miss out on seeing some of reusable water bottle with you and you can fill it the biggest names in food from Monmouthshire, up at any of the water points marked on our maps. across the UK AND also coming all the way from Canned water will also be available at our bars, but America, book your tickets early online. Our events no single use plastic please! (p.14) all have limited tickets available, so get in early to avoid disappointment. Gather round the fire And yes .. there will be an evening street food We’ll have demonstrations going on all day at our market (p. 68) and parties happening at the Cooking over Fire area where you can get top tips festival too! from DJ BBQ, BBC TV’s Dirty Vegan, and Sam and Shauna from Hang Fire amongst others. Come down and join our master of the flame, and then grab a spot by our Kadai fire bowl with a drink and some delicious street food safe in the knowledge you have festival’d well.

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Navigate your way around Abergavenny using our fold out map on the cover, and look out for our helpful stewards over the weekend Listings Rhestrau In the pages to follow you will find a map of each of our festival areas, along with a list of the stallholders you can find there, with a bit of information about each one.

We’ve also got a full stallholders A-Z (p. 92) so if there’s something you don’t want to miss you can find them easily.

Look out for the welsh dragon symbol for our Welsh stallholders. The symbols below will help you to navigate the maps and find your way around the town.

Look out for these symbols on our maps to help you find what you are looking for

TOURIST INFO INFO & MERCHANDISE BARS

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MARKETS FACE PAINTING & WILLOW STRUCTURES The Castle COOKERY BABY FEEDING & SCHOOL CHANGING Y Castell 19 1. Festival Bar – The 8. Kadai Fire bowls by 16. Cafe Spice Namaste 18 Blorenge Bar Wilstone Award-winning Indian family Our Blorenge Bar returns to Kadai is an innovative company restaurant near the Tower of serve up a range of beers, producing a vast range of London owned by ciders, spirits, soft drinks and authentic Indian outdoor living Cyrus Todiwala. more, featuring local specialities. products to make your garden www.cafespice.co.uk www.stedmanbrothers.com feel like a haven. www.kadai.com 17. Netherton Foundry 2. The Cooking Cooks Inspired by Shropshire’s 18th MUSEUM Beautiful handcrafted fresh 9. Skyborry Perry & Cider and 19th century Iron masters, pasta and sauce. Behind Skyborry Cider & Perry Netherton Foundry create 20 www.thecookingcooks.com are two brothers that with traditional cookware products hardwork and passion, do every with provenance. 17 3. Moo and Two part of the business themselves. www.netherton-foundry.co.uk ABERGAVENNY Hand-sourced loose-leaf tea www.skyborrycider.co.uk CASTLE and single-origin coffee. 18. Riverford Organics www.mooandtwo.com 10. Dugan’s Patisserie 100% organic vegtables Delightful individual French style delivered straight to your door. 16 4. Science Cream sweet tarts and bakes. www.riverford.co.uk The smoothest, creamiest, most www.dugans.co.uk joyous ice cream spectacle 19. Pipers Farm made in front of your eyes with 11. Brother Thai Meat produced sustainably, THE DOME liquid nitrogen. Inspired Thai street food using responsibly and in harmony with COOKING www.sciencecream.co.uk Welsh and Thai suppliers. nature. OVER FIRE www.brotherthai.co.uk www.pipersfarm.com 5. Isabel’s Bakehouse 15 10 Bespoke creperie based in the 12. Murray May’s 20. Tools for Self Reliance 9 heart of the Wye Valley. Charcoal grilled kebabs cooked Cymru 12 www.isabelsbakehouse.com with real fire on a Turkish Tools for Self Reliance Cymru mangal grill. collect old and unwanted 6. The Beefy Boys www.murraymays.co.uk hand tools which it cleans and 7 100% Beef sharpens before sending to 14 burgers cooked fresh to order. 13 8 13. Chase Cocktail Bar community groups in Africa. www.thebeefyboys.com Serving up delicious gin and At present TFSR Cymru KIDS COOKERY vodka-based cocktails. concentrates its overseas efforts SCHOOL 7. Maple from Canada www.chasedistillery.co.uk in Tanzania. 11 Visit Maple from Canada’s stall www.tfsrcymru.org.uk 6 to try pure Canadian maple 14. Belazu sugar pie, take home delicious A wide variety of innovative recipe inspiration, learn how the and traditional antipasti, grains, 5 famous ‘liquid gold’ is produced pastes and vinegars. BLORENGE and why it is such a special, www.belazu.com BAR natural ingredient. www.maplefromcanada.co.uk 15. Little Bristol Kitchen 1 Sumptuous bright bold food that is packed full of goodness 4 yet still feels like a treat. 2

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MARKETS 17. Dugan’s Patisserie Individual French-style sweet EXIT ONLY TO HIGH STREET / CROSS STREET Market Hall tarts made in Hay-on-Wye. Neuadd Y Farchnad www.dugans.co.uk 18. Hobbs House Bakery 1. Aecorn Aperitifs 8. & 9. Abergavenny Food An artisan bakery on a mission Non alcoholic spirits inspired Festival Book stall by to make ‘Handmade Bread for by 17th century English herbal Aardvark Books Everyone.’ remedies. An independent bookseller www.hobbshousebakery.co.uk www.aecornaperitifs.com based in a beautiful 19th 19. Rogue Preserves century barn on the edge of the Rogue use traditional cooking 2. Seedlip Welsh borders selling both new, methods to create preserves Seedlip is a non-alcoholic spirits second-hand and rare books. with a provocative twist. company making unique and www.aardvark-books.com 19 20 complex blends. www.enjoyrogue.com www.seedlipdrinks.com 10. & 11. Triodos Bank 20. Mayhawk A world leader in sustainable 18 21 Bean-to-bar chocolate made 1 3. Black Mountains Smokery banking. from ethically sourced raw www.triodos.co.uk Family-run Black Mountains ingredients. www.mayhawk.com 17 22 2 Smokery is based in 12. Robert Price CHARITY and produces a wide range of Robert Price is the largest local, 21. The Olive Press multi-award-winning, naturally independent builders’ merchant The finest range of olives, olive TABLE meats, cheeses in South , and has 16 23 3 oils and antipasti. and accompaniments. been providing excellent service www.theolivepress.co.uk 13 www.smoked-foods.co.uk and high-quality products since 4 1847. 22. Trealy Farm Charcuterie 12 4. Tudor Brewery www.robert-price.co.uk 15 24 Tudor Brewery is a family run Monmouthshire-based Trealy company making handcrafted 13. Belazu MARKET 5 Farm combine top techniques real , most notably their A wide variety of innovative HALL 14 25 and distinctive recipes to Great Taste Award winning and traditional antipasti, grains, STAGE produce their award-winning Blorenge Golden . pastes and vinegars. 6 range of cooked and cured www.tudorbrewery.co.uk www.belazu.com FESTIVAL meats. BOOKSHOP 5. The Patchwork Food Co 14. Hallets Cider www.trealyfarm.com 11 10 7 Award-winning cider made in 9 8 23. Coedcanlas Award-winning Patchwork Blaengawney Farm, Newport. Artisan food and honey Foods products range www.halletsrealcider.co.uk producer using traditional from delicious and unusual beekeeping and breeding pâtés to mushroom-infused 15. Llaeth Y Llan/Village methods. . Dairy ENTRANCE / EXIT TO UPPER BREWERY YARD www.coedcanlas.com www.patchworkfoods.com Family run Dairy Farm based on Tal Y Bryn and established 24. Chase Distillery in 1985. 6. Franchi Seeds of Italy A based distillery The oldest seed company in www.villagedairy.co.uk serving up delicious gin and the world, passionate about The market hall is being renovated to make it better than ever, which means vodka-based cocktails from provenance and regionality. 16. Halen Môn/ Sea you will see scaffolding and building works in place over festival weekend. their Horse Box Bar. www.seedsofitaly.com Salt Bear with us for 2019, as we look forward to the council unveiling of an www.chasedistillery.co.uk Salt made from 100% pure improved Market Hall for 2020. 7. Chelsea Green Publishing Anglesey seawater and 25. Willy’s ACV The leading publisher of books absolutely nothing else. Pioneering probiotic farming on the politics and practice of www.halenmon.com producing Apple Cider Vinegar sustainable living. and Kombucha. www.chelseagreen.com www.willysacv.com 64 65 MARKETS

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ENTRANCE / EXIT Iard Y Bragdy Uchaf TO MARKET STREET 1 1. Flint & Flame 11. Alex Gooch Artisan 18. The Farm 2 Flint and Flame’s luxury knife Bakers Growers of garlic and makers of 3 range combines high quality Delicious vegan, organic bread garlicky goodies. 4 materials with beautiful design and , responsibly made www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk 5 19 to deliver the best possible using traditional methods of kitchen tools. 19. The Stall 6 long fermentation. www.flintandflame.co.uk www.alexgoochbaker.com The freshest, ripest and tastiest 7 18 tomatoes grown with love on the STAIRS 8 17 2. Cult Vinegar Co 12. Gwynt Y Ddraig sunny Isle of Wight. Small batch unpasturised www.thetomatostall.co.uk 16 Welsh farmhouse cider – 9 20 vinegars from premium wines, 15 shaped by the elements and 10 20. Mr Todiwala’s Pickles 21 ciders, sakes and sherry. made traditionally using freshly 14 Flavoursome cooking 11 12 13 www.cultvinegar.co.uk pressed fruit. 22 www.gwyntcidershop.com , chutneys and pickles 23 3. & 4. The Old Board Co guaranteed to make your taste The Old Board Co. produce 13. Sibling Distillery buds tingle. ENTRANCE / EXIT LOWER BREWERY 24 4 beautifully handcrafted Seasonal gins made using www.mrtodiwalas.com 6 5 YARD 25 food boards, furniture and 100% renewable energy with 3 FESTIVAL 7 BAR homeware using locally sourced, whole fruit and herbs. 35 2 sustainable timbers. 8 www.siblingdistillery.com 34 36 www.theoldboardco.co.uk 9 1 14. Steward & Guild (Lurvill’s 37 5. & 6. Wye Valley Brewery Delight & Non-Such Shrubs) 19 ENTRANCE / EXIT 26 Producing beautiful cask, keg 18 TO ST MARY’S PRIORY 20 and bottle beers since 1985. 27 Fruity, herbaceous, lightly- 10 STAIRS 17 www.wyevalleybrewery.co.uk sparkling blends of fruit juice, 11 28 spring water and apple cider 7. Shepherd’s Ice Cream 29 vinegar. ENTRANCE / EXIT milk ice cream that is 16 33 www.nonsuchshrubs.com UPPER BREWERY 30 lighter, lower in fat and rich in

15 flavour. YARD 31 15. Parva www.shepherdsicecream.co.uk Handcrafted Great Taste award- 14 32 winning hot sauces, sambals 8. Festival Water Refill 13 and spice blends. Point www.parva-spices.co.uk 12 9. British Cassis LOWER Finest Cassis made using wine 16. The Gaff BREWERY making techniques to perfectly New Abergavenny restaurant. YARD STAGE capture the intesity of the Small plates, big flavours. blackcurrants. www.thegaffrestaurant.co.uk www.whiteherondrinks.co.uk 17. Llanllyr Source 10. Welsh Coffee Roasters Award winning water drawn from the organic fields of A small artisan coffee roastery Llanllyr. based in the Vale of . www.llanllyrsource.com www.welshcoffee.com

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MARKETS 14. The Parsnipship 27. The Bearded Taco 35. Churros Ole Ltd Pioneering vegetarian produce. Fresh and delicious fusion tacos Traditional Spanish Churros www.theparsnipship.co.uk served on hand rolled gluten stuffed and served with hot free tortillas. dipping chocolate, and 15. Dusty Knuckle Pizza www.thebeardedtaco.co.uk ice cream. Freshly baked bread, knockout , , salads, pizza 28. Nixons Farms Pen-min- 36. Momo bar and pastries. cae Welsh Black Beef and Tibetan dumplings with a range www.dustyknuckle.co.uk Lamb of mouth watering fillings. Welsh Back Beef and Lamb www.momo-bar.co.uk 16. & 17. The Pink produced on the banks of the 37. Underdogs Peppercorn River Wye near Bulith Wells. Great quality hot dogs made Food inspired by the people, www.nixonfarms.co.uk produce and passion of Wales. from free-range pork shoulder www.thepinkpeppercorn.com 29. Ah-Ma’s Dumplings www.underdogsbristol.co.uk Delectable Dim Sum handmade Festival Bar 18. Swshi using locally-sourced, free- Serving a range of local and Burrito-style sushi rolls using range produce. Welsh drinks incuding plenty local crab, chicken and teriyaki. www.ahmasdumplings.com of options for the designated www.swshi.co.uk 30. Puckin Poutine drivers. 19. Meat & Greek The only dedicated poutine Authentic souvlaki fresh trader in Wales and the South from the skewer served up in West. generous portions. www.meatandgreek.co.uk 31. Sim’s Foods Samosaco

Lower Brewery Yard & Street Food 20. & 21. Heritage Cheese High-quality vegan, vegetarian Finest traditional cheeses from and gluten free Asian influenced Iard Y Bragdy Isaf a Bwyd Stryd across the country. food. www.heritagecheese.co.uk www.samosaco.co.uk

1. Cwlbox 6. Los Hermanos 10. Welsh Venison Centre 22. Raclette Raclette 32. Born Sloppy Indulgent cheese-based alpine Iconic American sloppy joes, The best seafood and local Spanish inspired street food Welsh venison from the Brecon dishes including tartiflette and wicked dirty fries and naughty produce served from a lovingly cooked by two brothers on a Beacons. raclette nachos. converted horse trailer. mission to make your mouth www.beaconsfarmshop.co.uk www.bornsloppyjoes.wixsite. cwlbox.com water. 23. Angry Bird 11. Little Jack Horner’s com/bornsloppy www.loshermanosstreetfood. Nashville style fried chicken, 2. & 3. Assembelly Organic, free-range really great com burgers and wings from 33. Real Kombucha Bar Fresh Welsh seafood cooked to rolls. . Sophisticated, fermented order. 7. Modo Italian www.ljhorners.com alchohol free drinks that offer a www.assembelly.co.uk Proudly serving the lesser 24. & 25. Popti & Beast sense of occasion. known foods from Rome and 12. Clarks Kitchen Organic butchers and bakery www.realkombucha.co.uk 4. & 5. The Queen Pepiada Sicily. Hallumi Fries and wraps for serving quality foods including people with squeaky cheese cakes, pastries and meats. 8. Alp Mac 34. Hedgegrow Cordials Cardiff-based food truck addiction! www.poptiandbeast.co.uk Gourmet Macaroni & Cheese www.clarkskitchen.co.uk Drinks Bar offering Venezuelan arepas and A drinks bar serving handmade appetizers. served from a 1974 Mercedes 26. The Fritter Shack 13. The Pickled Brisket natural cordials that are foraged, www.tqpepiada.com food truck. High quality, vegan food Hot salt beef sandwiches and sourced or grown locally. www.alpmac.co.uk company passionate about all platters (including a veggie www.hedgerowcordials.co.uk things healthy and green. 9. Makasih version!) www.thefrittershack.co.uk Family run Malaysian Fusion www.thepickledbrisket.co.uk Street food .

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MARKETS 15. Goats A family farm in Cresselly run Castle Street by three siblings all under the age of 21 Heol Y Castell www.pembrokeshiregoats.co.uk 16. Dragon/South 1. & 2. The Hive 10. Iron and Flame Ltd Caernarfon Creameries Homemade honey ice cream Authentic and traditional CASTLE STREET Wales’ oldest and largest dairy made in Aberaeron. Argentinian slow cooked lamb. co-operative which has been www.thehiveaberaeron.com Triodos Bank Café farmer-owned since 1938. www.dragonwales.co.uk 3. Oscar’s Kitchen Farmyard cafe sponsored by Delicious homemade artisanal Triodos selling , and 17. Tipsy Fruit Gins sweet and savoury preserves cakes run in collaboration with Gins and fruit liqueurs using Emmeline’s of Bristol whole fruit - no purees or 4. Seasons concentrates. A small family company Peak Horsebox www.tipsyfruitgins.co.uk handcrafting quality range ‘Ahoi! What Grows Here?’ Artists Ella Gibbs and Owen Griffiths DISABLED CAR PARK meats including beef, poultry, 18. Tudor Farmhouse will launch an alternative to game and exotic. A 20 bedroom boutique hotel food and fauna map and you’ll www.naturalgame.co.uk with a brand centered around be able to sample foraged food the on their farm. 5. Two Farmers from the waterways. www.tudorfarmhousehotel.co.uk Hand cooked crisps flavoured www.peak.cymru with quality, locally-sourced 19. Freddie’s Flowers 10b. WWF 41 42 ingredients. Gloriously fresh flowers that are WWF is the world’s leading 40 43 www.twofarmers.co.uk good for the soul! 39 independent conservation 38 ENTRANCE/ www.freddiesflowers.com 37 6. Wild Trail organisation. 36 EXIT Tasty fruit and nut bars, www.wwf.org.uk 20. Farmer’s Welsh 30 nutritionally balanced for simple TRACTOR Lavender outdoor energy. 11. Tir Ceridwen (Ruskin Mill 31 The only professional distillers 35 32 www.wildtrail.co.uk Trust ) (Coleg Plas Dwbl) of lavender oil in Wales. 27 Craft and land based skills and www.welshlavender.com WELSH CHEFS 29 PETTING work experience in Clynderwen. STAGE 28 PADDOCK 7. RSPB Cymru 26 The RSPB is one of the biggest www.wwf.org.uk 21. Blas Y Tir nature conservation charities Supplying fresh grown 12. Old Sandlin Fruit 24 in the UK, who’s goal it is to vegetables to retailers and 34 23 Family run fruit farm producing support high quality nature and wholesalers throughout Wales. 20 Apple and Pear juice from their 33 22 sustainable food farming. www.blasytir.com 21 www.rspb.org.uk homegrown produce. 25 19 WATER BAR 22. Kitchen Garden Plant 8. Bighorn Biltong 13. Cardigan Bay Honey 15 A family run business Centre 16 Tasty and nutritional dried, Family growers of herbs and 17 specialising in raw honey and 18 14 ENTRANCE/ cured meat made from British edible plants grown locally in 13 beeswax products. 10B 12 EXIT rare breed, grass-fed cattle in . Worcestershire. www.cardiganbayhoney.co.uk PEAK 11 www.kitchengardenplantcentre. www.bighornbiltong.co.uk HORSEBOX 14. Blodyn Aur co.uk 1 The only rapeseed oil grown, 2 9. The Woodland Trust 23. Hodmedods 3 pressed and bottled in Wales. 4 The largest woodland Pulse and grain pioneers 5 www.madryn.co.uk FARMING 6 conservation charity in the UK. working directly with UK MATTERS 7 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk farmers. STAGE 8 9 www.hodmedods.co.uk 10 CAFE

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MARKETS 35. Welsh Chefs Stage - 37. Hullabaloos Lemonade 42. & 43. Charles Taylor Supported by PGI Welsh Lemonade handmade using Situated at the edge of the Lamb and PGI Welsh Beef traditional methods in the Peak District, Charles Taylor Somerset countryside. handcraft top quality garden We are delighted to partner www.hullabaloos.rockds furniture, planters and herb with PGI Lamb & Beef Wales to boxes. deliver a new all-Welsh demo 38. Royal Biology Society www.charlestaylortrading.com stage to the festival farmyard. Science Tent Enjoy demos and delicious The Royal Society of Biology is a recipe tastings from some of the single unified voice for biology. very best chefs that Wales has www.rsb.org.uk to offer. 39. Doughnutterie www. A small bakery specialising in eatwelshlambandwelshbeef. handcrafted, mouthwatering com doughnuts. 36. Farmyard Kids Activity www.doughnutterie.com Tent The family friendly activity 40. & 41. Gas Mark One tent, will host plenty of mini Gas Mark One is a locally workshops for kids of all ages, established company from wild tea making with specialising in the supply, foraged finds, face painting, installation and maintenance of animal charcoal drawings Aga and Rayburn products. and more. Activities will be www.gasmarkone.com chalboarded on the day so head on down to get hands-on!

24. The Welsh Truffle 29. MamGu Welshcakes 32. Toast Ale Company MamGu Welshcakes support Delicious award-winning beer Truffles cultivated in Welsh soil. local food producers and brewed from unsold loaves of www.welshtruffles.com educate their customers about bread from bakeries and unused Welsh food culture and of crusts from makers. 25. The Farm Garden by course welshcakes! www.toastale.com Talgarth Mill A farm garden featuring 30. Frank Sutton Ltd, John 33. & 34. Tiny Rebel different British grown grains by Deere Tractor Tiny Rebel are an award- Talgarth Mill. Come and sit inside the John winning brewery from Newport www.talgarthmill.com Deere tractor and discover that make people smile with more about modern farming their falvoursome beer and 26. & 27. Coombe Farm techniques. colourful cans. Organic www.franksutton.co.uk www.tinyrebel.co.uk Award-winning beef, pork and lamb reared in Somerset since 31. Paletas UK the 1940’s. Mexican ice lollies in www.coombefarmorganic.co.uk untraditional flavours made in the traditional way from fresh 28. The Pie Man whole fresh fruit. Quality, hand-crafted pies made www.paletasuk.com with the best produce and sourced locally.

72 73 MARKETS Made in Monmouthshire Gwnaed Yn Sir Fynwy Made in Monmouthshire celebrates the creative talents of local makers, the skills of local producers and their roles in keeping alive traditions that have shaped the landscape.

Made in Monmouthshire identifies items that are made locally from sustainable resources, wherever possible, in an environmentally responsible way. You can find the Made in Monmouthshire market in Cibi Walk over festival weekend.

Head to www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com to find out all the different artists who will be taking part in this year’s Made in Monmouthshire.

Market Hall Decorations

See more local art strung from the ceiling of Abergavenny’s Market Hall. This annual art installation is conceived and executed by theatre designer and artist Bettina Reeves and made with the help of local volunteers who create the decorations at the Peak Studio.

Based in Crickhowell in the Black Mountains, Peak works with professional artists and communities responding to the rural environment. They run artist-led projects throughout the region, with a focus on creating opportunities for children and young people. Don’t miss their horsebox studio in the castle grounds.

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13 12 11 Horsington’s Yard Horsington’s 10 14 1. The Choux Box 7. Breckland Orchard 12. Droitwich Salt High end Choux Buns with rich Small, family-owned artisan Salt sourced from one of the 15 9 patisserie filling and a choice of producer on a mission to make oldest and purest brine springs handmade sprinkles. the best-tasting soft drinks in the world. 16 www.thechouxboxpatisserie.com possible. www.droitwichsalt.com 8 www.brecklandorchard.co.uk 2. CaribSwede Vegan 13. Afon Mêl (The Honey Bakery Company 8. Calon Wen Farm) Beautiful Swedish bakes packed Simple, organic fresh Welsh New Quay Honey Farm are on full of Caribbean flavour. milk cheese, butter and yoghurt. a mission to deliver top-quality ENTRANCE / EXIT www.viking-goods.com www.calonwen-cymru.com honey and mead. www.afonmel.com 3. Cusan Welsh Cream 9. The Crepe Escape 7 Liqueur A family run Crêperie, Gelato Ice 14. The Dukkah Company Low-alcohol, whiskey-based Cream and coffee shop. Purveyors of Dukkah: a delicious cream liqueurs. nutty spice mix perfect for 6 1 10. Handlebar Barista dipping bread. 4. Espensen Spirits Specialise in unique trike and www.thedukkahcompany.com 5 Handmade naturally-infused bar set ups using our specially 2 spirits. adapted gas or electric powered 15. Roly’s Pantry www.espensenspirit.com espresso machines. Tenby ltd 3 4 www.handlebarbarista.co.uk Creamy and crumbly fudge 5. Hetty’s Kitchen freshly made with natural Homemade cakes and sweet 11. The Little Russian Food ingredients every day. treats made by Hetty, a greedy Company Ltd www.rolysfudge.co.uk cake loving girl from the Fresh, multi-award winning Cotswolds. handmade Russian food. 16. Grey Trees Independent www.hettyskitchen.co.uk www.russianpies.com Craft Brewers Passion and determination plus 6. The the best quality ingredients Emporium produce their selection of hand Putting their heart into crafted Ales. everything they do to create www.greytreesbrewery.com cheesecake heaven for their customers. www.lovecheesecakes.co.uk

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29 1 28 2 27 3 26 4 25 Tiverton Producers’ Market Marchnad Cynhyrchwyr Tiverton 5 24 With thanks to Unearthed for their support of the 6 23 Tiverton Producers’ Market 7 22 1. Stallholder to be 5. Myrtles Kitchen 8. Hampshire Downs Fine 21 announced Award-winning chutneys and Cider Company Ltd jams, packed with flavour and Known as the Champagne of 20 19 18 2. Tarsier Spirit Ltd made from scratch. Ciders, Chalkdown Cider is Unique dry gin showcasing www.myrtleskitchen.co.uk made from Hampshire apples ENTRANCE / 17 Southeast Asian flavours. that are hand-picked then gently EXIT TO They donate 10% of profits 6. Emily’s Kitchen pressed to ensure the purest LION STREET to conservation projects in Emily’s Kitchen is a one woman expression of fruit. Southeast Asia that protect the business born out of a desire www.chalkdowncider.com 8 14 15 Tarsier and its natural habitat. to bring joy through delicious, www.tarsierspirit.com showstopping custom bakes. 9. The Handmade Scotch 9 www.emilys-kitchen.com Egg Company 13 16 3. Ffedog Handmade Scotch in up to Ffedog create handmade 7. Origin Coffee Company 40 different flavours including 10 ENTRANCE / EXIT TO aprons, bringing style to the A leading UK specialty coffee vegetarian and gluten free. CHEESE & WINE kitchen without compromising roaster. www.handmadescotcheggs. MARKET practicality, ethics or the www.origincoffee.co.uk co.uk environment. 10. Lucky 7 10B 4. Unearthed Small batch beers designed Authentic ingredients and the to excite the palate made with expertise of great regional 11 12 care, dedication and pride in producers across the globe. Hay on Wye. www.foodsunearthed.co.uk www.lucky7beer.co.uk

78 79 MARKETS 10 B. Langley’s Rocky Road 19. Pig in the Middle 27. Tomos & Lilford Small batch handmade and Locally sourced and handmade From Rosemary Beer to hand decorated chocolate artisan sausage rolls. Seaweed Stout, expect the Rocky Road, using the finest www.pig-in-the-middle.co.uk unexpected from Tomos & Belgain and Cornish Lilford’s new-wave botanical ingredients such as Tarquins 20. GingerBeard’s Preserves mircro brewery in Llandow, Seadog Gin and Cornish Sea Awesome tasting award-winning Cowbridge. Salt. craft preserves. www.tomosalilford.com www.langleysrockyroad.co.uk www.gingerbeardspreserves. co.uk 28. The Cultured Collective 11. Haven Distillery Healthy and delicious craft A husband and wife team 21. Barti Ddu Rum kimchi and sauerkraut making London Dry Gin from Welsh Rum that uses wild www.theculturedcollective.co.uk their Herefordshire home pickled seaweed. www.havendistillery.co.uk www.bartirum.wales 29. Dine in Sauces (Nonya’s Secrets) 12. Rowlestone Icecream 22. Brocklebys Award-winning, premium Real luxury dairy ice cream Multi award wining savoury fruit Southeast Asian cooking sauces made on the farm from cows’ game and Melton Mowbray pork www.nonyasecrets.com milk and cream, egg and pies. . www.brocklebys.co.uk www.rowlestoneicecream.co.uk 23. Hay Charcuterie 13. The Nut Butter Company A small artisan charcuterie and Award-winning artisan nut fine foods company based in lovingly hand roasted rural Herefordshire, just outside and grinded in a variety of the charming market town of delicious flavours. Hay-on-Wye. www.sciencecream.co.uk www.haycharcuterie.co.uk 14. & 15. Joe & Seph’s 24. Cotswold Gold Gourmet popcorn Award-winning extra virgin and Gourmet popcorn in over 50 rapeseed oil company. flavours. www.cotswoldgold.co.uk www.joeandsephs.co.uk 25. O’Donnell Moonshine 16. Urban Cordial a craft spirits producer Premium fruit cordials made specializing in moonshine, a from surplus fruit from British grain-based alcohol, sold in farms. quirky jars with pouring lids. www.urbancordial.com www.odonnellmoonshine.co.uk 17. Cafe Cannoli 26. Brecon Chocolates Traditional Sicilian Cannoli A beautiful range of own recipe made with the finest Sicilian handmade truffles and book ingredients. themed chocolates. www.cafe-cannoli.com www.breconchocolates.co.uk 18. The Raw Chocolate Pie Company A small family run Cornish business making Raw Chocolate and Raw fudge. www.rawchocpie.co.uk

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ENTRANCE / EXIT 1. Caws Cenarth Cheese 9. White Lake Cheese 17. From Our Farm Top quality soft blue and A talented team of Since 2017, From Our Caerphilly cheese made from cheesemakers turning whacky Farm have been producing milk supplied by local farmers. ideas into a truly delicious range exceptional, award-winning beef www.cawscenarth.co.uk of cheeses. biltong from their family farm. www.whitelake.co.uk www.fromourfarm.co.uk 2. Ty Gwyn Cider One of the leading lights of the 10. Furnace Barn Wines 18. Jumi Cheese Ltd burgeoning UK craft cider scene. Proudly serving the lesser A Swiss artisan cheese shop 22 www.tygwyncider.co.uk known foods from Rome and in Newington Green selling Sicily. cheeses made by extended

21 3. Untapped Brewery www.furnaceprojects.com family members in Emmental WINE DEMOS Real Ale. True quality. Untapped Valley. STAGE Brewing produce consistently 11. Worthy Cheddar www.jumilondon.wordpress.com great beer. Deliciously creamy mature cheddar and award-winning 20 www.untappedbrew.com 19. Da Mhile Distillery Cornish cheeses. Producing high quality award- 4. The Truckle Cheese www.worthycheddar.com winning organic spirits since FESTIVAL 19 Company 2012. CHEESEBOARDS Delicious and irresistible British 12. The Tracklements www.damhile.co.uk cheeses. Company

18 www.trucklecheese.co.uk Lovingly hand made artisan 20. Bath Soft Cheese Co condiments dedicated to British Organic and artisan cheese 5. Cradoc’s Savoury Biscuits Fair Trade. makers based in between Bath 17 www.tracklements.co.uk and Bristol. Tasty and fresh savoury Biscuits www.parkfarm.co.uk in a variety of innovative and 13. Cheese Pantry 16 interesting flavours. A small indepdendent 21. Frome Valley Vineyard 15 www.cradocssavourybiscuits. cheese stall in Cardiff selling Award-winning English wine 14 co.uk exceptional British cheese producer in Herefordshire. 11 12 13 made by hand with complete www.fromevalleyvineyard.co.uk 9 10 6. Caws Teifi Cheese traceability. Award-winning artisan cheeses 22. Peter’s Yard made traditionally from the 14. Cwm Deri Vineyard A range of sourdough finest, locally sourced raw milk. Welsh wines, liqueurs, mead and crispbreads and flatbreads www.teificheese.com non-alcoholic drinks produced inspired by Sweden that use at a Pembrokeshire vineyard. simple, natural ingredients. 7. Hawkins Bros Wines www.cwm-deri.co.uk www.petersyard.com ENTRANCE / EXIT TO The best selection of award- TIVERTON MARKET winning English wines. 15. Easy Bean Festival Cheeseboards www.hawkinsbros.co.uk Small and innovative food The Festival Cheeseboard is producer making pulse based back featuring selected cheeses 8. Blaenafon Cheddar crackers and crispbreads. from our wonderful cheese 8 A family business producing www.easybean.co.uk producers and accompaniments 6 7 some of Wales most awarded from our Cheese and Wine 4 5 16. Two Belly 2 3 hand made cheeses. Market sponsors Tracklements 1 www.chunkofcheese.co.uk A cheese and beer odyssey that and Peter’s Yard. starts in Bristol. www.twobelly.co.uk

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12 ENTRANCE / EXIT Fish & Fizz 4. The Mighty Soft Shell 7. The Wrap Shack 11 Crab Mouthwatering healthy 16 1. Vegan Wine Box Delicious soft shell crab homemade wraps filled with 10 Exclusively vegan wine tempura with home made sweet fresh ingredients, homemade 17 merchant run by vegans for chilli sauce and full fat creme spices, and herbs. vegans. fraiche. www.thewrapshack.co.uk ST MARY’S PRIORY ST 9 www.veganwinebox.co.uk www.themightysoftshellcrab. 18 THE PRIORY CENTRE com 8. Oysters Trike 8 NEW PRODUCERS’ MARKET Tasting Workshops 2. The Strawberry Stop Delicious fresh Oysters served 100% British strawberry’s 5. Welsh Shellfish from a mobile trike! 7 topped with infused flavour Promotion fresh cream. Visit the fishing boat installation 9. Marine Conservation www.thestrawberrystop.co.uk and shellfish tank and learn Society 6 about sustainable fishing in The Marine Conservation 3. Apple County Cider Wales. Society is the UK’s leading 5 Real cider and perry from 100% charity for the protection of our P freshly pressed juice from a 6. Aber Falls Distillery Ltd seas shores and wildlife. variety of bitter-sweet apples www.mcsuk.org 4 3 2 1 all grown in local orchards in The first whisky and gin distillery . in for over 100 10. The Prosecco Pot www.applecountycider.co.uk years. Prosecco cocktails, Pimms, 9 8 7 ENTRANCE / EXIT www.aberfallsdistillery.com and a range of gins, ideal 10 ENTRANCE / EXIT Towards Car park accompaniments to the wonderful fresh produce on offer in this market. www.theproseccopot.com

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TITHE BARN 84 85 MARKETS New Producers’ 7. The Ludlow Pickle 14. Bloxs butter Company Ltd On a mission to make butter as Market Hand harvested salts, delicious buttery as possible, Bloxs Butter 1. Wye Valley Meadery pickles and dressings produce hand churned butter Beer brewers-cum-Bee Keepers www.theludlowpicklecompany. with a silky texture and rich Wye Valley Meadery produce co.uk taste to boot. innovative and delicious www.bloxsbutter.co.uk 8. The Toasted Seed Co sparkling lower alcohol mead. Hand toasted highly-nutritious 15. Two Dogs Coffee www.wyevalleymeadery.co.uk seeds that make a moreish, Roasters 2. The Mallow Tailor memorable snack. Treorchy-based business Handmade specialty chocolates www.thetoastedseedcompany. that hand-roasts small batch that are packed with tailorable co.uk specialty coffee. fillings. www.twodogscoffeecompany. 9. Harth Truffles com www.themallowtailor.co.uk Fresh and vegan-friendly 3. Silver Circle Distillery Ltd chocolate truffles created 16. Everest Bakehouse amidst the misty Mendip hills. A small baking social enterprise www.harthtruffles.co.uk Craft spirits producer based that helps people overcome in the Monmouthshire village barriers to paid employment by 10. Artistraw Cider making amazing cakes, of deep in the Wye Environmentally friendly and Valley. and bakes. utterly delicious, Artistraw CIider www.everestbakehouse.com www.silvercircledistillery.com are passionate about making natural cider with 100% apples. 4. Seaspoon 17. Fruit Nomads www.artistraw.co.uk Sustainably harvested seaweed A spicy, zesty treat that delivers an unexpected flavour not based products full of flavour 11. Black Mountains CBD Oil generally associated with fruit. and natural goodness. Manufacturers of quality Hemp www.fruitnomads.co.uk www.seaspoon.com & CBD products. 5. Nutcessity 12. The No Meat Steak 18. Discover Delicious Wales Healthy, affordable, organic, Company delicious and -free nut An innovative new business An online marketplace products. producing classical charcuterie connecting consumers directly www.nutcessity.co.uk and butchery products that with producers of Welsh food contain no meat. and drink gifts and experiences. 6. Case for Cooking www.thenomeatsteakcompany. www.discoverdelicious.wales Easy-to-use spice kits and spice co.uk pots containing nothing but good quality ingredients and 13. Stallholder to be simple recipes. announced www.caseforcooking.co.uk

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Frogmore Street 8. Delicia Tea 6. Cottage Brownies One of the leading tea 1. Monnow Valley Cider distributors in Wales with a large Award-winning artisan brownies Whole juice artisan Ciders and selection of over 150 specialty handmade and delivered to your Perries from fruit harvested teas. door. by hand from Orchards in the www.deliciacakesandteas.co.uk www.gowercottagebrownies. Monnow Valley. co.uk 9. & 10. Best Bite Biscuits 2. Eccentric Gin Local Abergavenny market 7. & 8. Riverford Organics Specialty Welsh craft gin made trader selling biscuits cakes and 100% organic vegetables at a distillery in Caerphilly, South sweet treats. delivered straight to your door. Wales. www.riverford.co.uk www.eccentricgin.com 11. Nutty but Nice Cooked and glazed varieties of 9. The Angel 3. Little Green Refills nuts - check out their nut cart at A refills delivery service run by the top of Nevill Street too! 10. The King’s Head two Abergavenny mums. www.nuttybutnice.co www.little-green-refills. myshopify.com/ High Street 4. Gareth’s Delicious Cross Street 1. Popty Cara Delights 1. Cottage Sweets Family run artisan bakery making ‘the best brownies you Newport based handmade Homemade marshmallow with will ever taste.’ chocolate makers. bold, honest flavours. www.poptycara.co.uk 5. Shelly’s Welsh www.cottagesweets.co.uk 2. Chantler Teas 2. Sim’s Foods High-quality vegan, vegetarian Bridgend based makers of Ethically sourced vegan loose and gluten free Asian influenced shortbread and artisan biscuits leaf tea based in Pembrokshire. food. using Welsh ingredients. www.chantlerteas.co.uk www.shellys- www.samosaco.co.uk thewelshshortbreadcompany. 3. Coity Bach Farm co.uk A family run farm 16 miles 3. Sam’s Meat Roasts Honest to goodness, real, great from Abergavenny that produce tasting meat with no ‘nasties’ 6. The Welsh Confection Award Winning . A small home business making hand reared in the Towy Valley. marshmallows, honeycomb and 4. Paul’s Organic Veg brittle’s in South Wales. Home grown, organic 4. Rhosyn Farm Produce The finest selection of rare and vegetables and fruits grown in 7. Clam’s Handmade Cakes native breed outdoor reared Monmouthshire. Award-winning handmade meats. www.paulsorganicveg.com cakes baked in and www.rhosynfarm.wixsite.com delivered to your door. 5. Radnor Preserves 5. Sea Spring Seeds www.clamscakes.co.uk Preserves made from the best Producers and sellers of reliable, that nature has to offer. productive and great tasting www.radnorpreserves.com seeds. www.seaspringseeds.co.uk

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MARKETS 3. The Little Welsh 7. Flapjackery 12. RB Ceramics Chocolate Company A small artisan bakery based in Small pottery company Handcrafted chocolate bars Tavistock specializing in luxury producing beautiful high fired using organic, fair trade handmade flapjacks. earthenware for cooks and chocolate enriched with organic www.flapjackery.co.uk kitchens. essential oils and natural www.rupertblamire.com ingredients. 8. Somerset Charcuterie www.thelittlewelsh Combining traditional Italian 13. Greeen chocolatecompany.co.uk and Spanish methods with the Japanese green tea products, fantastic flavours and rich food organic loose-leaf and bagged 4. Petals of the Valley Ltd culture of the West Country. green teas. Authentic, fragrant rosewater www.somersetcharcuterie.com grown and made in Wales, just 14. The Old Chapel Fudge eleven miles from Abergavenny. 9. Chock Shop Co Scottish Butter Tablet similar to www.petalsofthevalley.co.uk Abergavenny based hand baked brownies made with 70% fudge but with its own special 5. The Sunday Girl Cocoa. flavour, texture and experience. Award-winning British designers www.chockshop.co.uk www.fudgecompany.co.uk creating retro, kitsch-inspired aprons and accessories, excited 10. Sorai 15. SA sauces Gluten free sauces that are to showcase some vibrant new Borneo inspired artisan savoury simple and delicious to cook prints at this year’s festival. ethnic and fusion flavoured with. www.thesundaygirlcompany. sauce producer. Red Square 2. Aunt Betty’s Scottish 7. Sue Gilmour Chocolates www.sasauces.co.uk Tablet Carefully made chocolate co.uk www.sorai.co.uk 1. & 2. Market Bakery A Traditional Scottish with natural flavourings and 16. Don Morrison Vintage 6. Bee Welsh Honey 11. Burren Balsamics Ltd Local and independent supplier following a 70yr botanical wrappers. Cutlery Rich and unique flavourful An artisan producer of infused of bread and cakes based old recipe www.suegilmour.co.uk Trading in vintage cutlery honey bottled with sincere love balsamic vinegars and white in Abergavenny Market on and , Don Morrison and care. balsamics. Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 3. Claire’s Kitchen 8. Nutty but Nice Vintage Cutlery showcase a Handmade quality preserves www.burrenbalsamics.com - and throughout the festival! Cooked and glazed varieties of fantastic collection of silver made in small batches, using nuts including pecan, , and silverplate items. Don is 3. The Pudding Shop local seasonal produce. hazelnut, cashew and . a local Abergavenny market A small family company www.claires-kitchen.com www.nuttybutnice.co institution. producing traditional steamed puddings. 4. Freda’s Peanut Butter 8b. Forage Fine Foods www.thepuddingshop.co.uk It’s peanut butter as you know it, only better! 4. The Man www.fredas.co.uk The man, the myth, the legend! St John’s Square Buying from The Onion 5. Kitchen Flowers 1. The Edible Garden Man is an Abergavenny Food Versatile floral jellies, syrups, Nursery Festival must. vinegars and seasonings - all Quality edible plants and herbs made from edible flowers. organically grown in Devon. www.kitchenflowers.co.uk www.theediblegardennursery. Nevill Street 5b. Abergavenny Chronicle co.uk 1. Pembrokeshire Chilli Farm 2. Coffee Gondola 6. The Somerset Serving the finest, proper Artisan Chilli sauces and jams Smokehouse freshly-roasted coffee all over made from locally grown chillis Multi award-winning artisan pies the UK and Europe. in Pembrokeshire. and scotch eggs www.thecoffeegondola.com www.pembrokeshirechillifarm. com

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MARKETS Burren Balsamics Ltd Cheesecake Emporium, The Cottage Sweets St John’s Square Horsington’s Yard Cross Street A-Z Stallholder Listings Stall 11 / P. 91 Stall 6 / P. 77 Stall 1 / P. 89 A-Y Stondinwyr Cafe Cannoli Chelsea Green Publishing Cradoc’s Savoury Biscuits Tiverton Place Market Hall Cheese & Wine Stall 17 / P. 80 Stall 7 / P. 65 Stall 5 / P. 83 Aardvark Books - Abergavenny Artistraw Cider Black Mountains CBD Oil Food Festival Book Stall New Producers Market (The New Producers’ Market Cafe Spice Namaste Chock Shop Crepe Escape, The Market Hall Priory) Stall 11 / P. 86 The Castle St John’s Square Horsington’s Yard Stall 8 & 9 / P. 65 Stall 10 / P. 86 Stall 16 / P. 63 Stall 9 / P. 91 Stall 9 / P. 77 Black Mountains Smokery Aber Falls Distillery Ltd Assembelly Market Hall Calon Wen Choux Box, The Cult Vinegar Co The Priory Courtyard: Fish & Lower Brewery Yard (Night Stall 3 / P. 65 Horsington’s Yard Horsington’s Yard Upper Brewery Yard Fizz Market) Stall 8 / P. 77 Stall 1 / P. 77 Stall 2 / P. 67 Stall 6 / P. 85 Stall 2 & 3 / P. 68 Blaenafon & Wine Cardigan Bay Honey Churros Ole Ltd Cultured Collective, The Abergavenny Chronicle Aunt Betty’s Scottish Tablet Stall 8 / P. 83 Castle Street Market Lower Brewery Yard (Night Tiverton Place Nevill Street Nevill Street Stall 13 / P. 71 Market) Stall 28 / P. 80 Stall 5B / P. 90 Stall 2 / P. 90 Blas Y Tir Stall 35 / P. 73 Castle Street Market Caribswede Vegan Bakery Cusan Welsh Cream Liqueur Aecorn Aperitifs Barti Ddu Rum Stall 21 / P. 71 Company Claire’s Kitchen Horsington’s Yard Market Hall Tiverton Place Horsington’s Yard Nevill Street Stall 3 / P. 77 Stall 1 / P. 65 Stall 21 / P. 80 Blodyn Aur Stall 2 / P. 77 Stall 3 / P. 90 Castle Street Market Cwlbox Afon Mêl (The Honey Farm) Bath Soft Cheese Co Stall 14 / P. 71 Case For Cooking Clam’s Handmade Cakes Lower Brewery Yard (Night Horsington’s Yard Cheese & Wine New Producers Market (The Frogmore Street Market) Stall 13 / P. 77 Stall 20 / P. 83 Bloxs Butter Priory) Stall 7 / P. 89 Stall 1 / P. 68 New Producers Market (The Stall 6 / P. 86 Ah-Ma’s Dumplings Bearded Taco, The Priory) Clarks Kitchen Cwm Deri Vineyard Lower Brewery Yard (Night Lower Brewery Yard (Night Stall 14 / P. 86 Caws Cenarth Cheese Lower Brewery Yard (Night Cheese & Wine Market) Market) Cheese & Wine Market) Stall 14 / P. 83 Stall 29 / P. 69 Stall 27 / P. 69 Born Sloppy Stall 1 / P. 83 Stall 12 / P. 68 Lower Brewery Yard (Night Da Mhile Distillery Alex Gooch Artisan Bakers Bee Welsh Honey Market) Caws Teifi Cheese Coedcanlas Cheese & Wine Upper Brewery Yard St John’s Square Stall 32 / P. 69 Cheese & Wine Market Hall Stall 19 / P. 83 Stall 11 / P. 67 Stall 6 / P. 91 Stall 6 / P. 83 Stall 23 / P. 65 Breckland Orchard Delicia Tea Alp Mac Beefy Boys, The Horsington’s Yard Chantler Teas Coffee Gondola Frogmore Street Lower Brewery Yard (Night The Castle Stall 7 / P. 77 Cross Street St John’s Square Stall 8 / P. 89 Stall 2 / P. 89 Stall 2 / P. 90 Market) Stall 6 / P. 63 Dine In Sauces (Nonya’s Stall 8 / P. 68 Brecon Chocolates Belazu Tiverton Place Charles Taylor Coity Bach Farm Secrets) Angel, The The Castle Stall 26 / P. 80 Castle Street Market Cross Street Tiverton Place Cross Street Stall 14 P. 63 Stall 42 & 43 / P. 73 Stall 3 / P. 89 Stall 29 / P. 80 British Cassis Stall 9 / P. 89 Market Hall Upper Brewery Yard Chase Cocktail Bar Cooking Cooks, The Discover Delicious Wales Stall 13 / P. 65 Angry Bird Stall 9 / P. 67 The Castle The Castle New Producers Market (The Stall 13 / P. 63 Stall 2 / P. 63 Priory) Lower Brewery Yard (Night Best Bite Biscuits Brocklebys Stall 18 / P. 86 Market) Frogmore Street Tiverton Place Chase Distillery Coombe Farm Organic Stall 23 / P. 69 Stall 9 & 10 / P. 89 Stall 22 / P. 80 Market Hall Castle Street Market Don Morrison Vintage Cutlery Stall 24 / P. 65 Stall 26 & 27 / P. 72 St John’s Square Apple County Cider Bighorn Biltong Brother Thai Stall 16 / P. 91 The Priory Courtyard: Fish & Castle Street Market The Castle Cheese Pantry Cotswold Gold Fizz Stall 8 / P. 71 Stall 11 / P. 63 Cheese & Wine Tiverton Place Doughnutterie Stall 3 / P. 85 Stall 13 / P. 83 Stall 24 / P. 80 Castle Street Market Stall 39 / P. 73

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Dragon/South Caernarfon Festival Bar – The Blorenge Bar From Our Farm Creameries The Castle Cheese & Wine Castle Street Market Stall 1 / P. 63 Stall 17 / P. 83 Stall 16 / P. 71 Festival Bar Frome Valley Vineyard Droitwich Salt Lower Brewery Yard (Night Cheese & Wine Horsington’s Yard Market) Stall 21 / P. 83 Stall 12 / P. 77 P. 69 Fruit Nomads Dugan’s Patisserie Festival Cheeseboards New Producers Market (The The Castle Cheese & Wine Priory) Stall 10 / P. 63 Stall 23 / P. 83 Stall 17 / P. 86 Market Hall Festival Water Refill Point Furnace Barn Wines Stall 17 / P. 65 Castle Street Market Cheese & Wine Dukkah Company, The Stall 44 / P. 73 Stall 10 / P. 83 Horsington’s Yard Upper Brewery Yard Gaff, The Stall 14 / P. 77 Stall 8 / P. 67 Upper Brewery Yard Dusty Knuckle Pizza Ffedog Stall 16 / P. 67 Lower Brewery Yard (Night Tiverton Place Gareth’s Delicious Delights Market) Stall 3 / P. 79 Frogmore Street Stall 15 / P. 69 Flapjackery Stall 4 / P. 89 Easy Bean St John’s Square Garlic Farm, The Cheese & Wine Stall 7 / P. 91 Upper Brewery Yard Stall 15 / P. 83 Flint & Flame Stall 18 / P. 67 Eccentric Gin Upper Brewery Yard Gas Mark One Frogmore Street Stall 1 / P. 67 Castle Street Market Stall 2 / P. 89 Forage Fine Foods Stall 40 & 41 / P. 73 Edible Garden Nursery, The Nevill Street Gingerbeard’s Preserves St John’s Square Stall 8B / P. 90 Tiverton Place Stall 1 / P. 90 Franchi Seeds Of Italy Stall 20 / P. 80 Emily’s Kitchen Market Hall Gower Cottage Brownies Tiverton Place Stall 6 / P. 65 Cross Street Stall 6 / P. 79 Frank Sutton Ltd, John Deere Stall 6 / P. 89 Espensen Spirits Tractor Greeen Horsington’s Yard Castle Street Market St John’s Square Stall 4 / P. 77 Stall 30 / P. 72 Stall 13 / P. 91 Everest Bakehouse Freda’s Peanut Butter Grey Trees Independent Craft New Producers Market (The Nevill Street Brewers Priory) Stall 4 / P. 90 Horsington’s Yard Stall 16 / P. 86 Freddie’s Flowers Stall 16 / P. 77 Farmer’s Welsh Lavender Castle Street Market Gwynt Y Ddraig Castle Street Market Stall 19 / P. 71 Upper Brewery Yard Stall 20 / P. 71 Fritter Shack, The Stall 12 / P. 67 Farmyard Kids Activity Tent Lower Brewery Yard (Night Hallets Cider Castle Street Market Market) Market Hall Stall 36 / P. 73 Stall 26 / P. 69 Stall 14 / P. 65

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MARKETS Halen Môn/Anglesey Sea Salt Hodmedods Little Russian Food Company Mayhawk Nut Butter Company, The Parva Spices Market Hall Castle Street Market Ltd, The Market Hall Tiverton Place Upper Brewery Yard Stall 16 / P. 65 Stall 23 / P. 71 Horsington’s Yard Stall 20 / P. 65 Stall 13 / P. 80 Stall 15 / P. 67 Stall 11 / P. 77 Hampshire Downs Fine Cider Hullabaloos Lemonade Meat & Greek Nutcessity Patchwork Food Co, The Company Ltd Castle Street Market Little Welsh Chocolate Lower Brewery Yard (Night New Producers Market (The Market Hall Tiverton Place Stall 37 / P. 73 Company, The Market) Priory) Stall 5 / P. 65 Stall 8 / P. 79 St John’s Square Stall 19 / P. 69 Stall 5 / P. 86 Iron And Flame Ltd Stall 3 / P. 91 Paul’s Organic Veg Handmade Scotch Egg Castle Street Market Mighty Soft Shell Crab, The Nutty But Nice Cross Street Company, The Stall 10 / P. 71 Llaeth Y Llan/Village Dairy The Priory Courtyard: Fish & Nevill St & Frogmore St Stall 4 / P. 89 Tiverton Place Market Hall Fizz P. 89 & P. 90 Stall 9 / P. 79 Isabel’s Bakehouse Stall 15 / P. 65 Stall 4 / P. 85 Peak Horsebox The Castle Old Board Co, The Castle Street Market Handlebar Barista Stall 5 / P. 63 Llanllyr Source Modo Italian Upper Brewery Yard P. 71 Horsington’s Yard Upper Brewery Yard Lower Brewery Yard (Night Stall 3 & 4 / P. 67 Stall 10 / P. 77 Joe & Seph’s Gourmet Popcorn Stall 17 / P. 67 Market) Pembrokeshire Chilli Farm Tiverton Place Stall 7 / P. 68 Old Chapel Fudge Co, The Nevill Street Harth Truffles Stall 14 & 15 / P. 80 Los Hermanos St John’s Square Stall 1 / P. 90 New Producers Market (The Lower Brewery Yard (Night Momo Bar Stall 14 / P. 91 Priory) Jumi Cheese Ltd Market) Lower Brewery Yard (Night Pembrokeshire Goats Stall 9 / P. 86 Cheese & Wine Stall 6 / P. 68 Market) O’Donnell Moonshine Castle Street Market Stall 18 / P. 83 Stall 36 / P. 69 Tiverton Place Stall 15 / P. 71 Haven Distillery Lucky 7 Stall 25 / P. 80 Tiverton Place Kadai Fire Bowls By Wilstone Tiverton Place Monnow Valley Cider Petals Of The Valley Ltd Stall 11 / P. 80 The Castle Stall 10 / P. 79 Frogmore Street Old Sandlin Fruit St John’s Square Stall 8 / P. 63 Stall 1 / P. 89 Castle Street Market Stall 4 / P. 91 Hawkins Bros Wines Ludlow Pickle Company Ltd, Stall 12 / P. 71 Cheese & Wine Kitchen Flowers The Moo And Two Peter’s Yard Stall 7 / P. 83 Nevill Street New Producers Market (The The Castle Olive Press, The Cheese & Wine Stall 5 / P. 90 Priory) Stall 3 / P. 63 Market Hall Stall 22 / P. 83 Hay Charcuterie Stall 7 / P. 86 Stall 21 / P. 65 Tiverton Place King’s Head, The Mr Todiwala’s Pickles Pickled Brisket, The Stall 23 / P. 80 P. 89 Makasih Upper Brewery Yard Onion Man, The Lower Brewery Yard (Night Lower Brewery Yard (Night Stall 20 / P. 67 Red Square Market) Hedgegrow Cordials Drinks Bar Kitchen Garden Plant Centre Stall 4 / P. 90 Stall 13 / P. 68 Castle Street Market Market) Lower Brewery Yard (Night Stall 9 / P. 68 Murray May’s Market) Stall 22 / P. 71 The Castle Origin Coffee Company Pie Man, The Tiverton Place Castle Street Market Stall 34 / P. 69 Langley’s Rocky Road Mallow Tailor, The Stall 12 / P. 63 New Producers Market (The Stall 7 / P. 79 Stall 28 / P. 72 Heritage Cheese Tiverton Place Myrtles Kitchen Stall 10B / P. 80 Priory) Oscar’s Kitchen Pig In The Middle Lower Brewery Yard (Night Stall 2 / P. 86 Tiverton Place Market) Stall 5 / P. 79 Castle Street Market Tiverton Place Little Bristol Kitchen Stall 3 / P. 71 Stall 19 / P. 80 Stall 20 & 21 / P. 69 The Castle MamGu Welshcakes Castle Street Market Netherton Foundry Hetty’s Kitchen Stall 15 / P. 63 The Castle Oysters Trike Pink Peppercorn, The Stall 29 / P. 72 The Priory Courtyard: Fish & Lower Brewery Yard (Night Horsington’s Yard Little Green Refills Stall 17 / P. 63 Stall 5 / P. 77 Maple From Canada Fizz Market) Frogmore Street Nixons Farms Pen-Min-Cae Stall 8 / P. 85 Stall 16 &17 / P. 69 Stall 3 / P. 89 The Castle Hive, The Stall 7 / P. 63 Welsh Black Beef And Lamb Castle Street Market Lower Brewery Yard (Night Paletas UK Pipers Farm Little Jack Horner’s Castle Street Market The Castle Stall 1 & 2 / P. 71 Lower Brewery Yard (Night Marine Conservation Society Market) The Priory Courtyard: Fish & Stall 28 / P. 69 Stall 31 / P. 72 Stall 19 / P. 63 Hobbs House Bakery Market) Stall 11 / P. 68 Fizz Parsnipship, The Popti & Beast Market Hall Stall 9 / P. 85 No Meat Steak Company, The Stall 18 / P. 65 New Producers Market (The Lower Brewery Yard (Night Lower Brewery Yard (Night Market Bakery Priory) Market) Market) Red Square Stall 12 / P. 86 Stall 14 / P. 69 Stall 24 & 25 / P. 69 Stall 1 & 2 / P. 90

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MARKETS Popty Cara Raclette Raclette Rhosyn Farm Produce Rowlestone Icecream Sim’s Foods Samosaco Tiny Rebel High Street Lower Brewery Yard (Night High Street Tiverton Place Lower Brewery Yard (Night Castle Street Market Stall 1 / P. 89 Market) Stall 4 / P. 89 Stall 12 / P. 80 Market) Stall 33 & 34 / P. 72 Stall 22 / P. 69 Stall 31 / P. 69 Prosecco Pot, The Riverford Organics Royal Biology Society Science Tipsy Fruit Gins The Priory Courtyard: Fish & Radnor Preserves Cross Street Tent Sim’s Foods Castle Street Market Fizz Cross Street Stall 7 & 8 / P. 89 Castle Street Market High Street Stall 17 / P. 71 Stall 10 / P. 85 Stall 5 / P. 89 The Castle Stall 38 / P. 73 Stall 2 / P. 89 Tir Ceridwen (Ruskin Mill Trust) Stall 18 / P. 63 Puckin Poutine Raw Chocolate Pie Company, RSPB Cymru Skyborry Perry & Cider (Coleg Plas Dwbl) Lower Brewery Yard (Night The Robert Price Castle Street Market The Castle Castle Street Market Market) Tiverton Place Market Hall Stall 7 / P. 71 Stall 9 / P. 63 Stall 11 / P. 71 Stall 30 / P. 69 Stall 18 / P. 80 Stall 12 / P. 65 SA Sauces Somerset Charcuterie Toast Ale Pudding Shop, The RB Ceramics Rogue Preserves St John’s Square St John’s Square Castle Street Market Red Square St John’s Square Market Hall Stall 15 / P. 91 Stall 8 / P. 91 Stall 32 / P. 72 Stall 3 / P. 90 Stall 12 / P. 91 Stall 19 / P. 65 Sam’s Meat Roasts Somerset Smokehouse, The Toasted Seed Co, The Queen Pepiada, The Real Kombucha Bar Roly’s Fudge Pantry Tenby Ltd High Street Nevill Street New Producers Market (The Lower Brewery Yard (Night Lower Brewery Yard (Night Horsington’s Yard Stall 3 / P. 89 Stall 6 / P. 90 Priory) Market) Market) Stall 15 / P. 77 Stall 8 / P. 86 Stall 4 & 5 / P. 68 Stall 33 / P. 69 Science Cream Sorai The Castle St John’s Square Tomato Stall, The Stall 4 / P. 63 Stall 10 / P. 91 Upper Brewery Yard Stall 19 / P. 67 Sea Spring Seeds Steward & Guild (Lurvill’s High Street Delight & Non-Such Shrubs) Tomos & Lilford Stall 5 / P. 89 Upper Brewery Yard Tiverton Place Stall 14 / P. 67 Stall 27 / P. 80 Seasons Castle Street Market Strawberry Stop, The Tools for Self Reliance Stall 4 / P. 71 The Priory Courtyard: Fish & The Castle Fizz Stall 20 / P. 63 Seaspoon Stall 2 / P. 85 New Producers Market (The Tracklements Company, The Priory) Sue Gilmour Chocolates Cheese & Wine Stall 4 / P. 86 Nevill Street Stall 12 / P. 83 Stall 7 / P. 90 Seedlip Trealy Farm Charcuterie Market Hall Sunday Girl, The Market Hall Stall 2 / P. 65 St John’s Square Stall 22 / P. 65 Stall 5 / P. 91 Shelly’s Welsh Shortbread Triodos Bank Frogmore Street Swshi Market Hall Stall 5 / P. 89 Lower Brewery Yard (Night Stall 10 & 11 / P. 65 Market) Shepherd’s Ice Cream Stall 18 / P. 69 Triodos Bank Café Upper Brewery Yard Castle Street Market Stall 7 / P. 67 Tarsier Spirit Ltd P. 71 Tiverton Place Sibling Distillery Stall 2 / P. 79 Truckle Cheese Company, The Upper Brewery Yard Cheese & Wine Stall 13 / P. 67 The Farm Garden By Talgarth Stall 4 / P. 83 Mill Silver Circle Distillery Ltd Castle Street Market Tudor Brewery New Producers Market (The Stall 25 / P. 72 Market Hall Priory) Stall 4 / P. 65 Stall 3 / P. 86

99 MARKETS Tudor Farmhouse Welsh Shellfish Boat & Fish Castle Street Market Tank Installation Stall 18 / P. 71 The Priory Courtyard: Fish & Fizz Two Belly Stall 5 / P. 85 Cheese & Wine Stall 16 / P. 83 Welsh Truffle Company, The Castle Street Market Two Dogs Coffee Roasters Stall 24 / P. 72 New Producers Market (The Priory) Welsh Venison Centre Stall 15 / P. 86 Lower Brewery Yard (Night Market) Two Farmers Stall 10 / P. 68 Castle Street Market Stall 5 / P. 71 White Lake Cheese Cheese & Wine Ty Gwyn Cider Stall 9 / P. 83 Cheese & Wine Stall 2 / P. 83 Wild Trail Castle Street Market Underdogs Stall 6 / P. 71 Lower Brewery Yard (Night Market) Willy’s ACV Stall 37 / P. 69 Market Hall Stall 25 / P. 65 Unearthed Tiverton Place Woodland Trust, The Stall 4 / P. 79 Castle Street Market Stall 9 / P. 71 Untapped Brewery Cheese & Wine Worthy Cheddar Stall 3 / P. 83 Cheese & Wine Stall 11 / P. 83 Urban Cordial Tiverton Place Wrap Shack, The Abergvenny Food Stall 16 / P. 80 The Priory Courtyard: Fish & Festival 2020 is Fizz Vegan Wine Box Stall 7 / P. 85 on 19th and 20th The Priory Courtyard: Fish & September next Fizz WWF year, see you then! Stall 1 / P. 85 Castle Street Market Stall 10B / P. 71 Welsh Chefs Stage - Supported by PGI Welsh Lamb and PGI Wye Valley Brewery Welsh Beef Upper Brewery Yard Castle Street Market Stall 5 & 6 / P. 67 Stall 35 / P. 73 Wye Valley Meadery Welsh Coffee Roasters New Producers Market (The Upper Brewery Yard Priory) Stall 10 / P. 67 Stall 1 / P. 86

Welsh Confection, The Frogmore Street Stall 6 / P. 89

100 SUNDAY 8TH DECEMBER 2019 10AM TO 5PM

Stock up on all your festive food and gifts at the Abergavenny Christmas Fair

PLUS Street Food, Kids’ Activities, Chef Demonstrations, Tasting Workshops, Carols & More

FOR THE FULL LINE-UP AND TO BOOK TICKETS VISIT www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com #AFF2020 will take place on 19th and 20th September 2020. Sign INFORMATION Thank You up to our newsletter via the website and keep your eye on @foodfestival Diolch to hear our latest news. We want to say a huge thank you to our wonderful team who strive to make festival weekend a highlight of the culinary calendar. FESTIVAL TEAM Abergavenny Food Festival wouldn’t happen without all the staff and volunteers who work so Chief Executive Aine Morris hard to ensure you have a great weekend. From Speaker Liaison Lotti Jones serving food and drink, to directing people to Programme Coordinator Steph Wetherell our events, to our crew and recycling teams, the Site Manager Maddie Harris farmers who bring their animals for our farmyard, Operations Manager Lou Fitzpatrick and of course all of our chef’s and food experts. Markets Manager Ceri Elms It is a team effort from start to finish, and we are Farmyard Manager Kate Hayward very proud of that team. Communications Manager Torie Dieppe Press OfficerCaroline Peel Our biggest thank you of course goes to you; the Welsh Press Jane Cook festival-goers. Whether this is your first time, or you’re a seasoned visitor your support encourages Sponsorship Manager Claire More us to make each year even better. Communications Coordinator Charlie Harman Local Advertising/Sponsorship Scott Grant We would love to hear from you about this year’s Crichton festival so we can make next year our best yet, Castle Manager Alison Parry contact us at Staffing ManagerLiesel Townley [email protected] Design & Website Doc & Tee Communications Assistant Henry Wheatley See you next time, until then, Diolch + All our wonderful 2019 crew and volunteers

Don’t forget our THE BOARD Christmas Fair Kim Waters (Chair), Jonathan Child, Sarah on 8th December Dickins, William Griffiths, Martin Orbach, Martha 2019 for all your Roberts, Christine Smallwood, Ruth Tudor festive foods

PATRONS Alun Griffiths, Franco Taruschio

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