York Festival of Food and Drink 2007
York Festival of Food and Drink 2007 (21st-31st September) is a city-wide Festival making use of the best of York’s fabulous historic locations. There is no entrance fee, just come along and shop at one of the largest food markets in the country.
New for 2007
Ghurkha curry night
The Queen’s 2nd Ghurkha Signal regiment from the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal, stationed at Imphal Barracks, York, will set up their field kitchen in the Guildhall to serve Festival goers with a fabulous buffet of authentic Nepalese Ghurkha curries with all the trimmings. It’s a Festival first, don’t miss it.
Wine guides
‘Trade-style’ tastings are the popular mainstay of our wine tastings, where visitors wander at will, talking and trying. This year wine fans from novices upwards can also opt to join a ‘Wine Guide’ - an independent expert who will guide visitors through the wines and select the best to taste (and buy).
Festival Beer Marquee & Twilight Market
This year the Festival is laying on food, drink and music until 9pm at the brand new Twilight Market and Beer Marquee. Wine plus local ale and cider will be provided by Cropton Brewery. Delicious street food will be on sale: Kashmiri and Malaysian curries, venison burgers, quality sausages, crepe stalls and more, every night of the Festival. So, there’s no need to rush home when the city centre shops close.
New markets
Taste the best, taste the healthiest and taste the world as the Festival markets expand still further. Coppergate (outside the Jorvik Viking Centre) will be the hub for a host of fabulous new stalls and themed markets: farmers, organic, world foods and continental. There will be a full programme of tastings and on-street demonstrations with lots of chances to sample for free.
‘Feast’, a group of small scale specialist food producers from Yorkshire and Lancashire, will be setting up their stalls on the Eye of York, (opposite Clifford’s Tower): artisan food production at its best.
Tasting top menus
York’s finest restaurants including J. Baker’s Bistro Moderne, Melton's Restaurant and DCH at the Dean Court Hotel - will be running a five course Yorkshire Tasting Menu for the duration of the Festival. An opportunity to sample the best food in York.
Young cooks
York Food Festival is special because we manage to engage substantial numbers of children in our cookery workshops. Our workshops will get both primary and secondary school children cooking at workstations throughout the Guildhall’s ‘food theatre’ with TV Chefs Caroline Bretherton and Fi Bird. This year a central demonstration area, and overhead cameras, will allow more children than ever to join these popular events.
Dinners
The medieval Guildhall is the stunning setting for some unique Festival dinners featuring Italian food and wine matching, and North East Meat. In other venues dinners will feature rare breed meat, a Slow Food buffet, and organic produce.
A welcome return...
North Yorkshire County Caterers will be challenged to show us how school dinners have changed since the days of soggy sprouts and sago pudding and more recently since Turkey Twizzlers got the push. They will be in the Guildhall cooking a two course bargain lunch for Festival goers.
...and old favourites
Christine Austin, wine critic of the Yorkshire Post, has prepared a ten-day programme of events in historic locations including the Minster, the Mansion House and the Guildhall. She will launch the Festival on 2lst September with her ever-popular Champagne tasting.
As ever, in what is probably the country’s biggest and best established food festival, there will be regular cookery demonstrations, tutored tastings, meal deals, workshops, cook book lunches, competitions and ale trails. The ‘Deliciously Yorkshire’ regional market will be in St Sampson’s Square throughout the Festival.
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