To launch the spring menu for 2009, Buckinghamshire restaurant of the year The Plough Wavendon auctioned their course tasting menu with matching ‘flight of wines’ on Ebay, allowing the lucky winner to enjoy a gourmet dinner for a fraction of the cost. 50% of the bid amount was donated to The Orchard Project being run [...]
Festival of Food
Published in April 3rd, 2009
The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, is hosting the second Bedfordshire’s Festival of Food on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th April. Hopefully, this year it will be snow free! The festival is open from 10.00-17.00. A family ticket (two adults and two children) is £12. Tickets for concessions and children are £3 and adults are £5.
Bedford schools ‘create your own sausage’ competition
Published in November 14th, 2008
During Sausage Week, pupils from Redborne Upper School in Ampthill enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of Franklins farm in Thorncote Green near Sandy. The three finalists of Franklins’ School Sausage Week competition had a chance to try their hands at making a batch of sausages before their own recipes were cooked up and judged and a [...]
Turin: the return
Published in November 14th, 2008
Everyone’s now back from the SFB trip to Terra Madre at Turin. If you went and have any photos or anecdotes, please send them in to the editor so our members who didn’t get to go this time can get a flavour of what this event is like. Here is the opening speech: Part 1 [...]
UK Ark of Taste suppliers
Published in November 1st, 2008
If you enjoyed the event on 27 September, or missed out on a spot, you may like to contact some of the suppliers for their delicious produce. Meats Old Gloucester Cattle from Cowshill Farm Herwick Sheep mutton from Farmer Sharp Dairy Jersey Black Butter from La Mare Vineyards Double Curd Lancashire Cheese from Mrs Kirkhams’s [...]
BBC Good Food Show
Published in October 21st, 2008
SFUK will have a stand at the forthcoming BBC Good Food Show at Olympia in November. SFUK will launch the Slow Food UK Orchard Project there. Details:Slow Food UK Orchard Campaign
British Food Fortnight thanksgiving
Published in October 14th, 2008
Franklins of Thorncote, Thorncote Green, Sandy invited local food producers and valued customers to enjoy a thanksgiving-style supper during British Food Fortnight. All guests were invited to bring a dish made exclusively from seasonal, local produce to celebrate British Food Fortnight. Sue Miller from Slow Food Bedford (pictured here with John Franklin) and local producers [...]
Celebrating Apple Day
Published in October 14th, 2008
There are two local celebrations of Apple Day this year. Bromham Water Mill and Gallery will be holding its annual festival on Sunday 19th October and Luton Hoo Walled Garden will be celebrating apples and pumpkins on Saturday 18th October. The Walled Garden is gradually being restored. This year SFB will have a stall at [...]
SFB event: Celebrating the UK Ark of Taste
Published in September 23rd, 2008
SFB’s next event will take place at the Devonshire Arms on 27th September. It will be a unique opportunity to taste the forgotten flavour of some of the producers we have on the UK Ark of Taste. Producers are sending their produce from all over the country. Details: Ark of Taste
SFB’s very own Terra Madre Chef wins award
Published in September 17th, 2008
Grant Hawthorne, chef of The Plough in Wavendon and SFB member has won Buckinghamshire Restaurant of the Year 2008. The annual award – in its sixth year – was bestowed upon the restaurant as voted for by the readers of The Foodie Square Guide. This is a wonderful achievement for a restaurant which has only just celebrated its first birthday. [...]
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