Nantwich Food Festival has some great Exhibitors

The Nantwich Food Festival Exhibitor Team have a real challenge each year in booking a good balance of exhibitors including those who bring something a little different to Nantwich to give a great festival experience for us all.

The team knows that they just have to re-book our favourites such as Yum Yum Street Food, Weston Biltong and Nantwich’s own Cheshire Cheese Company, plus that the Festival would simply not be the same without The Knife Sharpener Guy, Riverford Organic or Bongos Rock & Roll Chillis, so of course they and many more regulars will all again feature in Nantwich Food Festival 2024 over the weekend Friday 30th.August to Sunday 1^st September inclusive.

So this year, the team would like to introduce you to some brand new-to-Nantwich Festival exhibitors:

 If you’re in the square and are in need of something sweet, you will be spoiled for choice with Plant Brownies, who bring their vegan brownies across from Chirk; then there is Chappers Cheesecake, whose vegan cheesecakes are from Stratford-Upon-Avon way.

If Italian sweet treats are more to your taste, then why not try the cannoli, amaretti and other wonders from Nantwich based business Cara Miss-Italian Sweet Treats.

Over at the Mornflake Pavilion, another new-to-Nantwich stall holder will be Blueberry Hill Preserves, who offer not just preserves and chutneys, but sauces and cheeses too. Grasmere Gingerbread - offering what they call a "spicy-sweet cross between a biscuit and a cake are a great new addition. Nearby, is Bonnie Yau’s, where you will find a wonderful stall offering a quite unique range of free-from ingredients plus vegan Thai and many other great finds – definitely one to look out for.

At the Love Lane end of town, you will find other Nantwich newbies: first up is Mulberry Bakehouse with their great pastries, plus how about The March Hare Bakery with their gourmet macarons .In the nearby grassed area, milkshakes straight from the dairy, iced coffee and cookie baking kits can be found at the Winsbury Dairy stall from Montgomery.

Julian Thompson, Exhibitor Manager said:

We hear the shout from Nantwich residents ‘what about our well-loved Nantwich based treat stalls?’ Don’t worry. We will, of course, have the lovely La Dolce Vita, Cheshire Cupcakes, Sweet Pea’s, Cheerbrooks and Three Wrens Gins all waiting for you.”

Julian goes on to say:

“There are plenty of street food stalls for you to try, with pretty much every taste catered for, hot drinks, cold drinks – alcoholic or not, cheeses, breads, meats, plus you can even book a holiday at Nantwich Food Festival! if you wish”

Julian finishes by saying:

“As a food festival, we realise that it is vital to minimise and manage our packaging waste, and sorting the waste is a huge part of this, so we are continuing our work on improving Nantwich Food Festival’s sustainability.

Both the exhibitors, who are onboard with our plans, and Festival visitors have a major role to play in how successful we are, so visitors should look out for signage or ask a volunteer regarding how they can help this year; placing any waste in the correct bin will make a huge difference”  

In a stop press announcement, Festival Director Nanna Pedley is keen to alert keen foodies that the Cookalong sessions can now be booked via the Festival website.

Nanna says:

“We apologise that the links couldn’t be set up for the anticipated mid July timing, but are pleased to announce that all is now in place, so that anyone who really enjoyed their Cookalong experience last year, or those who didn’t manage to get a place, can now book online.

These master-classes will take place in The White Lion Weston Cookalong Marquee and Food Court, located in the Love Lane area near to the Theatre and pillory.

Do you want to know how to make a Summer Lobster Salad with expert tuition from celebrity chef Nigel Brown?

Perhaps prawn saganaki appeals more to you, with guidance from St Martha’s head chef, Spyros Vrakas, or how about working with Conor Keddie, Head Chef of The White Lion Weston to create seabream with confit cherry tomato, asparagus and a caper salsa?

Master Distiller, Nick Wadeson of Three Wrens Gin, leads the final Cookalong session of this year’s Nantwich Food Festival – Craft Gin Tasting.

All of these Cookalong sessions and many more are available for between £15 and £25, which is used to cover the cost of ingredients.

To find out more, simply go to:  

www.nantwichfoodfestival.co.uk/cookalong/

• The Nantwich Food Festival is an independent food festival run by volunteers
• The 2023 Festival takes place Friday 1^st to Sunday 3^rd September
• Since 2009, the festival has been run by not-for-profit Nantwich Food and Drink Ltd.
• Around 200 businesses have stalls located across Nantwich town centre during the weekend festival.
• The festival generates an estimated £2m each year for the local economy.
• Nantwich has one of the largest collections of historic buildings in Cheshire, with Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian architecture throughout the town centre.
• There has been a market in Nantwich since 1720
• Over 100 unpaid, dedicated volunteers keep the festival running each year