Spring Festival Celebrates Peak Perfect Food
31 March 2012
Buxton's premier food and drink festival will return in the spring, and will showcase the very best produce the Peak District has to offer to thousands of hungry visitors. Local producers and hoteliers are being urged to book their stalls early at the Peak District Food and Drink Fair in order to avoid missing out.
The Peak District Food and Drink Festival fortnight starts on 17 March and culminates in the Peak District Food and Drink Fair, to be hosted by the University of Derby Buxton, in the town's iconic Dome on the weekend of 31 March and 1 April 2012. During festival fortnight restaurants, retailers and hoteliers will be running special offers and menus.
Last year's event was a huge success, with over a thousand people visiting the Dome to sample and buy tasty local produce like cheeses, cakes, meat and breads.
With the addition of a beer festival featuring locally brewed ales on tap, live music, children's crafts, a climbing wall and a weekend packed with cookery demonstrations, the 2012 two-day event is sure to attract an even bigger crowd.
Cookery demonstrations from local chefs and restaurants throughout the Peak District Food and Drink Fair weekend will give visitors the inspiration to take their ingredients and give some new recipes a go at home. So far these include many of the area's well respected restaurants and hotels including: Taste Tideswell, Devonshire Arms, East Lodge, Casa Hotels,The School of Artisan Foods and Baslow Hall, to name but a few.
Any businesses interested in taking part in the Festival fortnight or the two-day Peak District Food and Drink Fair should contact event organiser Emily Ibbotson on 01332 594606 or E.Ibbotson@derby.ac.uk, or Dr Liz Oldfield, Project Leader Extending the Season on 01332 594694 or e.oldfield@derby.ac.uk as soon as possible to guarantee their stall.
Alternatively visit www.extendingtheseason.co.uk for more information.
