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Bridport Local Food Group Service Award 2014
To show recognition and appreciation to individuals who work locally within the food and drink industry by serving in a shop or in front of house in hospitality.
The general public were asked to nominate individuals that had impressed them with the level of service they had received when dining out, having a drink or shopping in one the many food outlets in the area.
The world garlic eating competition played out at the George Inn, Chideock on 13th September 2013
This year’s Bridport Food Festival will take place from the 8-14 June 2014. The Main Event at Asker Meadows will happen on Saturday 14th June.
Entry is FREE for under 14s and just £2.50 for everyone else.
Highlights Include:
Friday June 13, 7pm at Sladers Yard A very special multi-course feast of Mediterranean Arabic cooking prepared by our head chef Jacqueline … Read more…
BAKE SALE in aid of THE LIVING TREE: Wednesday 16 April 2014
If you’d like a mid-week treat, delicious home-made cakes and savoury pastries will be on sale at the weekly coffee morning at Bridport United Church Hall, East Street, Bridport from 10am to noon on Wednesday 16 April.
The cake sale is hosted by Karen Jones to raise funds for The Living Tree, a self-help support group for people who have experienced cancer.
The Friends of St Mary’s Church, Bridport is offering quizers an opportunity to relax their Lenten fasting. The mid-Lent Quiz & Fish and Chips Supper is being held in Church House at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday 29th March. Today’s Mi-Carême festivals in some areas of France have their origin in the mists of past times when the French Church forbade eggs in Lenten fasting regimes. However the fowls kept laying eggs which would not last to the end of Lent. Food being almost a deity in France, there had to be a solution – hence Mi-Carême carnivals and feasts. An alternative and simpler reason could be that French appetites could not last the 40 days of Lent.
Symondsbury Kitchen is the perfect place to relax with a drink or meal, either in the café or on the sunny terrace. … Read more…
Thursday November 21st 7.30pm Two course meal and two lovely bands £15.00 The first in this winters series of supper and live music soirees. booking essential : sarah@fannyhatstand.com
We kick of this season with 2 new friends, Heal the Last Stand and Jess Vincent.
Bridport Food Festival is celebrating its 10th year in 2013! The Festival is a full week of food fun which takes place each year in mid June in the Jurassic Coast town of Bridport in West Dorset.
This year’s event runs from the 9-16th June 2013 with the popular Main Event taking place on Saturday 15th June.
Highway Farm Father’s Day Charity Brunch. Funds to Prostate Cancer and Cancer Research UK to be held at The Cricket Pavilion, Symondsbury DT6 6HD on 16th June 11am-2pm
Treat your Dad or the man in your life to a Big Brunch. This one’s for the men!
Supported by Highway Farm , and Countryside & Coastal B&B Group
From Page to Screen to Offer Film Buff’s Supper Inbetween Movies!
From Page to Screen, the UK’s only film festival dedicated to the adaptation of books into films, is offering a `Film Buff’s Supper’ on the final evening of the event, which takes place in Bridport on April 10th-14th.
Powerstock Cider Festival takes place on Saturday, 27 April 2013 Featuring over 60 ciders from the finest independent cider producers that the west country has to offer?
This is an advance ticket only event – so get yer oar in early! Tickets are on sale from the beginning of April from Frosts and the Tourist Information Centre in Bridport, The Marquis of Lorne at Nettlecombe, and the Three Horseshoes, Powerstock.
Dorset’s largest seafood wholesaler is launching an innovative labelling scheme to support Dorset Wildlife Trust’s campaign for Great Dorset Seafood (GDS). Samways Fish Merchants Limited, based in Bridport, have pledged to label all seafood supplied by fishers working a Dorset Port and approved by the campaign, demonstrating provenance and traceability to their customers.
The Venner Bar at the Bull Hotel, East St., Bridport has Camille Vidal the UK Ambassador for St Germain coming down to do a masterclass, there will be a drink on arrival, followed by a talk and tastings with Lloyd cooking up some cocktails.
Tickets are £8 and include a free themed drink at the start, get in touch quick if you want a ticket this is expected to sell out fast!
Tickets are available at reception or in the Venner Bar or you can send Lloyd an email at lloyd-brown@hotmail.co.uk
We welcome some of our great pals for this session, the inimitable Spike Golding with The Sometimes and Forever Band and the legendary Ben Folke Thomas (click on the links for a listen).
First we have the very shy Sometimes and Forever Band, making a rare appearance in the South West as they prefer to play further away from home. Spikes songs combine life’s optimism and melancholy in a way that is beautifully disguised in the seeming simplicity of their delivery. The “Sometimes” part of the band will include
Joe Trudgeon on Double bass, Anna Golding on backing vocals and percussion and Fanny Hatstand with a lemon !
If Bridport’s gardeners find themselves just too fruity or have a glut of vegetables and gourds the Hive Beach Cafe has a brilliant new scheme. From 10am to 11am each day the café will swap every 2lbs of produce for a coffee, tea or hot chocolate.
10am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday this weekend. The fair is under a marquee in the beautiful grounds of Parnham House. We have over 60 local producers including Dorset Cereals, Chococo and Hive Beech Cafe as well as live cooking demonstrations from great chefs such as Mat Follas, Lesley Waters and Lee Streeton. Entrance is only £6 each and under 16 going free, for more details go to www.eatdorsetfoodfair.co.uk
Washingpool Farm Shop in Bridport is hosting a book signing and demonstration event for Honeybuns Gluten-Free Baking on the afternoon of Wednesday 26th September.
Honeybuns Bakery, situated in Holwell near Sherborne, makes handmade, multi award winning gluten- and wheat-free cakes, some of which are also dairy-free. Their range includes cake, brownies, flapjacks, shortbreads, cookies and a new range of savouries. All the delicious products are made on their farm in Dorset using locally and thoughtfully sourced ingredients.
This year’s Bridport Food Festival takes place from the 10th – 17th June with a full week of fun Food Events. Asker Meadows in Bridport’s town centre will come alive on Saturday 16th June with the festival’s Main Event which includes the ever popular Bridport Roundtable Beer Festival.
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ust for the festival, local producers, restaurants and cafes have devised a range of tasty new Festival Eats and Drinks to enjoy. If you’re Visiting Bridport there’s a range of places to stay to suit all budgets and great things to enjoy!
This will be another exciting year for the celebrated Powerstock Cider Festival which takes place on 28th April between 6pm and 10.30pm in the ‘Hut’ (village hall). As in previous years there will be around 20 cider producers attending the festival as well as local food suppliers.
The hugely successful Channel 4 show, Come Dine With Me, is returning for a new day-time series. We’re looking for people over 18 years of age in and around the WEST DORSET area with a passion for cooking who want to demonstrate their skills.
Over five days, five strangers, from all walks of life, take turns to host the perfect dinner party for each other. At the end of the week the most impressive host wins a £1,000 cash prize.
Good food to go, find us outside Bartletts Country Store in Shoe Lane, Bridport. Monday – Friday 08:00 – 14:30Saturday – 08:00 … Read more…
The Vinyl Monkeys and a Hog Roast at Whitchurch Canonicorum Village Hall. All Profits to Powerstock School Fire Fund. Bar and soft … Read more…
Washingpool Farm Shop in Bridport is holding a Big Bridport Burns Breakfast Tasting on Wednesday, 25th January to celebrate Farmhouse Breakfast Week 2012. A variety of delicious products, perfect to start your day, will be available to sample.
Farmhouse Breakfast Week is an annual campaign run by HGCA, which has been running since 2000. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast and demonstrate the variety of breakfast foods available in the UK. The theme for the campaign is “Shake Up Your Wake Up” – make small changes to your morning routine to make sure you have time for breakfast every day.
As we all know, the former Chez Cuddy has spent the past few weeks being transformed, with signs in the window announcing the imminent arrival of a new Chocolatiers.· Well, on the 18.11.11, Simon Dunn Chocolatiers opened its doors and I was more than keen to venture inside to check it out.
Offering coffees, teas and hot chocolates to both take away and enjoy on the premises, alongside an array of mouthwatering goodies, Simon Dunn Chocolatiers is shaping up to be a rather brilliant addition to Bridport’s cafes and shops. Ideal with the christmas period fast approaching, they offer a wonderful choice of chocolate gifts, from shoes to champagne bottles; all made on the premises.
Transition Town Bridport launched a new campaign this week to encourage Bridport shoppers to buy local food. The initiative follows a survey of prices and quality of vegetables and fruit available within walking distance of Buckydoo Square.
The survey group visited three small retailers, Fruits of the earth, Bridget’s Market and Nina’s, and three market stalls which sell vegetables on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and compared the produce with what is available from five supermarkets in town.
A BOTTLED beer brewed in Dorset for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards has won a top accolade from The Labologists Society.
Palmers Waterloo was awarded first place in the commemorative label category by society chairman and secretary Dale Adams.
The label on the 500ml bottle features the well-known painting by Lady Butler, titled Scotland Forever, depicting the charge of the Royal Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon witnessed the devastation wrought by the Scots Greys and described them as ‘les terribles chevaux gris’ (those terrible grey horses). The charge has since been described as the greatest thunderbolt ever launched by British cavalry.
Cookery workshops for the over 50’s running this Autumn:
A Bridport ‘meals on wheels’ service is adding yet another lunch club to its long list of customers in the South West. A new lunch club for older people is starting in the communal room at Bridge Road sheltered accommodation, Charmouth, on Tuesday 20 September, for which Local Food Links will provide delicious meals.
Working alongside Magna Housing Association, Local Food Links will provide residents at Bridge Road and local older people with fresh, tasty traditional dishes, all made from local seasonal ingredients.