It’s the day for this year’s Ledbury Celebration of local food and drink, music and poetry.
Last year 35 local and artisan food and drink producers joined us for this special event. Our visitors were able both to purchase a wide range of the best of local food and drink to enjoy straight away or to take home, and to listen to live music and poetry while soaking up the celebratory atmosphere. Continue reading “Date announced for this year’s Ledbury Celebration”
Many thanks to all who provided breakfasts of all kinds and to those who ate breakfasts of all kinds at the Ledbury Big Breakfast to celebrate Breakfast Week and Ledbury’s local food and drink. Continue reading “Ledbury Big Breakfast a great success”
What could be better on a cold January morning than a tasty breakfast? This year 19 local food outlets are joining to bring you the best in breakfast and the best in local food on Friday and Saturday 29th and 30th January. This event is run by Ledbury Food Group in conjunction with Breakfast Week 2016. Continue reading “Even more to savour at this year’s Ledbury Big Breakfast”
Update your dairy with the dates for the fourth Ledbury Big Breakfast.
This year Ledbury will be celebrating breakfast on Friday 29th January and Saturday 30th January.
This event celebrates that most important of meals – breakfast, and what we at the Food Group consider important – good locally produced food and drink.
Food shops, butchers, cafes and hotels in and around Ledbury will be providing a wide range of local breakfasts, including specials for the day.
Last year 20 local businesses took part presenting all kinds of breakfast treats – this year we hope there will be even more variety for you to eat in or take home.
Those taking part in 2016 will include:
The Talbot
Handley Organics
Delilah’s
Four Oaks Delicatessen
Nice Things
Gurneys
Market House Cafe
Llandinabo Farm Shop
Chez Pascal
Wallers
Muse Cafe
The Nest
Cameron & Swan
Trumpet Corner
Caffe 21
More information will be available on our website here in early January – when we will post up all the specials on offer, and details of opening times etc.
Lots of local food and drink producers offer “activities” of all kinds in addition to making super products.
You can adopt a vine or share an apple crop, go on a bread making course, learn about cheese making, tour a cider mill or a farm, take an Indian cookery course, find out more about orchards, tour a vineyard and so on.
We have a number of ideas in our Producers Index on our website which could provide you with the answer.
And if nothing satisfies, why not come into Ledbury and put together a gift of local food – there are even shops selling boxes for you to present it all in.
Two events for you at the Master’s House, St Katherine’s, Ledbury
Where do we go from here with food and farming?
Rob Elliott and Sally Dean ask this question in the third of their talk/discussion series on Monday 16th November at 7pm.
Don’t worry if you missed the others in this series as there will be plenty to interest in this session.
Rob says, “We will discuss the options we have today regarding our future health and food security, looking also at how those options might address the problems of environmental degradation, human misery and the general ecological health of our planet. Where do we go from here with regard to food and farming? Can we continue to feed a growing population? What about the obesity crisis? Or indeed poverty and hunger?
We will look at these issues through the eyes of some of today’s new pioneers, including one of our very own back-to-nature (and “back to the future”) farmers, Simon Cutter of Model Farm near Ross-on-Wye, who will give us a brief but inspiring overview of how and why he farms in a genuinely sustainable way.”
Not to be missed, tickets costing £6 can be purchased in advance at Ledbury Library, and will be available on the night. Your ticket includes light refreshments and a very local drink.
This event is organised by Ledbury Library Development Association in association with Ledbury Food Group.
Grass-fed cattle at Lower Hope, Ullingwick
Feast at the Master’s Table
Eat, drink, be merry and entertained at a splendid meal of local food in the glorious medieval setting of Ledbury’s Master’s House.
The Friends of the Master’s House invite you to join them, and the Master, on Saturday 21st November for an evening of food and entertainment starting from 7pm.
A three course meal of seasonal local specialities will be provided from the pop up kitchen manned by Belinda Sparey’s team from “The Best of Taste”.
Various musical and other divertissements will be provided to entertain you, and period costume is optional.
Tickets are now on sale at Ledbury Library for this special event at £30 – numbers are limited and tickets must be bought in advance. Drinks will be available at the event.
This event – which could become an annual occasion – is organised as part of an ongoing programme of events at the recently restored and revived Master’s House.
Put Sunday 10th July in your diary!
