A fabulous local food festival in Ledbury’s High Street will celebrate the 400th anniversary of Ledbury Market House’s role as the centre piece of the Town and its market place.
Stalls will line the High Street with a feast of locally produced food and drink from the Three Counties to savour there or to take home. Continue reading “A Great Ledbury Celebration! Sunday 9th July”
Once Upon A Tree craft cider producers in Ledbury in Herefordshire are delighted to announce the long awaited release of their new, entirely natural, wild yeast fermented, sparkling cider.
Once Upon A Tree is supporting the work of the International Centre for Birds of Prey (ICBP) based in Newent, Gloucestershire, by donating 25 pence per bottle to go towards their work in Little Owl conservation.
Continue reading “Wild cider takes flight with The International Centre for Birds of Prey”
Sunday 9th July 2017 – a date for your diary
Our own annual Ledbury food and drink festival on the last day of the Ledbury Poetry Festival becomes part of the “Great Ledbury Celebration” this year and moves to Ledbury’s historic High Street market place to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the iconic Market House in a birthday treat of food, drink, music, poetry and heritage.
Arrangements for the event are bringing together organisations across Ledbury to put together a very special day, including Ledbury Town Council, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Ledbury Food Group, the Friends of the Master’s House, the Youth Council, the Ledbury Fringe, local businesses, traders and performers. Continue reading “The Great Ledbury Celebration – food, drink, music, poetry and heritage”
From Friday 7th April, Ledbury Country Market will be at its new home – the Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury, open between the same times as now 8.30pm to 1pm. The last market at St Katherine’s Hall was on 31st March.
The same friendly faces will be there to greet you with their very locally produced, locally grown and hand crafted produce including free range eggs, home grown fruit, vegetables and plants in their season, as well as a large choice of baked goods – cakes, biscuits, puddings, and savouries. Continue reading “Ledbury’s Country Market is on the move”
Local café with a French twist, Chez Pascal is moving premises from Church Lane to 8, New Street, Ledbury (the former Delilah’s café) this week.
The Church Lane café is now closed.
They open at the new café on Friday 10th February. Continue reading “Some Local News from Ledbury Food Group”
Thanks to all those, residents and visitors, who joined in with one (or more) Ledbury breakfast in our cafes, hotels or pubs, or bought a special breakfast from our butchers and food shops.
Thanks of course to the 20 local independent businesses and their staff who took part in this year’s event for their originality in bringing local food and breakfast together in so many ways. Continue reading “Thanks for making the 5th Ledbury Big Breakfast a special weekend”
Classic Dark, Mulberry and Peach, Hazelnut, Coconut and Lime, Grappa and Garden Mint… These are just some of the flavours of chocolates made by chocolatier Ben Boyle of the renowned Velvet Bean chocolate shop in The Homend, Ledbury.
The Velvet Bean is Ledbury’s very own handmade chocolate company run by Ben and Melissa Boyle. 90% of stock is made on the premises.
Ben is joining Ledbury Food Group to tell us more about the origins of chocolate, and how chocolates are made. It wouldn’t be chocolate event without a taste of the real thing – Ben will be encouraging you to try some of his specialities. Continue reading “Discover Ledbury’s world of Chocolate”
