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”
Ledbury’s shops, cafes, hotels and pubs are all ready for this week’s Ledbury Big Breakfast, and some are finding different ways of celebrating Ledbury’s breakfast weekend.
The Muse Café is raising money for the Mayor of Ledbury’s charity – running a sealed bid auction for a fabulous umbrella and with a raffle.
Llandinabo Farm Shop and Caffè No 21 will be announcing the winner of the design a sausage campaign on Friday.
Hay Wines are entering the spirit of the event with that most “breakfasty” of drinks – Bucks Fizz.
John Masefield High School staff are sitting down to a special Ledbury Big Breakfast before school on Friday.
Griff Holliday, organiser for Ledbury Food Group said, “It’s great that so many in and around Ledbury are taking part. We hope everybody enjoys at least one breakfast.”
Ledbury and district food shops, cafes, hotels and pubs are getting ready for the Ledbury Big Breakfast.
Visit Llandinabo Farm Shop, Homend or Caffè No 21, High Street to pick up an entry form for their competition to design a new breakfast sausage. Entries need to be in before 25th January. The new sausage will made in time to be available to buy to take home at Llandinabo, or savour at Caffè No 21 during the Big Breakfast. Continue reading “The Ledbury Big Breakfast is only a week away – latest news”
Ledbury again celebrates our wonderful local food with the 5th Ledbury Big Breakfast taking place on Friday 27th, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th January. 20 local venues in and around Ledbury will be taking part on one or more days in this event organised by Ledbury Food Group.
This year we welcome for the first time the Seven Stars, Eastnor Vintage Tearoom, Ceci Paolo and the Homend Bakery Tearoom. Continue reading “Ledbury pulls out the stops for the Ledbury Big Breakfast”
Join us to celebrate this now traditional and popular event in the Ledbury calendar over the last weekend of January 2017.
Food shops, butchers, cafes, and hotels in and around Ledbury will be offering all kinds of food to celebrate that most important of meals – breakfast, and what we at the Ledbury Food Group consider important – good locally produced food and drink. Continue reading “The 5th Ledbury Big Breakfast is coming – 27th, 28th, and 29th January 2017”
This year’s celebration of English apples, orchards and cider will be based on eight venues in and around Much Marcle. For an afternoon, a day or a full weekend – the Big Apple is a special opportunity to enjoy the autumn countryside on the Marcle Ridge. Laurie Lee first described cider as ‘Golden Fire’ and cidermaking will be in full swing for our local producers, each with their own style, scale and method of production. There will be plenty of opportunities to see cider fruit and perry pears being grown, milled and pressed in different orchard settings, at Woodredding, Avenue Cottage, Westons, Gregg’s Pit and even a travelling horse-drawn press which will be making a visit to Awnells Farm. Continue reading “Big Apple Harvestime celebrations 8th and 9th October 2016 in and around Much Marcle”