Tuck into the Hampshire Food Festival this July

Make sure you have your free Hampshire Food Festival programme to book up any of the 140 different foodie events taking place across Hampshire throughout July!

Call 0845 6035638 for your free Festival programme or visit  the Hampshire Fare website where all events, fabulous free prize draws and money-saving offers are listed.

Learn how to make sausages, jam, chutney and chocolate, how to keep bees or grow your own veg; have a go at cooking (whatever your age); watch a smokery demo; tour vineyards, lavender fields, a cheese, water buffalo or organic farm, orchards, breweries and kitchen garden walks; indulge in summer BBQs, Hampshire hog roasts, wine tasting, beer festivals, gourmet dinners, cream teas and local lunches!

Watch Hampshire chefs give cookery demos at town centre festivals centred around Hampshire Farmers’ Markets in Alton, Winchester, Romsey and Southsea, and see ‘celebrity chefs’ The Hairy Bikers, vegetarian food writer Rose Elliot and Michelin star chef Atul Kochhar give cookery demos. Raymond Blanc has given his support to this year’s Hampshire Food Festival by writing the programme’s foreword.

Lots of events are free or cost £5 or less.

Early booking is advised!

The Hampshire Food Festival is organised by county food group Hampshire Fare, and supported by Hampshire County Council and SEEDA, plus Corporate Partners, Blake Lapthorn, Ecover UK Ltd, Festival Place Shopping Centre, Fuller Smith & Turner PLC, Lee Peck Group, Newsquest Media (Southern) Ltd, Southern Co-operatives Ltd, Wave 105 FM, and Corporate Friends Apollo Internet Media, Greenhouse Graphics and The National Trust. Hampshire Food Festival is pleased to support Culture-all in 2009, a celebration of Hampshire’s diverse attractions and events. July is designated ‘Food & Produce Month’ in the Culture-all calendar.