Hampshire Food Festival

Over 70 different events held across Hampshire celebrate the best of local food and farming throughout July’s Hampshire Food Festival (July 1-31).

Hampshire Food Festival visitors are invited to join farm tours, local food-themed festival menus and celebration dinners, hands-on cookery, chocolate and jam-making workshops, butchery master classes, brewery and vineyard tours, wine tasting, cookery demonstrations, barbecues, an ox roast and barn dance, vegetable carving workshops, an orchard walk and juice tasting, maize maze, lavender farm walks, lavender chocolate-making and lavender teas, an amateur chef competition, bakery and fish filleting demos, food and farm festivals, farmers’ markets and more!
 

James Martin and Rachel Allen headline the Hampshire Food Festival with a weekend of 3* indulgence at Festival Place in Basingstoke  20-22 July. James and Rachel will be demonstrating delicious desserts, cakes and pastries, supported by a local producers’ market, and hosted by TV presenter and wine expert Olly Smith, who has also written the foreword to the Festival programme. 
 

Organised by county food group Hampshire Fare and backed by Hampshire County Council, the award-winning Hampshire Food Festival showcases the people and places driving the county’s thriving local food scene. Now in its 12th year, last year’s Hampshire Food Festival attracted over 221,000 visitors. Many events, which are all held at numerous different locations across Hampshire, are free or low-cost, and there is plenty for adults, children and families. 
 

Details of all events can be found here. Alternatively pick up a free copy at farmers’ markets, independent food shops, hotels, restaurants, pubs, information centres and attractions across Hampshire or call 01962 846509 for a free Festival programme to be posted to you.