mendip food and drink festival

EVENTS 2005 View Map

Friday 21st • Saturday 22nd • Sunday 23rd • Monday 24th
Tuesday 25th • Wednesday 26th • Thursday 27th • Friday 28th
Saturday 29th • Sunday 30th • Throughtout the festival

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FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER

Beer, Cider & Cheese Festival
The George at Croscombe.
The start of the Beer, Cider & Cheese festival, celebrating the best of local beers, ciders and farmhouse cheese. £5.00 includes a free commemorative glass and a free pint!

'An Apple a Day'!
Mendip PCT, Priory House, Priory Health Park, Glastonbury Road, Wells, BA5 1XL Tel: 01749 836509
On Apple Day Mendip PCT will be promoting healthy eating by having displays on the 5 a day message encouraging people to eat at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day at local community hospitals and health centres across Mendip.

Mendip Classics
Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet. 01749 342022
An evening of classical music; enjoy canapés followed by a wonderful four course dinner accompanied by beautiful music from the Quattro String Quartet, £35 per person. Arrival 7pm prompt. Booking advisable.

Apple Day – Apple Crushing!
Frome Wholefoods, Frome. Tel: 01373 473334
Frome Wholefoods will be crushing apples in the shop on Friday 21 October – come along and watch, or bring along your own apples and make your own juice!

SATURDAY 22nd OCTOBER

Special events 22nd and 23rd October 2-5pm
Somerset Rural Life Museum
Tel: 01458 831197
Contact: Mary Gryspeert
Watch this website for details

Watch out for a special event on Saturday 22nd October!
The Wholefood Store, Glastonbury
Tel: 01458 831004
Contact: Henry Cox

A Very 'Funky" Party!
Wookey Hole Inn, Wookey Hole, Wells, BA5 1BP
01749 676677
Come and join the best party in town to be held at the notorious Wilkins Cider Farm! The scene of many a great party - the staff at the Wookey Hole Inn will be serving a great funky menu, washed down with cider cocktails from the farm! A live band and DJ to help you dance the night away in the cow barn with a bar in the old cow shed. Definitely a night to remember. For tickets and further information please call Mark Hey on 01749 676677

6 Course Festival Menu
Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet. 01749 342022
See what Somerset has to offer with this six course Food Festival menu, using only the finest produce from the area, £27.50.

Tingling Tastebuds
Sagebury Cheese, Frome. Tel: 01373 473334
James Chocolate tasting – an opportunity to try the renowned, hand-made chocolate treats from Somerset. (the ones with the distinctive silver and purple boxes and labels!). 10.30am - 2.30pm

Chocoholics Evening
Thatched Cottage, Shepton Mallet. Tel 01749 342058
Following the success of this event in 2004, a chance to enjoy a menu where every dish will contain chocolate! These are tried & tested recipes, which despite their apparent contradictions, actually work!

'An Apple a Day'
Glastonbury Tor from 10.30-4.00pm. The National Trust, 12a High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset BA7 7DU. Tel: 07919 392181
E-mail: Robert.holden@nationaltrust.org.uk. Fun and games for all the family on all things Apple related! Apple juice tasting at noon, whilst the kids enjoy using apple prints to decorate bags. Treat yourself to apple snacks, apple bobbing and the apple shy. See and buy lovely wood, turned from trees growing on the Tor. The highlight for children will be a facinating story about the secret life of Apples in Siomerset. Stories at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Come and join us!

Cookery Demonstration at
Glastonbury Farmers Market
9am – 1pm, St Johns Car Park, Glastonbury.
Experience the tastes and benefits of local food. As part of the Mendip Food Festival, food writer, Andrea Leamon, will be demonstrating ways of cooking and presenting produce from the market. Her beatifully ilustrated book, A Taste of Somerset, will be on sale.

Somerset Rural Life Museum
Glastonbury. Tel: 01458 831197
Traditional Cider Making and a ‘Barn’ Lunch featuring produce from local suppliers; Brue Valley Farms, Rose Farm & Hecks. 2-5pm

Celebration of Local Food and Drink
7pm, at Wilkins Cider Farm. Tickets £12 includes food. Tel: Wookey Hole Inn 01749 6776677
BBQ with the Wookey Hole Inn chefs doing funky things with local produce. Real ales, wine tasting, cider, local producers exhibiting, DJ (dance the night away in the cow shed) and band (big surprise).
Coaches and camping available.

SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER

Classic Car Rally
The George at Croscombe
Join the Croscombe Classic Club on a 40 mile rally across the Mendips. Pass the sites of some of the companies contributing to the Festival at the George, such as Newman’s Brewery at Banwell, Thatcher’s cider at Sandford, and Britten’s Potatoes at Downhead. Advance entry of £15 per person includes rally plate, certificates and a Traditional two-course Mendip Sunday lunch on the return. Assemble by 10:30am for staged departure at 11am.

Special events 22nd and 23rd October 2-5pm
Somerset Rural Life Museum
Tel: 01458 831197
Contact: Mary Gryspeert
Watch this website for details

Indian Buffet
Thatched Cottage, Shepton Mallet
Tel: 01749 342058
Now a favourite fixture at The Thatched Cottage – an ‘As Much As You Can Eat’ Indian Buffet, only £10.00 per head.

Mendip Potato Lunch!
Green Farm, Downhead
Contact: Stephen Britten 01749 880412
A farm visit with a difference! Visitors will meet at the Shute Farm Studio which is an Art Studio converted from farm buildings. A potato dish lunch and a visit to the Art Studio followed by a visit to the farm to see the potato storage and grading operation plus a visit to the Dairy farm to see the milking process. Time: 12.30-3pm..
A nominal charge will be made with proceeds to charity.

Somerset Rural Life Museum
Glastonbury. Tel: 01458 831197
Traditional Cider Making and a ‘Barn’ Lunch featuring produce from local suppliers; Brue Valley Farms, Rose Farm & Hecks. 2-5pm

POTATO EXPERIENCE
Stephen and Frances Britten will host a at Shute Farm Studio ü Green Farm, Downhead, Nr Shepton Mallet
12:30-3:30pm
• A Potato Luncheon
Menu devised and prepared by Jonathan Steele of The Food Company, Frome. Potato recipes using potatoes grown on Green Farm
• A Potato Printing Experience with Jill Barker
• A visit to GREEN FARM to see how potatoes are handled, stored and prepared for export and for retail
• A visit to the Dairy to watch the commencement of the afternoon milking
£10.00 per ticket. 50% to charities
to obtain tickets (only 50 places available) please contact: 01749 880 746

MONDAY 24th OCTOBER

Do you know your cheeses?
Charlton House, Shepton Mallet
For a fun light lunch we will be serving three cheeses, home-baked breads and chutney with a glass of wine.
Available between 12.30-2pm
£12.50 per person - Reservations advisable 01749 342008

Cider Mill Tour
Gaymer Cider Company, Shepton Mallet
As part of this years Festival, the Gaymer Cider Company invite you take a fascinating tour of their Cider Mill. Tours will begin at 2pm on both days in the Cider House with refreshments and an introductory talk. Visitors will then be taken on an extensive site tour, where they will see the apple processing, production and bottling facility, before afternoon tea in the Cider House and a tasting of the end product! Numbers are limited to 25 visitors per tour and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. All visitors must be over the age of 18. Please no group bookings.
Telephone 01749 334000 to book your place.

Quiz Night
The George at Croscombe
Test your knowledge of food and drink, both local and exotic! Teams of 4 to enter in advance. £10 per team entry, with sandwiches included and a prize of a Mendip Food Hamper to the champion. Quiz begins at 8pm prompt.

TUESDAY 25th OCTOBER

Demonstration of Food from the Mendips with Simon Crannage
Charlton House, Shepton Mallet
Are you aware of what an abundance of produce is available in the Mendips? Wonderful cheeses, succulent meats, fresh vegetables and delicious fruit, fabulous breads and lots more. Simon will demonstrate a three-course lunch or dinner using 90% ingredients available in the West Country. This is a relaxed, inter-active demonstration of dishes that you can easily prepare at home.
11.00am - Enjoy Coffee and Home-baked biscuits
11.30am - Demonstration prior to lunch
12.45pm - Three-course lunch and a glass of wine with Simon Crannage, followed by Coffee and Petits Fours
£35 per person - Reservations Essential
Please call Reception on 01749 342008

Mendip Open Day
Jon Thorner's Ltd, Bridge Farm Shop, Pylle
10am to 2pm. Come and enjoy a taste of the Mendips with various events and tastings including: Sausage making and Burger making; Food tastings offered by many of their existing suppliers of local produce. Items available will include: Farmhouse cheese; ice cream; cider; potatoes; preserves and chutneys. Greens of Glastonbury; Miles tea & coffee; Brittens best potatoes; Lyme Bay Winery; Salcombe Dairy Ice Creams; Marshfield ice cream; Somerset Cyder Brandy; Avalon Vineyard; and Longmans Cheese.

Brewery Tour
The George at Croscombe
We will visit the Blindman’s Brewery near Cranmore, for a look at their latest brews. Blindman’s is providing a special Mendip Festival Beer, specially created for the George and the Festival. Book by Monday the 24th, for this outing on Tuesday the 25th, departing the George at 7pm. Cost £5 plus transport.

Tingling Tastebuds
Sagebury Cheese, Frome. Tel: 01373 473334
Hill Station ice cream with Chocolate Workshop delicacies.
10.30am - 2.30pm

Eyes Down…Bingo!
Thatched Cottage, Shepton Mallet
Tel: 01749 342058
Two sessions of old fashioned Bingo, the kind where you use pencils and cards. Prizes will be of Somerset Produce kindly donated by local suppliers. Proceeds will go to a local charity.

Comfort Food @ Glastonbury Country Market
Comfort Food, Glastonbury.
Tel: 01458 835319
A chance to taste before you buy…!
Comfort Food, a home cooked meal delivery service, is a new forward thinking company set up to provide locally produced fresh and frozen meals. We will have a stall for tastings at the country market.

Film ‘Levels’ Best’
Contact: Elaine Spencer-White, Project Officer Levels & Moors, Somerset Food Links, Old Town Hall, Langport, TA10 9PR. Tel: 01458 259485
A new film featuring many fascinating places and the familiar faces of those who produce our local food and drink throughout the year on the Somerset Levels.
Venue: The Main Hall, The Town Hall, Wells, Somerset
Date: Tuesday 25th October 2005 from 3-5pm
Tickets: £7.50 each including a free glass of cider or apple juice and a DVD of the film.

WEDNESDAY 26th OCTOBER

Mendip Open Day
Jon Thorner's Ltd, Farm Shop, Street.
Tel: 01458 440777 10am to 2pm
Come and enjoy a taste of the Mendips with various events and tastings including:-
Food tastings – Miles tea & coffee; Olives et al; Brittens best potatoes, Marshfield ice cream; & Somerset Cyder Brandy

Guest Chef Meal
The George at Croscombe
A Mendip Meal with Taste of the West 2004 finalist chef – Peter Nunn. Peter’s passion for food is renown and his 3-course gourmet meal has been created especially to highlight some of the best locally available food. Bookings are required by the 21st of October for this evening meal on Wednesday the 26th of October. Places are limited to 25, and £30 includes the meal and coffee.

Tingling Tastebuds
Sagebury Cheese, Frome. Tel: 01373 473334
Wiltshire Tea and Sagebury Cheese cake tasting.
10.30am - 2.30pm

Country Dancing & Ploughmans!
Thatched Cottage, Shepton Mallet
Tel: 01749 342058
Country dancing and maybe a chance to have a go yourself, when you can work up an appetite for a Ploughman’s supper. We expect to have over a dozen local cheeses you can try with a variety of breads.

Film ‘Levels’ Best’ (plus Film - ON A CLEAR DAY (12A) )
Contact: Elaine Spencer-White, Project Officer Levels & Moors, Somerset Food Links, Old Town Hall, Langport, TA10 9PR. Tel: 01458 259485
A new film featuring many fascinating places and the familiar faces of those who produce our local food and drink throughout the year on the Somerset Levels.
Venue: The Strode Theatre, Street
Time: 19:30
Ticket price £5.50 (full concession £4.50)
Box Office Telephone number 01458 442846
Local producers Danny Saunders of Summerleaze Farm Shop and Chris Hecks of Hecks Cider will be in the Foyer with samples and sales of their products before the film.

THURSDAY 27th OCTOBER

Frome Country Market
Frome Country Market
Cheese & Grain, Frome, Somerset
Tel: 01373 813215
E-mail: judy@duffus72.freeserve.co.uk
Runs from 8am-12 noon in the Cheese & Grain in Frome every Thursday of the year. Come and visit the market during the Festival on the 27th October for home baking, eggs, preserves, fresh produce, plants, flowers and much, much more!

ANY QUESTIONS ON FOOD AND FARMING?
Merlin Theatre, Bath Road, Frome, at 7pm
FREE ADMISSION
Chaired by Steve Haigh of BBC Somerset Sound, this event, which is part of the Mendip Food & Drink Festival, promises to be a lively debate on the current issues of food and its production and distribution.
There will be a panel of experts, including Baroness Sue Miller, Liberal Democrat spokesperson on the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs in the House of Lords; Anthony Gibson, Regional Director of the NFU South West Region; Graham Harvey, well known agricultural author and broadcaster; Oliver Dowding who is part of Defra's Advisory Committee on Organic Standards, on the Soil Association Producer Board, and known to many in the area for his fortnightly agricultural column in the Blackmore Vale Magazine and Archie Montgomery, a Somerset farmer, who has been chairperson of the NFU Biotechnology Committee and is Chair of the NFU SW Region Arable Board.
The event is sponsored by Somerset Food Links, The Wessex Organic Movement, Somerset Organic Link, and Mendip District Council Waste Team.
Questions are welcome and are required as soon as possible.
Please supply a written question with the name of the person asking the question, the name of the organisation represented with a brief description of the organisation if appropriate - (people can submit questions in a personal capacity).
Questions should be submitted to: Joan Timms, WORM, 46 Bimport, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8BA, 0845 330 3953 or 07917 336292 or jt@wessexorganic.org.uk or Christina Ballinger, SOL, 01460 241427 or 07881 865709 christina@flaxdrayton.fsnet.co.uk as soon as possible.

Tenon ‘Food Business’ Breakfast
Swan Hotel, Wells. Tel: 01749 836319 (Natasha Poyntz-Wright) or Alan Stone at Tenon 01749 343366.
Tenon Accountants will be hosting a business breakfast for food producers, specialist retailers and caterers. Speakers include John Shreave, CEO of Taste of the West. The breakfast will feature local produce at the Swan Hotel from 7.30-9.15am.

Cheese and Cider
Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet. 01749 342022
If delicious cheese and good wine strike you as the perfect combination then join us for a tasting of local cheeses with a talk from Bob Morley. There will also be the opportunity to sample some of our fine local ciders in association with Gaymer’s. A selection of six cheeses and a glass of wine or cider for £12.50 per person.

Mendip Open Day
White Row Country Foods & Café, Beckington.
Tel: 01373 830798
In addition to the daily tastings in the farm shop, there will be extra tasting or events featuring produce from John Thorner Meats today.

ON A CLEAR DAY (12A)
Director: Gaby Dellal
With: Peter Mullan, Brenda Blenthyn, Jamie Sives, Billy Boyd
UK 2005 1hr 40mins
In the tradition of “The Full Monty”, this new British film follows a redundant shipyard worker’s struggle against the odds. After losing the breadwinner role to his practical wife, and alienating his son over a long-buried tragedy, gruff Glaswegian Frank needs a goal to give his life meaning again. With the help of his mates from the swimming club, he hatches a wild scheme to swim the English Channel… BBFC advice: contains moderate sex references.

A new short film, Levels’ Best features many fascinating places and familiar faces of those who produce our local food and drink throughout the year on the Somerset Levels.
This film is screened as part of the Mendip Food Festival.

LEVELS’ BEST
Director: Justin Owen
Produced by Somerset Film & Video
UK 2005 20mins

FRIDAY 28th OCTOBER

A Mendip Smoked Food Evening
The George at Croscombe
Somerleaze (Street) Farm Shop and River Brue Smokery are producing some of the best free range and game foods available. The River Brue Smokery was a finalist for the Prince’s Trust Business of the Year in 2004.
A three-course dinner and a talk and demonstration of the smoking process will be held on Friday the 28th October. Book by Wed 26th. £22 per person.

A taste of Sheppy!
The Wholefood Store, 29 High Street, Glastonbury.
Tel: 01458 831004
In store tasting of sheppy's Organic Cider and bakery products from Lyndas Loaf Bakery.

Gourmet Evening
Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet. 01749 342022
Your chance to enjoy a complete fine dining experience with six courses and wine, chosen by our vintner, Patrick Pigny, to complement each course; all included, £37.95 per person (limited places).

Tingling Tastebuds
Sagebury Cheese, Frome. Tel: 01373 473334
Spanks & Boyton: a delicious sausage and relish combination. 10.30am - 2.30pm. spanks is an award-winning independent producer of top-quality, hand-made sauces, marinades, salad dressings and other savoury food accompaniments; Boyton Farm Sausages – made from the Rare Breed, Tamworth pigs

Carve-a-Pumpkin and win Sunday Lunch for 4!
Farrington’s Farm Shop, Home Farm, Farrington Gurney
Bring along your best carved creation at 12.00 noon and see if you can win a delicious local food Sunday Lunch (Main course, sweet and drink) for 4 in our café. We grow pumpkins and will have them available for a couple of weeks beforehand, so you’ve got plenty of time to be as inventive as you like. Get the kids to help you during half-term, and frighten your neighbours with the result!!
We serve local food freshly prepared every day in our café, and our ‘in conversion to organic’ vegetables are sold fresh in the farm shop.

Potato Dish Tasting
Farrington’s Farm Shop, Home Farm, Farrington Gurney
Our special Wilja potatoes are used by our cooks for all sorts of weird, and certainly wonderful, dishes. Come along any time during the day to taste a selection of them, and take ideas home with you. It will probably whet your appetite to try the rest of our range of local, home made food in our café and farm shop.

Bangers and Mash Day in the Café.
Farrington’s Farm Shop, Home Farm, Farrington Gurney
Jon Thorner’s sausages, our wonderful Wilja potatoes and our team of Chefs – a great combination to give you the best of British meals.

SATURDAY 29th OCTOBER

What a Taste!
2-4.30pm
The Wholefood Store, 29 High Street, Glastonbury.
Tel: 01458 831004
In store tasting of Organic fruit wines, mead, cider and juices from Avalon Vineyard accompanied by tasters from Lyndas Loaf Bakery, together with herb tea samples from Pukka Teas of Bristol (available while stocks last). We may even get the organic chocolates out!

A Somerset Special!
The Bell Inn, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QT
Tel: 01373 462956
To celebrate food and drink across the Mendip The Bell Inn will be serving a special West Country menu for £10.95 with special promotions on local wines and other drinks. The Bell is proud to promote local producers, from Marshfield Farms who provide our sorbets and ice creams to potatoes from Norton St Philip and treacle tarts from Margaret in Frome! The list is endless. Come and see us!

6 Course Festival Menu
Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet. 01749 342022
Another opportunity to sample the Mendips’ excellent variety of food with our Saturday night dinner menu, six courses for £27.50

Tingling Tastebuds
Sagebury Cheese, Frome. Tel: 01373 473334
Friary Vintners liqueur and West Bradley apple juice tasting.
10.30am - 2.30pm

Pumpkin Evening
Norwood Organic Farm, Bath Road, Norton St Philip, Bath BA3 6LP. Tel: 01373 834 002
The organic garden will be the venue for a pumpkin evening with competitions for biggest, smallest, best decorated pumpkins to the best piece of pumpkin art. There will be entertainment, activities, tastings as well as organic food and plants for sale. Open from 4-7pm with judging at 6pm. For further information please telephone 01373 834356.

SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER

Festival Finale
Charlton House, Shepton Mallet
A special set lunch menu using Sharpham Park produce in each dish celebrating the finale of the Festival. Only £25 per person for three-courses, followed by coffee and petits fours. Available between 12.30-2pm
Reservations essential - Please call 01749 342008

Somerset Organic Link Halloween Party
Sunday 30 October, 3-8pm
Compton Dundon Village Hall
Come and join a seasonal celebration with refreshments, pumpkin carving, face painting and other activities for children's and adults. Fancy dress optional and prizes for best costumes. Barn dance between 5pm and 8pm with well-known local band Crooked Furrow. The party is Somerset Organic Link's way of thanking all our producers and customers for their support. Free admission. For more information and directions to the hall contact Christina on (01460) 241427.

4-Course Festival Lunch Menu
Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet
This is your final chance to taste the four course lunch menu, this Sunday including a traditional roast, all for £18.95.

EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL

SPECIAL MENDIP MENUS

Special menus during the first week of November
a post Festival event!
Blostins Restaurant Shepton Mallet
Tel/Fax: 01749 343648, Festival Menus.
As believers in the use of local produce, Blostins are keen to be part of the Mendip Food & Drink Festival but the restaurant is actually closed from Sun 23-Mon31 October for family holiday. So, they will offer a special menu during the 1st week November instead!

50 Mile Menu!
Charlton House, Shepton Mallet
Monday, 24th October - Saturday 29th October
Mendip Food & Drink Festival Special Lunch
From Monday until Saturday we will be offering a three-course daily changing set menu using local products produced from within a 50-mile radius of Charlton House.
Only £20 per person for three-courses, followed by coffee and petits fours.
Available between 12.30-2pm
Reservations essential - Please call 01749 342008

Mendip Lunch & Dinner Menus
Ston Easton Park, Ston Easton
Tel: 01761 241631
To celebrate the Mendip Food and Drink Festival, we will be offering a menu which encompasses produce from our own kitchen garden with locally grown, reared and farmed ingredients. We hope you will enjoy the opportunity to sample the fresh produce available across the Mendips
The price will be £22.50 (three course lunch menu) and £34.50 (four course dinner menu)

Game On!
Wednesday 26th October - Saturday 29th October
Mullions Hotel & Restaurant, 51 High Street, Street, Somerset, Tel: 01458 445110
A very special three course menu, celebrating game found in the Mendip area. For those people who have never tasted game now is your chance to eat some marvelous dishes. Eat healthy, organic food with a wonderful flavour. For further information and to see the menu see our web-site at www.mullionshotelandrestaurant.co.uk alternatively, to book your table telephone 01458 445110.

Festival Lunches
King William Inn, Glastonbury
Great lunchtime menus every day and throughout the Festival.

Daily Specials
The Bell Inn Buckland Dinham, Nr Frome,
Tel: 01373 462956
Contact: Lucy Davies-Coward
A small country pub and restaurant that will be doing something special each day of the Festival. Watch this site for up-dates.

Mendip Food & Drink Festival Special Menu
The George Inn, Croscombe, Wells
Tel: 01749 342306
A special menu highlighting local suppliers and producers will be available throughout the festival. The focus will be on potatoes and fruit & vegetables grown on the Mendips, and local cheese, bread and meat.
A two-course lunch for £6.95 or a three-course meal for £11.95 will be available Monday to Saturday. A traditional two-course Mendip Sunday lunch will be served for £10.95. Bookings are advised.

Mendip Menus & Pub Walks!
The Kings Arms, Litton,
Tel: 01761 241301
Landlords, Will and Ann Mary Nicholls will be serving very special ‘Mendip’ menus each day throughout the Festival and can also advise you of special pub walks to help you work off that delicious lunch!

Festival Menus
The Strode Arms, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet,
Tel: 01749 880450
Local couple Tim & Ann-Marie Gould took over The Strode Arms in June 2004 after having successfully run one of the top ten pubs in England. Join them during the Festival for one of their special menus.

Specials at The Swan!
The Swan Hotel Wells,
Tel: 01749 836300
Recently awarded an AA Rosette, so why not make the most of this opportunity to sample the best of Head Chef, Paul Mingo-West.
LUNCH - A special lunch menu will be available throughout the festival from Monday – Saturday. Starters will be priced from £3.50, main courses from £7.50 and desserts from £3.50. The menu will feature local produce and is available from 12–2.30pm.
DINNER - A dinner menu will be available throughout the festival. From Sunday to Thursday, starters will be priced from £5.50, main courses from £14.50 and desserts from £5.50. A 3-course dinner will be available on Friday and Saturday nights at £25.50. Dinner is served from 7–9.30pm.

The Mocha Berry Cafe
14 Market Place, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9HJ
Tel: 01458 832149 E-mail: mochaberrycafe@aol.com
Contact: Ali Lobb
A wide variety of delicious food served each and every day.

Every day
Wookey Hole Inn, Wookey Hole, Wells, BA5 1BP
Tel: 01749 676677
The Wookey Hole Inn will be serving local cheeses and home-made bread amongst other great food throughout the Festival. A special local menu will be available each day from £25. Drop in and taste something really delicious!

Beer Festival & Special Menus
The Woolpack Inn, Beckington
Tel: 01373 831244
Throughout the Month of October, The Woolpack will be celebrating Local real ales with a month long beer festival. During the Food Festival, tastings will be available throughout the week as will a brewery tour of one of the local micro-breweries.
In addition to this we will be featuring food produce from the nearby White Row Farm Shop to compliment the beers.
Special menus will be available matching the delicious foods to the local beer considered to compliment the dishes.

4-Course Festival Lunch Menu
Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet. 01749 342022
Relax and enjoy a leisurely lunch with Darren’s four course Festival lunch menu, £18.95, running from Sunday 23rd until Sunday 30th

6-Course Festival Dinner Menu
Bowlish House, Shepton Mallet. 01749 342022
The Food Festival weekday dinner menu, six courses for £25, delicious local food at a special festival price (available Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday)

Mendip and Somerset Menus
Thatched Cottage, Shepton Mallet
Tel: 01749 342058
A Tasting Menu (dinner only) and dishes based upon Mendip/Somerset produce available lunchtime and evening.
One of the recipes we will use was chosen from those submitted by members of the public. The winning recipe came from Mrs. Carol Buckland, who sent us Somerset Sausage Casserole with Cheddar Cobbler Topping. A perfect, autumn meal!

GOODFELLOWS
5 Sadler Street, Wells BA5 2RR
Tel: 01749 673866
Goodfellows will be running a special Mendip lunch menu each day during the festival using local produce. Come in and see us!

Ethnically Mendip!
Hawthorns Hotel, Glastonbury. Tel: 01458 831255
Ethnic Mendip and English Daily Specials to complement the existing ethnic and curry menus.

Mendip Ploughman's…and more!
Chats, Shepton Mallet
Tel: 01749 347733 Contact: Ms Nicky Forrest
Chats coffee shop and sandwich bar will be serving delicious food throughout the Festival, including a great selection of jacket potatoes, hot panninies and delicious fresh baked baguettes served hot or cold as well as a fabulous Mendip Ploughman's. Come in and taste for yourself!

Mouthwatering Menus
The Waggon & Horses, Frome Road, Doulting Beacon, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4LA. Tel: 01749 880302
Local Mendip dishes featuring local Mendip produced. Some of the most delicicious food around.

Mendip Menu
The Fountain Inn & Boxer’s Restaurant, Wells
Tel: 01749 672317
A special menu will be available throughout the festival for Lunch and Dinner in both the bar and restaurant. Contact The Fountain for more details, or visit the website.

MENDIP TEA

Mendip Afternoon Tea
Glencot House, Wookey Hole, Wells 01749 677160.
Come and join us for a special ‘Mendip’ afternoon tea, every afternoon of the Festival in an elegant country house set in 18 acres with its own river! Personal service, excellent food and a friendly atmosphere assured at all times.

Somerset Specials & Somerset Cream Teas
White Row Country Foods & Café, Beckington.
Tel: 01373 830798
Daily specials using local produce every day in the café.
Somerset Cream Teas every day in the café.
Contact Heather Tucker for more details.

Crown at Wells
Market Place, Wells. Tel: 01749 673457.
Menus feature local produce, contact hotel for any Festival specials.

MENDIP BREAKFASTS

Mendip Breakfasts.
Jacoby Cottage, Glastonbury
Tel: 01458 835001
We offer a simple continental style breakfast using organic, fair trade and locally produced ingredients whenever possible.

Breakfasts
Burnt House Farm, Waterlip, Shepton Mallet,
Somerset BA4 4RN. Tel: 01749 880004
E-mail: pam@burnthousefarmbandb.co.uk
Amazing choice generous organic breakfast served in the farmhouse dining room with organic homemade bread and home produced organic eggs. Breakfast can be taken as early as you like until 9.30 a.m. Somerset is where King Alfred burnt the cakes but we assure you there are no burnt offerings at Burnt House Farm! Instead come and enjoy a homemade organic generous breakfast with us.

Afternoon Tea
Abbey Tea Rooms & Licenced Restaurant, Glastonbury
Join us for delicious afternioon tea made with local produce!

A TASTE OF THE MENDIPS

DELICIOUS MENDIP CHEESE
Delicious, 36 High Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5AS. Tel: 01749 344523
E-mail: the_lattys@yahoo.co.uk
Contact: Howard Latty
Delicious delicatessen in the High Street in Shepton Mallet, is a traditional deli, selling a wide range of high quality local and continental produce. As many products as possible are sourced locally and these include Mendip cheeses, meats, cider, chocolates and preserves. For this year's festival we will concentrate on local cheeses with simple recipes to take home.

Local food tastings
Jon Thorner's Ltd
In addition to our open days, there will be various tastings available throughout the festival.

Daily Special Offers
The Bay Tree Food Company
Tel: 01749 831300 Contact Daryl Issitt.
The Bay Tree Food Company will be running a special offer every day for retailers in the region during the Festival.

Taste of the Mendips Beer Festival
The George Inn, Croscombe, Wells
Tel: 01749 342306
The George’s 4th Taste of the Mendips Beer Festival will feature the best of 10 local brewers from the Mendips and Somerset throughout the 10 days of the Mendip Food & Drink Festival. £5 admission will include a commemorative glass and a free pint of beer or cider.

Cheddar & Cider Festival
The George Inn, Croscombe, Wells
Tel: 01749 342306
Running alongside the beer festival, this year will feature artisan Cheese & Cider makers from the Mendips. Guests will be able to sample local scrumpy ciders and a variety of tasty cheeses from the West country Farmhouse Cheese makers and the Artisan Somerset Cheddar Association. Admission included within the Beer festival.

'Slow Food' Ploughman’s
The George Inn, Croscombe, Wells
Tel: 01749 342306
‘Slow Food’ is traditionally produced using a minimum of artificial ingredients or processes. Our Slow Food Ploughman’s will feature natural cheese, bread and seasonal produce – the type of lunch that a ‘real ploughman’ may have eaten!! Available throughout the festival period.

From Field to Table!
White Row Country Foods & Café, Beckington
Tel: 01373 830798 Contact: Heather Tucker
A Farm shop selling home-produced pork in the butchery. All vegetables & potatoes in season are grown on the farm. Preserves, bakery, wines and cider etc. Our cafe will be serving coffee, lunches and afternoon tea - all produced on the premises. 24th October - 29th October.

'A taste of Italy in the Mendips…!'
La Strada, 13 Cheap Street, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1BN
From 24th October - 30th October 2005
Tel: 01373 474374 Fax: 01373 454435 Contact: Jude Kelly
Superb Barista made coffee and acclaimed Artizan ice cream, made with organic Jersey milk and cream from Ivy House Farm in Beckington and much, much more.

Tastings Galore! at Summerleaze
Summerleaze Poultry Farm Shop, Street
Tel: 01458 448990
Throughout festival week Summerleaze Poultry will be offering tastings of their new range of Cooked and Smoked Meats at the farm. In addition, there will be tastings of Greens Traditional Cheddar and Bartlett Brothers Ewes Milk Cheese.

Tingling Tastebuds
Sagebury Cheese, Frome. Tel: 01373 462543
Daily tastings of local cheese and more from 10.30am - 2.30pm.

Somerset Cider!
Abbey Tea Rooms & Licenced Restaurant, Glastonbury
Enjoy a glass of Somerset white wine, cider or apple juice with your lunch or join us for delicious afternioon tea made with local produce!

Taste, Technology & Tradition!
Wyke Farms, Bruton.
Tel:01749 812424
To celebrate the Mendip Food & Drink Festival, Wyke Farms are delighted to offer daily tastings (except Sundays) of a range of Farmhouse Cheddars, farmhouse butter and also healthy alternatives to cheese. Free samples available.
The rear of the farm shop will also be opened up to exhibit old dairy equipment from the early 1900’s!

Experience the Taste!
The Manor House Inn, Ditcheat. Tel: 01749 860 276. 25th - 28th October.
Great cask ales, fine wines and some of the most delicious food you’ve ever tasted, all sourced from local produce. Come along for a great experience.

Buffalo Ploughmans…& more!
Alham Wood Cheese & Meat (Higher Alham Farm)
Tel: 01749 880221. A farm, cheese and dairy tour followed by either an organic buffalo ploughman’s or buffalo burger and a chance to buy farm produce. £3.50 per head; from Mon 24-Fri 28. Booking advisable.

OTHER EVENTS

MENDIP DISTRICT COUNCIL MARKETS
25th-29th October. Cannards Grave Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Tel: 01749-341450
Visit our market stalls for a great range of local produce. Glastonbury - Tuesday 25th, Wells & Frome - Wednesday 26th and Saturday 29th, Shepton Mallet - Friday 28th

Mendip Artists
The George Inn, Croscombe, Wells
Tel: 01749 342306
The George supports local artists as well as local food producers. Throughout the festival we will feature the work of stained glass artist John Yeo, jeweler Julie Dare; and artist Jill Parkinson – all of whose works have been seen in Somerset Art Weeks and at The George.

Blooming Youth
9 Silver Street, Glastonbury, Somerset 01458-836130 bloomingyouth@somersetyouth.org.uk
Blooming Youth is a new organic gardening volunteer programme held at Glastonbury allotments for -
Young people aged 16-25, who are interested in learning the skills to run an organic garden. People aged 50+ willing to share these skills with the younger generation. It offers a semi-supportive growing space where people of different ages can work together to produce year-round organic vegetables, fruit and herbs.
Wednesday and Saturday 10am-4pm at Glastonbury allotments

COMMUNITY EVENTS

A number of local schools will be participating in festival events throughout the week and will be staging their own local, food-related events during term time.

‘Community Food Working’ - Friday 21st October
Somerset Community Food Projects Network is holding a conference entitled ‘Community Food Working’, at Compton Dundon Village Hall. The launch of ‘Seedy Sunday’ in February will be included.
For more details, please Tel: 01458 832983 communityfood@madasafish.com

For information on each of the participating venues, please see their details on the ‘participants’ page.

We advise that you double check with the venue directly before visiting to confirm any booking arrangements, opening times, availability of tastings and special menus etc.