Food
Marple Festival Food & Drink Day
Venue: Marple Centre
Time: 10am-4pm
11am official opening by the Mayor of Stockport
Price: FREE
Description
A day of appreciation for the food and drink on offer locally. Shops, pubs and restaurants demonstrate that people can buy better locally. The town has an unusual collection of highly-specialised businesses in the food and drink sector and traders and suppliers are keen to show off their wares and service.
Local outlets will set up stands in the precinct and other businesses will put on 'Festival' displays. Mouth-watering fare will be on sale: grilled meats and sausages, fresh paella out of a pan, a large range of cheeses and deli foods, reshly squeezed drinks and smoothies, hot soups, sandwiches, freshly picked local fruit and vegetables, cakes, canapes, and unusual breads.
Local cafes and pubs will be putting on special menus, to show the public how easily they can buy and eat locally.
As well as healthy (and some nice but naughty!) food on sale and delicious aromas filling the air, there will be plenty of entertainment throughout the day including Marple Band with light concert music and buskers.
Plus face painting, free samples, the annual pie competition and the ever-popular raffle.
Robinson Brewery’s horse and dray will also attend!
Marple Band will be playing light concert music for three half hour spots.
Samuel Oldknow pie competition
Venue: Marple Centre
Time: on the Food & Drink Day to be judge at 1pm
Price: FREE
Description
If you’re passionate about pies, then why not enter the Festival Pie Competition on the Food & Drink Day on 17th September. Four categories: Savoury (vegetables, meat, fish); Fruit; ‘A Pie for One’; and Professional savoury or fruit (local businesses or pubs).
To enter, please email or phone for details and an application form, or just bring your pie to Market Street at midday. They will be judged at 1 pm, then the winners announced. Judging is based on appearance, flavour, filling, pastry and topping.
Prizes from Marple Wine Club. Open to over 18 years but entrants under 18 are eligible to win a ‘Special Prize’.
Contact
Tel: 07748 542672 or email andrealjenkins2003@yahoo.co.uk
PS If you don’t want to enter the pie competition then please let us have your pie recipes. Bring them to the pie stand on Market Street on the day. We plan to produce a booklet!
Cookery demo
Venue: Cricket Club
Time: 7pm
Price: £15
Description
A repeat of the very popular 2010 demos from local chefs. Improve your culinary skills with an inspiring and entertaining cooking demonstration. Watch our qualified chefs cook numerous dishes in a fun and instructive atmosphere.
Eddie Shepherd is an award-winning, vegetarian chef, described as “the Heston Blumenthal of the vegetarian world”. He uses modern cookery techniques and culinary flair to produce innovative dishes that challenge what vegetarian food can be. www.veggiechef.co.uk.
Richard Morris owns the deli and cafe All Things Nice in Marple, and also runs the highly acclaimed Travelling Gourmet catering service.
www.thetravellinggourmet.co.uk
Contact/Tickets
Contact 0161 449 6010
