July 2011

Really Wild Festival this Friday & Saturday!

Submitted by daria on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:06

The 7th annual Really Wild Festival will be held on Whitesands Road, St Davids on Friday 29th & Saturday 30th July and, according to organisers, will be ‘wilder’ than ever!

New local produce market

Submitted by daria on Mon, 07/25/2011 - 11:08

A new farmers’ market will be launched in the heart of the capital on the 4th of August in the Castle Quarter – bringing local produce into the city centre for the first time.

The new market run by the Riverside Farmers’ Market Association will take place every Thursday morning from 11am-3pm.

Food festivals galore

Submitted by daria on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 11:08

Food festival season is upon us! With these fun-packed events full of culinary treasures taking place throughout the country, now is a better time than ever to explore and discover what these great social events have to offer. Here are some of the food festivals taking place over the coming months. Don’t forget to visit the What's On section of the website to find more foodie events!

Strawberry fields forever?

Submitted by daria on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 13:59

- Daily Post

The strawberry should be our national fruit say the majority of people in Wales, according to recent research. Strawberries were voted by 53% of Welsh people beating apples, which gained just 15% of the votes, according to research carried out by Sweet Eve strawberries

Decade of Success for Welsh Cider Society

Submitted by daria on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 13:59

This month the Welsh Perry and Cider Society celebrates a decade of success and is hosting a party this weekend to celebrate its anniversary.

The society, whose mission is to reignite the craft perry and cider industry in Wales, was formed by Dave Matthews and Alan Golding, cider enthusiasts who had started to dabble in some cidermaking, in 2001.

Sell Sell Sell! Urges new Producer DVD – Syniadau Slic

Submitted by daria on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 11:55

A new training DVD is being launched this week (Monday 18th July @ 1.30pm) at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show in order to encourage producers to brush up on their selling techniques, to improve profits, and encourage greater understanding of the importance of packaging, layouts and labelling.

Fabulous food on the menu at Royal Welsh Show

Submitted by daria on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 14:15

For food lovers there is only one place to be this month, the Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd, in Powys (July 18-21).

A year on from its official opening, the Royal Welsh Showground’s Food Hall will be filled to the rafters with mouth-watering morsels and tasty treats.

Palatial venues for True Taste roadshow

Submitted by daria on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 13:38

There is Welsh food and drink on the menu at not one but two palaces when the True Taste Kitchen Award Winners Roadshow attends two of the UK’s top summer events – the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, and the Country Landowners Association Game Fair.

Welsh producers at the Washington DC Summer Fancy Food Show

Submitted by daria on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 13:38

Welsh food and drink producers are preparing to travel across the pond for North America’s largest specialist food and drink marketplace, the Summer Fancy Food Show.

Traditionally held in New York, this year’s event will be hosted by the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the US capital, Washington DC.

Judges chew over final list for the True Taste awards

Submitted by daria on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 13:38

They have sipped, chewed and crunched their way through hundreds of food and drink products, and for the judges in the 10th annual Wales the True Taste Food and Drink Awards their job is done – their final choices now kept tightly under-wraps.

Nothing fishy about seafood

Submitted by daria on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 13:38

- Daily Post

Bryan Webb, chef at the Michelin-starred Tyddyn Llan restaurant in Llandrillo, will share the secrets of cooking seafood at the Aberaeron Seafood Festival on Sunday.

The festival takes place on the harbour and Bryan is looking forward to dispelling a few cooking myths.

Home grown market launch

Submitted by daria on Mon, 07/04/2011 - 13:38

- Daily Post

Funding helps welsh fishermen

Submitted by daria on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 13:38

The Welsh fishing industry has received a boost with the official opening of a central fish handling, storage and marketing facility (Hub) inBurry Port, Carmarthenshire.