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The Sheffield Food Festival runs form 1 to 6 June and is supported by Hallam FM, Magic FM and deliciouslyorkshire. Thanks to Sheffield’s Community Assemblies, community groups have embraced the festival and the following events are some of the highlights listed for everyone to enjoy.

Event: Our Cow Molly, Eat, Drink and Be Merry
When: Sunday 6 June 11am to 5pm
Where: Our Cow Molly Farm, Cliffe House Cottage, Hill Top, Stannington, Sheffield, S6 6GW
Contact: Eddie - Owner Manager, Our Cow Molly
ed @ ourcowmolly.co.uk T: 2332683 M:07872 100050

Event Details:
On Sunday 6 June from 11am to 5pm Our Cow Molly farm will be showcasing some of Sheffield’s (and the surrounding areas) best known food producers, as well as introducing you to some of the smaller ones you didn’t know were out there.

There will be something for the whole family including bouncy fun courtesy of Sheffield Inflatable Games and a Guinness World Record attempt by Sheffield University to make one litre of ice cream in less than 18 seconds (using liquid nitrogen no less). And there’s no need to worry about the weather as this will all take place in a marquee on one of our fields overlooking Sheffield.

If that’s not enough for you Toby Foster’s Last Laugh Comedy Club will be making its way to the farm to present a ‘Food Festival Special’.

We’re a mere five miles from Sheffield City Centre, you can get the 61 or 62 bus straight to us and entry / car parking is absolutely free; you can’t say fairer than that!

There’s a lot more to be confirmed so keep your eyes on ourcowmolly.co.uk and lastlaughcomedy.com


Event: Sausage making workshop (bookable in advance)
When: Sunday 6 June 10 am - 4 pm (workshops hourly throughout the day)
Where: Greave House Farm Trust, Newhall Lane, Stocksbridge S364GH
Contact: Paul Smith T: 0114 288 8634

Event details:
Fun for all ages - come and enjoy a unique experience and learn how to make your own sausages! Experienced sausage making experts will be on hand to teach you how to make delicious sausages which you can then take home with you for your supper.

Workshops will be held every hour throughout the day. Places are limited, so please book in advance to secure your place.

Event: Parsons Cross BBQ in the Park
When: Sunday 6 June
Where/Who: SPELL/Healthy Cross
Contact: Healthy Cross - Michelle Pickford/ Louise T: 2344445

Event: Healthy Eating Week
When: 1 to 6 June
Where: Zest Centre, Upperthorpe Library and Baths. Special café menu, cook and eat sessions, healthy eating information and advice.
Contact: T: 270 2040

Event: ‘A Taste of Broomhill’ Food Fair
When: Saturday 5 June 10am – 4pm
Where: The Mount, Glossop Rd / Newbould Road.
Contact: broomhillonline.org.uk, e-mail foodfair @ thebang.org.uk T: 2998838

Event: ‘Sharrow Chef of the Year’
When: Sunday 6 June
Where: Mount Pleasant Park.
Contact: Shipshape T250 0222

Event Details: A chance to watch some of the best chefs from Sharrow prepare a signature dish as they compete for the title. The event will also include a range of market stalls, a parent and children's sports day.
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Event: Picnic in Endcliffe Park,
When: Sunday 6th June, 12-5pm
Where: Endcliffe Park, Rustlings Road, Sheffield, S11
Contact: Regather: Gareth Roberts 07939577467

Event Details:
Bring your picnic hamper & blanket to Endcliffe Park for a fantastic feast of fabulous food fun for all the family! Featuring: Madame Zucchini - Vegetable Cabaret & Workshops, Rhyme & Reason - Food Stories & Characters, Wheelie Fun Wheels - Bike Powered Smoothies, Sugar Biscuit Trio - Live Jazz & Swing, BBQ, Community Stalls, Cake & Ice Cream, Children's Funfair, Bouncy Castle, Playground. Presented by South West Community Assemblies Team.

Event: Activity Sheffield Healthy Eating Challenge, 30+ year olds cook and eat session
When: 2 June 10am
Where: Joseph Stone Centre, Mosborough
Contact: Amy.wheeler @ sheffield.gov.uk

Event: Healthy Food Healthy You - Healthy eating event
When: 6 June 10am – 2pm
Where: Healthy Cross Handsworth
Contact: michellep @ healthycross.org.uk

Event: Safe Food Preparation, Food hygiene course
When: June 4
Where: Handsworth Community Forum
Contact: steve @ handsworthforum

Event: Nether Edge Street Market in photographs: Photography exhibition
When: 3 to 5 June
Where: The Winter Garden, Kids & Community Food Zone
Contact: Jacqui Bellamy, Pixelwitch Pictures, 07710 985135

Event Details: Local photographer Jacqui Bellamy with support from Nether Edge Neighbourhood Group (NENG) will exhibit a series of commissioned photographs of people and places connected with food in Nether Edge.

Event: Manor Oaks Farm - kids get planting session
When: 3 to 5 June TBC
Where: The Winter Garden, Kids & Community Food Zone
Contact: Milena Harbach, 07789692204, 0114 2677 627

English wines will take centre stage next week as vineyards, wine merchants, farm shops, delicatessens, hotels, pubs and restaurants celebrate English Wine Week 2010, which takes place from Saturday 29th May to Sunday 6th June and includes the Spring Bank Holiday.

English Wine Week is a countrywide campaign to highlight English wines. During the Week, vineyards across the country, from the Scilly Isles to Yorkshire, will be opening their doors to welcome visitors with tours, tastings and special events or offers. Other local and regional outlets will also be supporting English wines by holding in house tastings, special menus and many other exciting promotional activities.

Some of the highlights of this year’s English Wine Week include the Mercure Hotel Group whose key hotels in England will be offering their dining guests a complimentary glass of wine from a local vineyard during the Week. Other participants include The Wine Society and Laithwaites Wine. In Devon, local vineyards are collaborating again to host Devon Wine Week, ensuring that on every day of the Week there will be an event or activity either at a vineyard or local outlet. Working alongside them are retailers and restaurants that will be highlighting English wines with their menus – showing just how delicious the marriage of local food is with locally-sourced wine is. In Wales, Welsh Wine Week will also be celebrated with activities taking place in a number of vineyards.

There certainly promises to be a buzz about English wines this coming week. Visitors will be able to discover just how delicious English wines are and how readily accessible they are proving to be.

Enthusiasm for and interest in English wines continues to grow. Recent news of their success in this year’s international competitions further illustrates their world class quality. Retailers are responding positively, with listings in major chains as well as independent wine merchants, both on the high street and online. More English wines are also available through the on trade, from top London restaurants to local eateries in the wine regions.

With the summer season just around the corner, English Wine Week provides the perfect opportunity to celebrate the wines that are produced on our doorstep. All events and participating outlets are listed by region and by date on the English Wine Week Website englishwineweek.co.uk, which is constantly updated.

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Graham Campbell, one of the youngest chefs in Scotland to gain a Michelin star, has joined The Lake of Menteith Hotel in Perthshire as Head Chef.

Oban-born Campbell (27) has joined the Lake after working at Duisdale House on the Isle of Skye. He gained his Michelin award in 2008 when he was based at the Ballachulish Hotel.

Ian Fleming, owner of The Lake of Menteith Hotel said; “We are delighted to welcome a chef with Graham’s reputation to the Lake. His passion, drive and talent will take our food offering to new dimensions and the feedback we’ve already had from diners in both our restaurant and more casual Port Bar has been fantastic.”

Highlights on Graham’s new menus at the Lake include Hand Dived Orkney Scallops with Aubergine and Watermelon and Green Pepper & Honey Coated Breast of Aylesbury Duck, Sweet Potato Puree, Kale, Beetroot and Red Wine Jus. He has already made his mark at the hotel, having scooped a Chef Médaille d’Or for Dinner Excellence at the recent Scottish Hotel Awards 2010. Owner Ian Fleming was awarded an Entrepreneur Special Commendation 2010 at the awards ceremony, in recognition of the continued growth and success of the Lake during very challenging trading conditions for the hospitality industry.

Graham Campbell said, “From a young age, I wanted to be a chef, it was all I was ever interested in. I’m delighted to have joined an award winning hotel like The Lake of Menteith and I’m looking forward to working with Ian Fleming and doing what I do best - which is to create flavoursome, clean and simple casual dining dishes at lunch time and innovative and flavoursome combinations from fantastic Scottish and British ingredients in the restaurant for dinner. It is hard to nail down what my style is, so I can only say that it is uniquely mine. The finishing touch is that our customers can soak up one of the most exceptional views in Scotland and it’s not even on the menu, it’s free of charge!”

Graham Campbell joins The Lake of Menteith at an exciting time in the hotel’s development. Recent continued investment has resulted in two new stunningly refurbished lake view suites, complete with freestanding baths, showers for two and spacious dressing and seating areas. Rich colours and luxurious fabrics have created indulgent retreats for two which are a perfect complement to the waterfront location.

Graham Campbell started his career working part-time at the Caledonian Hotel in Oban. He entered a cookery competition which left the head chef so impressed that he was offered a full time job. After progressing to commis chef and then sous chef, Graham headed south to Rochdale to work at celebrity chef Andrew Nutter’s restaurant before moving on to Paul Heathcote’s signature restaurant, Longridge in Preston.
The Lake of Menteith Hotel was purchased by Ian Fleming in 2005 and enjoys a unique waterfront setting at the Port of Menteith. Only an hour’s drive from Glasgow and Edinburgh, the 16 bedroomed hotel has undergone a comprehensive refurbishment over the past five years and is decorated in the warm, welcoming style of a classic New England waterfront hotel. The muted tones, light fabrics and extensive use of local timber and stone perfectly compliment its unique lakeside location.

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It’s been another great year for English and Welsh wine in the major international wine competitions, whose results were announced at the London International Wine & Spirits Trade Fair.

English wines impressed particularly the judges at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) and Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) with no less than 4 Gold medals shared amongst three producers Camel Valley, Nyetimber and Ridgeview. Along with the results from The International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC), English and Welsh wines won 120 awards, more than ever before.

Two of the Gold medals were awarded in the IWC to Nyetimber’s Blanc de Blancs 2001 and Camel Valley Noir Rosé Brut 2008. This was a second successive year as a Gold medal winner for Camel Valley and a first major win in this competition for Nyetimber.

The two other Gold medals were won in Decanter World Wine Awards by Ridgeview Wine Estate for their Knightsbridge Blanc de Noirs 2006 and Grosvenor Blanc de Blancs 2006, which also took the regional Trophy. UK doubled the number of silver medal winners in this year’s DWWA.

The International Wine & Spirit Competition saw three times as many Silver medals as were awarded last year. Whilst the majority of came from the sparkling wine sector, there were notable wins for Bolney Wine Estate’s Pinot Noir Red 2008 and Eglantine’s dessert wine North Star 2006¸ which were both awarded Silver Best in Class.

New Welsh vineyard Ancre Hill Estate in Monmouthshire won a Silver Medal in the DWWA and Bronze in the IWSC for the same still wine – their White Welsh Regional Wine 2008 – showing the ongoing developments and success from the Welsh wine industry.

“It’s just great to see the recognition that English and Welsh wines have gained through this year’s awards,” comments Julia Trustram Eve, Marketing Manager of English Wine Producers. “Competition is tough out there and to be recognized by the highly professional groups of judges at this international level certainly shows that our wines are world class.”

The news about these English successes sets a positive start to the industry’s national promotional campaign English Wine Week which starts on 29th May and continues to 6th June. Many of the winning producers are taking part, as well as a number of key outlets. All details and news are available on englishwineweek.com.

These and many other English and Welsh wines will soon face scrutiny in the UK’s own national awards – the English & Welsh Wine of the Year Competition, which takes place in mid June. This is the only competition in the world where the judges are all Masters of Wine. The results will be announced at the end of June.

For the first time Britain’s most loved chefs will take to the stage to demonstrate their culinary skills to a theatre full of cooking enthusiasts, live across four of the UK’s major cities. Never before has such an emphasis been put on the craft and skill of these culinary masters, giving food lovers and cooks of all levels the unique opportunity to experience the colours, smells, flavours and creativity from their favourite chefs, including James Martin, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall*, Gary Rhodes, Ainsley Harriott, Rachel Allen and Rick Stein. The festival launches on 5th October 2010 in Bristol and is followed by Edinburgh, London and a final Christmas show in Harrogate.

Love Cooking is a festival of cooking and food at its very best. Up and down the country some of the UK’s top celebrity chefs will be cooking their most popular dishes and new creations whilst offering tips and trade secrets for the simplest of suppers to the most extravagant of dinner parties. They will be revealing their inspiration for the dishes and the ingredients they use, as well as taking questions from the audience and giving an insight into what makes them ‘love cooking’.

Each Love Cooking Show
Each Love Cooking show is a one-day only event featuring a series of six one-hour theatre-style cookery presentations hosted by food journalist and broadcaster Nigel Barden and wine expert and TV presenter Olly Smith.

The first-class selection of chefs chosen for the first year of the Love Cooking festival offer an array of expertise and culinary wisdom, focusing on seasonal and local produce, classic British dishes, Caribbean spice, comforting Italian and fish and seafood dishes, to name but a few.

Chefs & Programme
Below is the line-up for each Love Cooking Show:

Bristol, 5th October, hosted by Nigel Barden
James Martin – ‘Cooking for Friends’
Gary Rhodes – ‘Eating England: Great British Classics’
Rachel Allen – ‘Recipes from Heart and Home’
Ainsley Harriott – ‘Colour and Spice: Soul Food’
Gino D’Acampo – ‘Viva Italia! Simple stylish food for the senses’
James Martin – ‘James’ Kitchen with special guests Valentine Warner and Thomasina Miers’

Edinburgh 12th October, hosted by Olly Smith
James Martin – ‘Cooking for Friends’
Gary Rhodes – ‘Great British Classics’
Gino D’Acampo with special guest Mary Contini – ‘Viva Italia! Simple stylish food for the senses’
Rachel Allen – ‘Recipes from Heart and Home’
Ainsley Harriott – ‘Colour and Spice: Soul Food’
James Martin – ‘James’ Kitchen with special guests Tom Kitchin and Oz Clarke’

London 2nd November, hosted by Olly Smith
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall* – ‘Spade! Fork! Spoon!’
Gary Rhodes – ‘Eating England: Great British Classics’
Ainsley Harriott – ‘Colour and Spice: Soul Food’
Richard Corrigan, Mark Hix, Oz Clarke – ‘Real Men, Real Cooking, Real Drinking!’
Rick Stein – ‘Nothing to Fear – fish cooking explained’
Gino D’Acampo – ‘Viva Italia! Simple stylish food for the senses’

Harrogate 5th December, hosted by Nigel Barden
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall* – ‘Spade! Fork! (Cracker!) Spoon!’
Gary Rhodes – ‘Happy Christmas! Great Festive Classics’
Rachel Allen – ‘Winter Recipes from Heart and Home’
Ainsley Harriott – ‘Colour and Spice: Soul Food’
Antony Worrall Thompson and Oz Clarke – ‘Real Men, Real Cooking, Real Drinking!’
James Martin – ‘James’ Christmas Kitchen with special guests The Original Calendar Girls’

Back to Basics Skill Stations
As well as the shows in the main theatres there will be extra elements that will add to the whole cooking experience throughout the day. A series of bespoke interactive cooking skills stations will be held in the theatre foyers between the main stage presentations. Local and up-and-coming chefs and cookery school lecturers will give demonstrations and display the skills necessary for all avid cooks; for example, knife skills, pasta making, pizza making, expert tips for the perfect pastry and how to fillet a fish.

Good Food Café
As well as serving coffee and bites to eat, the ‘Good Food Café’ will be showing archive footage from favourite cookery programmes such as Keith Floyd, Master Chef, Oliver’s Twist and Saturday Kitchen.

Books for Cooks
Each theatre will offer a bookshop selling a full range of classic and most recently launched cookbooks, with limited editions and signed copies available. There will also be opportunities for book signings with the celebrity chefs before and after the shows.

Starter for Ten Quiz
There will be Love Cooking Experts roaming around the theatre foyer in between presentations who will help with any queries as well as offering a ‘starter for ten’ cookery quiz to the theatergoers. Those who succeed with answering the questions correctly will receive a £10 voucher from one of the major sponsors.

Love Cooking Membership
As part of the ticket price, theatergoers will receive the limited edition full-colour ‘Love Cooking Recipe Book’, which includes 60 recipes from the celebrity chefs on the tour. Also included in the ticket price will be a special membership password that allows access to the official ‘Love Cooking Festival Video’ where each of the chef’s presentations from the tour can be viewed.


“I’m really looking forward to cooking some of my new recipes and old favourites at Love Cooking. I want to encourage everyone to hold dinner parties in their homes and have fun cooking for their friends, what could be better?”
James Martin

“Food and cooking is a huge part of my life and it can be an enjoyable and fulfilling part of everyone’s life. At Love Cooking I want to show people how cooking can be restorative, nurturing and incredibly satisfying, even as much as eating the dishes themselves”.
Rachel Allen

“Love Cooking seems to me to be the next step in showing people how to cook. Along with the many years I’ve enjoyed in TV, I’m really looking forward to being on the Love Cooking stage in front of a live audience reliving the Great British Classic dishes we should all be proud of.”
Gary Rhodes

“We have seen a huge increase in the last 10 years in the level of interest in food and cooking in the UK, largely influenced by cookery programmes on television and the emergence of the celebrity chef.

Love Cooking is an exciting, new style of cookery event that solely focuses on the skill and craft of cooking and the excitement of watching it performed live on stage. It aims to provide cooking enthusiasts of all levels the opportunity to get up a close and learn from some of their favourite chefs, who regularly inspire them to pick up the apron!”
Tim Etchells, Managing Director of Single Market Events

Ever thought about trying English wine but never quite got around to it? Well now’s your chance, English Wine Week (Saturday 29th May – Sunday 6th June) is fast approaching and to celebrate the Bolney Wine Estate will be conducting some very special luxury tours and tastings.

Over the last five years English wine has grown dramatically in popularity and with supermarkets such as Waitrose supporting local produce the availability to consumers has increased dramatically. Of course only the best will do and thanks to the tireless work of everyone involved in the industry English wine is receiving top marks at the international competitions.

Exclusively throughout English Wine Week the Bolney Wine Estate will be offering tours with a difference, visitors can not only learn more about the art of English winemaking they can also taste the exciting, new 2009 vintages!

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