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Arreton Sweetcorn Festival – 27th – 30th
September
Beer and bangers as well as sweetcorn
will be on the menu when the Isle of Wight stages its first
Arreton Sweetcorn Fayre from Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th
September during British Food Fortnight. The new event,
which celebrates the end of the sweetcorn harvest, brings
together local producers and restaurant chefs who are
committed to ‘cooking local’ and is sponsored by Wightlink
(0871 376 4342/www.wightlink.co.uk), which will launch its
new Wight Taste Trail* at the festival.
Opening daily from 10am, the four day
free fayre takes place at Arreton Barns in the rural heart
of the Isle of Wight and kicks off on Thursday 27th
September with a Beer Festival, featuring Island brews from
Ventnor Brewery and other local brewers. On Friday 28th
September ‘The Day of The Sausage’ heralds the third annual
Farmer Jacks Sausage contest with the opportunity for banger
tasting and at the weekend there are a host of food
activities for visitors to get involved in. These include a
Sweetcorn Roast, Apple Pressing and, in the evening, Farmer
Jack’s BBQ and a Barn Dance.
A highlight of the event for be the 2007
Isle of Wight Food Festival on Sunday 30th September
featuring local producers and selected mainland producers –
with food hot and cold available to taste and buy. This
will include Farmer Jack’s Food Theatre featuring
demonstrations, talks and tastings led by top local chefs
and producers.
* Wightlink’s new 28-page booklet Wight
Taste Trail features an Isle of Wight-wide trail profiling
19 of the best local producers, who include Richard Hodgson,
whose fledgling Isle of Wight Cheese Company won Best
British Cheese at this year’s World Cheese Awards – less
than a year after the company opened its doors.
ENDS
Issued on behalf
of:
By:
WIGHTLINK
LTD
Christine Ball PR
17th September 2007
Tel: 01798 874177 |
