Nantwich Food Festival News –The brand new Cookalong!

Nantwich Food Festival has gone the extra mile with the new and exciting plan to involve locals and visitors with almost 200 places for the Festival Cookalong.

Trained chefs from near and far will be on hand to provide masterclasses on how to prepare delicious recipes and cocktails. Crewe-based Restaurant, bar and hotel - The White Lion, Weston will sponsor the Cookalong, covering all three days of the Festival on September 1^st-3rd.

With events for both children and adults, there will be just 12 places per session with a ticket fee of around £10 purely to cover the cost of ingredients; as would be expected, alcohol-based events will cost more. Details and booking links can be found on the festival website at: 

 www.nantwichfoodfestival.co.uk/cookalong/ 

These limited places will fill up fast!

Event organiser Nanna Pedley says:

“The White Lion, Weston Cookalong Marquee will be located in the Love Lane area near to the Theatre and pillory. The White Lion will field an expert bartender to show us how to produce their impressive cocktails, whilst chefs from local restaurants will offer participants the chance to cook-along with them to produce some delicious recipes.”

These will include chefs from our friends at Romazzino and St Martha’s plus those from Nantwich pubs The Black Lion and the Red Cow, Cottons Hotel & Spa, Cheshire Cupcakes and the Granary Arts Café. Rodney Densem Wines and Nantwich Cheese Shop will work together to host a Wine & Cheese Pairing event on Festival Sunday.

Nanna goes on:

“From further afield, James Sherwin of Wild Shropshire fame will return to host a session, plus we are delighted that celebrity chef Nigel Brown will come and will teach visitors to cook an authentic Thai Green Chicken Curry, a recipe inspired by his recent travels in Asia.”

The White Lion, Weston Owner, Carl Boulton says:

“We are delighted to be again sponsoring Nantwich Food Festival, and believe that our support of the Festival Cookalong will help it become the great success that the event deserves to be. This will be a very high profile event, managed by a specialist company, and we are confident that Nantwich Food Festival regulars will thoroughly enjoy participating.”

• The Nantwich Food Festival is an independent food festival run by volunteers
• The 2023 Festival takes place Friday 1^st to Sunday 3^rd September
• Since 2009, the festival has been run by not-for-profit Nantwich Food and Drink Ltd.
• Around 200 businesses have stalls located across Nantwich town centre during the weekend festival.
• The festival generates an estimated £2m each year for the local economy.
• Nantwich has one of the largest collections of historic buildings in Cheshire, with Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian architecture throughout the town centre.
• There has been a market in Nantwich since 1720
• Over 100 unpaid, dedicated volunteers keep the festival running each year