2007
Events
Here
are examples of last year's events
Japanese
Cookery Courses
Date: Monday 25, Tuesday
26, Wednesday 27 June
Venue: Chideock
Monday 25th, 10am - 1pm. Teriyaki sauce with rice and soup
(learn the basic skill
of cooking rice, soup and making your own teriyaki dishes).
Tuesday 26th, 10am - 1pm. Tempura and Deep fried dishes (learn
how to prepare fish, seafood, to cook Tempura and deep fried breaded
dishes).
Wednesday 28th, 10am - 2pm Sushi. (learn how to prepare
sushi rice and make sushi).
Each session will take a maximum of 7 people. The cost will be £30
per person per session for Teriyaki and Tempura course and £40
for the Sushi lesson. The price includes lunch, which you will help
to create!
Contact: Shige Takezoe. Telephone: 01297 489589.
Gideon
Hitchin Cookery Demonstration
Date: Friday 29 June
Time: 11.00 am – 12 noon
Venue: The Electric Palace, 35 South Street, Bridport, Dorset,
DT6 3NY
Gideon Hitchin, Head Chef of the Electric Palace, (former River
Cottage Chef), will present a pre-lunch food demonstration in the
Palace Auditorium. A sample menu will include:
Starter: Ceviche of fresh local fish
Main: Seasonal salads and different dressings
Sweet: Fruit mousse
Four lucky people will have the opportunity to win this lunch
prepared by Gideon.
Following this demonstration, the Electric Palace café, serving
local seasonal produce, will be open for lunch between 12 noon and
2.00 pm. There will also be an opportunity for a guided tour of
the Palace Cinema. Please arrive at the Cinema for 10.45 am for
a prompt 11.00 am start. Entry after this time cannot be guaranteed.
Contact: Gideon Hitchen. Telephone: 01308 428354.
Becklands
Fasrm - A Decade Celebration
Date: Sunday 1 July
Time: 12 noon (farm walk at 2pm, cream teas at 4pm)
Farm open day to celebrate farmer Francis Joyce's decade of remission
from cancer. To raise money for Dorset County Hospital's new cancer
department. Entrance: adults £1 children free. Bring your
own picnic to eat on the farm or buy organic soup/burgers. Please
telephone for lunch and tea in advance if possible. Telephone:
01297 560298
We
encourage all visitors to walk to ASKER MEADOWS events where possible.
THERE IS NO PARKING ON SITE
Friday
29 June
6.00
pm The 2007 Festival commences
with the Round Table Beer Festival and a hog roast and BBQ courtesy
of the Lions Club of Bridport.
A vegetarian frittata option will be supplied by Downhouse Farm.
6.00
pm A tutored wine tasting of “Wines of the West
Country” in Asker Meadows
by Mr Mark Banham, Manager, Palmers Wine Store, to include Sherborne
Castle, Sherborne and Sharpham Vineyards, Totnes.
Tickets available in advance from Palmers Wine Store, Priced at
£10 per head. Maximum numbers 50.
7.00
pm An evening with Lesley Waters and Friends. Followed
by:
8.00
pm A cookery demonstration by Lesley Waters on “Great
British dishes with a local twist”. This is a ticket only event.
Tickets £2. Maximum numbers 50.
Tickets available
on the night.
8.30
pm Music by The Jam Band in the Beer Festival Marquee.
11.00 pm Festival closes for
the evening.
Saturday
30 June
ENTRANCE FEE: £2 for adults, children free
9.30
am The Bridport
Farmers’ Market regulars will be under their Umbrellas selling
local delights.
The Food and Drink
Marquee will also be highlighting local food and drink producers
and suppliers including Jessica’s Farmhouse Cakes, Peppers
by Post, Olives Et Al,
Somerset Cider Brandy, H & G Land with their delicious honey,
Flying Fish Feasts,
Greenclose Cottage Jams, Bridge Farm Cider and Apple Juice.
The new Food Court will be providing hot and cold food to go and
also selling their own produce. They include Wyld Meadow Lamb and
Peaceful Poultry. The Home Grown exhibition marquee will have interactive
displays that demonstrate the role which local food, farming and
fishing industries play.
There will be an interesting display by the Bridport and District
Allotment Society.
Cream Teas will be served throughout the day by Downhouse Farm.
9.45 am The Festival will be
officially opened by Bridport Mayor, Councillor Geoffrey Ackerman.
Chef demonstrations and talks in the “Home Grown” Marquee.10.00
am Pam Corbin, Contributor for River Cottage demonstration
of Appley-Lemon curd
and quick and easy jam.
10.45
am Talk by Norman Jones, Hogchester Farm, Wootton Fitzpaine,
breeder of rare breed Portland Sheep.
11.00
am The Beer Festival Marquee opens for business.
11.00
am Washingpool Farm Chefs “Ready, Steady, Cook-off”
using ingredients selected from Washingpool Farm’s stand.
12.15
pm Aidan Chapman, Town Mill Baker and Stephan Frigon,
Head Chef, Beach & Barnicott demonstration of “what you
can do with old bread”!
1.00
pm Talk by local trawlermen, Jamie Smith and Dave Sales
on local fish.
1.30
pm Bridge House, Beaminster, second chef Jamie Fry demonstration
using local seasonal fish.
2.30pm
Music in the Beer Marquee from Mutter Slater.
2.30
pm Demonstration by Deruke Tee, The Manor Hotel, West
Bexington using local lamb.
3.30
pm Thai cookery demonstration by Michael Michaud of Peppers
by Post and Thai Cook, Nid Hill.
4.30
pm Gardeners Question Time.
With Colin Sparkes, Chip de Greeff, Wendy Lees, Steve Ward and David
Squirrell.
7.30
pm Evening food will be provided by local farmers.
8.30
pm Music in the Beer Marquee from The Vinyl Monkeys.
11.00
pm Festival closes for the day.
Sunday
1 July
ENTRANCE FEE: £2 for adults, children free
“Home Grown Demonstration Marquee”
10.00
am One of the foremost experts on organic vegetable gardening
Charles Dowding was a pioneer of the organic vegetable box scheme.
He will speak about how to get the best produce without the use
of chemicals or pesticides and will be signing copies of his recently
published book, Organic Gardening, The Natural No Dig Way.
11.00
am Beer Festival opens for business in the Beer Festival
Marquee.
11.00
am Former editor of the Independent on Sunday and the
Daily Express,
Rosie Boycott, is an outspoken critic of modern farming and food
retailing.
She will speak about her smallholding at Dillington Park Farm and
her best
selling book Our Farm: A Year In The Life Of A Smallholding.
11.00 am Music By Will Ferris
in the Beer Marquee.
11.45
am Ian Simpson, Chef Proprietor, The White House Hotel,
Charmouth will cook from ingredients supplied by Dillington Park
Farm.
1.00
pm Nigel Bloxham of the Crabhouse Café in Portland
will be demonstrating crab and “under used fish from the Channel”.
2.15
pm Lorraine Stuart, patisserie chef at The Bridge House
Hotel, Bridport will demonstrate pavlova.
3.00
pm Festival closes.
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