Chester Food and Drink Festival 2008 – Chester Racecourse

An Easter celebration of our regions Food and Drink

If its Easter it must be the Chester Food and Drink Festival. We expect 20,000 to flock to our new venue at the Racecourse in Chester. A move made necessary by the need for more space to house this fast growing event.
This year we have more cooking demonstrations, more exhibitors, more tastings and seminars, more things for the kids to do.

It’s a programme that celebrates everything to do with Food and Drink and the very best Cheshire and our region has to offer. Manufacturers, growers, producers, restaurants and great chefs all under one roof.

Stephen Wundke, chairman of the Chester Food and Drink Festival;

"In this the seventh year of the Festival, there are even more reasons to visit or stay in Chester at Easter. It is a measure of how prestigious the Festival has become that we can attract so many world-class chefs. Last year we secured first-class celebrity chefs and the demonstrations proved so popular we have really focused on this for 2008. Many of the stands in the Racecourse are now taken and we now have only a few opportunities left for sponsors. Hotels and restaurants will also be offering special packages throughout the Festival for visitors. It promises to be a great easter in Chester."

The Festival

The Festival will be at the Chester racecourse in the main grandstand area. Events here will include a large Producers` Market, showcasing the district`s impressive variety of top quality produce, from cheeses, meat products, fruit, vegetables, ice cream, shrimps, salmon and cider to homemade chocolates and preserves. The main concourse housing the exhibitors will be surrounded by a food court featuring Cheshire restaurants, children’s entertainment and music. The Leverhulme stand will show host our main auditorium for our seminars and cooking demonstrations.

"Our region has an amazing wealth of fine foods and produce, as well as many fantastic eating and drinking venues. The aim of this Festival is to encourage all the different sectors to work together to produce an event befitting this historic and exciting City, its residents and the tourists to our region." Stephen Wundke

The weekend will see a host of different events such as wine, beer, champagne and cheese tastings, cookery demonstrations and competitions. It will add to the special offers at eating and drinking venues around Chester and Cheshire that proved to be so popular in 2007. It all adds up to a very special and unique reason for visitors to come to Chester next Easter Week."

Your favourite bar, restaurant or retailer needs your help to make sure they come out top in the 2008 Chester Food and Drink Awards – cast your vote here or visit www.thebestof.co.uk/chester to see even more

For more information about food in Britain, simply click on www.foodloversbritain.com

STARTER

- Pre-festival Event
- Key Events
- Taste Festival 22-24th March
- Celebrity Cooking Events
- Cheese Rolling
- Marcher Sound Events

MAIN COURSE

- 14th March
- 15th March
- 16th March
- 17th March
- 18th March
- 19th March
- 20th March
- 21st March
- 22nd March
- 23rd March
- 24th March
- 25th March

DESSERT

- Festival Long Events
- Competitions
- Friends of the Festival

PLEASE NOTE
The 2008 Vote closed at midnight on Friday 15th February