The countdown to the Nantwich Food Festival is on, with organisers expecting more than 40,000 visitors for the three-day event next month.
The town will be flooded with flavours and aromas from around the world during the festival, from September 4-6.
It is now one of the UK’s largest in-town food festivals, and organisers promise to set the town’s taste buds alive with a record 175 stalls in marquees.
Cheshire’s finest will be on show alongside guests from the rest of the UK and as far afield as the Middle East.
Visitors can tuck in to samples provided by some of the country’s best global street food traders.
Sixty food producers will welcome visitors to The Mornflake Gourmet Food Hall, with specialist craft beers, exclusive Champagne, cocktails, street food and more.
The Bentley Gourmet Food Hall will take people on a world tour as they explore international food from Spanish churros to South African biscuits.
The Rangemaster Food Theatre will host 17 demonstrations from skilled local chefs, as well as featuring a new event that highlights more unusual and sustainable food sources.
Local radio stations Redshift and Silk 106.9 will host sound stages and street performers will be entertaining crowds across the town.
Organisers are now looking for talented buskers to get involved, visit www.nantwichfoodfestival.co.uk and click on Busking.
Deborah Robb, Nantwich Food Festival Chair, said: “The festival gets bigger and better every year and that is due to the incredible hard work and commitment of the volunteers and the local community.
“Not only do we have some of the country’s and world’s best food producers, this is a festival where the fun is as fabulous as the feasting.
“There’s a real party atmosphere during the weekend and we’re excited that this will be a record year in terms of the quality and variety offered, and hopefully in the number of visitors we are able to welcome to our town.”
The Nantwich Food Festival is free, with special events also taking place for younger visitors, including a circus skills workshop and a children’s cooking workshop.
Reaseheath College Pavillion will return with its mechanical horse and Patricia the cow, and South Cheshire College will unveil a new ‘South Cheshire Walk’ in the Town Square.
The festival started in 1995 with a few traders in Nantwich Civic Hall.
Nantwich Town Council took over the festival and moved it to Mill Island for 10 years when visitor numbers reached around 6,000.
It was handed over to the not-for-profit Nantwich Food and Drink Ltd in 2009 and moved from Mill Island to the town centre to allow stallholders and local businesses to work together.
In 2013, it attracted 35,000 visitors, netting approximately £2m for local business and stall holders, In 2014, 40,000 visitors came to Nantwich for the Festival.
To stay in touch with the latest news from the Festival, visit www.nantwichfoodfestival.co.uk or follow the Facebook page, Nantwich Foodies, or Twitter feed @nantwichfoodies.
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