Taste Cumbria Food Festival

SATURDAY 24th September 2011
Main Street Stage
11-11.40am The Conspiracy
12-12.40pm Katylou x 2
13-13.50pm Kitchie Wud
14-14.40pm Bella
15-15.40pm The Two-ers
16-17.00pm The O’Hallorans

Memorial Gardens Stage

11-11.40am Bella
12-12.40pm Cinnamon
13-13.40pm The Conspiracy
14-14.40pm Katylou x2
15-15.45pm Kitchie Wud
16-17.00pm Alix Atherton

Interactive hands on cookery workshops with celebrity Malaysian chef Norman Musa. Join in with being taught how to make a Roti Jala (Malay lacy pancake) and a chicken gulai (a famous malay traditional chicken curry) on workstations.
A market place will sell traditional Malaysian products for the kitchen, as well as recipe cards.
Interactive workshops are free to book on to but are on a first come, first served basis. Please head to the yurt and book your place.

Times:
Sat 24th – 12:15, 13:15, 14:15, 15:15, 16:15 & 17:15
Sun 25th – 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00

Yelly de Jong is a cookery teacher who runs Cook in Cumbria in the beautiful village of Ravenstondale in Cumbria’s Eden Valley. She teaches subjects as varied as Best of Cumbrian Cooking, Vegetarian and Greek to Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian Cookery. She is a farmer’s daughter from Holland.
On Saturday 24 September she will giving an interactive demonstration on Oriental Cuisine. Students will be preparing a Thai Green Curry Paste. Yelly will explain the use and preparation of the fresh ingredients, where to buy them and how to store them. The end result will be so much more tasty than any bought version. We look forward to seeing you there!

This demonstration takes place at the Egremont Room in The Kirkgate and is open to all wristband holders on a first come first served basis.

We are pleased to announce that Booths Supermarkets will be involved in the festival this year. Situated on Main Street for the duration of the weekend the Booths team will be providing an interactive and unique shopping experience. Festival-goers will participate in cheese, wine, beer and sausage tasting, all of which will be suitably matched to complement each other. Learn how to match your favourite beer to what cheeses will best accompany selected beer and vice versa!
There will be various wine tasting sessions for beginners, a parmesan wheel demonstration and a slow food taste adventure session, which will be running throughout the day.
How well do you know your cheese? If you feel confident that you have a good understanding of your cheese types or you would just like to have a go, then enter Booths competition where you are challenged to identify 5 cheese types from a list.
Try and buy - all the produce you sample will be available also to take home and Booths have even considered the younger attendees of the event and have created a dedicated creative corner for children, which involves the chance to enter an exciting colouring competition to create a new bag design for the store!

Annette Gibbons OBE will guide you through a delicious array of local foods available at Taste Cumbria. She will give details of the individual food producers and explain recipes for you to taste and then try at home.
Relax at the Kirkgate tasting the best of Cumbria’s artisan food producers’ delights. There are two sessions: 11am and 1pm. *Access to this presentation is by festival wristband only and places are allocated on a first come first served basis*

Storytree's restaurant of the imagination is an eatery like no other! Friends and family can sit together design, make and perhaps take home your fabulous fantasy feast. Our lively, friendly waiters will help you fill your plate with all your wildest foody imaginations. Using craft materials, glue and imagination you can create the ultimate fantasy meal for you and your family. This will be an interactive workshop suitable for all ages. Food making will be interwoven with food based storytelling and shadow puppetry.
Warning! Your food will not be edible!

Meet friendly Cow and Bunny, ambassadors for Lake District Cheese Co!

Fun and informative breadmaking demos with the Carrs team who will be on hand teaching junior chefs how to hand make bread. Learn how to knead and shape dough then take it home to bake and eat!

Stefan Gates, food adventurer and presenter of BBC’s popular Gastronuts television series will be doing weird and wonderful things with food – opening festival-goers minds (and mouths) to a world of culinary creativity including how to make a bum sandwich, custard flame-throwing, and shows ways to fry and egg on a piece of paper!

To book tickets to watch Stefan's demonstration in the Celebrity Chef's Theatre, click 'Buy Tickets' on the left hand side navigation bar.

Norman Musa is the multi-talented creator, co-owner and Executive Chef of Ning restaurant.

He is also a TV personality, author, cookery school teacher and global ambassador of Malaysian cuisine.

Norman will be demonstrating traditional dishes including a delicious fish curry.

To book tickets to watch Norman's demonstration in the Celebrity Chef's Theatre, click 'Buy Tickets' on the left hand side navigation bar.

The Hairy Bikers are no strangers to Cumbria. Dave was born and bred in Barrow-in-Furness and now lives in Morecambe Bay, whilst Si hails from the nearby North East. 



Both have also visited the region on numerous occasions during filming for their various TV cookery series including The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain and their upcoming series Meals on Wheels, and are looking forward to Festival Weekend.



“We’re both delighted to have been asked to come to Taste Cumbria Festival this year, and it’s great to be back on home soil!” Dave says.

Simon agrees, adding: “As an honourary Cumbrian, I can testify to the fact that the region has a rich culinary heritage that’s incredibly diverse - with a wonderful selection of meat, poultry, fruit as well as fantastic real ales and ciders! Picturesque Cockermouth is the perfect backdrop for the event, and I know that the festival organisers are anticipating this year’s Festival to be even busier than last year’s.”

To book tickets to watch the Hairy Bikers' demonstration in the Celebrity Chef's Theatre, click 'Buy Tickets' on the left hand side navigation bar.

All Eat Natural bars are packed with good, wholesome stuff...and nothing dodgy.
As hard as you look, you'll find no artificial flavours or colours and no preservatives.

The bars come in 13 great tasting recipes (although we're adding new ones all the time). You can get most of these in three bar packs too, and some as snack-size packs of four

Eat Natural will have their own branded dome in Memorial Gardens, where they will carry out sampling over the entire weekend.

Learn the art of the Cumbrian angler.
Source to the Sea’s Lee Cummings and Lake District Fly Fishing’s Tony Riley will be giving FREE 20 minute fly fishing demonstrations on The Derwent, on the hour, for both days of the festival.
Personal lessons are also available at a special offer cost of £10 per session.
Bookings will be taken on the day, direct to Lee and Tony.

Pure Lakeland water is still used for brewing, drawn from the brewery's own well, and only the finest ingredients are added, including English pale ale malt, Golding hops from Kent and Fuggles hops from Herefordshire.

The real art is in the brewing itself, where the Head Brewer and his team use their years of experience and traditional brewing methods to create a range of superb Lakeland Ales.

The traditional values which the Jennings family instilled in the business are still respected, and combined with a modern day commercial approach, they have undoubtedly contributed to the success of Jennings ales today.

Jennings will have tours available free of charge on festival Saturday at 12.00am and 2.00pm. Unique brewery tour tickets will be available for people to collect from the Jennings stand in the Beer n' Bangers marquee. There will be 25 tickets available for the tour at 12.00am and 25 tickets available for the tour at 2.00pm. The tour concludes with a free half of any of the range of Jennings beers.

Jennings Brewery Tour and Shop,
Castle Brewery, Cockermouth, CA13 9NE
Tel: 0845 1297190

We are hosting an outdoor Laurent Perrier Champagne Bar serving a range of champagnes by the glass, strawberries and mini scones and jam.

Trout hotel Barbeque with Highgate burgers and Nicholson's sausages served in buns with salad.

There will be a fully stocked bar and seating inside our marquee.

Come and join us!

The Cumbria Beekeepers Association is the umbrella organisation for the five local branches of the British Beekeepers Association in Cumbria. It was formed originally after a meeting of nine beekeepers in Cockermouth in April 1901. 



The objectives of Cumbria Beekeepers Association are to; improve beekeeping in the county, to educate and train beekeepers, PR and education and control the possible eradication of disease and disorders of honeybees within the country.



Cumbrian Beekeepers will be at the festival both days. Parents and children can take a look around the bee observation hive, enjoy mini master classes about beekeeping, sample honey, make hive frames and wax candles and enjoy a variety of board games and interactive colouring activities. Fun for all the family!

We are one of Britain's newest universities, but we have a history of educating professionals going back over 150 years. We were formed in 2007 from Cumbria Institute of the Arts, St Martin's College and the Cumbrian campus of UCLan.

The University of Cumbria will be running a wildflower garden for children to colour and a craft session to make furry sheep.

Millcroft Veterinary Group was originally established in 1999 through the merger of two long established local practices - Millfields Veterinary Centre and Croft Veterinary Group. They treat a variety of animals, ranging from small animals, to exotic species, to larger animals such as horses.

The team will be at the festival with an interactive cow's milking machine for kids to have a go.

The Cumbrian Wildlife Trust is the only voluntary organisation devoted solely to the conservation of the wildlife and wildplaces of Cumbria. The Trust stands up for wildlife, creates wildlife havens, and seeks to raise environmental awareness.

Cumbrian Wildlife Trust will be running interactive kids trails, where prizes will be able to be won. This will take place around the Memorial Garden's with children having to discover certain things to win prizes. There will also be a create your own seascape activity run by the Trust.

Rheged is an award winning visitor attraction, located in Cumbria - the Lake District, just 15 minutes from Tebay Services.

Rheged is also a member of the Cumbrian conservation charity Nurture Lakeland, which works with visitors and with tourism related businesses throughout Cumbria to fundraise for conservation and raise awareness of environmentally sustainable practices.

Have a go at making your own kite. Join us for fun kite making demonstrations and have a go sessions

Fimo clay food models and card making - Children's area.

From 11am - 3pm we will show children (aged 5 & over) how to make various items of food using brightly coloured modelling material. Burgers, hot dogs, cakes, fruit, chocolate, sweets and many more can be made in each session. They can be made into fridge magnets, broaches, key chains or simply a 3d model.

From 3-6pm you can design and make your own pizza or cupcake birthday card. Plenty of card, glue, paper and of course glitter!

Lake District Estates are a family owned company based in Kendal. Their main areas of operation are residential lettings, caravan parks and farms in and around the Lake District National Park. They specialise in providing comfortable unfurnished properties for medium to long-term letting.

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is the Lakeland’s oldest, longest and undoubtedly most scenic railway. The journey encompasses seven miles from the delightful coastal village of Ravenglass, through two glorious valleys to the foot of England’s highest mountains.

Ullswater Steamers is an award winning environmental accredited Lake District attraction celebrating over 150 years of operating lake cruises on England’s most beautiful lake, Ullswater. The ‘Steamers’ create the perfect opportunity to combine a lake cruise with some of the most famous and spectacular walks in the Lake District.

This session involves a Meet and Greet of well known characters; Sammy the Squirrel and Ratty.

Andrea from Creative Cakes will be running cupcake decorating classes.

Get creative with Jo and try your hand at Children's Face Painting.

Little Augill Cooks - Children's Cook School. Children's Area.



Aughill Castle run a number of children's cookery courses from their spectacular castle in Kirkby Stephen. The team will be on hand to teach junior festival-goers how to make different types of Pasta, including; spaghetti, tagliatelle, lasagne and ravioli, then take it home for tea at the end of the day!

Fiona Faulkner, also known as the 'Toddler Chef', reveals the tricks and recipes that have transformed her own children's eating habits and those of countless others at her popular workshops.

Her techniques allow children to experiment with food at their own pace - and with a relaxed and fun attitude.

Fiona's interactive demonstration will involve a kids and parents juicing session and learning how to create easy dinner solutions.

Ryan Blackburn is an established chef, who regularly gives demonstrations throughout the UK, including events such as The Whitehaven Festival and The Best of Lakeland Show.

Ryan will be delivering an interactive fish demonstration, for kids.

Andrew Sharp is the public face of 27 co-operating farmers in the English Lake District who produces some of the finest quality cattle and sheep the Lake District has to offer. From these Herdwick sheep and Galloway cattle, the most distinctive lamb and mutton and well-hung beef is produced with a depth of flavour and tight-grained texture to give an unsurpassed quality.

Andrew Sharp will be giving a live interactive butchery demonstration at 12pm and 3pm. This will be a charged activity and will be for a maximum of 10 people. Attendees will wear armour and will learn how to carve meat that they can take home at the end of the session.

Cost is £18 pp. To book a place, click on 'Buy Tickets' in the navigation bar.

Pete Brown became a beer writer not because he’s obsessed with the chemistry of hops – he finds that a bit boring – but because he wanted to understand the social history of beer.

He wanted to buy a book about it, when he couldn’t find that book he decided to write one, and found an untapped market. Pete Brown has had three books published and is due a fourth out next year.

Jeff Pickthall is a nationally respected beer connoisseur. Jeff has a broad appreciation of beer and likes to extol the virtues of a superbly subtle lager as much as a flavour-bomb IPA and every shade of beer in between.

Pete Brown and Jeff Pickthall's Masterclass will focus on matching Beer and Food together and will involve doing a Beer trail and sampling of the produce.

Paul Peacock studied botany at Leeds University and is involved in an inner city program in Manchester which aims to encourage people to grow their own food whether they have a garden, an allotment, or even a balcony.

Paul will be hosting the Home-made Bacon Making Masterclass on Saturday and a demonstration on how to make cheese at home on Sunday.

The Hawkshead Relish Company are makers of award winning traditional Preserves, Relishes, Pickles, Chutneys, Jams and Marmalades.

Based in the beautiful English Lake District, Mark and Maria Whitehead MBE's cooking methods are traditional using no additives, colourings or artificial flavourings just really great fresh local ingredients wherever possible, such as the famous local british damsons to create an award winning range of relishes, pickles and preserves.

Eric Lanlard, master patissier and twice winner of the prestigious Continental Patissier of the Year at the British Baking Awards, has earned himself an international reputation for superlative cakes with an impressive A-list clientele and a global fan base.

Having trained in France, Eric moved to London where he ran the patisserie business for Albert and Michel Roux Snr. He stayed there for five years before launching his own business and now creates cakes for his South West London cake emporium - Cake Boy.

Eric is an experienced television chef and has presented and starred in television programmes that have been broadcast in Australia, South Africa, South America and Scandinavia.

Eric will do two demonstrations on patisserie and cakes, to book a place click 'Buy Tickets' on the left hand navigation bar.

Serving hot food and tasty treats from stalls located around the Main Street festival site, a whole smorgasbord of Cumbrian producers and local restaurants will be selling their wares. Take home a variety of Cumbrian favourites, from authentic Cumberland sausages to pickles and preserves to recreate dishes and inspire you to try out your own ideas.

Beer ‘n’ Bangers is a food and drink festival taking place at pubs, butchers and eateries across the south western Lake District.

Held between Friday 7 - Sunday 9 October 2011, the festival will celebrate a long tradition of excellent award-winning Cumberland sausage and beers. Beer ‘n’ Bangers will be at Taste Cumbria with a number of Cumbrian breweries and will be offering tasters of their award winning ales as well as mini-kegs and bottles to purchase.

The Producers that will be in the Beer 'n' Bangers marquee are listed below:


Mitchell Krause

The brand is a confident brewery brand and within the world of beer a stylish, premium and contemporary brand.
The brand presentation is distinctive and eye-catching and through its understated elegance positions Mitchell Krause beers as a discerning choice for people who appreciate great beer.

Michell Krause will be Sampling and Selling their Beer.



High Cross Inn

The High Cross is prominently situated on the outskirts of the small market town of Broughton-in-Furness with impressive views of the Cumbrian fells all the way to the sea.
The High Cross is an ideal destination whatever the purpose of your visit, offering everything that you would expect of a traditional Lakeland inn & much more.

High Cross Inn will be Selling their famous Sausage casserole.



Jenning’s Brewery

Pure Lakeland water is still used for brewing, drawn from the brewery's own well, and only the finest ingredients are added, including English pale ale malt, Golding hops from Kent and Fuggles hops from Herefordshire.
The real art is in the brewing itself, where the Head Brewer and his team use their years of experience and traditional brewing methods to create a range of superb Lakeland Ales.
The traditional values which the Jennings family instilled in the business are still respected, and combined with a modern day commercial approach, they have undoubtedly contributed to the success of Jennings ales today.

Jenning's Brewery will be Sampling and Selling their Beer.



Great Gable Brewing Company

The Great Gable Brewing Co. ltd is situated at the famous Wasdale Head Inn.
The Brewery was officially opened on the 23 October 2002 and has gone from strength to strength since then, boasting a huge array of beers on tap and its own range of bottled beers as well.

Great Gable Brewery Company will be Sampling and Selling their Beer.



Hardknott Brewery

And so it has become, in a shed, all be it a very large 2400sq ft shed, which as sheds go is really very large indeed, Hardknott has become an organic, unstoppable beast that must vent forth its hop & malt soup on the unwary world at large.
Flavour is the name of the game, beer that has some flavour, that’s what it is about. Hardknott, and it’s hard not to find flavour in a Hardknott beer. Nothing bland and insipid, always striving to be better and more interesting, always looking to go that extra mile to produce a beer that will impress, astound, and perhaps shock the unaware.

Hardknott Brewery will be Sampling and Selling their Beer.

For more information visit: www.beernbangers.com