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Friday, 17 September 2010
Food & Wine Festival now on at Oxford Castle!
Oxford Castle Food & Wine Festival brings a variety of stalls selling wonderful local produce and unusual foods to the castle grounds. There will be live cooking demonstrations, competitions, tasters from all of the Restaurants and Bars on the complex, plus a variety of family entertainment from free children’s workshops, informative foodie information stands, and farmyard animals!
Friday 17th, Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th September 2010
Venue: Oxford Castle Market Square and Oxford Castle Gardens
Tickets: Free Admission
10.00am – 5.00pm
Highlights of the programme include:
COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS: Saturday 18th September
11:00 New World/Old World Wine by Jean-Pierre Morilleau
13:00 Max Mason - Big Bang - Gourmand's Ethical Sausage and Mash - A Feast Fit For a Credit Crunch
16:00 Back to Basics by The Living Room's Alan Watts
17:00 Love Food Hate Waste by Paul Mocroft and Emma Barnett of Oxfordshire Waste Partnership
COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS: Sunday 19th September
11:30 A Thirty Minute Three Course Meal by Beverley Glock of Splat Cooking
14:30 Creative Carving - A Grand Hog! by Foxbury Farm's Stuart Cutler
16:30 Box of Tricks Fresh from the Market Place by Malmaison's Russell Heeley, Michael Hanby and Daniel Bell
WORKSHOPS: Saturday 18th September 2010
Foxbury Farm Sausage Making Workshops
Make and take-away your very own Foxbury Farm sausages. Suitable for children of 5 years and up – should be supervised by a parent/guardian during the session.
Times - 12:00, 13:00, 15:00, 16:00. Workshops last 30 – 45 minutes. Free.
Love Food Hate Waste Workshops
Find out how to save money and get more out of your food with this simple workshop. Items covered include planning, storage, date labels explained and fascinating freezer facts!
Times - 13.30, 14:30, 15:30. Suitable for adults and young people over 13 years of age. Workshops last 30 – 40 minutes. Free.
WORKSHOPS: Sunday 19th September
Love Leaven Hearth
Artiste Cuisenaire Mich Fabre-Lewin will be in flowing sequence making and talking through the making of sourdough leaven bread Suitable for children of 5 years and up – should be supervised by a parent/guardian during the session.
Times – 11:30 to 13:30, 15:00 to 17:00. Workshops last 30 – 45 minutes. Free.
Splat Cooking Pasta Making Workshops
Get mixing, messy, and stuck into pasta making (30mins) Suitable for children of 5 years and up – should be supervised by a parent/guardian during the session.
Times – 13:00, 14:00, 15:00. Workshops last 30 – 45 minutes. Free.
For more information, please visit the Oxford Castle website.
