24/06/13…Thame Food Festival tastes success at award ceremony

THAME Food Festival, now in its sixth year, is now the very proud winner of the Four Pillars Cultural Events and Tourism Award, presented at the Oxfordshire Business Awards 2013. Thame Food Festival beat off three other finalists, Ian Nolan Events, The Old Swan and Minster Mill to take the title.

Thame?s real food festival is hotting up with the biggest line-up yet of local artisan producers and a town dedicated to a day?s enjoyment.

The historic Oxfordshire market town of Thame is once again going all-out to lay on a landmark event in the food calendar when it hosts its annual real food festival on Saturday, September 28, 2013.

The food festival’s latest news letter reads:

“This year?s event not only brings the biggest selection ever of fantastic local artisan food and drink producers to town, it also sees an amazing street food line-up, great live entertainment and a packed programme of demos from local and celebrity chefs.

“This year for the first time, the whole town centre will be closed off for some serious eating and drinking ? there?ll be more than 100 stall holders lining Thame?s bustling streets. Visitors can sip and munch their way through everything from locally brewed ales and award-winning wines to artisan breads, chutneys, terrines and local honey, plus indulgent cakes, cookies and chocolates.”

Celebrity & local chef food demos will be part of the show on the Apples & Pears stages for inspiring food talks and demos from some big name chefs. Raymond Blanc, Adam Simmonds from Danesfield House in Marlow, Shaun Dickens from The Boathouse in Henley-on-Thames and TV chef and writer, Lotte Duncan are just some of the culinary talents on offer.

You can also enjoy a chocolate making spectacle from Thame?s master chocolatier Nigel Rumsey, a fabulous masterclass in Italian cookery from Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi and a fun and interactive wine-tasting session from Frazer Sutherland who runs The Thatch and The James Figg in Thame.

Two fantastic local restaurants also join the line-up: Chris Godfrey, head chef of The Charles Napier at Chinnor and Mike North from The Nut Tree at Murcott, on the demo stages. Comp