A food festival to tickle your taste buds!

ANOTHER new event takes place this Sunday (JUN13) as part of the Northamptonshire Festival of Wellbeing. The Food4Health Festival will be taking place at Smith’s Farm Shop on Brampton Lane in Chapel Brampton, near Northampton, celebrating good food and eating well for health and wellbeing.

The free festival, which runs from 10am to 1pm, features Columbian mocktails on arrival, working farm tours, cookery demonstrations and tastings sponsored by Smiths, and advice from nutritional therapists, not to mention local food galore!  There are also games and a treasure hunt with a prize draw to win a hamper of goodies.

Organiser Wendi Jarrett said: “This event is about good food, learning new recipes and tasting good food, and finding out more about where our food comes from. Everyone taking part is passionate about food, so it’s going to be a real treat for the whole family. 

“The event coincides with Open Farm Sunday and Adrian Smith will be around to take visitors on a short tour of their working farm. Inside, there will be free Columbian fruit mocktails, made by members of the Healthy Communities Collaborative, and delicious demonstrations by local cooks. It’s a great opportunity to share a few skills, as well as enjoy the good life!”

The Food4Health Festival runs from 10am to 1pm at Smiths Farm Shop, Brampton Lane, Chapel Brampton, Northampton NN6 8AA on Sunday June 13.

Programme for the day

From 10am: The Welcome Tent

At the top of the drive a small gazebo will be the Welcome and meeting place (on the right grass verge in front of the donkey field). Visitors can buy a programme at 50p, outlining the site and the attractions of the Food4Health Festival. You will also be given a quiz and event questionnaire to complete. This will be entered into the Hamper Prize Draw, donated by The Midlands Cooperative ~ Members Relations Office and many other prizes.  The draw will take place at the end of the event.  The prize may need to be presented during the week if the winner/s are no longer at the event.

Festival attractions

Columbian Recreational Fruit Culture: Visitors will arrive on site and be welcomed with a free Columbian Fruits 'mocktail'. Learn about the impact of the cocaine trade on Columbian communities and try a 'mocktail' made by our own mixologists/ baristas - Alex and Tom under the guidance of Rutie of Fruto Espiritu.

Farm Tours: Two farm tours - 11.30am and 12.30pm. Adrian Smith will conduct a tour of the farm for visitors, highlighting Smiths Farm animal husbandry, community links, developments and future plans and of course you'll be able to see the crops and animals in the fields!

Food tastings and demonstrations

• Healthy Communities Collaborative - the specialist volunteers will be providing the opportunity to make smoothies, free of charge to the public.
• Stands with displays, advice and freebies and the Faye Baxter will be around to discuss nutritional issues and give further information about how to get in touch with nutrition specialist for advice and support.
• Fresh Fish Van - will be on site to purchase fresh fish and discuss seasonality.  Wendi Jarrett will be cooking two fish dishes.
• The Farm Shop - featuring the delicatessen, fresh produce, diary, frozen foods and local produce sections.
• Cookery demonstrations by local specialist cooks.  There will be one demonstration every 45 minutes, starting at 10.15am. Visitors can ask speak with the cooks, ask questions, buy ingredients or recipe sheets.
• Opportunity to complete the visitors quiz and form and be entered in the draw to win a wonderful hamper of great food donated by the Midlands Cooperative ~ Members Office, bottles of Farrington Oils wonderful 'Mellow Yellow' and many more prizes!
• Also on site - they will be plenty of good local food to eat, bread products and cakes, pies and pates, sweet and glorious Gallone’s ice-cream.