> FRIENDS OF CHRISTCHURCH FOOD FESTIVAL GARDEN PARTY
Date:18 August 2010

The Friends of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival are promising an afternoon of ‘elegance and sophistication’ at their garden party being held at Christchurch Harbour Hotel, Mudeford on Sunday 5 September. The event, which is open to everyone, is being hosted by the Food Festival’s patron, TV chef Lesley Waters, and ....more

> JUNIOR COOK OF THE YEAR WON BY TWYNHAM STUDENT
Date:10 May 2010

After an exciting final held on the first morning of the Christchurch Food & Wine Festival, Shaydel Ramajan from Twynham School has been named Christchurch Junior Cook of the Year in a competition organised by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust and sponsored by Christchurch Rotary. Shaydel had the daunting t ....more

> THOUSANDS FLOCK TO FOOD MARKET DESPITE WEATHER
Date:10 May 2010

Food lovers in their thousands crammed the streets of Christchurch for the first weekend of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival and the International Food Market. The showery weather on Saturday did not deter people from coming to see what was on offer at more than 100 stalls that lined the High Street and to take the ....more

> ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL
Date:5 May 2010

Organisers of this year’s Christchurch Food & Wine Festival are hopeful for a great turnout for this year’s Festival which runs from 7 to 16 May. More than one hundred stalls will be filling the High Street for the International Food Market on 8 and 9 May and many of the events being held in restaurants, cafes and t ....more

> CHRISTCHURCH YOUNG CHEFS BATTLE IT OUT FOR FOOD FESTIVAL TITLE
Date:5 May 2010

Four young chefs from Christchurch restaurants have cooked up a storm in the final of the Christchurch Young Chef of the Year competition, sponsored by Gourmet Classic as part of the Christchurch Food & Wine Festival. The four finalists, all under 23, - Russell Bryant from The Crooked Beam, Ben Chamberlain from The ....more

> JUNIOR COOK FINALISTS CHOSEN
Date:27 April 2010

The finalists for this year’s Junior Cook of the Year competition, run as part of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival, have been chosen from the three secondary schools in the Borough. The competition, organised by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust and sponsored by Christchurch Rotary, looks to find the best ....more

> STALLS ALL FULL FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKET
Date:19 April 2010

People attending this year’s International Food Market on Saturday 8 May and Sunday 9 May are sure to find something delicious to take home with them as the market organisers have now declared the market full of stallholders with no more room in the High Street and adjacent areas. The 100+ stalls will offer everythi ....more

> EVENTS FOR BUDDING YOUNG CHEFS
Date:1 April 2010

Budding young chefs are to be catered for during the first weekend of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival on Saturday 8 May and Sunday 9 May 2010. Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust will be mounting the popular Kids Kitchen on both days, sponsored by Christchurch Community Partnership and Waitrose. This year, ....more

> FOOD FESTIVAL TO WELCOME RENOWNED INDIAN CHEF
Date:21 January 2010

This year’s Christchurch Food & Wine Festival, running from 7 to 16 May, will welcome the renowned Indian chef Cyrus Todiwala who will be giving two cookery demonstrations on Sunday 9 May. In addition, the cookery demonstrations, held in the marquee in Saxon Square from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 May, will feature three ‘ ....more

> EDUCATION TRUST PROGRAMME VISITS ALL CHRISTCHURCH SCHOOLS
Date:19 January 2010

For the first time, the education programme run by the Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust is this year visiting all primary, junior and secondary schools in the Borough to promote healthy eating with the financial support of Dorset Health and Wellbeing Partnership and the Communities for Health Programme. The f ....more

> CHRISTCHURCH CHEFS URGED TO ENTER YOUNG CHEF COMPETITION
Date:11 January 2010

Young chefs from Christchurch catering establishments are being invited to take part in this year’s Young Chef of the Year competition, as part of the Christchurch Food & Wine Festival. The young chefs, aged less than 23 years old, should have both a flair and a passion for food. They will be required to design a me ....more

> FOOD FESTIVAL PUTS ON HALLOWEEN SAFARI SUPPER
Date:28 September 2009

The Friends of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival are putting on a spooky ‘safari supper’ to celebrate Halloween. On the evening of Friday 30 October three restaurants in Christchurch will be working together to provide three-course menus. The difference is that diners will eat each of the three courses at a differen ....more

> GUEST HOUSE OWNERS SPONSOR FOOD COURSES
Date:21 July 2009

Young people at a pupil referral centre in Christchurch are to benefit from a cookery course thanks to the generosity of local guest house owners. Yas Maybank from the Grosvenor House and Angie Barnicoat from Druid House were so impressed with the work of the Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust (CFFET) with y ....more

> CHRISTCHURCH DADS GET COOKING WITH THEIR KIDS
Date:09 July 2009

Some Christchurch dads are finding out more about cooking healthy meals with their children at a course arranged for them by Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust and Somerford Children’s Centre. Nutrionist and author Ester Davies is tutoring a group of some 20 dads and kids during a six-week course being held ....more

> SUNNY WEATHER BRINGS THOUSANDS TO THE FESTIVAL
Date:11 May 2009

The perfect early summer weather brought food lovers in their tens of thousands to the International Food Market of the tenth annual Christchurch Food & Wine Festival. The sunshine on both Saturday and Sunday proved ideal conditions for people to browse the stalls selling a huge variety of food and drink and to visi ....more