Food Festival Patron - Lesley Waters
Food Festival Dates


CHRISTCHURCH FOOD FESTIVAL GREAT CHRISTCHURCH BAKE DAY AND FETE

    Date: 03 February 2012
    This year the festival is proud to launch a new and exciting event with the “Food Festival Great Christchurch Bake Day and Fete”. It promises to be a great family fun day on Christchurch Quay and takes place on Saturday 19th May 2012 from 10.00am. Taking its initiative from the very successful BBC television se....more

    CHRISTCHURCH ROTARY'S SUPPORT EXPANDS KIDS' KITCHEN

      Date: 19 January 2012
      Financial sponsorship from the Rotary Club of Christchurch will increase the number of workshops offered at this year’s Kids’ Kitchen, held as part of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival. The Rotary sponsorship will also widen the age range for the workshops from three years old to 14 years old. Waitrose in Christchur....more

      KIDS KITCHEN TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE

        Date: 12 January 2012
        The fantastic Kids Kitchen will be running even better than ever this year with more workshops available for all ages of kids. The events will be at the Christchurch Priory School, where kids will be able to learn from pizzas to Rissottos and Banana bread to Smoothies. The various workshops will be run by experie....more

        PLANS IN PLACE FOR NEXT FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL

          Date: 21 November 2011
          Plans are well advanced for next year’s Christchurch Food & Wine Festival which runs from 11 to 20 May with TV celebrities James Martin, Jo Wheatley and Lesley Waters headlining the programme. There will be major events on both weekends and a whole host of treats in restaurants, cafes, pubs and tea rooms over the te....more

          BEST CHRISTCHURCH EATERIES CELEBRATED AT BEST OF THE BEST AWARDS

            Date: 11 May 2011
            Some of the best places to eat and drink in Christchurch were celebrated at the Food & Wine Festival’s Best of the Best Awards, sponsored by Coastline Food Service. The evening started at The Regent Centre where an Oscar-style awards ceremony was held, hosted by Steve Power from Wave 105 FM and with the Festival’s p....more

            RECORD CROWDS FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD MARKET

              Date: 9 May 2011
              An estimated seventy thousand people filled the streets of Christchurch for the start of the town’s Food & Wine Festival at the International Food Market. Though rain had hampered the traders setting up stalls on Saturday, the skies cleared for a dry day for visitors to the market before torrential rain swept in as ....more

              JUNIOR COOK-OFF KICK-STARTS FOOD FESTIVAL

                Date: 6 May 2011
                The twelfth annual Christchurch Food & Wine Festival got off to an appetising start with the final of the Junior Cook of the Year competition in the demonstration theatre in Saxon Square. Three young chefs – Elicia Duke from The Grange School, Sam Herbert from Highcliffe School and Harry Thorpe from Twynham School –....more

                JUNIOR COOK FINALISTS CHOSEN

                  Date: 4 May 2011
                  Junior chefs from the three secondary schools in Christchurch have competed in the semi-finals of the Junior Cook of the Year competition, sponsored by Christchurch Rotary as part of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival. The winners from each school will now go forward to the finals being held in the marquee in Saxon S....more

                  CHANGE TO TIMINGS FOR JUNIOR COOK FINALS

                    Date: 27 Aprul 2011
                    The timings for the Junior Cook of the Year competition, part of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival, have been changed from those printed in the programme. The finals now start at 10.30am on Friday 6 May (instead of the time shown in the programme of 1pm) in the marquee in Saxon Square. Desmond Burke from Flavours....more

                    YOUNG CHEFS BATTLE IT OUT FOR FOOD FESTIVAL TITLE

                      Date: 30 March 2011
                      Four young chefs from the Christchurch area have battled it out in an attempt to win the title of Coastline Young Chef of the Year as part of Christchurch Food & Wine Festival. The four – Adam Hart from Chewton Glen Hotel, Lloyd Rixon from The Ship and Christopher Lewis and Sebastian Merry, both from The Captains Cl....more