At the end of September thousands of people visited Mold for
it's now annual Food
& Drink Festival, which, as in previous years was a huge
success!
John Les Tomos, Chairman of the Mold Food & Drink Festival
said, "It has been another outstanding festival. We have seen
around 12,500 visitors attend this weekend from far and wide which
is phenomenal, and even more than last year [...] I really
must say a massive thank you to everyone involved with organising
the festival and making it such a great weekend."
Steve & Brian on the P&A stand.
Credit Graham Catherall
The culinary festival hosted over 95 exhibitors selling
everything from delicious cheeses, fresh meat and local beers to
honey, ice creams, scrumptious homemade cakes and specially
produced Welsh liqueurs. Many exhibitors were from the local
area but others had travelled from much further afield.
A real highlight of the event was the beekeeping exhibition and
honey show which was in its own marquee on site. Visitors could
watch the bees and the honey making process in the observation
hives as well as being able to buy a wide range of products made
with honey, from cakes to, so soaps and candles to mead!
Observation Hives. Credit Pat
Venn, Mold Camera Club
Celebrity chef Jean- Christophe Novelli was another crowd
pleaser, packing out the cookery theatre with three fantastic
demonstrations after he had done an exclusive mini demo in the
Interactive Zone for a select audience watched on by some very
excited Deeside College students.
Jean Christophe
Novelli with Bake Off winners. Credit Graham Catherall
The hotly anticipated Best of Welsh Bake Off was also a big
success, with more than 50 entries, and was judged by Ginny
Greatbatch and Olwenna Roberts of the WI. The cutest entry by far
was from a school in Ruthin where the children had backed a bara
brith to their own very special recipe.
This is just a snapshot of some of the great events that happened
during the festival but there was too much to fit into a little
blog post and everything was so exciting!
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