A sumptuous buffet dinner will launch this year’s 3-day Aylsham Food Festival. To be held at Aylsham High School on Friday 1st October, the dinner will be sourced, prepared, cooked and served by students and feature a wide selection of local produce.
Dubbed “A Celebration of Taste”, the dinner’s impressive menu has been announced by the Festival organisers, Slow Food Aylsham, and includes:
The meal, which costs just £18.50, will be preceded by a reception with something bubbly to drink and a selection of canapés, while the meal itself will be accompanied by a selection of wines from Aylsham’s twin town, La Chaussée-St-Victor.
Continuing the Taste theme, the Food Festival will continue on Saturday 2nd October with “The Taste Adventure” in Aylsham Town Hall. This free event, running from 10am to 2pm, is aimed at children up to 12 years old who will be invited to identify foods at five different “Sense Zones”: Seeing, Touchy, Noisy, Smelly and Tasty.
For adults there will be a Farmers’ Market in the Market Place while primary school children will also have the opportunity to take part in free Kids Cooking Workshops at the High school, run in association with the national, lottery-funded Let’s Get Cooking campaign.
The ever popular Big Slow Breakfast will provide the finale for this year’s Aylsham Food Festival, taking place as usual in the Town Hall on Sunday morning and costing just £5 for adults and £3 for children under 12.
Tickets for the Celebration of Taste dinner and Big Slow Breakfast will be available at Salad Days fruit & veg stall in the Market Place throughout September.
