26 September
All the Winners!
Thanks to all those who took part in our competitions and congratulations to the winners.

Young Chefs Competition
Judged by Simon Wright, Angela Gray & Stephen Terry
1st Chris Walker - Pembrokeshire College & Carreg Las Restaurant, Bluestone
2nd Danny Jenkins – Pembrokeshire College & Silverdale Inn, Johnston
3rd Lydia Taylor – Bar 5, Fishguard

Pudding Competition – Chocolate Mousse
Judged by Angela Gray & Karl Jones-Hughes
Winner: Roman Modrzynski - Head Chef, The Ocean Cafe Bar & Restaurant, Broad Haven

Best Narberth Town Traders Window Display
Judged by John Aitken, Mayor of Ludlow
1st Fredericks Chocolaterie
2nd Welsh Farmhouse Company
3rd PlumVanilla Cafe

Best Trade Stand
Winner: PlumVanilla Cafe

Raffle
All winners have now been notified and can be viewed on the Raffle Page .

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3 September
Where are we?......Who are we?......
All the travel information you will ever need to find us at the Narberth Food Festival is now live on the menu bar.

Click here for a shortcut.

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31 August
Who's Who

We are rapidly applying the finishing touches to this year's programme and our chefs profiles are being added to the Who's Who page even as we speak.

Take a sneak preview of the profiles and the online programme here.

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25 August

Thanks to the generosity of many friends of the Festival, this year’s raffle boasts another great list of prizes, including meals at some of Pembrokeshire’s best restaurants.

See the Raffle page for the full list – and there’s more to come.

Tickets available from committee members, Queen’s Hall Gallery and the Festival information desk.

All proceeds go to Festival funds. Dinner

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15 August
Festival Dinner - Sunday 25 September 2011

Thanks to the generosity of all concerned, last year’s dinner at The Bridge Dining Room, Narberth raised over £1000 towards Festival funds, helping us to keep our entrance fees affordably low.

This year’s Dinner will be hosted by long-term supporters of the Festival, St Brides Spa Hotel, Saundersfoot.

For £45 diners will receive a drink on arrival, canapés and three courses cooked by Festival chefs, plus cheeseboard and coffee. For more details click here.

Bookings via St Brides Spa Hotel on 01834 812304

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5 August
FREE FREE FREE


This year’s festival again features free demonstrations, workshops and children’s’ activities, all included in the price of the entry fee: £3.00 on Saturday, only £2.50 on Sunday and under-18s free both days.

Chefs include some established friends of Narberth plus exciting newcomers. The same goes for performers on the music stage. Last year’s popular Have-a-Go Circus will be back for children and there’s our usual line-up of whacky walkabout entertainment. (Come on Sunday for Musical Ruth!)

The full provisional programme can be viewed here >

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26 July
NOW! THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT


It's not just food at Narberth Food Festival.......
People come every year just for the music and street theatre.
Click here to see why.

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9 July
Food & Fun for All the Family!
Don’t miss two events this month – all profits to festival funds.

First up.......
Cuban Pig Roast
Succulent pork (or veggie alternative), tasty salads and luscious puddings, plus appropriate background music. There’s a licensed bar, a children's play area and shelter in case of rain.

When? Saturday, 23 July
What time? 4.00pm onwards
Where? The Dingle, Jesse Road, Narberth

Second up.......
In Civic Week make up a team for our annual Food Quiz.
Questions range from soft as sliced white bread to hard as rock buns. (Would you have identified rosemary ice-cream?) Lots of free tastes and a licensed bar.


When? Tuesday, 26 July
What time? 7.30pm
Where? Narberth Rugby Club
How much? £2.50 per person, pay on the door
Any prizes? Yes! Team prizes of £30, £20 and £10

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24 June 2011
Narberth Food Festival Young Chefs Competition 2011.

Invitation to all young Chefs.

Would you like to ......

• show off your talent?
  
• be judged by a former chief restaurant inspector?
  
• gain experience in a top quality restaurant kitchen?
  

Then click here to enter our fantastic competition.

Open to all chefs aged 17 to 26 in work or training within 30 miles of Narberth.

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14 June 2011
Bigger and Better Than Ever!


Some 50 stallholders have now signed up for Narberth Food Festival 2011. For lovers of statistics, the number includes:

• 18 newcomers to Narberth Food Festival
• 14 Wales the True Taste award winners
• 6 more food & drink stalls than 2010
• c. 35% from Pembrokeshire
• c. 95% from Wales

Narberth has always been about quality and variety rather than numbers, though, and this year is set to be a winner on both counts.
(Anyone still interested in applying should e-mail info@narberthfoodfestival.com before doing so: we’re very nearly full and have had to turn down top quality producers in some categories to ensure there’s not too many of one sort of stall.)

For the full list go to our Stallholders page which includes web-links and contact details.

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2 June 2011
Festival Favourites Booked

An entertaining and informative menu of demonstrations, workshops and talks is again guaranteed at this year’s Festival, with a mix of familiar faces and exciting newcomers. The full programme will be available to view soon. Meanwhile we welcome back three festival favourites.

Angela Gray, our patron, will be taking time off from her new cookery school to show us what makes her such a successful and inspiring teacher.

Stephen Terry, multi-award winning chef-patron of The Hardwick, Abergavenny, will be taking another pasta-making master-class and contributing a course to our Festival Dinner.

Ludovic Dieumegard, veteran of BBC Professional Masterchef and chef-patron of Ludo’s at The Coopers, Newcastle Emlyn, will also be cooking at the festival and for the Festival Dinner.

Read more about all three on our Chefs page.

Many thanks to St Brides Spa Hotel, Saundersfoot for again sponsoring Angela Gray and to Bluestone for again sponsoring Stephen Terry.

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17 May 2011
Patron’s New Venture
Congratulations and good luck to our patron, Angela Gray, on the recent opening of her cookery school at Llanerch Vineyard, near Cardiff.

Courses take place in a fabulously equipped kitchen with everything needed for demonstrations and hands-on cooking. There’s also a dining area, food photography gallery and a shop selling high-quality ingredients.

From beginners to serious foodies and children to hen parties, there are courses and events for all ages and levels of ability.

For a downloadable brochure click here.

PS Angela will be with us again in Narberth during Festival       weekend.

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1 May 2011
Report gives thumbs-up to Narberth Food Festival


Last year consultants Miller Research conducted an official survey of all Welsh food festivals. Now their report has been released.
Hot on the heels of our Gold Award as Pembrokeshire Best Event (See earlier Latest News item) it confirms that Narberth Food Festival is a winner. The report states that ‘Nine in every ten respondents thought the event was excellent or good overall’ and lists the festival’s strengths as:

• Very well organized
• Diverse food and drink offer
• Good mix of local and national produce
• Good quality producers and stalls
• Excellent demonstrations and good speakers
• Good wet weather provision
• Informative and attractive website

The report also confirms that it’s not just stallholders who profit from the festival and estimates the benefit to the local economy as being between £282,000 and £582,000!
Click here to see the whole report.

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15 April 2011
SPAN Big Plant Sale 2011
Saturday 30 April, 10am – 4pm
The Old School Playground, Narberth
Narberth Food Festival will have a stall selling freshly cooked vegetarian food and home-made cakes at this popular annual event so don't miss it!
Proceeds will be shared between SPAN and Narberth Food Festival funds.
More information at www.span-arts.org.uk

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15 March 2011

Narberth Food Festival voted Best Event at the 2011 Pembrokeshire Tourism Awards........

We always knew we were the friendliest food festival and this prestigious award proves we are also the best. This is a tribute to the hard work and dedication of all our volunteers without whom the Narberth Food Festival could not happen. Many thanks to the judges for honouring us with this prize and thanks also to Radio Pembrokeshire for sponsoring this category.

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