Bolton Food and Drink Festival 2012

Bolton Food and Drink Festival is in full flow this weekend...it starts Friday 24th August and ends on bank holiday Monday 27th August. I popped along on the Saturday to have a nosey and a wander around. I didn't get to see everything on offer (there is SO much going on there!) but what I saw I liked and I was quite impressed with the layout and what was on offer.

There are a huge number of stalls (listed at the bottom of this post) selling food related items, lots of stalls and vans selling amazing street food to eat on site or take home (everything from a cupcake to a pancake to fresh italian pizzas to indian foods...its all here...and most of it cooked fresh in front of you).

There is a beer and cider area, loads of places to sit and relax and eat (undercover and outdoors) and lots of street entertainment and cooking demonstrations to watch (some are free and some are ticketed).

The action centres around Victoria Square in Bolton in the heart of the town centre (outside the town hall) and flows into Deansgate, the main Marketgate shopping centre and the market hall. There really is something for everyone here, if you are a food lover its right up your street browsing the stalls, looking for an unusual lunch over the bank holiday weekend washed down with something amazing, try this for size!

There are some very well known faces appearing over the weekend of the Bolton Food and drink festival...including these two very familiar faces...but more about Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood tomorrow...

Stalls

Deansgate Street Food Area (Café Nero – Dorothy Perkins)

Zouk www.zoukteabar.co.uk Indian foods and snacks

Izabelas www.vanilla-red.com Hot cooked foods

Rhumbaba Authentic Jamaican food and sauces including jerk creole, chicken, rice and peas

A Little Taste of Hungary Traditional Hungarian homemade food, beef and chicken goulash, chimney cake, Hungarian sausages, soup and grilled chicken

Dunscar Brewery www.dunscarbridgebrewery.co.uk Locally brewed beers by the bottle

Suzannas www.suzannas.com Serving up hot food and BBQ

Chaat Cart www.chaatcart.com Indian style street food

Cooked In-Stone Pizza Fresh handmade pizza cooked in a log fired clay oven

The Coffee Carriage www.thecoffeecarriage.co.uk Speciality fresh ground coffees, chocolate drinks and tea

John McLaren Ice cream

Deansgate (Dorothy Perkins- M&S)

Bolton Market Wellbeing project- free samples of healthy foods

The Ultimate Fudge Outlet www.ultimatefudgeoutlet.co.uk Traditional and specialist handmade fudge

Shirley Roberts Pie Pies, puddings, cakes and bread

Pizza Island Chilli sauces and fry sauces

Cupcakes by Sophia www.cupcakesbysophia.co.uk Speciality cupcakes

Derek Priestly – specialist cheeses

Gobbled Up Homemade cupcakes, loaf cakes and full cakes

The Holiday Inn www.holidayinn.com Savoury sausage rolls

Savin Hill Farm www.savin-hill.co.uk Traditional rare breed beef, pork, lamb, mutton, dry cured bacons, sausages and pork pies.

The Kitchen on Great Moor Street – gluten and dairy free cakes

Flint & Flame www.flintandflame.com High quality steel knives

Gourmet Kitchenware www.gourmetkitchenware.co.uk High quality kitchen ware

Delicious Sauce www.delicioussauce.co.uk Chilli sauces, jellies and infused oils

Route Ginger Gluten free and reduced sugar cakes, tray bakes, pastries, biscuits, preserves and chocolates

Green Choice olives Olives, garlic, feta cheese, Turkish delights, nuts and baklava

The Nook Brew House www.thenookbrewhouse.co.uk Bottled real ale

Williams Handbaked www.williamshandbaked.co.uk Speciality cakes, biscuits and flapjacks

Wellbeing Farm/Whiteside butchers www.thewellbeingfarm.co.uk Hand reared meats

John Sault Fudge Homemade Fudge and chocolate truffles

The Little Round Cake Co. www.thelittleroundcakecompany.co.uk

Homemade little round cakes, mini layered cakes, giant meringues, tarts and indulgent brownies.

Oxford Street

Francas www.francastakeaway.co.uk Authentic Italian sauces freshly baked pizza’s and garlic bread

Holdens Ice cream & Zest www.holdensicecream.com Handmade artisan ice cream and deli

Spinney Kitchen www.spinneykitchen.co.uk Selection of loose leaf teas and coffee beans

The Tiny Takeaway www.thetinytakeaway.com Selection of specially blended Indian mixed spices to make authentic curries at home.

All you Knead www.allyouknead.co.uk Homemade artisan breads including white, wholemeal, sour dough, rye and other speciality breads.

Mr Vikki’s www.mrvikkis.co.uk Indian fusion award-winning pickles, chutneys and chilli sauces

Simply Sencillo www.sencillo-uk.co.uk Award winning craft somerset cider and flagons gift packs. Cider cake, cheese, jams and chutney

Sue Lee Spring rolls

Occasion Cakes www.occasioncakes.co.uk Celebration cakes, novelty biscuits

Old Elephant Fudge Handmade Fudges

MKS Foods www.mksdistribution.com Nuts, Turkish Delights, olives, Baklava

Chocolate Magic www.chocolate-magic.co.uk Handmade artisan chocolates

Fredericks Ice cream The Albert Halls are bringing a selection of Fredericks finest ice creams

Cupcake Creationz www.cupcakecreationz.co.uk Speciality cupcakes

Heritage Kitchen www.heritagekitchen.co.uk Preserves and chutneys

Retro shots www.retroshots.co.uk Flavoured vodka shots

Crossmoor Farm www.crossmoorhoney.com Honey…plain and flavoured, flapjacks and candles

Mr Fitzpatricks www.mrfitzpatricks.com

Award-winning botanical herbalist. Specialist drinks include dandelion and burdock and sarsaparilla.

The Knife Sharpener Guy www.theknifesharpernerguy.co.uk Knife sharpening

Be Happy Bakery www.behappybakery.com Gourmet cupcakes, cookies, flapjacks, sweet and savoury muffins and small traditional cakes

The Chilli Jam man www.thechillijamman.com Award winning range of chilli jams and oils

Chipstix www.chipstix.com Cooked potato chips

The Cheshire cheese co.  www.cheshirecheesecompany.co.uk Artisan cheeses including rioja and caramelised onion flavour, sticky toffee pudding and strawberries and cream!

Premium Drinks Alcoholic wines and beers

Victoria Square

Alamyar Green Olives, nuts and baklava

French Flavour www.frenchflavour.co.uk Artisan French produce

Purdon’s Cheese Speciality cheeses

Rose Cottage Ltd www.rosecottagepies.co.uk Speciality pork pies and savouries

The French Corner Ltd Traditional French breads

The Chocolate Café www.chocolate-cafe.co.uk Award-winning handmade chocolates

Gatto Bianco Wine Fine wines

Signature Soaps www.signaturesoaps.co.uk Handmade specialist soaps- including the natural ‘cooks soap’

Reedys www.reedys.co.uk Award-winning chutneys, jams, flavoured oils and vinegars

The Garlic Farm www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk All things garlic… fresh and smoked bulbs, elephant garlic, seeds, chutneys, condiments, oils and seasonings

Bowland pork, Beef & Lamb www.bowlandpork.co.uk Hot roast sausage and bacon buns, burgers, fresh pork, beef, lamb, poultry and game

Continental Cottage Ltd www.continentalcottage.co.uk Authentic German salami

Dalesbred Finest Meat www.dalesbredfinestmeats.co.uk Home reared beef, pork, lamb, mutton & rose veal

H J Grundy – Fresh fish and seafood

Lancashire Blackpuddings Black puddings, beef puddings, farmhouse pork pies, haggis

Port of Lancashire Smokehouse www.lancastersmokehouse.co.uk Smoked fish, meat, cheese, game and poultry

You can read more about the Bolton Food and Drink Festival at Dolly Bakes.