Oundle Food Festival 2017
On Saturday 24th June 2017 the town of Oundle had its annual Food Festival. Oundle itself is a rather beautiful and quaint historical market town which is really worth a visit even when there isnt a Food Festival. There are many tea houses and coffee shops to visit set within the 300 year old limestone buildings.
As food festivals go, this was an incredibly good and organised festival. They had even thought of parking in a nearby field, with a regular shuttle bus that ran every five minutes to and from the festival. For a small town it was also a very large festival with an abundance of foodie stalls.
Below is a list of some of the artisan foodie companies that were there:
Among the stall holders were:
English Spirit Distillery
Hay Meadow Farm - chutneys and jams
Melt On - alcholic ice creams - various flavours Amarett On Ginger, Mojit On Chocolate Chip, Melt On Salted Caramel Crunch
Fleur Fields Vineyards
Cote Hill Cheese
Nene Valley Brewery
Taste Gourmet Spice Co - with their range of oils such as Blueberry and vanilla balsamic and White Aged Balsamic which were both divine
There was an entire pig roast on a spit
Munchy seeds with their very moreish Honey seeds which had just sold out by the time we arrived
Yum Yum Tree Fudge with very delicious flavours of fudge that werent too sugary
Ferndale Norfolk Farm Cheeses
Lutton Farm with their range of raspberries, blueberries and incredibly delicious Elizabeth strawberries that you should try, and Jubilee strawberries
Natures Fayre with their range of honey and some yummy honey fudge, but becareful of their glass cabinet full of live bees around their honeycomb!
The Cambridge Chili Sauce co
Bad Brownie which we somehow managed to abstain
Totally Chocolicious
Lincolnshire Cheeses with their Vintage Lincolnshire Poacher
French Macarons - flavours like Mango and Coconut, Vanilla French Lavender, Pistachio
Smiths Smokery
Profumo Coffee co
Little Common Farm with their range of chùtneys and jams and elderflower cordial
Kingfisher House Chilli products
Mytton meats
PuddingandPie with gorgeous cakes
The Old Chapel Fudge co
Lymn Bank Farm Cheese
Rutland Charcuterie co
Gandersgoat.com
The Lotus Bakery
Hot Scotch Eggs
Sloeberry Spirits
Taartie Bakery with their range of sourdough doughnuts
Scarlett and Mustard - has a very delicious Honey and Mustard dressing you should try.
Dhaniya authentic Indian pastes
Castelete's jam
Gourmet Brownie had some beautful looking and unique brownies
Brocklebys Pies
Hartington Creamery with a fabulous Orange peel and Cranberry Peakland white cheese that you should try
Donnalulu Cooks
Neneview Dairy Northampton Artisan Goat Cheese
Yau's Sauces
Just Biscuits
There were also a selection of mobile food catering stalls including paella, homemade lemonades and many more....
Its a wonderful festival which we highly recommend and we are glad we have discovered it!
Oundle Food Festival,
Oundle Market Place,
Northamptonshire
http://www.oundlefestival.org.uk/2-uncategorised/160-oundle-food-festival-2017