We are planning ahead for 2008-watch this space!

MAGNALONGA 2008 - June 22nd, The mouthwatering walk. Featured in Guardian "Travel" 16.02.08, a 9 mile walk through glorious countryside stopping at intervals for delicious local food and drink.  Ludlow Magnalonga

'The walk was delightful and the food and drink provided at each of the stops
for refreshment were excellent. Having participated in this event since it was first launched in Ludlow, I can say that the 2008 walkwas memorable for the food provided, and in particular for the cheeseand pudding stops. The variety and amount of cheese provided was superb, as were the chutneys and biscuits that accompanied it. The little pot of deliciousness was just that - a wonderful fruity dessert.I look forward to next year's event.'

INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER AT LUDLOW BREWERY, Corve St. Ludlow- on Saturday, July 12th. .All welcome. come and join us to share in local sausages, good bread and Gary Walters ales. An opportunity to find out about Slow Food in a relaxed convivial atmosphere. No need to book, just drop in between 4 and 8 p.m. no charge, just 'pay as you eat'see flyer

Beer and Sausages at Ludlow Local Produce Market - June 26th –  All day see flyer
This regular farmers market is having a special event where breweries local to Ludlow will be pulling the pints and sharing their knowledge with customers. Come and join us for some local beer and a ludlow sausage.

SAFARI - OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SMALL SCALE PRODUCERS -11th October, details to follow shortly

LUDLOW FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL  2008- 12th, 13th, 14th September festival website a full programme of Taste Workshops is being finalised-for a preview click here!

At Price's bakery, Ludlow. One-day breadmaking course, Sept 15.- learn from the experts in a professional bakery
Basic course, fee £150
Discuss yeast, fermentation, and flour. Knead white & wholemeal; make festive "challah" bread; hands on shaping practice, be guided about dough development, proof, and baking.  We tackle as much as can be reasonably covered in a day from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., with lunch.
Contact Paul Merry  at PANARY, info@panary.co.uk  or  see website or phone  01722 341447

SALONE DEL GUSTO, TURIN-the International Slow Food Festival, October 23rd to 27th 2008

LOCAL TO LUDLOW

Slow Food Ludlow Marches is working with Local to Ludlow to develop customer involvement at the Ludlow farmers' market. For more information and dates for cookery demonstrations, events for children and more, look at the Local to Ludlow website, www.localtoludlow.co.uk .

BOOKING EVENTS:
Information is provisional and subject to amendment. For booking or further details, please send us an e-mail, or follow the link where shown for a particular event.

10TH APRIL-DINNER AT FISHMORE HALL Ludlow Marches Slow Food Convivium and Fishmore Hall introduced one of Britain’s brightest young chefs, Marc Hardiman, and his team using ingredients from local producers in the Shropshire Marches.
Fishmore Hall is a new and beautifully-restored regency country house hotel set on a hill overlooking Ludlow with unrivalled views over stunning Shropshire countryside

CONVIVIUM A.G.M. - 27th MARCH FOLLOWED BY SAUSAGE SUPPER 
The meal after the AGM this year was at  ‘Green Café’ at Bakers on Tower Street, Ludlow. Local chef Clive Davies cooks here at weekends, specialising in local produce. Clive openedthe restaurant  especially for us so that when we finished the AGM we could walk round to enjoy local sausage and mash with home made gravy, followed by bread and butter pudding.

PORK,PEAR AND PRESIDIUM PERRY DINNER-February 23rd 2008

A country house evening at Colliers Hill with locally sourced, seasonal produce cooked by Jackie Miller and accompanied by Presidum perry matched to each of five delicious courses.

CHRISTMAS DINNER 2007

-Friday 14th December at The Bringewood Hotel and Restaurant in glorious Marches countryside-with our now traditional Christmas quiz too!

BBC GOOD FOOD SHOW-BIRMINGHAM- 28th November to 2nd December 2007

Ludlow Slow Food was asked by the BBC to organise Taste Workshops at the BBC Good Food Show. Workshops by local producers covered Shropshire charcuterie, speciality breads and local cheeses , all accompanied by suitable ales and ciders. This was an opportunity for Ludlow Marches Slow Food to introduce a wider audience not only to our wonderful produce, but to encourage them to seek out similar quality food and drink, wherever they live.

FUNGHI FORAY-
Saturday 20th October 2007 at Hopton Court, near Cleobury Mortimer
A DINNER TO REMEMBER and optional MUSHROOM WALKS-

a perfect Autumn day saw the convivium out searching for mushrooms in the grounds of Hopton Court, courtesy of Chris and Sarah Woodward. Mushroom expert and author of 'Mushrooming without Fear' Alex Schwab provided expert tuition and in the evening a delicious mushroom feast was served at a convivial gathering of 40 members and guests.

SLOW FOOD MARQUEE AND TASTE WORKSHOPS AT
LUDLOW FOOD FESTIVAL - Friday to Sunday 7-9 September 2007

On 7-9th September the great Ludlow Food and Drink Festival took place. It was a fantastic event, the sun shone and the Castle was, as always, the perfect setting for the most famous Food and Drink Festival in the country.

Slow Food Ludlow Marches had a very strong presence at the Festival. Members made sure that they were on hand in the Slow Food marquee to talk to visitors, and four UK presidia-3 Counties Perry, Cornish Sardines, Single Gloucester cheese and Gloucester Cattle, were represented in the marquee, their producers having travelled to Ludlow for the opportunity to showcase presidia products.

In the magnificent, newly restored Castle reception rooms Slow Food Ludlow Marches worked with local producers and experts to deliver taste workshops throughout the three days of the festival. From 'Snout to Tail’ which offered deliciously savoury dishes made from local pork, through tutored wine tastings accompanied by local produce, to the rarest chocolate in the world, participants were treated to some  seriously good food, all in keeping with the Slow Food ethos of ‘Good, Clean and Fair’.

THE LIE OF THE LAND - A Molly Dineen Film
Sunday 9th September 2007at Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Award-winning director Molly Dineen's documentary feature film. "We aim to cherish England's 'green and pleasant land', but how much do we really know about it?" Slow Food Ludlow Marches, in association with Channel 4, provided another opportunity to see this important, critically-acclaimed film. Members and others enjoyed a complimentary glass of perry before the film, and afterwards participated in a stimulating panel debate chaired by Peter Norman.

MAGNALONGA - Sunday 19th August 2007
This year's Magnalonga, despite the inauspicious weather forecast, attracted record numbers of people (more than 550 tickets were sold) and it actually didn't rain after the starting time of 10.00! Earlier heavy rain had forced us to make a quick change to our car parking plans, and there was certainly some mud around at the start, but our seekers of good food and good countryside were not daunted. The walk started in Mortimer Forest, a few miles west of Ludlow, and after climbing to the top of High Vinnals (fantastic views) descended to the hamlet of Elton, then on to Burrington Church, where the cast iron graves were a fascinating thing to see, and back up to the Bringewood hotel and restaurant for pudding. Yet another great Slow Food occasion!

BANGERS BREAD AND BEER - Friday 15th June 2007
On Friday 15th June we had an informal evening at the Ludlow Brewing Company's HQ in Corve Street.
The evning started 7 pm, and we met Gary Walters the brewer and founder of the Ludlow Brewing Company, and tasted Ludlow Gold and Boiling Well and Gary showed us how they are made.
Peter Cook, the Ludlow baker, provided bread rolls for sausages from Ludlow's butchers - this was a great low-cost evening, and we a re grateful to Gary for his generosity, and for his talk, and to Peter Cook and Graeme Kidd for providing the bread and sausages.

CONVIVIUM VISIT TO SLOW FOOD FRIENDS IN THE LANGUEDOC -April 2007

The convivum was invited to a wonderful week of exploring the area and sharing in to the local knowledge of Chris and Therese, who put together an exciting programme of visits.

SALONE DEL GUSTO
26-30 October 2006 - Turin, Italy
Slow Food's huge flagship festival, held every 2 years, with food and producers from Italy and all over the world. Includes many international Presidia stands, a huge range of Taste Workshops, Dinners, and much more. An unforgettable experience. There were quite a few Ludlow members there, and we all had a great time!

TERRA MADRE:
World Meeting of Food Communties
26-30 October 2006 - Turin, Italy
Concurrent with Salone del Gusto, and in the same exhibition complex, is TERRA MADRE 2006, where 1500 food communities from 5 continents, 5000 farmers, breeders, fishermen and traditional food producers, 1000 cooks and 200 universities met in Turin to share experiences and discuss the development of a new concept of agriculture and good, clean and fair food.