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Delicious Shropshire charcuterie tasting , BBC Good Food Show at the N.E.C. Birmingham, December 2007 |
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Fireworks in Mexico, at the 5th International Slow Food Congress November 2007 |
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For details of Slow Food events throughout the world, please visit the Slow Food International website
Orchard fruits at Ludlow Food Festival 2008 Breadmaking with local schoolchildren
Bangers at the Brewery July 2008
Magnalonga 2008-cooking sausages for hungry walkers |
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Sunday July 12th-Barbeque at Butford Organics . Join us for an idyllic summers afternoon! details and booking form Sunday, August 9th- Magnalonga details and booking Friday 11th to Sunday, 13th September-Ludlow Food & Drink Festival. We are currently planning our schedule of taste workshops. This is always a huge undertaking but we have lots of ideas! We are also starting to plan some producer visits, including a barbecue at Butford Organics. Dates to be finalised
BOOKING EVENTS:
Mini Magnalonga,June 19th, 120 people enjoyed a leasurely walk with food around Ludlow Saturday, March 21st - afternoon taste workshops at the Ludlow Food Centre. SMOKEHOUSE FLAVOURS AND LOCAL CHEESES, ACCOMPANIED BY LOCAL ALES AND PERRY.
SLOW BREAKFAST - SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1st 2009 Over 60 people joined us for a slow relaxed breakfast of local produce, with the newspapers to read and a breakfast quiz; what better way to showcase local seasonal produce and the traditions of an English breakfast! CHRISTMAS MEAL-13TH DECEMBER 2008-We had the unique opportunity to spend the evening in the beautiful converted barn at Dunkertons in Pembridge. Usually it is only used for weddings and chocolate café events. The ingredients were carefully sourced from mainly small local producers Clive Davis, our Terra Madre Chef cooked a fantastic meal for over 50 people and a great time was had by all SALONE DEL GUSTO, TURIN-the International Slow Food Festival, October 23rd to 27th 2008 Over 20 members of Ludlows Slow Food Group travelled to Italy. They were visiting the largest fine food festival in the world, the Salone del Gusto in Turin. The group included delegates to Terra Madre, an international meeting of food producers which takes place alongside the Salone.The delegates were- Nick Davis of Hobson’s Brewery-Brewer delegate Peter Cook of SC Price and son-Baker delegate Clive Davis of the Green Cafe- Chef delegate Rose Lewis of the Ludlow Food Centre and Beth Heath of the Food Festival-Youth delegates. In addition, local Perry Producers had a stand in the Salone offering international visitors the opportunity to try our local Perry, a new taste for most Italians! VISIT TO BUTFORD ORGANICS 11th October 2008 -Thanks to Martin Harris for giving us a tour of his farm, with tea and cakes afterwards and the chance to sample his perry and cider. LUDLOW FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL 2008- 12th, 13th, 14th September- a very successful event for us with some great workshops and a lot of interest in Slow Food, including from the Radio 4 food programme. after Simon Parkes and Dan Saladino spent a day with Slow Food at the Festival we featured strongly in the broadcast of 21st September. We have had lots of requests for workshop recipes which will be posted as we receive them Workshop recipes 2008 INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER AT LUDLOW BREWERY, Corve St. Ludlow- on Saturday, July 12th. .All were welcome and an estimated 200 people joined 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. 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 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. CONVIVIUM A.G.M. - 27th MARCH FOLLOWED BY SAUSAGE SUPPER
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. -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- 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 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 MAGNALONGA - Sunday 19th August 2007 BANGERS BREAD AND BEER - Friday 15th June 2007 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 TERRA MADRE:
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Dinner at Hopton Court, with mushrooms |
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Visitors enjoy a taste workshop with chef Mark Lloyd |
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Nick Howell discusses Cornish pilchards
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Slow Food UK staff help with local
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Convivium member Lesley Mackley with hosts Chris and Therese in Colombieres |
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