We are currently hard at work planning our 2010 events. Here are advance details so that you can get dates into your diary. Send us your e-mail address and we will send you more information as it is available. Many events will be discounted (or free!) to members.

 Sunday 24th January Slow Breakfast- a celebration of British Breakfast week

Inspired by last year’s breakfast  event  which proved to be extremely popular, this year in order to raise awareness of the benefits of being a member of the Ludlow Slow Food group, we are making it a free event. 

 The location will be the same as last year-the Refectory at Ludlow College-and  chefs Dean Banner of the Parkway Restaurant and Marcel Hilhorst of the Charlton Arms will use local products carefully sourced by the Slow Food Committee to produce a delicious full English breakfast, plus tea and freshly roasted coffee from the Ludlow Food Centre. The Sunday papers will be provided  so that you can take your time to enjoy a slow start to the day.

To book your places send an e-mail to   slowludlow@googlemail.com  specifying  how many places you require and whether you would prefer to come for 10.30 or 11.30. You will need to bring a copy of the confirmation e-mail with you on arrival.

Come and join us!

Tuesday 16th February Whisky Workshop and Supper-joint event with Worcestershire Slow Food at The Elms, Tenbury. Tutored tasting by Balvenie whisky followed by supper.

 Sunday 25th April- Barbecue at Butford Organics- hosted by Martin Harris, producer of organic cider and Presidium Perry.

Friday, 14th May visit to the Cottage Herbery-The Cottage Herbery has won many gold medals at the Chelsea flower show, and will be opening for a private tour for Slow Food members, followed by tea and cake.

Sunday 20th June Mini Magnalonga- explore Ludlow with stops for delicious local seasonal food. This family friendly event includes a quiz to really get you looking around.

TERRA MADRE CANTEEN  SUPPER-DECEMBER 10TH 2009 on a crisp, cold Dec ember evening Clive Davis of the Green Cafe in Ludlow cooked a delicious supper of Duck and Vegetable Broth with sourdough bread followed by Apple Crumble with Custard, all sourced locally. Guest stood round warming chimineas on the terrace beforehand to sample Butford Organics Perry and Cider, and Hobsons Ales.

Friday 11th to Sunday, 13th September-Ludlow Food & Drink Festival. Another very successful programme of Taste Workshops

 The big one! The Magnalonga took place on Sunday, August 9th. Miraculously, it was a glorious summer day and 550 people enjoyed the best of Shropshire's Food & Drink combined with our wonderful countryside.

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

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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
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.'

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 evening started at 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.

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.