Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival

19 - 21 June 2009, Montpellier Gardens

The Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival is coming to Montpellier Gardens 19th to 21st June 2009 with a line up of the most tantalising food and beverage producers in the county. Over 150 exhibitors display their wares.

MasterChef 2009 winner Mat Follas, the Kiwi chef, a self-avowed forager of food head-lines the Festival along with Martin Blunos, holder of two Michelin stars, join some of the counties leading local chefs showcasing local and regional produce in theIntoto Kitchen, Free Wine Theatre talks showcasing the finest wine from Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Portugal and England with leading wine makers, share there knowledge to an enthusiastic crowd.

Real Ale is highlighted by a selection of the best brewers producing the finest ales and cider. Premier and Grand Cru champagnes can be enjoyed in the Champagne Garden Bar, enjoy the finest perfectly chilled glass of champagne or why not sample the full decadent experience and share a bottle of Champagne on ice, with friends relaxing and raising a flute to the sunny days of summer.

Over the three days of the Festival there will be a variety of entertainment from music to street theatre, join Professor Nohair & the Wiglifters sensational fast fingered, hot Boogie Wooogie band; meet Britain’s most rejected aristocrat, Lady Christobel bubbles her way from pillar to post, hobnobbing with her public. A derelict dowager, her appearance and joie de vivre create astonishment and mirth. Enduring these less-than royal walkabouts is her trusty butler, a dilapidated, lugubrious old retainer whose cutting asides undermine Lady Christobel’s fond fancies.

Open Times: Friday 12noon to 7pm, Saturday 10.00am to 7pm and Sunday 10am to 5pm
Daily admission is £4.00 in advance and £5.00 on the day, tickets can be purchased from Cheltenham Town Hall at 0844 576 2210.