Join us in Celebrating Local Food at the
Topsham Food Festival
18th - 20th June 2010
Events at Darts Farm Saturday 19th June
MEET THE PRODUCER TASTINGS IN THE FARM SHOP:
Salcombe Dairy Ice cream – Rich, creamy ice cream made in South Devon Kays Cakes – Cake maker for Darts Farm,
Kay produces delicious cakes from her home in Exeter
WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS
9.30-10am & 10-10.30am Tatty Bumpkin yoga inspired class for children (Estuary Room) Join Tatty Bumpkin on a yoga inspired adventure class incorporating music, storytelling, yoga positions and lots of fun! Today’s story will be based on Tatty Bumpkin’s trip around Darts Farm in search of delicious ingredients to make a tasty meal for some special friends. Classes suitable for children aged 2-7 and their parents! Please pre book your free place at the farm shop tills.
10.15-11am Wildlife walk with James Chubb (Meet in the courtyard) Join our local education ranger on a wildlife walk, collecting edible goodies from around our farm and finding out what wildlife lives here.
11am ‘Cow Parade’, have your photo taken with the prize cow and sponsor a square in ‘Plot the Pat’ (On the field) Gerald David Butchers will be bringing a prize winning cow to parade around the field. You can sponsor a 10 x10 meter square and she does her first pat in your square you will win a roll of local beef topside from the butchers. £2 per square.
11am-12pm Summer Fish BBQ Demo with Dave Kerley from the Fish Shed (Courtyard) The expert behind the Fish Shed Dave Kerley, will show you some of the best local fish dishes you can create for your summer barbeque. Followed by the chance to buy your fish lunch straight off the barbeque.
12-2pm Sausage Making with Gerald David Butchers (Courtyard) Get hands on with the butchers making sausages and cook them in our wood fired oven. You can also buy a delicious sausage in a roll for you lunch.
2- 3pm Meat BBQ demonstration with butcher Alastair David & Darts chef (Courtyard) Alistair David and the Darts Farm chef are going to be filling the summer air with the lovely smells of the barbeque when they demonstrate some fantastic barbeque ideas.
3-4pm Think Deep Film Screening & Cookery Demo with James Chubb (Estuary Room) Join local Education Ranger James Chubb as he cooks recipes from East Devon’s latest film, “Think Deep”. A screening of this fantastic film, which explores local fishing, sustainability and some great recipes, will be followed by a demonstration of one of Michael Caines’ recipes from the film, with a chance to sample the dish devised by the Michelin-starred chef.
4pm Cyder taste & talk with Green Valley Cyder—(Farm shop) Learn about the traditional methods of how this award winning local cyder is made and taste the finished product.
TOPSHAM FOOD FESTIVAL MENU
Topsham Food Festival Restaurant Specials Available Monday 14th – Saturday 19th June 12-3pm 50p per festival special meal donated to the festival charity fund. The local food festival specials will be listed each day on the specials board. There will also be a Deli Bar special baguette each day with a donation of 50p to the fund.
For full details of events from 18th – 20th June in and around Topsham see:
