Bakewell Christmas Weekend - Food Extravaganza!

The Bakewell Christmas Weekend gets into full swing this weekend.  Hartingtons School of Food will be opening is doors and showcasing an Italian Food Mercato put on by Nonnas of Sheffield.  On the day in Bakewell there will be fabulous Italian deli treats to try and buy.  In the School of Food there will be an artisan chocolatier Libby Carl demonstrating her artisan art of chocolate making.

On the Sunday of the Bakewell Christmas Weekend Hartingtons will present there own mini artisan food market outside in the historic Rutland Mews Courtyard including: artisan pork pie maker Liberty Foods, cup cake maker Emma Mitchell Cakes, artisan bakery Sunflower Bakery.

Come along on the Bakewell Christmas Weekend to experience a true foodie start to the season along with Christmas Weekend offers on selective cookery courses.

Foodie Gift Vouchers

Carsington Water Food Festival - Christmas Bonanza

For foodies and lovers of Carsington Water just outside Derby.  There is a double whammy this Sunday when Carsington Water hosts the Hartingtons' Carsington Water Christmas Food Festival in it's historic courtyard.  Come along and be treated to a selection of artisan food producers along with a Christmas choir all helping foodies to get in the Christmas spirit.  Talking of which mulled wine will be available to keep out the winter chill.

Carsington Water Food Festivals

Learn To Master Indian Spices & Flavours

This is a hands on cookery course for people that love Indian spices and flavours but don't quite understand how to create the authentic taste at home without resorting to the ubiquitous supermarket curry paste.

Join personal chef Frank Boddy for a tour of Indian flavours from Indian street food to authentic indian deserts. Despite Frank's lack of Indian heritage his passion for Indian cookery and flavours is obvious and his recipes amongst the best we've tasted.  Frank relaxed informal style will make this course suitable for novice inexperienced cooks to keen home cooks looking to get more out of cooking with authentic indian herbs and spices.

On the day you will make the following dishes :

Egg Curry [Baida Curry]
Cheese, Tomato and Pepper Curry [Paneer Jalfrezi]
Calcutta Prawn Curry [Kolkata Chingri Curry]
Minced Lamb Patties [Kheema Tikki]
Manuka Tamater Ki Chutney (Raisin and Tomato Chutney) & 
Nashpati Chutney (Pear Chutney)

Indian Cookery Course

Foodie Tour of the Peak District

Hartingtons Foodie Tour of Bakewell Farmers Market and Bakewell will give keen foodies unique insights into the artisan food producers and food heritage of the Peak District.

The foodie tour is to be led by Julie Ryalls and Chris Horne owners of Hartingtons School of Food in Bakewell and the team behind, Baslow Food Fair and Carsington Waters growing Food Festivals.

The foodie tour will enable food lovers to meet some of the fantastic food producers in the Peak District and obtain unrivalled insights to their back stories, products and how they produce their artisan food products.

In addition, to the free tasters along the route the foodie tour will provide an unrivalled 3 course gourmet ploughmans lunch featuring many of the products that you will see on the day.

This foodie tour would make a great foodie gift and places are strictly limited.

Foodie Tour Peak District