Carsington Water Autumn Food Fair & Chocolate Extravaganza

There's a nip in the air. It's the perfect time for chocolate & chocolate tasting.  Carsington Water's food fair returns on Sunday the 19th October with an array of artisan food producers and our own unique chocolate trail.  Follow the chocolate trail around the food fair to find out what fantastic and unusual things that can be produced with the help of the wonderful coccoa bean.  At the end of our chocolate trail enter our free prize draw to win a fabulous chocolate hamper provided by artisan chocolatier Naughty & Nice from Bakewell.  

Entry to the Carsington Water Food Fair is free and doors will be open from 10am until 4pm but get their early to make sure you get the biggest choice and before the producers sell out.  Supplies are strictly limited.  Our artisan food producers will include:

Sunflower Bakery(artisan bread and other delicious bakery products)
Dad’s Bees (honey)
Elcocoa (chocolates, bespoke cakes and truffles)
Really Good Cheese Company (artisan cheese)
Fruit and Herb Company (unique dressings, dips and oils)
Fudge Glorious Fudge (hand made fudge)
Coriander Garden (cookery demos and Indian delights)
Smith Hall Organics (artisan pork pies and other meat products)
Greenside Deli (award winning chutneys and preserves)
Home Made Delights (hummus, dips, quiches and pasties)
Staffordshire Savoury Eggs (wide selection of savoury eggs)
Chocolate Tailor (truffles and chocolates)
Cossack Cuisine (Russian sweet and savoury delights)
Cottage Delight (biscuits, jams, chutneys)
Jaquest Smokehouse (smoked meats, cheese, fish....)
Ethelbellys (cheesecakes)
Splatz (ice cream)
The Chefs Pantry (gourmet Italian food)

The Original Cake Company (gift boxed cakes)

Mrs Bishops Doggy Deli (food treats for man's best friend)
Mainsail Restaurant (delicious hot and cold food)
Hartingtons of Bakewell (Artisan Food and Drink Courses, proving baskets, breadmaking kits, dough scrapers, cheese moulds)

......and lots more!!

The chocolate trail will include delights such as:

"Will have some patterned chocolate boxes and chocolate shoes for unique gifts; Scottie dog lollies; freshly-made Amaretto truffles; freshly made Champagne truffles; dark chocolate chilli leaves; single origin 75% Tanzanian chocolate mini slabs; and lots of other chocolate treats including chocolate mice (as pictured).  More items being made tomorrow!"

"Anyway products that im bringing are all different flavoured truffles, (or chocolate treasures as I call them!) And a few christmassy bits and pieces. Also fancy diabetic chocolates, chocolate christmas puddings, and gourmet chocolate 'teacakes'.  "

"We will have Malteser cheesecake, Raspberry & white choc & mandarin & white choc cheesecakes. "
And even something for your pooch!

"We have Chocolate Eclaws on the stand on Sunday :-)" - Mrs Bishops Doggy Deli
  
www.hartingtons.com

'Funky' Preserving Course

It's the season when suddenly we have a glut of autumn fruits and vegetables in the garden, but winter approaches.  What do I do with all that lovely fresh produce?  The answer is simple...preserve the flavours and then enjoy all it's wonderful goodness later in the year.

Heat preserving course
We have a very different preserving course with internet  sensation Alexis Gabriel also known as the French Guy Cooking.  Alexis will show you how to use heat preserving to preserve a whole meal in a jar that can last up to a year in a jar.  Home cooked food in a jar that is ready to reheat.

Preserving Course