ABERGAVENNY FOOD FESTIVAL 2007

THE FOOD ACADEMY

Tickets available at The Food Academy from 10.00am
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!

The Food Academy is now in its third year. We are delighted to offer a venue and programme of informative and entertaining activities to engage children and young people. Learning about food at an early age is the key to making informed choices about what we eat throughout life.

All INSIDE activities will be ticketed. Tickets are free and will be available on the day from the Food Academy, which is situated on the Lower Castle Lawn.

All OUTSIDE activities are ‘drop-in’. No tickets required.

SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

INSIDE ACTIVITIES

10.30am -11.15am
Stirrin’ Stuff with Fiona Bird
Sponsored by Highland Spring   www.highlandspring.com

Interactive demonstration with Fiona Bird, previous MasterChef finalist. Come and help her cook up some healthy recipes. Age: Primary school and above.

11.45am -12.45pm
Sausage-Making with Trealy Farm Charcuterie, Monmouth
Sponsored by Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)  www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk

Spicy, herby, Cumberland, or maybe traditional is your favourite? A chance to try your hand at making your own sausages and take them away for your lunch. Age 7 and over.

1.30pm – 2.30pm
Apples Galore! Dragon Orchard Cropsharers, Ledbury
Juice different varieties of apples and find your favourite. Try your hand at the longest peel competition, and join in lots of different apple-inspired activities.

3.15pm – 4.00pm
Stirrin’ Stuff with Fiona Bird
Sponsored by Highland Spring
Sponsored by Highland Spring   www.highlandspring.com

Interactive demonstration with Fiona Bird, previous MasterChef finalist. Come and help her cook up some healthy recipes. Age: Primary school and above.

SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES

1.00pm – 3.00pm
Butter Making with the Usk Museum of Rural Life
Sponsored by Neal’s Yard Creamery   www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk/nealsyardcreamery

Every wondered how butter is made? Here’s your chance to find out. Children love the satisfaction of making their own butter. Take your pat of butter home with you.

All Day
Food Co-ops
Help make fruit kebabs and find your favourite fruit smoothie. Hear all about food co-ops.

All Day
Eat Abergavenny with Dreamcatcher
(part of Monmouthshire Youth Service)
Help create food sculptures of buildings & landmarks of Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Castle, Monnow Bridge in Monmouth. Then help eat them at the end of the festival!

All Day
Treaure Hunt
Find your way around the Food Festival with our Foodie Treasure Trail. Win a prize when you bring it back complete.

SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

THE FOOD ACADEMY

INSIDE ACTIVITIES

10.00am – 11.30am
Food Festival Challenge
Monmouth Rugby Club versus Monmouth Comprehensive School Rowing Club. Teams race around collecting a variety of ingredients from stallholders, and then dash back and cook them – all under the watchful eye of Master Chef’s Gregg Wallace. Special guest appearance by new Blue Peter Chef 2007, Jake Sawyers.

12.00noon – 1.00pm
Apples Galore! Dragon Orchard Cropsharers, Ledbury
Juice different varieties of apples and find your favourite. Try your hand at the longest peel competition, and join in lots of different apple-inspired activities.

1.30pm - 2.15pm
Stirrin’ Stuff with Fiona Bird
Sponsored by Highland Spring   www.highlandspring.com

Interactive demonstration with Fiona Bird, previous MasterChef finalist. Come and help her cook up some healthy recipes. Age: Primary school and above.

3.00pm – 4.00pm
Fun with Dough - Wigmores Bakery, Monmouth
See how many things you can make with dough, from Welsh cakes to pizzas.

SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES

10.00am – 4.00pm
Camp Cooking - with the Monmouthshire Scouts
Watch the scouts cook up treats such as Welsh Cakes, stuffed mushrooms or fudge and have a taste too.

11.00am – 1.00pm
Butter Making - with the Usk Museum of Rural Life
Sponsored by Neal’s Yard Creamery   www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk/nealsyardcreamery

Every wondered how butter is made? Here’s your chance to find out. Children love the satisfaction of making their own butter. Take your pat of butter home with you.

All Day
Treasure Hunt
Find your way around the Food Festival with our Foodie Treasure Trail. Win a prize when you bring it back complete.

All Day
Food Co-ops
Help make fruit kebabs and find your favourite fruit smoothie. Hear all about food co-ops in Monmouthshire.

All Day
Eat Abergavenny with Dreamcatcher (part of Monmouthshire Youth Service)
Help create food sculptures of buildings & landmarks of Monmouthshire: Abergavenny Castle, Monnow Bridge in Monmouth. Then help eat them at the end of the festival!