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FESTIVAL GUIDE
2019
Thank you to our supporters
Dragon, Flint & Flame, Tiny Rebel, Hybu Cig Cymru (PGI Welsh Beef & Lamb), Angel Hotel,
Chelsea Green Publishing, Llanllyr Source, County Marquees, Wogan Coffee, Llaeth y Llan,
Love Lily, Tracklements, Joe & Seph’s, The Old Board Co, ABC Motors, FR Ball Insurance,
Premium Dental Implants, Sugar Loaf Catering, St Mary’s Priory, Castel Howell, Peter’s Yard,
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INFORMATION
Contents
Cynnwys
Information Street Food & Night Market 51
Welcome 2 Cookery School 52
Croeso 3 Fringe Festival 54
About the Festival 5 Wild & Foraged 56
Festival Information 6 Newbies Guide to the Festival 58
The Festival at a Glance 8
Markets
Events Market Listings 61
Event Listings 14 The Castle 62
Market Hall 64
Upper & Lower Brewery Yard 66
Highlights Castle Street Market/ 70
Feasts 28 The Farmyard
Focus on Monmouthshire 30 Made In Monmouthshire 74
Merchandise 33 Horsington’s Yard 76
In Conversation 34 Tiverton Producers’ Market 78
Chef Demos 36 Cheese & Wine 82
Kids’ Cookery School 39 The Priory 84
Castle Street Market/ 40 (Fish & Fizz, New Producers’)
The Farmyard Street Markets 89
The Castle 42
Drinks’ Theatre 47 A-Z of Stallholders 92
Family Guide to the Festival 48
Refill at AFF 49 Thank You 104
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INFORMATION
INFORMATION
Welcome, Croeso, Ni allwn eich croesawu i’r Fenni heb ddiolch
yn fawr i gefnogwyr a noddwyr yr ŵyl.
Gallwch ddod o hyd i restr lawn ym mlaen
Another warm welcome to our 21st edition Croeso cynnes arall i’n 21ain rhifyn o Ŵyl
y canllaw hwn, ond hoffwn neilltuo ennyd
of the Abergavenny Food Festival. It’s a Fwyd y Fenni. Pleser o’r mwyaf yw croesawu
i dynnu sylw at y sefydliadau newydd sy’n
pleasure to welcome visitors, old and new, to ymwelwyr, hen a newydd, i’r Fenni y
ymuno â ni yn 2019: mae Unearthed, Æcorn
Abergavenny this festival weekend. penwythnos hwn ar gyfer yr ŵyl.
Aperitifs a Maple o Ganada yn newydd i’r
This guide aims to give you all the information
digwyddiad, a byddant yn ychwanegu llwyth
you need to make the most of our jam- Nod y canllaw hwn yw rhoi’r holl wybodaeth
o bethau i chi eu gweld, eu blasu a’u gwneud
packed, food-filled programme. Our festival y mae arnoch ei hangen i fanteisio i’r eithaf
trwy gydol yr ŵyl.
site maps will help you to discover the wide ar ein rhaglen llawn dop, llawn bwyd.
range of activities that the festival has to offer Bydd y mapiau o safle ein gŵyl yn eich
Rydym wedi datblygu ardal ein Buarth Fferm
across the town. Look out for festival signs helpu i ddarganfod yr amrywiaeth eang o
wanted to take a moment to highlight the new ymhellach ym maes parcio Stryd y Castell
displayed around the town, as well as our weithgareddau sydd gan yr ŵyl i’w chynnig
organisations joining us in 2019: Unearthed; ym mhen uchaf y dref. Yma, byddwch yn
stewards and town ambassadors who can ledled y dref. Cadwch lygad am arwyddion yr
Æcorn Aperitifs and Maple from Canada are darganfod rhaglen lawn o sgyrsiau a dadleuon
help out with any directions. ŵyl wedi’u harddangos ar hyd a lled y dref, yn
all new to the event, and are going to add ar lwyfan materion ffermio Banc Triodos;
ogystal â’n stiwardiaid a llysgenhadon y dref a
a huge amount for you to see, taste and do gall y plant ryngweithio â’n sw bridiau prin;
Here at food fest HQ we’re very excited all eich helpu gydag unrhyw gyfeiriadau.
throughout the festival. mae yna babell gweithgareddau i’r teulu, sy’n
about the programme of events at this year’s
cynnwys digon i gadw’r plantos yn brysur, heb
festival. We are honoured to welcome some Yma ym mhencadlys yr ŵyl fwyd, rydym
We have further developed our Farmyard sôn am y tractorau mawr i ddringo drostynt.
of the finest thinkers in food from across the wedi’n cyffroi’n lân ynghylch y rhaglen o
area in the Castle Street car park at the top of At hynny, fe ddowch o hyd i gaffi a bar Triodos
globe. Godfather of the modern fermentation ddigwyddiadau yn yr ŵyl eleni. Braint yw
the town. Here you will find a full programme gan Tiny Rebel yn yr ardal hon, lle perffaith i
movement, Sandor Katz, joins us all the way croesawu rhai o’r meddylwyr gorau ym maes
of talks and debates on the Triodos Bank ymlacio â’ch traed i fyny am ychydig.
from the United States; the irrepressible bwyd o bob cwr o’r byd. Bydd pencampwr
farming matters stage; the kids can interact
Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver from y mudiad eplesu modern, Sandor Katz, yn
with our rare breed petting zoo; there is I fyny wrth y Castell, fe welwch ysgol
St JOHN restaurant are coming to look back ymuno â ni yr holl ffordd o’r Unol Daleithiau;
a family activities tent with loads to keep goginio i’r plant, sy’n cael ei chyflwyno
at 25 years at the forefront of the British bydd yr anorchfygol Fergus Henderson a
the little ones busy, not to mention the big mewn partneriaeth â’r Ysgol Goginio ac
gastronomic revolution; not to mention the Trevor Gulliver o fwyty St JOHN yn dod i fwrw
tractors to climb on. Also, in this area you’ll Ysgol Annibynnol Rougemont. Cynhelir
many additional chefs, drinks experts, food golwg yn ôl dros 25 mlynedd yn rheng flaen
find the Triodos Bank Café and a bar from dosbarthiadau rhad ac am ddim i blant yma
writers and authors exploring everything y chwyldro gastronomaidd Prydeinig; heb
Tiny Rebel, a perfect place to put your feet up trwy gydol y penwythnos, ond gofalwch eich
from cooking with your kitchen garden (Josh anghofio’r amryw o gogyddion, arbenigwyr
for a while. bod wedi archebu eich lle gan eu bod yn
Eggleton, Market Hall stage), to the rise of the diodydd, ysgrifenwyr am fwyd ac awduron a
llenwi’n gyflym.
#MeToo movement in professional kitchens fydd yn archwilio popeth o goginio gyda’ch
Up at the Castle you’ll find the Kids Cookery
(The Dome, The Castle). gardd lysiau (Josh Eggleton, llwyfan Neuadd
School delivered in partnership with Cook Rydym yn falch iawn o gael ailgyflwyno ein
y Farchnad), i dwf y mudiad #MeToo mewn
School and Rougemont Independent School. Gŵyl Nadolig flynyddol yn 2019. Nodwch y
Abergavenny Food Festival aims to bring ceginau proffesiynol (The Dome, The Castle).
There will be free kids’ cookery classes dyddiad, sef dydd Sul 8 Rhagfyr, a dewch yn
together the food, farming and hospitality
running here all weekend, but make sure barod i brynu eich holl nwyddau ar gyfer y
communities from across the UK, to enjoy Nod Gŵyl Fwyd y Fenni yw dwyn cymunedau
you’ve booked your place as they fill up fast. Nadolig.
3-days of discussion and debate on the future bwyd, ffermio a lletygarwch o bob cwr o’r
of food. The 2019 programme includes more Deyrnas Unedig ynghyd, a hynny er mwyn
We’re excited to bring back our annual Gan ddymuno penwythnos gwych i chi ar
diversity, more women, and more young iddynt fwynhau tridiau o drafodaeth a
Christmas Fair in 2019. Save the date for gyfer yr ŵyl.
chefs and farmers than ever before. We are dadleuon am ddyfodol bwyd. Mae rhaglen
Sunday 8th December and come ready to
particularly proud to offer such a wider range 2019 yn cynnwys mwy o amrywiaeth, mwy
stock up on all your goodies for the festive Aine Morris
of ways for you, our visitors, to experience o fenywod, a mwy o gogyddion a ffermwyr
season. Prif Weithredwr
good food and drink. ifanc nag erioed o’r blaen. Rydym yn arbennig
o falch o gynnig amrywiaeth mor eang o
Wishing you a wonderful festival weekend.
We can’t welcome you to Abergavenny ffyrdd i chi, ein hymwelwyr, brofi bwyd a diod
without saying a huge thank you to our da.
Aine Morris
festival supporters and sponsors. You can
Chief Executive
find a full list at the front of this guide, but I
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INFORMATION
About The Festival
Gwybodaeth Am Yr Ŵyl
Since its inception in 1999, Abergavenny All information in the festival guide is correct
Food Festival has grown to become the at the time of going to press but may be
largest food festival in Wales, attracting subject to change.
some of the UK’s best chefs, food producers,
farmers, cooks and campaigners to our Welsh
market town.
The award-winning festival exhibits over 270
of the UK’s finest food and drink producers, Join the
including young farmers and innovative new
food businesses, alongside our programme
of events, including tasting workshops,
conversation!
masterclasses, chef demos, cookery classes,
discussion and debates, all designed to get
you shopping locally, growing your own and @afoodfestival #AFF2019
cooking up a storm. We are known for being
an inclusive and welcoming event, delivering
a delicious opportunity for people from all
walks of life to explore and learn about food.
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INFORMATION
INFORMATION
Information parking for blue badge holders can be found
in Castle Street car park, situated next to
Shopmobility, and in Bailey Park (please note
For More Information Cymraeg
Defnyddiwch eich Cymraeg pan
Gwybodaeth this is a grass site). Car parks will open at 8am
on Saturday and Sunday, gates will be locked at
www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com
@afoodfestival #aff2019
welwch arwydd hwn. Use your
Welsh whenever you see this sign.
7pm on Saturday and 6pm on Sunday, with no
Getting Around access for an hour before closing times. Tickets Your Wristband
The full festival map can be found at the front of can be bought on the day or in advance on our Wristbands can be purchased in advance from
this guide, and maps for each festival site, along website – Please note these car parks get very our website or on the day from one of our box
with the listings towards the back. Look out for busy so we’d encourage use of public transport Box Offices And Information offices (see map at the front of the guide.)
the festival signs around the town or ask one of whenever possible, more information is on our Please note wristbands are more expensive on
There are three box offices situated around
our stewards or town ambassadors who will be website. the day than in advance. Prices can be found on
town where you can collect and buy weekend
able to point you in the right direction. our website.
wristbands and tickets for events. They are
Our festival car parks are run by teams of
all marked on the map and situated opposite
volunteers from local community groups,
Access with £2 from your £4 fee going back into the
St John’s Square in Castle Street car park, at Your wristband gives you access to all 270
the bottom of Cross Street by the bus station, stallholders in our Producers’ Markets, free
The main festival markets are accessible to community either through volunteer groups, or
and at the entrance to the Tiverton Producers’ cookery demonstrations in the Market Hall,
wheelchair users and mobility scooters. All through the Friends Of groups that take care of
Market.. You will also find a Festival Information entertainment, talks and activities in The Castle
events in the Borough Theatre, St Mary’s Priory, the sites that host the parking. Last year, you
and Merchandise Point located on Market Street and the festival Farmyard, throughout the
St Michael’s Centre are also accessible for helped to raise over £7,000 for local volunteer
at the entrance to Upper Brewery Yard. day. as well as free kids’ cookery classes and
wheelchair users. It should be noted that our groups. entertainment across the weekend.
Drink’s Theatre is a first-floor venue in a building
without wheelchair access, and events at the Wristbands and some event tickets can also be
Castle require visitors to pass over sloping or Opening Times purchased from the Borough Theatre box office Event Tickets
uneven ground. in Abergavenny in the weeks before the festival. We have a fantastic programme of ticketed
FRIDAY events (p. 14 to 27) from tutored tastings to
Dogs The Castle: 19.00-22.00 for Friday Night Lost And Found foraging expeditions.
Stomp (additional tickets required) All items will be held at the Festival Information
We love dogs! Unfortunately all dogs (even our
Point on Market Street. If you haven’t already purchased tickets online,
own), with the exception of guide/assistance
dogs, are not allowed in any of the internal or SATURDAY you can buy them at any of our festival box
The Markets: 9:30-18:00 offices (subject to availability) as detailed
external market venues.
(except for Lower Brewery Yard night market Water Points above. Tickets are sold on a first come, first
which closes at 23.00) You can refill your water bottle at any of our served basis so get in there early to avoid
Please note assistance dogs will not be allowed
The Castle: 9:30-18:00 then 19:30-23:00 water points. We have a number of water bars disappointment.
close to the animal pens in the festival farmyard
for Party at the Castle (additional tickets situated around the town. Look out for the Refill
to avoid any distress to the farm animals.
required) Abergavenny stickers in shop windows. Any Note: The Box Office is for direct sales
shop displaying this sticker will happily refill between Abergavenny Food Festival and you,
Getting Here SUNDAY your water bottle at no charge or look out for the customer. We will not sell your tickets on
Abergavenny is a small town with limited The Markets & The Castle: 9:30-17:00 the water droplets on the maps showing where to a third party on your behalf and we will not
parking and so we encourage our visitors to use the festival water bars can be found. issue refunds for returned/unused tickets.
public transport or car share whenever possible.
Here To Help
Abergavenny can be reached by rail, coach
Our friendly team of stewards will be on hand
Recycling Kids Go Free
or bus. More information can be found on our
to help you through your weekend. They’re We have a full recycling team on site for Wristbands for children under the age of 16
website. www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com
easy to spot, just look out for the blue t-shirts the weekend to make sure we can keep our are free of charge – but they do need to have
with our festival logo. We also have team town, and our environment as we found it. All a wristband to enter the festival sites. Included
Parking members at the information points who can our waste is clearly marked to be recycled in their wristband is all the same access as for
Food festival car parks can be found at Bailey provide you with help and information about all separately. We need your help keeping the town grown-ups PLUS the addition of free children’s
Park to the top of town, and Castle Meadows aspects of the festival, and town ambassadors tidy and minimising our environmental impact. cookery school activities. Have a read of our
towards the bottom. To save time on the day, who have plenty of in depth knowledge about If you aren’t sure where to dispose of your Family Guide to the Festival on p. 48 for more
car parking can be paid for online in advance Abergavenny. rubbish, please ask one of our stewards. information.
through our website. Disabled/Accessible
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INFORMATION
INFORMATION
At a Glance F = FREE WITH FESTIVAL WRISTBAND
Cipolwg Saturday 21st September Saturday 21st September
Tasting Cookery Cooking Over Professional
Talks & Debates Drinks' Theatre Masterclasses Foraging Tours Workshops Chef Demos School Fire Masterclasses
Borough Theatre Timothy Oulton St Mary’s Priory Out & About Various Locations Market Hall Stage The Castle The Castle The Angel Hotel
Beer versus Cider Cocoa - Exploring From the Orchard Welsh Rotary Club Storecupboard Plant-based
- the battle of the Chocolate with Sue 11.30-13.00 Shellfish - Young chef Cookery BBQing with
brew Quinn with Cyrus competition 10.00-11.00 BBC’s Dirty
£5.00
11.00-12.00 10.30-11.30 Todiwala with Franco £22.50 Vegan, Matt
£16.50 11.00-12.30 Taruschio and Pritchard
£16.50
Freddy Bird 10.30-11.15
£22.50
09.45-11.45
F F
The Way We Eat Around The Gin Beautiful Balsamic Wild Cocktails
Anatomy of a No-Fuss Curious cuts Hang Fire BBQ Food
Now, with Bee Globe with Neil with Belazu 13.00-14.30 Cow Veggie & and how to 12.00-12.45 Photography
Wilson & Sandor Ridley & Joel 12.00-13.00 £22.50 13.00-14.30 Vegan Meals use them with Masterclass
Katz Harrison
£7.50 £22.50 with Elly Pear Pipers Farm 12.00-13.30
13.00-14.00 13.00-14.00
12.30-13.15 11.30-13.00 £22.50
£10.00 £16.50
£32.50
F F
The Diet That Could Oysters & Martinis Patisserie with Wild Cooking Chris Harrod of Salt & Time Three Courses Food Blogging
Perception of
Save The World 15.00-16.00 Cocorico’s Laurian 13.30-15.00 The Whitebrook - A Russian Over Fire with Masterclass
Taste with Bee
15.00-16.00 Veaudour 14.00-14.45 Cookery Class Freddy Bird 14.30-16.00
£16.50 £22.50 Wilson
13.30-14.30 14.00-15.30 13.30-14.15 £12.50
15.00-16.30
£16.50 £32.50
£12.50
F F F
Foods of the Fizz Cocktails with Beyond Sauerkraut Wild & Seasonal with One more, no Andalusia with Dinner Party Thai Inspired Food Styling
Islamic World Olly Smith with Sandor Katz Native more - a festival José Pizarro cooking with Welsh Pork with Masterclass
17.30-18.30 15.30-17.00 feast with a 15.30-16.15 Rosie Birkett & Smoking Goat’s 16.30-18.00
17.00-18.00 15.00-16.00
£16.50 £22.50 band of merry Elly Pear Ali Borer £22.50
£10.00 £22.50 chefs 16.00-17.30 15.00-15.45
19.00-22.00 £32.50
£55.00 inc.
drinks F F
Asma Khan - Pasture-fed Mutton
Zero Waste with
A life in Food with Black Welsh
Tom Hunt
19.00-20.00 Lamb
17.00-17.45
£12.50 16.30-17.30
£16.50
F
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INFORMATION
F = FREE WITH FESTIVAL WRISTBAND
Sunday 22nd September
Tasting
Talks & Debates Drinks' Theatre Masterclasses Workshops
Borough Theatre Timothy Oulton St Mary’s Priory St Michael’s Centre
The Future of Coffee & Cocktails The Vinegar Cupboard Sour with Mark
Farming: a debate 11.00-12.00 with Angela Clutton Diacono
11.00-12.00 £16.50 11.00-12.00 11.00-12.00
F £16.50 £16.50
The Pivotal Pig: 25 Mezcal & Mass Blue Cheese & Everything but the
years of British food 13.00-14.00 Prosecco Oink
through the eyes of £16.50 12.30-13.30 12.30-14.00
St. JOHN £16.50 £22.50
13.00-14.00
£12.50
Food Families and Non-alcoholic Voices at the Table - a Parsley, sage,
Life with Bee Wilson cocktails culinary story salon rosemary and thyme
15.00-16.00 15.00-16.00 14.00-15.00 with Jekka McVicar
£12.50 £16.50 £7.50 14.30-15.30
£16.50
Charcuterie &
Vermouth
15.30-16.30
£22.50
Chef Demos Cookery School Cooking Over Fire Foraging Tours
Market Hall Stage The Castle The Castle Out & About
Tommy Heaney of Modern Scandi Native over Fire
Heaneys Cooking with Trine 11.00-11.45
11.00-11.45 Hahnemann
10.00-11.30
F £27.50 F
Josh Eggleton of Darjeeling Express The Ultimate Burger Fish & Forage
the Pony & Trap with Asma Khan with DJ BBQ 13.00-14.30
12.30-13.15 12.30-14.00 12.15-13.00 £22.50
F £32.50 F
Gareth Ward of Pasta Masterclass Charred: When veg
Ynyshir with Emiko Davies meets flames, with
14.00-14.45 14.30-16.00 Genevieve Taylor
F £32.50 13.30-14.15 F
Zoe Adjonyoh Maple from Canada
of Zoe’s Ghana with Hang Fire BBQ &
Kitchen Guests
15.30-16.15 F 14.45-15.30 F
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EVENTS
EVENTS
Friday 20th Sept History Cooked Food Club
The Chapel, Abergavenny
19:30
Thinking Drinkers -
£50
Heroes of Hooch
History Cooked is a food history
Borough Theatre
Free with a festival wristband
dining club run by chef and food
18.00-19.30 writer Rosie Sykes and food
£19.50 historian Polly Russell. They
An interactive imbibing are collaborating with Franco
experience from these award- Taruschio, the former-owner
winning performers and drinks chef of the Walnut Tree and the
experts, during which every man who put Abergavenny on
single audience member tastes the food map for this not to be
five fabulous drinks, for free! missed feast.
You will learn how alcohol has
inspired pioneering explorers,
politicians and painters in Friday Night Stomp at the
equal measure, from Plato and Castle
Picasso, to Nelson, Napoleon The Castle
and Norm from Cheers. 19:00-22:00
£12.50
Weekend Cocktails Dance the night away with our
band at the Friday Night Stomp
Drinks Theatre
at the Castle! Keep those energy
18.00-19.30
levels up with delicious street
£16.50
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO food available to purchase,
Bored of bellinis? Tired of gin the finest cocktails from our
BUY TICKETS FOR OUR EVENTS
and tonic? Kick start festival partners at Chase Distillery,
www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com
weekend with a tipple or three with local beer, wines and non-
Or visit one of our festival box from Joel Harrison and Neil
Samatha Evans from Hang Fire Southern Kitchen offices during the weekend alcoholic options available from
Ridley. Our favourite cocktail the festival bar.
connoisseurs will lead you on a
tour of the world’s best cocktails
Event Listings with samples to slurp, and tips
on how to make your drinks look
as good as they taste.
Digwyddiadau Thursday 19th Sept
An Evening with Cyrus
Todiwala Party at the Castle
We have over 100 ticketed events taking place Community Feast
Market Hall Bridges Centre Monmouth
over the weekend including chef demonstrations, 19.00-22.00 19:00
feasts, foraging tours, debates and more. We also £16.50 £35
have plenty of non ticketed events taking place in Our first feast of festival A fantastic opportunity to enjoy
our Farmyard (p. 40), throughout our Markets (p. weekend is by the community, a sumptuous meal cooked by
for the community. Taking place TV chef and personality, Cyrus
61) and at The Castle (p. 42). in the Market Hall, to celebrate Todiwala OBE at The Bridge’s
the installation of our famous Centre, Monmouth. Cyrus will
Event tickets can be bought through our website, or at the festival decorations. The Angel introduce his dishes, ingredients
festival box office over the weekend. There are also plenty of Bakery will be cooking up a and meet guests as this evening
events that are free with your festival wristband, just look out storm of delicious produce, with feast, which will include book
for the symbol throughout this programme. wine and soft drinks available to signings and an auction.
purchase.
Free with a festival wristband
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EVENTS
Saturday 21st Sept Plant-based BBQing Beer versus Cider - The From the Orchard - An Food Photography Beautiful Balsamic with
with BBC’s Dirty Vegan, Battle of the Brew Apple Walk Masterclass Belazu
Storecupboard Cookery Matt Pritchard Drinks Theatre Abergavenny Community Professional Masterclasses St Mary’s Priory
Cooking over fire 11.00-12.00 Orchard 12.00-13.30 12.00-13.00
The Cookery School
10.30-11.15 £16.50 11.30-13.00 £22.50 £7.50
10.00-11.00
Free with a festival wristband
Free with festival wristband Join brewer Jaega Wise, and £5.00 Fancy giving your Instagram We all have a bottle of it floating
£22.50
Free with a festival wristband
Join BBC’s Dirty Vegan, Matt drinks writer Pete Brown as Author James Rich, who’s family shots a bit of an upgrade? Now’s around in our cupboard, but
Join chef and food writer
Pritchard as he teaches you how they delve into the battle of own a cider farm, will be sharing your chance to find out how how much do you really know
Claire Thomson, and chef Sam
to create some ‘proper tasty’ the brews, and take you on his love for everything apple. the professionals do it. Food about balsamic vinegar? Join
Sohn-Rethel to discover quick
vegan food over fire. Previously a boozy adventure that will You’ll tour the Abergavenny photographer Stuart Ovenden, Robert Curbishley from Belazu
and thrifty recipes made with
of TV’s Dirty Sanchez, Matt’s change the way you look at your Community Orchard to learn assisted by food journalist Ingredient Company and learn
ingredients we all have lurking
flair for entertainment is sure to pint. Guest will enjoy a journey about different varieties and Clare Hargreaves, will offer how its made, quality and
in the kitchen cupboard. You’ll
make this a demo to remember. through hops, malts and apple explore what you can find in advice on choosing the right provenance and learn new ways
learn about the provenance of
Come along to watch him cook varieties, the brew, the bottling, the hedgerows surrounding angle, composition, lighting to use this ingredient in your
the produce you’re using, cook
up delicious seitan kebabs, and the taste similarities (and the trees. There’ll be plenty of and post-production. Bring everyday cooking, with plenty of
up a storm and then sit down to
followed by some mourish differences) of these much- tasting opportunities and you’ll your fully charged camera or tasting as you go.
enjoy the dishes you’ve created.
Turkish Delight peaches. loved tipples. make your own jar of pickled smartphone, and Stuart and
apples to take home. Clare will provide materials for
Rotary club - Young Cocoa - Exploring Welsh Shellfish you to shoot.
chef competition with Chocolate with Sue Quinn Curious Cuts - How to use
Portico Lounge
Franco Taruschio and St Mary’s Priory 11.00-12.30 them Hang Fire Southern
Freddy Bird 10.30-11.30 £22.50 Adult Cookery School Kitchen
Market Hall Stage £16.50 Love to eat fish, but worried 11.30-13.00 Cooking over fire
09.45-11.45 Join food writer Sue Quinn in an about our waters? Join Cyrus £32.50 12.00-12.45
Two young finalists will battle it exploration of this fascinating Todiwala, Oceans Ambassador Bored by the brisket and tired of Free with festival wristband
out to decide who goes through ingredient in a session that will for the Marine Conservation topside? Join Peter Grieg from Samantha Evans and Shauna
Aged Welsh Beef with
to the national finals of Rotary explore cocoa’s history and Society and The Shellfish Pipers Farm who will talk you Guinn of Hang Fire Southern Matt Waldron of Park
Club Young Chef of the Year’ versatility, with plenty of tasting. Association of Great Britain through how to make best use Kitchen in Barry, return to House
competition. Come and see Sue will demonstrate how to as he navigates the waters of of some more interesting cuts, Abergavenny Food Festival Welsh Chef Stage -
the UK’s future celebrity chefs make ‘proper’ hot chocolate Wales. He’ll talk you through and Charlotte Pike who will get to host the Cooking over Fire supported by PGI Welsh
creating a 3 course meal for 2, using a recipe enjoyed by Marie the best that Wales has to you involved in cooking up some stage. They will present their Lamb/Beef
before they get famous. Antoinette, and show you how offer, seasonality, quality and special and mouthwateringly unique, always enthusiastic, 12.15-13.00
to use chocolate in savoury availability, before sampling tasty dishes with them. approach to outdoor cooking Free with festival wristband
cooking, to lift and enhance the Goan Seafood Palav and showcasing local free-range
flavours of food. Keralan Crab in Coconut. Monmouthshire Pork from No-Fuss Veggie &
farmer, Martha Roberts. Expect Vegan Meals with Elly
lots of giggles and delicious
Pear
nibbles from some of our
favourite women in flames.
Market Hall Stage
DJ BBQ 12.30-13.15
Free with festival wristband
Best-selling food writer Elly
Curshen, also known as Elly
Pear demonstrates recipes from
her newest book, Green: Veggie
and Vegan Meals for No-Fuss
Weeks and Relaxed Weekends.
16 17EVENTS
EVENTS
Salt & Time - A Russian Abraaigavenny 2019
cookery class Chesters Wine Merchants
Adult Cookery School 14.00-17.00
14.00-15.30 £10
£32.50 Groete! Chesters Wine
Merchants is proud to present
Join Russian chef and supper
Free with a festival wristband
the first South African Wine
club host Alissa Timoshkina
tasting event in town with a
as she takes you into a journey
traditional Braii provided by The
deep into the food of the former
Tidy Kitchen Co.
Soviet Union and Siberia for a
Freddy Bird Cooking Over Fire cookery class packed-full with
inviting recipes and evocative The rise of #MeToo in
storytelling. You will discover the kitchen
Around the Gin Globe, The Way We Eat Now, Food, Diets & Mental Wild Cooking dishes new and old - revealing
Free with a festival wristband
The Dome, the Castle
with Neil Ridley & Joel with Bee Wilson & Sandor Health Off-site, Linda Vista Gardens, a cuisine that is vibrant, 14.30-15.30
Harrison Katz The Dome, the Castle meet at the Castle Street nourishing, exciting. Free with festival wristband
Drinks Theatre Borough Theatre 13.00-14.00 box-office Join some of the UK’s leading
13.00-14.00 13.00-14.00 Free with festival wristband 13.30-15.00 Chris Harrod from The female voices in food as they
£16.50 £10.00 We seem to be living in a time £22.50 Whitebrook discuss the global rise of
Join award-winning drinks Explore what it means to eat in where we no longer eat with our Join food writer and fire Market Hall Stage the #MeToo movement, and
writers, authors of The World the modern age, what our food hearts, emotions or heritage enthusiast Genevieve Taylor, 14.00-14.45 what it means for hospitality
Atlas of Gin, Neil Ridley and choices say about us, and how – but with our waistlines and and ‘The Cauldron’ chef, Henry Free with festival wristband businesses, their kitchens and
Joel Harrison for a spirited look we might not have as much social media in mind. Join Eldon as they teach you some their staff. We explore the policy,
Join Chris Harrod, last years’
at the tipple of the moment. control over what we want to festival CEO, Aine Morris in essential fire skills. You’ll head practice and progress that is
BBC Great British Menu
Attendees will get to hear the eat, as we think. Chaired by conversation with authors Eve to a secret festival site where making the food and farming
winner and chef-owner of
stories behind the botanical Xanthe Clay, this fascinating Simmons and Laura Dennison, you will learn how to build and sectors a better place for all
Monmouthshire’s Michelin-
recipes, some gin history and a and lively panel discussion will on food, fads, diets, disorders tend to your fire, how to get those who work within them.
starred The Whitebrook as he
look at the future of the spirit, include; founder of sustainability and how the modern age is consistent heat, prepare some brings his signature ultra-local
with tastings along the way. communications agency impacting how we feel about delicious outdoor dishes, before and seasonal food to our chef- Food Blogging
Ed Gillespie, Godfather of what we eat. sharing the feast you help demo stage. Chris will showcase Masterclass
fermentation Sandor Katz, create. the amazing wild and foraged Professional Masterclass
founder of Real Kombucha, Three courses over fire ingredients that the locale has 14.30-16.00
David Begg, Food Historian Polly with Freddy Bird Patisserie with Cocorico’s to offer, all cooked into a few £12.50
Russell and award-winning food Laurian Veaudour mouth-watering dishes.
Cooking over fire Do you love food and want to
writer Bee Wilson.
13.30-14.15 St Mary’s Priory turn that passion into a job?
Wild Cocktails
Free with festival wristband 13.30-14.30 Can you write but not sure how
Off-site, Linda Vista Gardens, Anatomy of a Cow £16.50
Who says cooking over fire has to create a successful blog?
meet at the Castle Street
Portico Lounge to just be a one-course wonder? Do you know your choux from Join award-winning Cardiff
box-office
13.00-14.30 Join Bristol chef, Freddy Bird as your shortcrust, your ganache food bloggers Ed Gilbert from
13.00-14.30
£22.50 he shows you how to expand from your praline? What better Gourmet Gorro and Jane Cook
£22.50
You may know your fillet from your outdoor repertoire and way to start your Sunday than from HungryCityHippy as they
Join us on a wild and boozy with a sugar hit to get you going share their experiences and
your rump, but how much do cook up canapés, mains and
romp through the local in the form of a lesson in French insights on food blogging.
you really know about beef? desert. A flame-cooked dinner
countryside. You’ll learn to patisserie delicacies with chef,
Join Farmer Tom Jones as he party without the washing up -
identify seasonal wild herbs Laurian Veaudour, owner of
guides you through the complex what’s not to love?
and plants with local forager Cocorico Patisserie in Cardiff.
world of the cow. You’ll learn
Liz Knight, which you will
about different cuts and how to
then transform into delicious
cook each to perfection. This
cocktails under the tutelage of
unique tasting experience will
Mark Diacono of Otter Farm.
include different cuts, and cuts
Booking is a must – all forage
from differently aged animals.
tour information will be sent to
participants ahead of time.
Fergus Henderson & Trevor Gulliver
18 19 photo by Jason LoweEVENTS
EVENTS
The Diet that Could Oysters & Martinis Lamb Sweetbreads Dinner Party cooking with Zero Waste with Tom Fire & Wild Dining
Save the World Drinks Theatre with Tom Watts-Jones of Elly Pear & Rosie Birkett Hunt Three Pools, Llanvetherine
Borough Theatre 15.00-16.00 the Hare and Hounds Adult Cookery School Market Hall Stage 18.00-22.00
15.00-16.00 £16.50 Welsh Chef Stage - 16.00-17.30 17.00-17.45 £40
Free For a cocktail with a short supported by PGI Welsh £32.50 Free with festival wristband A unique Fire & Wild five-course
Free with a festival wristband
Our current diet is pushing the ingredients list, the hunt for the Lamb/Beef Do you love to host friends and A passionate advocate of dining experience hosted at
Free with a festival wristband
earth beyond its boundaries, perfect martini can be divisive, 15.15-16.00 family for dinner, but often end root-to-fruit eating, eco-chef Three Pools permaculture
while having significant impact as can that slipperiest of Free with festival wristband up in a fluster? Join food writers and Guardian columnist Tom farm. Fire & Wild are famous
on the physical health of many. molluscs, the oyster. Join Danny Elly Pear and Rosie Birkett Hunt will show you how to for their open fire, wild and
During this talk, Professor Walker and Alex Bluett to match who have expert tips from 20+ make the most of the whole of foraged cooking style - with
Andalusia with José
Tim Lang will explore whether different versions of this iconic years experience of throwing your ingredients and minimise the aim of bringing people into
cocktail with the finest oysters
Pizarro the environment their food is
we can provide healthy diets magnificently memorable dinner waste in your kitchen. Expect
from sustainable food systems from around the UK. Market Hall Stage parties. This class in praise of the unexpected use of everyday sourced from and reconnecting
and what this diet might look
15.30-16.15 scruffy hospitality, conviviality ingredients, top tips on reducing the guests back to nature (byo
like. Come and explore this
Free with festival wristband and cooking with friends is not food waste, and delicious tasters wine).
Perception of Taste with Bordering Spain’s southern
important issue that promises to Bee Wilson to be missed. of recipes that make use of the
shape our future environmental coast, Andalusia is a place unloved bits we often throw
St Michael’s Centre where the past and modernity Asma Khan - A life in
and human health. Pasture-fed Mutton with away. Food
15.00-16.30 blend together to form a rather
£12.50 magical culinary destination. Black Welsh Lamb Borough Theatre
What affects how we taste food? Award-winning chef, and St Mary’s Priory Foods of the Islamic 19.00-20.00
Is it shaped by our upbringing long-time festival friend, José 16.30-17.30 World £12.50
or embedded in our genes? Pizarro takes readers on a £16.50 Borough Theatre Founder of the award-winning
Beyond Sauerkraut with Why do we have such strong journey through the most Does what sheep eat make a 17.00-18.00 Darjeeling Express restaurant,
Sandor Katz preferences for certain foods? delicious dishes of this lesser- difference to their meat and to £10.00 author of Asma’s Indian Kitchen
St Mary’s Priory Join food writer and taste expert known culinary region, including our health? What about their There is power in the breaking cookbook and the first British
15.00-16.00 Bee Wilson and broadcaster Tenderloin with Pears & breed and the soil they graze of bread to build cross-cultural chef to feature on Netflix’s cult
£22.50 and columnist Tim Hayward as Hazelnuts and Sopa Bullabesa. from? Join farmers Nick Miller communities. That’s why we TV series ‘Chef’s Table,’ we
they take your taste buds on an and Sarah Dickins, chef Jane are delighted to be hosting are thrilled to welcome Asma
Founding father of the
adventure through flavour, and Baxter, and Cyrus Todiwala, to this important discussion on Khan to Food Festival 2019. In
fermentation movement, Wild & Seasonal with
find out if you’re a super taster. discover more about how the foods of the Islamic World with conversation with Telegraph
do-it-yourself food activist Native food journalist, Xanthe Clay,
and author Sandor Katz will breed of a sheep, its upbringing award-winning author and chef
Off-site, Linda Vista Gardens, and diet all affect the flavour. Anissa Helou, founder of Somali Asma will be sharing the story
be leading this fermentation Thai Inspired Welsh meet at the Castle Street supper-club Arawelo Eats of her life in food.
masterclass. Learn about at Pork with Smoking Goat’s box-office
Food Styling Masterclass Fozia Ismail, and halal livestock
home ferments, pickles, kraut Ali Borer 15.30-17.00
and brews designed to get your farmer Muhsen Hassanin.
Cooking over fire £22.50 Brecon Suite, Angel
microbiome bouncing, and your 15.00-15.45 Join foraged and seasonal food 16.30-18.00 José Pizarro
body in optimal health. He’ll Free with festival wristband experts Ivan Tisdall-Downes and £22.50 Fizz Cocktails with Olly
also be on hand to answer your How do you combine local Imogen Davis from Native on Styling a plate of food to look Smith
questions and troubleshoot your produce with Asian flavours? this Wild & Seasonal adventure. beautiful is a key part of building Drinks Theatre
fermentation problems. Join chef Ali Borer from You’ll gather a variety of foraged an Instagram following, brand 17.30-18.30
Smoking Goat as he explores leaves and plants before or blog. Experts Stuart Ovenden £16.50
how to fuse the best British creating a foraged feast around and Clare Hargreaves will teach Bubbles need not be saved for
ingredients with Thai and the fire. Booking is a must – all you about composition, how special occasions. Whether
Malaysian influences to create forage tour information will be to keep food looking fresh, it’s a small work victory, drinks
gutsy and spicy dishes that will sent to participants ahead of changing trends, handy props, before hitting the town, a big
leave your taste-buds tingling time. and how to find your style. Bring celebration, or simply, ‘just
including Pork Nahm Dtok salad. your fully charged camera or because’, join drinks expert
smartphone, Stuart and Clare and broadcaster Olly Smith
will provide props. as he shows you how to bring
the fizz into your everyday be it
Champagne, cava, cider, beer,
soda or kombucha.
20 21EVENTS
T
One D OU Sunday 22nd Sept Tommy Heaney of
SOL more, no more - a
festival feast with a band Heaneys
of merry chefs Modern Scandi Cooking Market Hall Stage
St Michael’s Centre 11.00-11.45
with Trine Hahnemann
19.00-22.00 Free with festival wristband
Adult Cookery School
£55.00 + drinks flight Chef Tommy Heaney will be
Free with a festival wristband
10.00-11.30
A merry band of chefs, cooks, taking inspiration from the sea
£27.50
wine merchants and hospitality with his demo exploring the best
Danish food offers us fresh, seasonal fish and seafood from
pros are set to whip up a storm
seasonal flavours, a focus on the surrounding region. He’ll be
for the food fest’s annual
fish over meat, and plenty of demoing how to cook BBQ flat
Saturday night feast. Enjoy
techniques for pickling and fish with cockles and pepper
a mouth-watering menu of
preserving nature’s seasonal dulce tartare, along with a
dishes inspired by the food of
bounty. This class on modern delicious Sea trout tartar, apple,
the Mediterranean featuring a
Scandinavian cooking with Trine gin and nasturtium dish.
stellar line-up of chefs and food
Hahnemann will be a great
experts. Guardian columnist
opportunity to learn new skills,
and cook-book writer, Rachel The Vinegar Cupboard
techniques and ideas that you
Roddy, Chef and author, Rosie with Angela Clutton
can apply to familiar ingredients
Sykes chef and author Claire
to create different and exciting St Mary’s Priory
Thomson, Matthew Williamson,
meals. 11.00-12.00
Sam Son Rethel, Stacey Smith,
£16.50
Ben Llewelyn and Ruth Spivey.
Native over Fire With increasing recognition of
Cooking over fire the importance of vinegar to
Saturday Night Party balance and enhance flavours,
11.00-11.45
19.30 – 23.00 this store-cupboard staple
Free with festival wristband
The Castle is having a resurgence. Join
£20.00 Join champions of seasonal,
award-winning food writer,
wild British produce, Imogen
Our legendary Saturday night historian and author of The
Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes
shindig at Abergavenny Castle Vinegar Cupboard Angela
from Native as they show you
is back! The ancient walls will be Clutton as she takes you on a
how to cook up some unusual
brimming with live music once journey into the history, culinary
and delicious seasonal treats
more, so put on your dancing usefulness and significance of
over fire. They’ll be demo-ing
shoes and join us for this once- this everyday, yet ancient,
their ‘Clay Pigeon’, a wood
in-a-lifetime opportunity to rub ingredient.
pigeon cooked in clay in the
shoulders (and get raucous with)
embers, and accompanying
some of your favourite chefs.
it with sides of Burnt Beetroot
Hummus & Smoked Cabbage.
Tom Hunt
Photo by Neil White
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO
BUY TICKETS FOR OUR EVENTS
www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com
Or visit one of our festival box
offices during the weekend
23EVENTS
EVENTS
Matt Beynon from Wogan
The Future of Farming: Josh Eggleton of the Everything but the Oink Fish & Forage Gareth Ward of
Coffee, to explore the wonderful
a debate world of coffee - roasts, flavours Pony and Trap St Michael’s Centre Off-site, Linda Vista Gardens, Ynyshir
Borough Theatre and scent. Market Hall Stage 12.30-14.00 meet at the Castle Street Market Hall Stage
11.00-12.00 12.30-13.15 £22.50 box-office 14.00-14.45
Free Free with festival wristband Do you delight in the offaly 13.00-14.30 Free with festival wristband
Free with a festival wristband
Two seemingly opposite visions
Saltmarsh Lamb bits of pork or hate the idea of £22.50 Gareth Ward - Chef Owner of
Want to learn how to use your
Free with a festival wristband
on the future of food put and Lobster with Hywel eating trotters? If we are going Fancy dabbling in foraging? Ynyshir and Good Food Guide
kitchen garden in your cooking?
forward by two experts and Griffith of the Beach to eat less, but better quality Want to learn how to cook fish Chef of the Year 2019 - will
Josh Eggleton, owner and
advocates for food systems House chef patron of the Michelin
meat, learning how to consume over a fire? Join experienced cook one of his new dishes,
change in this lively and Welsh Chef Stage - starred Pony and Trap will
the whole animal is essential. foragers and chefs Matt Powell Black Cod, that features on the
interesting debate. Patrick supported by PGI Welsh guide you through how to do
Join free-range local pig farmer, and Alex Bluett as they guide 20-course tasting menu at the
Holden, organic farmer and Lamb/Beef just this. Expect to learn how
Martha Roberts, and writer and you through an introduction Michelin star restaurant that
director of the Sustainable 12.15-13.00 to bring different vegetables
broadcaster Tim Hayward as to foraging and fish cookery, showcases his philosophy of
Food Trust, has his feet firmly Free with festival wristband into everyday salads, preserve
they take you on a nose-to-tail expect delicious seasonal combining the best seasonal
in the soil. Professor Chungui journey of the pig. fish and hedgerow bounty. ingredients with influences from
flavours in vinegars, oils and
Lu believes no soil is necessary, Booking is a must – all forage Japan.
The Ultimate Burger ferments, and how to reduce
and that food can be produced The Pivotal Pig: 25 years tour information will be sent to
with DJ BBQ waste by using the whole plant.
participants ahead of time.
in our cities. of British food through the Voices at the Table - a
Cooking over fire
12.15-13.00 Blue Cheese & Prosecco eyes of St. JOHN culinary story salon
Free with festival wristband Borough Theatre Mezcal & Mas St Mary’s Priory
St Mary’s Priory
What makes a perfect burger? 12.30-13.30 13.00-14.00 Drinks Theatre 14.00-15.00
Join live fire chef and burger £16.50 £12.50 13.00-14.00 £7.50
Sour with Mark Diacono expert DJ BBQ as he shows Fergus Henderson and Trevor £16.50 What better way to spend a
Ever wondered what the blue
St Michael’s Centre you how to cook up two simple Gulliver, the team behind iconic Mezcal is a spirit on the rise, Sunday afternoon that sipping
bits in your stilton are, and
11.00-12.00 burgers - one classic that’s British restaurant, St. JOHN will storming out of the shadow on a delicious drink, nibbling on
how they got there? Why is
£16.50 perfect to cook with your kids, be discussing their new book, of big brother tequila with its snacks, and listening to readings
Prosecco bubbly and how is it
and a vegan option that will The Book of St John celebrating unique and smokey taste. Join about food from the leading
Sourness is where so much made? What makes it different
have even the meat lovers 25 years of cooking and reviving expert Sara Sanna from Bristol’s voices in the field. Voices At The
of food’s magic is, whether it’s to a Cava or Champage? Join
salivating. He’ll also solve the traditional English cuisine. It is Masa + Mezcal as she takes Table is an event series run by
the natural sours such as lime, Borough Market’s Heritage
eternal question - how to get hard to underestimate just how you on a flavour journey deep Miranda York in collaboration
pomegranate and kokum, or Cheese for this marvellous
properly melted cheese. much their food and philosophy into the heart of what makes with poet Anna Sulan Masing.
ferments including sourdough, masterclass in how to match
has changed the face of British this drink unique and how it’s Expect to hear inspiring tales,
kimchi, kombucha and vinegar, the finest blue cheeses with a
food. Borough Theatre visitors produced through a network of and laugh till your belly hurts.
using it well is the secret behind Darjeeling Express with wonderful array of sparkling
small-scale artisanal producers.
delights. can expect to be regaled with
creating great food. Join writer, Asma Khan
grower and cook, Mark Diacono trademark verve, discovering Pasta Masterclass with
Adult Cookery School the distinctive spirit of the
of Otter Farm, on a wander 12.30-14.00 Charred: When veg Emiko Davies & Rachel
through this under-appreciated original pioneers of nose-to-tail meets flames, with
£32.50 cooking.
Roddy
taste. Join celebrated Indian chef, Genevieve Taylor Adult Cookery School
Asma Khan of London’s Cooking over fire 14.30-16.00
Coffee & Cocktails Darjeeling Express as she 13.30-14.15 £32.50
Drinks Theatre delves into her favourite Free with festival wristband Join food writers and cooks
11.00-12.00 authentic Indian recipes from Want to learn how to produce Emiko Davies and Rachel Roddy
£16.50 Bengal, through Calcutta, to outstanding vegetarian dishes as they take you on journey into
Addicted to coffee, but also like the Himalayas and Hyderabad. over fire? Join Genevieve Taylor the heart of this much-loved
a cocktail or two? This class is Expect group cooking, large as she guides you through Italian staple. In this skill-led
for you, as we teach you how to sharing dishes, and stories of the magic that happens when masterclass, what some of us
combine the finest caffeinated our history and heritage from vegetables meet smoke and might see as ‘just an ingredient’
brews into a boozy tipple or this deliciously diverse continent. flames. She’ll be creating spicy is given the time and focus it
two. Cocktail aficionado Danny This is Asma’s Indian Kitchen. and unforgettable dishes with deserves. Using techniques
Walker of Bristol’s Psychopomp plantain, shallot, halloumi and from the Italian ‘nonne’ you
distillery joins coffee specialist okra that you will be rushing will create Agnolotti del plin,
home to recreate. Orecchiette and Cavatelli.
24 25EVENTS
Parsley, sage, rosemary used store cupboard staple … Food, Families & Life with
maple syrup. Sam & Shauna of Bee Wilson
and thyme with Jekka Hang Fire join James Golding,
McVicar Borough Theatre
Georgina Hayden, and Manon 15.00-16.00
St Michael’s Centre Lagrève using Canadian ‘liquid
14.30-15.30 £12.50
gold’ in creative and unexpected
£16.50 Join one of the UK’s most
Free with a festival wristband
ways.
influential food writers to discuss
Explore the role of herbs in your
the challenges and realities of
cooking, medicine and health,
eating well in the modern age.
with leading UK herb grower
Join critically acclaimed food-
Jekka McVicar. Whether you are
commentator, Bee Wilson for
interested in using wild or grown
an in-depth discussion about
herbs for health, wellbeing or
modern British food culture and
environmental concerns, or you
how to feed our families well.
just want to add interesting,
seasonal flavours to your food,
this tutored tasting workshop is Non-alcoholic Cocktails Charcuterie & Vermouth
for you. St Mary’s Priory
Drinks Theatre
15.00-16.00 15.30-16.30
Cookbook Confidential £16.50 £22.50
- How can we use locally When pairing food and drink our
Love a cocktail but less keen on
sourced, British produce mind often jumps to the classic
the alcohol? No problem, many
cheese and wine. But there are
to replicate international of the flavour combinations
other flavour combinations that
flavours we know and love come from
can tickle your tastebuds, like
The Dome, the Castle cocktails come from the
vermouth and cured meats. Join
14.30-15.30 botanical ingredients rather than
local producer James Swift from
Free with festival wristband the alcohol. Join Guardian drinks
Trealy Farm Charcuterie, and
How can we use locally sourced, writer Fiona Beckett, Callum
drinks maker and author Jack
British produce to replicate the Hutson of Real Kombucha and
Adair Bevan for a masterclass
international flavours we love? Seedlip Spirits, as they guide
that explores this perfectly
Talented chefs and authors, you through the best booze-free
balanced combination.
John Gregory Smith, John cocktails around.
Whaite and Alissa Timoshkina,
chaired by Jonathan Woods Zoe Adjonyoh - Puff
from the Guild of Food Writers puffs
will discuss how to replicate the Market Hall Stage
amazing flavours they’ve tasted 15.30-16.15
around the world. Free with festival wristband
Join exciting London chef Zoe
Adjonyoh from Zoe’s Ghana
Maple from Canada
Kitchen on a tasty exploration
with Hang Fire & special of West African food. She’ll be
guests cooking up Puff Puffs, a spiced
Cooking over fire Ghanaian donut with a quick
14.45-15.30 and easy sweet chilli sauce that
Free with festival wristband will leave you rushing home to
For the grand finale of our recreate this delicious dessert.
Cooking over Fire demo area;
we have no less than 5 of the
UK’s culinary super-stars getting
together to produce a stunning
feast showcasing an under-
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FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO
BOOK YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE
www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com
Or visit one of our festival box
offices during the weekend
Feasts
Gwleddoedd
No food festival is complete until you’ve
experienced the joy of sitting back and sharing Saturday 21st
a delicious meal with friends. Join multi award- September
winning chefs, restaurateurs and sommelier’s T
ready to create a one-off evening of food One D OU No More – A
More
SO L
Festival Feast With A
exploration not to be missed. Merry Band Of Chefs
St Michael’s Centre
19.00 – 22.00
Thursday 19th Friday 20th £55.00 Including Taster
Wine Flight
September September
A merry band of chefs, cooks,
wine merchants and hospitality
Community Feast History Cooked Food Club pros are set to whip up a storm
Market Hall The Chapel for the food fest’s annual
19.00 – 22.00 19.30 – Late Saturday night feast. Enjoy
£16.50 £50.00 a mouth-watering menu of
Our first feast of festival History Cooked is a food history dishes inspired by the food of
weekend is by the community, dining club run by chef and food the Mediterranean featuring a
for the community. Taking place writer Rosie Sykes and food stellar line-up of chefs and food
in the Market Hall, to celebrate historian Polly Russell. They experts. Guardian columnist
the installation of our famous are collaborating with Franco and cook-book writer, Rachel
festival decorations. The Angel Taruschio, the former-owner Roddy, chef and author, Rosie
Bakery will be cooking up a chef of the Walnut Tree and the Sykes chef and author Claire
storm of delicious produce, with man who put Abergavenny on Thomson, Matthew Williamson,
wine and soft drinks available to the food map for this not to be Sam Sohn Rethel, Stacey Smith,
purchase. missed feast. Ben Llewelyn and Ruth Spivey.
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HIGHLIGHTS
Its plentiful grass
results in outstanding
livestock
Farms across Monmouthshire
take advantage of the weather
to breed grass-fed livestock of
the very best quality. Find out
for yourselves the difference the
grass can make at our Mutton
Tasting with Black Welsh Lamb
(p.21) and hear from Martha
Roberts from The Decent
Company about how she takes
care of her rare breed pigs at
our Festival Farmyard talks
(p.41).
Go to www.visitmonmouthshire.com
for a full guide to what’s going on in
the food capital of Wales It has a mountain that
rhymes with orange
The Blorenge, at the corner of
FOCUS ON the Brecon Beacons National
Park overlooks the Usk valley
MONMOUTHSHIRE
and, also happens to rhyme with
Check out what’s going on
orange (which no other words
at the Drinks’ Theatre (p.47)
do). Along with the Sugarloaf
and our full list of stallholders
FFOCWS AR SIR FYNWY including Wye Valley Meadery
and the Skirrid, getting out and Our Monmouthshire Top 10
about for a ramble or a climb in
(p.86) and Untapped (p.83)
the Monmouthshire mountains
and get sampling some local 1 Climb one of the many mountains for the most
Monmouthshire is aptly labelled the food capital beverages for yourself.
to admire the incredible scenery
epic selfie
is a must.
of Wales due to its world-renowned farmers and
2 Head to an award-winning gastropub for a well-
food producers, but that’s not all it has to offer. You can have days out a
Monmouthshire is earned local beer
From rolling hills to wide rivers, fun days out and plenty
packed full of Michelin 3 Explore the ruins of Tintern Abbey
fine dining, Monmouthshire has a lot to offer From nine castles to days at the
stars
races, Monmouthshire is packed Get festive at the Abergavenny Christmas Fair on
before, during and after festival weekend. full of fun to be had year-round. Abergavenny’s own The Walnut
4
December 8th 2019
Over in Chepstow you can have Tree is just one of the many
award-winning restaurants in 5 Float down the River Wye in a canoe, a kayak or on
a day at the races, attend a live
There is power in the There is a thriving craft concert, or explore the incredible the county. While at the festival a stand-up paddle board
Monmouthshire soil brewing scene (and Norman castle which overlooks you can find out the story of 6 Have a wander round the vines at Sugarloaf
From their farm just outside distilleries too) the river. At Caldicot Castle that special place in our History Vineyard (one of our four vineyards)
Abergavenny, Paul’s Vegetables Across Monmouthshire small you can learn archery and over Cooked Food Club (p.28),
(p.89) supply veg boxes packed in Tintern you can explore the watch Chris Harrod from The 7 Learn archery at Caldicot Castle
businesses are starting,
full of rare varieties of fruit and taking advantage of the local remains of a Cistercian Abbey Whitebrook demonstrate his 8 Get on your bike at one of the hundreds of cycling
veg, and just round the corner produce and great water to and visit an Old Station for tea. culinary talent (p.36) and head
events
The Welsh Truffle Company make modern award-winning to our Welsh Chef Demo stage
(p.72) cultivate truffles of in association with Hybu Cig 9 Find your local farmers market and get your hands
beers, ciders and meads from
amazing aroma and flavour, due the grains, apples and honey Cymru / PGI Welsh Lamb & on some local produce
to the high concentrations of that the county has to offer. Beef (p.37) for more inspiration.
10 Visit next years Abergavenny Food Festival on
iron, copper, magnesium and And there are plenty of places September 19th and 20th
zinc in the soil. creating great local gin too. Monmouthshire –
Food Capital of Wales
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