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Who We Are
The festival was originally conceived by the West Dorset Food and Land Trust, with support from the Countryside Agency, The Marshwood Vale Magazine, Denhay Farms and Bridport Town Council, and was launched with the help of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in 2004. Over the last 20 years, the Festival has blossomed into a well-loved and hugely popular event, regularly attended by over 3000 visitors. It is a much-loved fixture in Bridport’s food calendar!
Whether you’d like to get involved in the planning of the Bridport Food Festival by joining our committee, staging a Food Event during the Festival week or find out how your business can get involved with Sponsoring the Bridport Food Festival please do contact us.
Beer Festival
As the Food Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary, we are super excited to be running our party in a field alongside them! 2024 sees a bigger line up on the stage with a Beerfest favourite Styilliano returning on Friday, open mic during the day followed by a DJ to build the night up and then for their first Beerfest double event we have Bridport’s best duo Shelby's Elbows and then rock covers from the newly established rock group Double D Junior! So, whether you're a beer enthusiast of just looking for a fun evening out, this festival has something for everyone!
When it comes to Bridport Round Table though and with years of experience we know the music gets a party going, but in true Bridport fashion it is mostly about the booze! So, what do we have planned! 80 beers, 40+ ciders, wine, cocktails, Pimm's and lager on tap! Plus we’re sure we will have a 2024 trick up our sleeve! For more details please email bridportroundtable@gmail.com - sponsorship options also available as all of our profits go to local requests, good causes and groups. We look forward to seeing you on 14th and 15th, Bridport Round Table.
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Food Matters
The Bridport Food Matters tent is set to celebrate projects related to their goal of promoting access to nutritious food for all forever. This year in particular they will be profiling the younger generation in the area who are taking forward food security and climate adaptation. Attendees can also expect to participate in a wide range of exciting activities, such as 'design your ideal community food hub' and pop-up cooking experiences. Partnering this year with Bridport Town Council, the Bridport Food Matters marquee will be a space for discussion on the recently released "Food Security Plan", what it is, what are the priorities, and how you can be involved in the Actions. There will be talks from local farmers and producers on their experiences, covering subjects such as seed saving, agro-ecology and soil improvement. The BFM tent will be a 'forum' as well as networking space, showcasing and giving space to various community food initiatives.
'Grow it cook it share it'
celebrating local produce
celebrating local produce
Every year the Young Cooks' Festival Kitchen combines cooking with play, creativity, learning & celebration - all focussed around food too - in a day of free, drop-in activities.
making delicious fresh breakfast smoothies with Bridport Youth Club
Watercleaves' legendary mud kitchen for the youngest cooks-to-be to play in
DELICIOUS DORSET KEBABS
STRAWBERRY CELEBRATION
'FIVE MILE' SANDWICH
PROGRAMME
TRADERS 2024
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We are one of the few remaining traditional farmhouse cheddar makers, producing three quarters of the UK volume. Traditional West Country Farmhouse Cheddar is made to methods and recipes that date back many hundreds of years. We use the highest quality milk, sourced from local, free-range dairy herds that graze the lush pastures of the surrounding countryside and the process is performed almost exclusively by hand.
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We are a small family run Gin Distillery from Bournemouth. We currently have 5 flavours. London Dry Gin Lemon Gin Orange Gin Lime Gin and sloe Gin. All in 50cl bottle apart from our Sloe that is in a 20cl hip flask. 5cl gift sets of the 4 main favours. We can also provide on site sales of Gin and mixers. We have a bar set up in our 3×3 m gazebo
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We Are A Family Run Smallholding In The Heart Of The Winterbourne Valley. Offering Farm Visits, Alpaca Walking & Experiences, Pedigree Pork, Pedigree Goat Meat & Free Range Eggs For Sale From The Farm Gate. We Have Breeding Stock & Pet Purchase Stock Available For Sale From Our Pedigree Boer Goats, Rare Breed Pedigree Oxford Sandy & Black Pigs and Huacaya Alpacas. We Also Offer Catering Services With Our Own Hog Roast Machine & Traditional Jacket Potato Oven, Available for Functions & Events.
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The amazing chef’s sharpener with suction cup, the ideal tool for bringing old blades back to new whilst maintaining the correct angle. Plus the professional samurai chef’s knife collection, a beautiful set of perfectly balanced knives. Both products are a must for amateur and professional chef’s alike.
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Gold award winning gins , rums and vodkas. We use only natural fresh ingredients supporting and using Dorset farms and suppliers. We are focused on fantastic natural flavours and making them affordable to everyone. We use organic 70cl bottles smaller 20cl bottles and 5cl miniatures.
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Isaac Cider is all about family.
Grown and produced on our third-generation family cider farm in Dorset.
Named in honour of our long-lost great uncle: Sir Isaac Newton.
It’s a cider made for getting together and cracking open a
bottle of the good stuff. And there’s not much more science to it than that!
Picked by Friends, Made by Family, Best Drunk with Both
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Handmade and hand painted ceramics that grate, zest and grind fresh ingredients
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Good Game Grill – Devon Burgers We produce our burgers using fine quality Devon Ruby Beef, Local Wild Shot Venison and specials like Devon Lamb and Devon Wagyu. We pickle our own slaws, we have our own recipe sauces such Aioli, Truffle Mayo and BBQ, we top our burgers with with customer choice of Melted Good Game ‘Nduja, Good Game Chorizo or Bacon Jam, Chilli Jam, Emmental Cheese and Dry Cured Bacon. We even have a local bakery produce a bespoke brioche bun
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Authentic German bratwurst sausages including currywurst and frites
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Founded in 1961, WWF is the world’s leading independent conservation organization working in more than 100 countries to create solutions to the most important environmental challenges facing the planet so that people and nature can thrive. Their work centres around restoring wildlife, sustaining forests and oceans and reducing carbon emissions. The current campaign in the UK focuses on protecting our rivers and seas.