Wimborne is set to celebrate ‘food, glorious food’ with a brand-new food festival on Saturday, 14th September: events, tastings, demos and talks will be taking place all around the town from 11am until 4pm. Meet Maggie Richardson, Great British Bake-Off contestant, discover the secrets of Indonesian cooking with Yayu Slocock – author, chef and owner of A Taste of Rasa Sayang – and hear from Kingston Lacy head gardener Andrew Hunt and café manager Phil Anderson. Get top tips from Michael Russell, head pastry chef of Le Petit Prince Patisserie and cake maker to royalty, and wash this down with a guided beer tasting by Laura Green, co-owner of independent craft beer bar The Butcher’s Dog.
In addition to the festivities, there will be a self-guided food walk, organised by award-winning Salamander Cookshop, taking visitors around Wimborne to meet local food retailers and discover some of the town’s specialist offerings.
You can join in too – put on your pinny and bake a Dorset Apple Cake for the Dacombes of Wimborne Cake Competition. Bakers of all ages are encouraged to create their most delicious and visually stunning Dorset Apple Cake and bring it to the marquee on Willow Walk at 2:30pm, where BBC Repair Shop star Sonnaz Nooranvary will be the celebrity judge!
Keep an eye out for more details, including a Food Walk map, available at pick-up points around town.
