Participants
If you would like to host an event or get involved during the 2012 Melksham Food & Drink Festival please contact Melksham Town Council using the details opposite or download a booking form.
PARTICIPANTS BOOKING FORM FOR A STALL AT THE FOOD FAIR
PARTICIPANTS BOOKING FORM TO HOLD AN EVENT
Please contact us for special rates on organising an event and booking a stall.
Suggestions of ways to get involved
Producers
• Guided tours of your premises
• Tastings on your own premises or join promotions with suppliers or farm shops
• Special food events and demonstrations
Hotels/Restaurants/Cafes/Pubs
• Offer a special menu featuring local produce
• Special Festival breakfast – your own recipe
• Beer or wine tasting
• Pub quiz featuring questions on food
• Festival cream teas
• Dinner menus based entirely on vegetables
• Chocoholics night
• Gourmet dinner evening
• Learn to cook evenings or lunchtimes
Retailers and Associated businesses
• Food tasting in your shop
• Joint promotions with a local supplier or producer
• Special Festival offers
• Schools – special projects
Farms
• Open days or guided tours
• Farm shop tasting or family fun days
• Promote locally grown produce
Museums and Visitor Attractions
• Organise an event or mini-exhibition highlighting the history, culture or
production of food and drink in your area
• Link up with another Festival participant and run a joint event
• Special projects
• Cookery competitions
• Food related subject evenings
2012 Festival Participants:
Upton Cheyney Chilli Company
Jacqui's Homemade Sweets
The Greatest Little Coffee Box on Earth
Wild Berries
The Wiltshire Chilli Farm
Bry's Cupcakes
Lovejoys Foodstore
Bennett's on the Waterfront
More to follow......
The 2011 Food Festival was our largest yet with a huge range of stalls and events but we plan to be bigger in 2012.
2011 Festival Participants were:
ASDA (Headline Sponsor)
Dave Rolphs, General Store Manager Asda Melksham - Asda is pleased to be sponsoring next year's Melksham Food and Drink Festival. Being new to the community we want to meet people and find out about local products as we integrate into the community. I'm looking forward to work getting started on the store and supporting this prestigious local festival.
ASDA Website
ASDA Melksham Website
 Have Your Cake and Ice It
We're a local business baking cupcakes & sweet treats for all occasions. Specialising in gluten free recipes, we use the finest ingredients - locally sourced free range eggs, organic flour & fair trade sugar & cocoa. We also host cupcake decorating parties for children 5yrs+, hen parties & girlie nights in. We look forward to meeting you at the festival.
Email: enquiries@haveyourcakeandiceit.com
www.haveyourcakeandiceit.com
Facebook: Follow Have Your Cake And Ice It on Facebook
 Beechfield House Hotel, Restaurant & Gardens
A Gem of a country house hotel with 24 ensuite bedrooms all refreshingly different from one another. Enjoy the beautiful grounds, traditional afternoon tea, AA rosette fine dining or a beauty treatment with natural "Pure Fiji" products. Friendly yet professional staff compliment this wonderful building.
Beechfield House Hotel, Restaurant & Gardens, Beanacre, Wiltshire, SN12 7PU
Telephone: 01225 703700
Email: reception@beechfieldhouse.co.uk
www.beechfieldhouse.co.uk
Twitter: Follow Beechfield House on Twitter
 The Shaw Country Hotel, Restaurant & Gardens
The Shaw Country Hotel is all that you wish for. Whether a casual visitor, on business or on holiday you can be assured of the very best personal service from hosts John & Gay Lewis with their twin sons Paul & Nick.
Shaw Country Hotel, Bath Road, Shaw, Wiltshire, SN12 8EF
Telephone: 01225 702836/790321
www.shawcountryhotel.com
 The Pear Tree Inn, Restaurant & Gardens
The Pear Tree Inn is a delightful country pub and restaurant that also offers cosy, modern accommodation with 8 beautifully designed bedrooms. We are passionate about our real ale, homemade food and open log fires and welcome locals and visitors alike. Our popular menu is fresh and innovative.
The Pear Tree, Top Lane, Whitley, Melksham,
Wiltshire, SN12 8QX
Telephone: 01225 709131
Email: info@wheelerspeartree.com
www.wheelerspeartree.com
Autoline Garage
Chocolate Frost
Church Farm Meats
Clayford Farm Produce
Costco
Deli Allium
Flip Crepes
Glorious Cups
Herbs & Spices Limited
Home Grown Pigs
Ian's Wood
Jacqui's Homemade Sweets
Kittikrafts
Komix
Lovejoys Foodstore
MKS Food Distribution
Olives and Things
Plain Fresh Ltd
Rio De Oro
Roger Tilley - Beekeeper
Sainsbury's
Scalloping Around
Simon Weaver Organic
Springfield Dressing
Stainswick Farm Oil
The Cherry Tree (Newbury)
The Hot Hog Company
The Wiltshire Chilli Farm
Thip Thai Cuisine
Waitrose
Westbury Delicatessen
Widbrook Grange Hotel
2011 Festival Organisations Fair:
As part of the 2011 Food and Drink Festival we will be having an Organisations Fair with local voluntary groups providing information and hopefully recruiting new members. The following organisations will be present.
3rd Melksham Brownies
Bath and West Wilts Coeliac UK Group
Melksham ATC (2385) Squadron
Melksham Choral Society
Melksham Climate Friendly
Melksham Community Area Partnership
Melksham and District French Twinning Association
Melksham Lions Club
Melksham WI
Tree Aid
West Wiltshire Interfaith Group
West Wilts Palestinian Support Group
Wiltshire Mind
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
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