The aim of the festival is to get children (and adults) from Bristol, out into the countryside learning about how and where our food should come from, how to grow and cook their own food and generally try to spark an interest in the topic through various mediums including hands on experience, tasting, art, movement and storytelling.

 

Teachers from local schools will be invited along with local families, Countryside education agencies, chefs, farmers will all be brought together to learn what resources are available to us and how we can work together to best use and preserve our wonderful countryside.

 

I was lucky enough to grow up in the Dorset countryside having all these benefits from a young age. It has certainly filled me with a real passion and protectiveness for farming and for the land itself. Food really is so important in our daily lives and we have some how lost sight of the connection between our food and where it comes from. The aim of Love Food is to build and to encourage this link in every way possible for customers to learn from suppliers and for suppliers to learn from customers.

 

Join us for the final Love Food of 2008 as we celebrate the festive season. After what has been a fantastic year we will be getting the regions finest producers together in a fantastic space with a wonderful party atmosphere for your enjoyment.

 

The Market will be full of seasonal delights, providing you with an excellent Christmas shopping opportunity including mince pies, cakes, cheese, fresh game, artisan bread, Christmas trees, chestnuts, cranberries, gifts, cards, seasonal flowers and more.

 

Children will be entertained by Love Foods very own 'Mad Granny Glynda’ who'll be making greeting cards, Bordeaux Quay's cookery school will be on hand with chocolate making workshops and we will be attempting to make the worlds longest ever paper chain..

 

The covered courtyard area will be crammed full of wonderful food for you to sit down and enjoy including a Bath Ales Bar, The Thali Café, Pieminister, Roasted Chestnuts and sweet crepes along with Bitesize who’ll be dishing out their ever popular ‘Good Food for small people’.

 

You'll be entertained as always by the Love Food DJ Mr Paul Rowley.. who'll be providing the soundtrack for you to enjoy while you shop, eat and drink.

 

The eagerly awaited 'Fudge Off' will be held at 4pm.. if any of you fancy yourselves as a 'Fudge expert' then please get in touch!!

 

There will also be a grand Raffle in aid of UNICEF.

 

Love Food has won the title of ‘South West Enterprise of the Year’ please look in our comments section to read about it.

 

May I take this opportunity to thank you all for your support with Love Food in it’s first year. The feedback has been incredible and we will return in 2009 with monthly markets taking place on the last Sunday of each month starting in March.