Wigan Food and Drink Festival 2011 starts today!

The Wigan Food and Drink Festival 2011 will take place 3rd - 13th March 2011

Now firmly established the Wigan Food and Drink Festival in the local and regional calendar. The festival in 2011 will be one of the largest Food and Drink Festivals in the North West of England.

Festival highlights include:

Wigan Beer Festival - 3rd – 5th March
Organised by Wigan CAMRA, this festival is one of the largest in England, attracting close to 4000 real ale connoisseurs. There will be the usual gallery of ales and beers from across the UK and the world along with great food and entertainment. By joining with the Wigan Beer Festival, the Wigan Food and Drink Festival can now truly boast to being one of the North West’s biggest and best.

The Food and Drink Events Programme
Come and indulge! Whether it’s the brewery tour, a cookery class, a menu launch, any of the fantastic evening events – there’s something for everyone, including the very special Italian Feast with Antonio Carluccio and Britain’s Best Dish Challenge with Ed Baines.

The Wigan Outdoor Market Kitchen Theatre - 7th – 12th March
One of the most popular elements of the Festival. 6 days of FREE events and activities featuring the brilliant ‘Skool Dinners’ – the battle for the title Wigan Mini Chef. Tasting sessions, food and drink giveaways plus cookery demonstrations by the borough’s top chefs and a sprinkling of top celebrities.

Food & Drink in the Community
New for this year we have joined forces with our Libraries and Heritage services in Wigan to provide something a little different. We have author visits from Milly Johnson and Adrian Tierney-Jones as well as talks on our local food delicacies. Heinz are also providing some extra special events with the history of Heinz, healthy eating and special tasting sessions. Sure to be an enhancement to our already established festival.

The Wigan Fine Food Trail
This is a recommended listing of the Borough’s top eating establishments. The restaurant partners will be those that represent the best of the Borough and thus support us in our quest to change perceptions and promote a message that Wigan possesses high quality restaurants with top chefs at the helm.

The Lancashire Hotpots
A FREE live outdoor concert by one of the country’s best loved and award winning comedy folk groups. Not to be missed, a real family treat!

For more information check out this website, contact the individual partner restaurants or alternatively:

Wigan Tourist Information Centre
01942 825677

► Visit the Tourism Information Centre website

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Posted: Thursday 3rd March 2011
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