Leamington food and drink festival set to return this weekend

If you are a huge foodie, you are in luck as the Leamington Food and Drink Festival is set to return this weekend on September 9 and 10 between 10am to 6pm.

The free event will be held in the Pump Room Gardens, is organised by BID Leamington and is returning to the town for its sixteenth year. It will feature live cook-off competitions, cooking demonstrations, live music and a variety of children's activities.

Across the weekend, there will be more than 115 food and drink exhibitors, including 40 town centre businesses to showcase the very best of food and drink across the region.

The event will also host the Coventry and Warwickshire Foodie Awards 'Cook off of the Chefs' final at 4pm on Saturday, and the popular Aubrey Allen competition at 1pm on Sunday.

Check out some of the list of local exhibitors who will be in attendance:

Anatolian Olive Oil Company - Olive Oil
Aubrey Allen - Meat and Cheese
Auntie's Sauces - Indian Sauces
Banh Mi Caphe - Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches
Bare, Handmade Natural Food - Vegan Falafel
Bare Bones Churros - Churros
Bearley Vineyard - English wines
Bedford Street Bar - Bar and food
BeeNatural Wraps - Beeswax wraps
Beki's Brownies - Brownies
Ben's Biltong - South African groceries
Buddha Belly - Thai inspired street food
Café Cannoli - Cannoli
Cajun Kitchen - Cajun and Creole
Caking and Baking - Cakes, brownies and cupcakes
Carluccios - Italian
Cenu Cacao - hot and cold chocolate
Chip shop van - fish and chips
Church Farm Brewery - craft beers
Churros Susanna - Churros
Croome Cuisine Cheese
Cureights - Charcuteries
Dales Handmade Bakes - Brownies and bakes
Decanter Spirit - Bar
Dough and Brew - Sourdough Pizza
Empress Ales - IPA
Fat Birds Café - cakes, teas and coffee
Feed Fried Chicken - buttermilk chicken
Fizzy Moon - cocktails and beers
Flint and Flame - Kitchen knives
Flying Cows - Burgers and Fries
Foodylicious - coffee pods and rum
Fosse Way Brewery - Craft Ale
GB Cheese
Giggling Squid - Thai Food
Good Food Cartel - Mexican Street Food
Gourmet Spice Co - Spices
Haldii - spices and mixes
Hallouminati - Halloumi Fries
Harkers - Fudge and sweets
Hart - cocktails, spirits, wines and brownies
Homewrecker - pimento cheese
Ikoyi Chapmans - soft drinks
Jaccs coffee - flavoured coffee beans
Jane Elizabeth Fudge - homemade fudge
Jethro Marinades - sauce marinades

BID Leamington project manager, Alison Shaw, said: "With just days to go until this year’s event, we are extremely excited to welcome visitors to the Pump Room Gardens this weekend. We will have a wide range of food and drink on offer, including from some of our fantastic town centre businesses, as well as a whole host of entertainment.

"Leamington Food and Drink Festival is one of the town’s most popular events which is enjoyed by people of all ages, and we’re sure that this year will be no different," she added.

For more information about the event, and to see the full list of exhibitors, click here.

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