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| Sussex Foodie News, March 2012 |
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| Dear Sussex Foodies,
Spring is in the air and some of the foodie highlights of the year are just around the corner. Read on to make sure you don't miss them!
Paula Seager
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Brighton Food & Drink Fest 'Spring Harvest'
Get ready for the best Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival 'Spring Harvest' yet - with a tasty line up of foodie events, kicking off on 30th March until 9th April 2012, celebrating great Sussex produce and some of the best regional fare from across Europe.
Tickets are now on sale for many of the events, starting with the Sussex Beer Festival at Pub du Vin on 30th & 31st March, the Sussex Gourmet Bus Tour on a vintage Routemaster bus on 31st March and a programme of fun suppers, tastings, markets, cooking demonstrations and competitions, including the Great Brighton Cake Bake Off.
Friday 6th and Saturday 7th April, just before Easter Sunday, brings the Big Sussex Market and Live Food Show, the centrepiece of the festival, which is run in the city's trendy North Laine and Brighton Dome complex and is free for the public to drop in and enjoy. This year, it will include a Children's Food Festival including chefs from CBeebies 'I Can Cook', a community food area and the finals of the Brighton Mini Mix Off cocktail competition. Find out all about it at www.brightonfoodfestival.com.
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Sussex Food Business Sponsorship Opportunities
We are seeking sponsors for the Brighton & Hove Foodie Awards 2012, which attracted over 5,000 public votes last year for the city's favourite restaurants, food pubs, caf�s and independent food shops.The awards, which are now in their third year, open for votes on 30th March and are managed by Natural PR with support from Juice 107.2 and Latest7.
Sponsorship for the Sussex Food & Drink Awards is close to being finalised too, with top businesses and organisations in the county supporting, but there is still room for one or two more, so if you own a company which will benefit from being associated with the most prestigious and high profile food and drink scheme and event in the county, contact Sandra Murphy on sandra@naturalpr.biz or call 01273 857242. You can find more about these schemes at www.brightonfoodawards.com and www.sussexfoodawards.biz.
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 Important changes for Sussex Food & Drink Awards entries!
This year the Sussex Food & Drink Awards 2012/13 will open for nominations and applications from contenders much earlier - at the end of March! Stay tuned to www.sussexfoodawards.biz to enter your favourite Sussex food and drink producers, food shops, butchers, farmers, farmers markets, young chefs and places to eat. And this year, we want to know a bit more about the nominees and why you have put them - or yourself - forward. Judges will review entries over the coming few months and a shortlist of the best contenders will be announced on 7th June at the South of England show launch, with public voting re-opening then for people to vote for their favourites on this list. Queries to sandra@naturalpr.biz or call 01273 857242. www.sussexfoodawards.biz. |
 All Aboard for Sussex Gourmet Bus Tour!
Hop on board the Vintage Route Master in Brighton and set off for a culinary tour of Sussex, visiting some our best food and drink producers and seeing 'behind the scenes', all in the excellent company of fellow Sussex Foodies, hosted by the lovely Hilary Knight from Sussex Food & Drink Network. Taste your way through Sussex, with chocolate at Cocoa Loco, cheese at High Weald Dairy, beer at WJ King and Sussex bubbly from Court Garden Vineyard. You will also get to see how Sussex Gold makes their award-winning rape seed oil and enjoy a superb local produce lunch at The Crabtree, Lower Beeding. Book your tickets now at http://bookings.buses.co.uk/
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Arundel renews Fairtrade Town status
Arundel became the first Fairtrade Town in West Sussex in 2004 and is now celebrating renewing this status, following a tough recertification process. The town council had to pass a resolution; Arundel had to demonstrate that Fairtrade products are available in even more local shops and catering outlets; local churches and community groups have shown their support and the annual Arundel Fairtrade & Ethical Fair is now an established event in the town's calendar, including 50 stalls. Important to this success has been the generosity of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, who support Arundel's Fairtrade Town status by allowing use of the Castle for this event.
http://step.fairtrade.org.uk/
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What's On...
30 March - Brighton & Hove Foodies Opens for Votes at www.brightonfoodawards.com
30-31 March - Sussex Beer Festival, Pub du Vin, Brighton (12-5pm & 6-11pm) - www.hotelduvin.com
30 March - Chilli Challenge, Rendezvous Casino, Brighton Marina - www.brighton.rendezvouscasino.com
31 March - Sussex Gourmet Bus Tour, all day - www.brightonfoodfestival.com
31 March -1 April - Cakes & Bakes Festival, Churchill Square, Brighton - www.churchillsquare.com
31March - Whisky Lounge Fest, Hilton Brighton Metropole (12-5pm) -www.thewhiskylounge.com
4 April - International Chef Exchange Dinner, Drakes, Brighton - www.drakesofbrighton.com
6 & 7 April - Big Sussex Market, Live Food Show & Hands on Children's Events, New Road, Jubilee Street and the Corn Exchange, Brighton - www.brightonfoodfestival.com
9 April - Brighton Fish Festival, Moshi Moshi, Bartholomew Square, Brighton - www.brightonfoodfestival.com
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