Dorset Food and Drink The Guide 2017 The Guide 2017 | Page 97

FOOD EVENTS & FESTIVALS 2017 E ach year, we get very excited about the food festival season – the perfect day out where you can taste lots of produce, buy from your favourite producers and enjoy cookery demonstrations from top Dorset chefs. This year two festivals celebrate their 10th anniversary – Dorset Knob Throwing and the Dorset Seafood Festival. Here’s the list of Food Festivals in Dorset for 2017… Leigh Food Fair Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival Dorset Food & Arts Festival Screenbites (various venues across Dorset) Saturday 29th July ilesfarm.co.uk/leigh_food_fair Sat & Sun 9th & 10th September cheesefestival.co.uk Saturday 5th August dorsetfestival.org 21st- 29th October screenbites.co.uk Food Rocks Lyme Regis Wimborne Minster Food & Drink Festival Sat & Sun 19th & 20th August hixrestaurants.co.uk Saturday 21st October foodevents4u.co.uk Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show Wednesday 16th August gillshaftshow.co.uk Dorset Food & Drink Christmas Fair Athelhampton House Melplash Show Sat & Sun 25th & 26th November dorsetfoodanddrink.org Thursday 24th August melplashshow.co.uk Dorset County Show Sat & Sun 2nd & 3rd September dorsetcountyshow.co.uk Follow @DorsetFoodDrink 97