A fine array of artisan food and drink from over 40

exhibitors over two days. Alfresco bar in Market Square

FRIDAY 20th & SATURDAY 21st MAY 2016

STAFFORD

Cheese , Ale and More Festival

www.stafford-towncentre.co.uk/cheeseandale

The Heart of Shopping

in Staff rd

Market Square, Stafford ST16 2BB tel 01785 223107 web www.guildhallstafford.com

Car Park Opening Times*Monday to Friday6.00am - 10.00pm

Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays8.00am - 8.00pm

Shop Opening Times

Monday to Saturday9.00am - 5.30pm

Sundays and Bank Holidays10.30am - 4.30pm

* Free Parking Sundays & Bank Holidays

Stafford’s successful Cheese and Ale Festival is running over two days this year. The event has proved a huge success, attracting tens of thousands of people to the town centre to become one of the town’s premier events. So an extra day has been added as it returns for a third time - becoming the Cheese, Ale and More Festival.

Producers of a fine array of artisan food and drink including cheese, bread, pies and chutneys, as well as brewers and cider and wine makers, will showcase their products in Market Square over Friday 20th and Saturday 21st May.

New events for Friday include Afternoon Tea and Scone Masterclass in the Market Square at 11.30am and 2.30pm, tickets can be booked by calling 01785 712217 and the Gin Jamboree (sold out) on Friday evening.

On Saturday top local chefs from the Staffordshire Chefs Forum will be getting the crowd’s taste buds going with live cookery demonstrations and there will be an alfresco bar and entertainment.

The festival, a joint venture between the Town Centre Partnership and Stafford Borough Council, and involving Staffordshire Chefs Forum, is staged in Market Square and Greengate Street.

We hope you enjoy our festival, if you need any information on the day, please visit our information point in the cookery theatre marquee.

Ian Thompson Chris Lewis

Chief Executive Chairman Stafford Borough Council Stafford Town Centre Partnership

Staff rd TOWN CENTRE PARTNERSHIP

to the 2016 Stafford Cheese,Ale and More Festival

Welcome

Sponsored by Taste of Staffordshire/Enjoy Staffordshire, Visit Stafford and Staffordshire Newsletter.

ExhibitorsStalls serving fine food and drink from cheese makers, brewers

and local artisan producers will fill the town throughout the weekend, starting in Market Square on the Friday and expanding to

Greengate Street the following day.

Farm To Shop | Hartington Cheese Co | Orsom Handmade Cheese

Moydens Handmade Cheese | All About Cheese | Nibble Nose Cheese

Snowdonia Cheese | Gwatkin Cider Co Ltd | Guernsleigh Cheese

Willow Cottage | Halfpenny Green Vineyards | Weal Ales Brewery

Titanic | Flavours | Hebridean Spirits & Liqueurs | Croome Cuisine

Bland’s Cider | Peakstone Rock Brewing | Real Food Shropshire

HurstView Cider | H S Bourne | Northumberland Cheese

Great British Cheese Co. | Lymn Bank Farm | Hatties Bakehouse

Slater’s Ales | Staffordshire Cheese Co. | Mikes Homemade

Buzzards Valley Vineyard |The Ely Gin Company Ltd | Pudding and Pie

Berkswell Cheese | Astons of Coven | Hindleys | Just Crisps & Just Oil

FRIDAY 20TH MAY

Festival Bar | 10.00am - 4.00pm

Scone Masterclass and Afternoon Tea

11.30am & 2.30pm

Join us in the marquee for afternoon tea and a scone making

demonstration by Sarah Hatton from Hatties Bakehouse. Tickets

are £13.50, pre-booking is essential. Please call 01785 712 217.

Organised by The Lewis Partnership

Gin Jamboree | 7.00pm

More than 80 different gins and 100s of tonic and garnish combinations.

Experts will be on hand to help guide you on the adventure and

there will be a Louisiana style Jambalaya supper.

Organised by Gin Jamboree

SATURDAY 21ST MAY

Festival Bar | 10.00am - 4.00pm

Live Music

from local band Blarney Stone.

Live Cookery Demonstrations 11.00am, 12noon, 1.00pm,

2.00pm & 3.00pm

A packed programme ofdemonstrations will take place

throughout the day in the Market Square cookery theatre.

The Great Chefs Challenge1.00pm

Two local chefs will go head to head in a ready, steady, cook

style challenge.

What ’s On

The Gin Jamboree

is now sold out

SATURDAY 21ST MAY, TIMETABLE

Matt Davies, Chairman of the Staffordshire Chefs Forum and Group

Executive Chef from The Lewis Partnership will host the Cookery Theatre. 11.00am | Chef Alan Jones, Keele Hall

12.00noon | Chef Mike Hughes, Harper Adams University

1.00pm | THE GREAT CHEF’S CHALLENGE Watch two top local chefs go head to head in a Ready, Steady Cook style

challenge… but beware… audience participation is required!

Chef Richard Finney, Stafford College Chef Jason Smith, Rise High Catering

2.00pm | Chef Matt Davies, The Lewis Partnership

3.00pm | Chef Phil Jones, Hartley Arms

The demonstrations are very popular, be sure to take your seats early!

MATT DAVIES, The Lewis Partnership Having held a strong two rosettes for culinary excellence for the past 17 years, Matt oversees the exceptional standards at The Lewis Partnership’s highly regarded eateries. As the current Chairman of the British Culinary Federation Matt has a string of awards under his belt and is a National Food Champion. Matt is also Chairman of the Staffordshire Chefs Forum and Chair of Judges for the Staffordshire Young Chef of the Year competition. Having cooked on TV no less than three times with the Hairy Bikers, Matt is no stranger to the limelight and his demonstrations always attract capacity crowds!

Meet the Chefs

Cookery Theatre

MIKE HUGHES, Harper Adams UniversityMike has worked in hotels and restaurants in the South West and London and ran the private boxes at Lord's Cricket Ground. He previously taught at Stafford College having run his own pub/restaurant in Suffolk with his wife, which was one of the first 100 pubs to get an entry in the Michelin guide in 1998. Now semi-retired Mike works three days a week as a chef at Harper Adams University where his wife is Head Chef.

RICHARD FINNEY, Stafford CollegeRichard started his career at The Chester Grosvenor which held a Michelin star for over 20 years. He owned his own country pub cooking good simple food before he moved to Fischer's at Baslow Hall (1 Michelin star, 4 AA rosettes). Richard is now a full-time lecturer at Stafford College and a member of the Staffordshire Chefs Forum.

PHIL JONES, Hartley ArmsHaving studied at Birmingham College of Food Phil has worked in a variety of restaurants from a beach side bistro in Fuerteventura to a 2 rosette restaurant in South Wales and Le Caprice in London’s West End. Following 12 years in the trade working as a chef across Europe and the UK, Phil has returned to his home village and is excited to be running “The Local”. He is excited to bring his knowledge and passion back to the pub where it all began, his first real job was behind the bar at the Hartley in Wheaton Aston.

ALAN JONES, Keele HallAs head chef at Keele Hall, Alan runs an award winning A La Carte restaurant which caters for up to 500 covers in the banqueting suite. Responsible for day to day operations the role allows Alan to showcase his culinary flair. Through years of training and determination he has achieved things that he never thought possible, including working alongside Marco Pierre White and cooking for celebrities and royalty.

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Home cooked food

12 hand pumps

Biannual Beer & Cider Festival

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Brewery Tours

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Private funtions

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FRIDAY 20TH MAY

The Swan |Swan Live | 8.30pmCome and party with Stafford's most popular band at The Swan Live Beer Festival. Cartoon Kings will be playing

live in the warmth of the heated marquee, which will also showcase beers and ales from local breweries.

SATURDAY 21ST MAY

The Ancient High House Mouse Hunt | 10am - 4pm

Children’s mouse trail and arts and crafts workshops. Can you find the

mice hidden in the museum mouse-holes? Mouse Trail free. Workshops

£2. Free admission to museum.

Ye Olde Rose and CrownCheese Tasting | All day

With a variety of cheese from around the shires complemented

by Joule's draught ales, and matching bottled beers.

The Swan | Swan LiveEnjoy a foot tapping afternoon in

The Swan’s Beer Festival marquee The Swan |Swan Live | 8.30pm

Relax to the finest sweetest soul sounds of the Smooth Groovers in

the heated marquee.

Stafford Indoor Market Cheese Rolling Competition Come along and have a go at

rolling a Babybel cheese, prize for the winner!

Peter Rogers Photographic Street Photography Workshop

with Matt Hart Join Fujifilm X photographer Matt

Hart for an outdoor workshop covering his candid style of street

photography. There will be two sessions with 6-8 spaces available. £29.99 per person. To book and for

more information call 01785 223810.

What ’s On

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Visit Stafford. Love Stafford and the surrounding area. Step back in time and discover our heritage, wander modern galleries and exhibitions, browse specialist shops and outdoor markets, experience fun events and family attractions. Explore the picturesque countryside, canal paths, tranquil parks and gardens. Then why not take a break by relaxing in award winning restaurants and cosy tearooms or why not stay longer? Visit the website or contact our Visitor Information team to see what’s on offer!

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Stafford Visitor Information CentreSituated in the foyer of Stafford Gatehouse Theatre, Eastgate Street, Stafford, ST16 2LT. E: visitorinfo@staffordbc.gov.uk Tel: 01785 619 619

Valid at the Stafford Gatehouse Theatre Coffee Shop only, not to beused in conjunction with any other offers. Code O&A Spring, Expires 30.09.15.

Visit Stafford. Love Stafford and the surrounding area. Step back in time and discover our heritage, wander modern galleries and exhibitions, browse specialist shops and outdoor markets, experience fun events and family attractions. Explore the picturesque countryside, canal paths, tranquil parks and gardens. Then why not take a break by relaxing in award winning restaurants and cosy tearooms or why not stay longer? Visit the website or contact our Visitor Information team to see what’s on offer!

2 for 1 fresh coffee Bring this voucher with you to the Stafford Gatehouse Theatre Coffee Shop for 2 for 1 hot drink (tea/coffee)

Stafford Visitor Information CentreSituated in the foyer of Stafford Gatehouse Theatre, Eastgate Street, Stafford, ST16 2LT. E: visitorinfo@staffordbc.gov.uk Tel: 01785 619 619

Valid at the Stafford Gatehouse Theatre Coffee Shop only, not to beused in conjunction with any other offers. Code O&A Spring, Expires 30.09.15.

Visit Stafford. Love Staffordand the surrounding area. Step back in time and discover our heritage, wander modern galleries and exhibitions, browse specialist shops and outdoor markets, experience fun events and family attractions!

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Staffordshire Local Community Fund Cllr Maureen Compton, Cllr John Francis, Cllr Trish Rowlands kindly support the Festival.

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