Author: Alex Paul

Look out for two great farmers markets at the end of August. The British Summer carries on so enjoy yourself at these two popular markets.

Firstly we kick off with Sudbury Farmers Market winding itself down Market Hill on Friday 26th August with up to 30 artisan stalls. There’s fresh bread from Tensheds, fresh veg from Sunshine & Green plus sausages from Totham Bangers and fresh local meat from Wigborough Meats at Garr Farm. Mena brings her popular samosas and there are fresh bagels from Beats & Bagels as well as jams/chutneys from The Jam Shed plus many many more!

Then to follow up on Sunday 28th August is our award wining farmers market at Lavenham. Over 30 stalls set up outside the village hall including fresh meat and milk from Colletts Farm, honey from BeeHouse, vegan pastries from Norwegian Bakers and home made pies from Compleat plus many more great local artisan producers.

Two great markets all in one August weekend – everyone welcome including dogs!

Please note that we are not running our market in Felixstowe’s Beach Street this Saturday.

If you are going to Felixstowe this weekend we hope you have a lovely day on the coast and we look forward to seeing you at one of our other markets in the coming weeks – just check our calendar for all details of our upcoming markets.

Its been a long and sometimes frustrating wait but when it finally arrived we had a wonderful day.

Many thanks to all of you who attended – I hope you enjoyed the day as much as us – we received some amazing feedback!

The kitchen marquee was packed all day so we guess you all enjoyed the great line up of chefs, bakers and butchers and all our local artisan producers said they received great feedback from all the visitors.

Look out for all the pictures and updates on the Taste of Sudbury festival website coming next week

There’s something for all the family.

The festival has always attracted all the family to attend and there is something for everyone this Saturday. As well as all the street food and drinks (including those for kids) plus ice creams, we have also arranged for Hollow Trees to bring a little part of their farm trail so children will be encouraged to learn about local agriculture and meet some farm animals. Greenacres Farm are bringing their piglets as well!

Plus let those kids get their hands dirty with free pottery sessions with Kiln Cottage Pottery – there will be clay activities all day in their gazebo.

This festival is all about celebrating everything that is great about local food and drink and that applies to our kitchen demos as well.

On Saturday we have a wonderful mix of local chefs, bakers and butchers on the stage.

We kick off with Will & Simon Wooster – father and son team behind Woosters Bakery with tips on home baking. Head butcher at Hollow Trees Anthony Gellard will give us some great tips on preparing lamb whilst Greg Strolenberg, owner of Lavenham Butchers, will show us his skills in dealing with muntjac.

Look out for cooking demos from Jon Jackaman from Ice Kitchen who will also be compering the day, plus Alan Paton and his amazing pork dishes. Greig Young from Northgate gives us something sweeter whilst Sam Sturmer from The Brewers Arms in Rattlesden is showcasing lamb. Lee Cooper from The Bedford Lodge shows up his platinum jubilee salmon dish with hints of Gin & Tonic – wow!

The Taste of Sudbury Food & Drink Festival is a fantastic one day event celebrating the very best food & drink we have in this region!

This year we have had to move the festival to Melford Hall – please click here to read the reasons why