Archive for October, 2010
Llangollen Gala Dinner
Northern Marches Cymru and Cadwyn Clwyd worked in conjunction with Xuberance to put on the first Llangollen Food Festival Gala Dinner. The idea behind the dinner was to promote the use of produce from Flintshire, Denbighshire and Wrexham in local restaurants, hotels and businesses.
Graham Tinsley from the Welsh Culinary Team created the menu for the evening, before the dinner commenced he spoke about his choice of menu and where he sourced the ingredients from.
Menu
A light mousse of smoked and cured trout with Jerusalem artichoke cream and pickled cucumber
Chirk Trout Farm and Smokery (Wrexham)
Breast of free range chicken with wilted greens, thyme braised potato fondant and autumn root vegetable gratin topped with Welsh rarebit.
Blas Tyn-y-Celyn, Ruthin (Denbighshire)
Chocolate and orange tart with raspberries and Chantilly cream
Kokonoir Chocloates, Broughton (Flintshire)
Snowdonia Cheese Board
(Denbighshire)
Wrexham Blend Tea and Coffee
(Wrexham)
Llangollen Food Festival
Local Food First Stand
The Local Food project had a stand at the food festival for the duration of the weekend. The idea for the presence of the project was to encourage people to identify Wrexham based producers and gain awareness of the project and the work undertaken. The stand gave away over a 1000 free bags over the weekend which contained information on the project and the website. Many people asked questions and were keen to find out more about local food.
Local Food First Areas
Local Food First created two Wrexham branded areas, with the first being located in the foyer and the second being located in the arena area. The foyer saw six Wrexham producers being located next to one another in an area which had been decorated with Local Food First Wrexham bunting. In the arena a further six Wrexham producers were grouped together along with the Wrexham and Shropshire Railway, Clear Black Wine Company and the Local Food Project, this area was also decorated with bunting. The idea behind the grouping of Wrexham producers and the bunting was to raise awareness among the public of food producers from Wrexham and the fabulous produce that came out of the county.
Wrexham Producers Present at the Festival:
Aballu Truffles, Llay (Handmade truffles and chocolates)
Blue, Bettisfield, (Blueberry sauces)
French Flavour, Johnstown (Imported French products and Dee Valley rapeseed oil)
Veggie Fayre, Wrexham (Chocolate brownies and humus)
Chirk Trout Farm, Chirk (Trout products)
Lewis’s Farm Shop, Eyton (Meat, sausages and backed goods)
Home Farm, Overton on Dee (Sausages)
Orchard Pigs, Bwlchgwyn (Tractor wheel pies)
Lovebite Cupcakes, Rossett (Cocktail cupcakes)
Just Tea and Coffee, Wrexham (Wrexham blended tea and coffee)
Seren Foods, Bangor on Dee (Wine based jellies)
Other Wrexham Companies:
Wrexham and Shropshire Railway (Serves local produce on board trains)
Clear Black Wine Company (Wrexham based wine merchant)
Local Food First Wrexham (Promotion of local food and drink producers)
