Archive for April, 2011
Wrexham on a Plate – Recipe Competition
WREXHAM ON A PLATE
A newly opened coffee shop at the Wrexham County Borough Museum & Archives is inviting the people of Wrexham to present examples of typical dishes from the area.
“We’ve been astounded by the popularity of our bara brith and lobsgows,” said Paula Hanmer of Bwtri. “We thought it would be interesting to take this a step further to see what other traditional dishes Wrexham people may have.”
Bwtri, a True Taste gold award winning deli/cafe, opened last February, and are accepting applications until the end May 27th.
“It could be ‘Nain’s’ old recipe or a traditional family dish,” added Paula. “We’d like a copy of the recipe with a short description of its history and any other interesting story that may accompany it.”
Up to four dishes will be chosen and will go forward to be featured on the Bwtri’s Specials menu in June, with each winner receiving a £25 Bwtri hamper of Welsh food. Three age categories have been set up to encourage foodies of all age to compete.
“We have a under 11s category, under 18s and the adult category,” said Paula. “We’ve also teamed up with Local Food First Wrexham to promote the competition as we’re keen to feature as much local produce in the winning recipes as well.”
“Traditional dishes can say a lot about an area’s culture and heritage,” explained Caroline Dawson who is the local food project officer from Northern Marches Cymru, “and we’re very pleased to be able to work with Bwtri to support this competition.”
The local food project has received funding through the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-2013 which is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
Entry forms are available from the museum, by phoning 01758 613113, e-mailing taste@bwtri.com or by downloading from www.localfoodfirstwrexham.co.uk CLICK HERE Submissions will be judged by Paula and Caroline.
Bwtri, has also launched a new group catering menu to compliment Wrexham County Borough Museum & Archives stunningly refurbished meeting rooms which can cater for groups of four people to over a hundred. If you are looking for a meeting venue and want to experience the Bwtri menu, then give the Museum a call on 01978 297460 to find out more.
Wrexham Food Festival 2011 – Cancelled
With regret this years Wrexham Food Festival will not be taking place, this is due to issues with the event management company and not Local Food First Wrexham. It was due to be held on the 14th and 15th of May on Llwyn Isaf. Every effort is being made to work with a new event company to bring the popular event back for 2012. Lots of other food events are in the pipeline for 2011, so please visit the events page on this website, add localfoodfirst as a friend on facebook or watch out for press releases in the local press.
Taste of Wrexham Gala Dinner
Local Food First has joined forces with Yale College to put on a fabulous “Taste of Wrexham” Gala Dinner which will be held on Wednesday 11th May 2011 at the Rendezous Restaurant. The three course dinner will be sourced solely within Wrexham County Borough. The aim of the dinner is to encourage local food establishments to use more local produce and attempt to recreate the dishes on their own menus. The black tie evening will allow networking with the producers that have reared, grown and produced the ingredients for the dinner.
If you are a food business from within Wrexham County Borough and would like to attend please call 01978 298384 before the 21st April 2011.
