Ludlow Food Festival draws the crowds
Friday 9th September 2011, 12:01PM BST.
More than 20,000 people have started their journey to Ludlow to celebrate the region’s best food and drink at the town’s annual three-day food festival.
Star chefs including Ludlow’s Will Holland and Chris Bradley and former town cook Claude Bosi, who is ranked in the world’s top 50, were among those adding a dash of pizzazz to proceedings.
The festival launched last night with a VIP bash in the town and opened to the public today.
There are more exhibitors than ever before with around 150 artisan food and drink producers taking stands.
A full programme of talks, demonstrations, competitions and taste-offs is also planned.
Beth Heath, festival spokesman, said: “We are really excited about this year’s event.
“Somehow, we manage to put on more and more each year, to make the festival more exciting. This year is no exception.”
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At the “VIP bash” was any call made for donations to the East Africa Famine Relief Fund?
Did the Festival organisers even think of raising awareness of food poverty in the midst of their expensive food celebration?
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yes we all know about this famine and have given to charity but if we all stopped enjoying ourselves just because somewhere someplace in the owrld someone isnt then what are we living for. As long as we acknowledge others that suffer it is still possible to get on with our own lives thankyou
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At the Festival launch event the Ludlow Festival organisers made a donation to the Mayor’s charity,the Ludlow Foyer which is dedicated to providing a supportive environment for young people moving towards independence. The Mayor gave a speech explaining the work of the Foyer, and several of its young residents also attended the event.
The Festival’s own charity is Self Help Africa who had a stand at the Festival and they made money by providing a shopping creche.
Ludlow Food Festival is a non-profit making organisation.
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All of the food and drink for the VIP evening was donated by local businesses and NO money was spent organising the evening, just money raised for the Mayors charity, The Ludlow Foyer. All of the guests invited bought raffle tickets for the charity and supported the town and the festival over the weekend.
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