Shropshire Star

Thousands dine out at Shrewsbury Food Festival

[gallery] Up to 20,000 people descended on Shrewsbury's Quarry Park for the town's second annual food festival.

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The incident-free event was enjoyed by bumper crowds, who dined out on the best of local produce and enjoyed the best in unsigned Shropshire music.

Event chair Andy Richardson said: "The Shrewsbury Food Festival was an unprecedented success.

"We'd like to thank Shrewsbury for letting us borrow its park, our volunteers for making the event so family-friendly and, of course, the people who attended.

"We've booked the park for 2015 and we'll be back again next year."

Shrewsbury and Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynski, who opened the festival, said the event was on its way to becoming one of the best in the UK.

He said: "Shrewsbury is fortunate to have a number of exceptional events. Shrewsbury Flower Show is arguably second only to the Chelsea Flower Show and I am confident that the Shrewsbury Food Festival will soon be recognised as one of the best in England.

"It showcased the remarkable entrepreneurial talent of the town and, of course, the great skills of its food and farming communities. It is a wonderful addition to the town and I hope it will be part of Shrewsbury for a very long time.

"I would like to congratulate the team behind it because it is helping to breathe new life into the town."

Huge numbers of people filled The Quarry on Saturday and Sunday and enjoyed entertainment and plenty of food.

For a four-page special, and lots more pictures, see tomorrow's Shropshire Star and shropshirestar.com

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