So much for spring on 24 March, it was more like midwinter. We couldn’t even find the raised beds, never mind getting them ready for planting.
So, please mark SUNDAY 14 APRIL on your calendar as the day that we work on the garden. Same place and same time – 11am. Look forward to seeing you there.
Maureen (01298 871542) & Judy (01298 872408)
Many people have asked if they can catch up with the Village SOS programme the BBC made about Taste Tideswell. It is now on YouTube and available here.
Tideswell’s 2012 Food Festival proved to be an outstanding success. The day long Food Festival ran on 5th of May and attracted hundreds of keen food loving visitors from far and wide. Over fifty stalls lined Church Street and Fountain Street selling a fantastic variety of food from African jerk chicken to chilli cheese, from chocolate to cupcakes. Tideswell-based community groups also took out stalls.
During the day, singers, dancers and guizers entertained the crowds who weren’t even deterred by the brief snow(!) shower. The village traders were just as busy as the stall holders, many of whom sold out quite early on in the day.
The Tideswell School of Food, held cookery demonstrations and wine tasting throughout the day and hundreds of folk went on organised tours to learn more about the school and why we’re here. The community kitchen received a steady stream of visitors keen to learn more about what to plant and when. Meanwhile Taste Tideswell’s education office Michelle, ran children’s competitions which proved popular. High Peak Radio broadcast from the festival all morning.
The Food Festival was organised this year by Phil Walker from Tideswell Stores and other traders with the support of the Taste Tideswell staff.
Feedback received has been overwhelmingly positive, many traders commenting that it was the best Food Festival they’d ever been to.
For a fantastic blogpost from a visitor, please click here.
Taste Tideswell is recruiting for a new Head of Operations. Taste Tideswel’s chairman Pete Hawkins was interviewed on High Peak Radio about the projevct and the post.
You can hear the interview again - High Peak Radio Interview – Pete Hawkins.
This year’s Food Festival on 5th May 2012 is beginning to take shape. We’ve already have had a number of stall holders booking their places and if you’re a producer or retailer then do contact Phil Walker at Tideswell Stores to book yours. This years Food Festival will take place throughout the village and involve as many of the local shops and pubs as we can.
The Tideswell School of Food will be running cooking demonstration throughout the day and John Hattersley from Hattersley Wines will be running a session on wine tasting, something that is bound to be popular.
Taste Tideswell and the Tideswell School of Food is looking for a new Head of Operations. We’re looking for an outstanding individual who can continue to innovate and make the Tideswell SChool of Food the best cookery school in the country. If you’d like an informal chat please call Juliet at The School of Food on 01298 871262. The job description is here – Head of Operations Job Description- Tideswell School of Food.
Good morning Australia… if you’d like to talk to Pete, Phil or Penny from Penny’s Pud’s we’re live on Facebook now.
Here’s the link direct to the School of Food’s Facebook page.
The Village SOS programme featuring Taste Tideswell the the Tideswell School of Food is being broadcast in Australia. Going out on the LifeStyle TV Channel. Pete, Phil and Penny from Penny’s Puds will be talking after the programme with Australian viewers on Facebook.
WHY SHOULD WE SHOP LOCALLY?
Save money– a round trip to Buxton costs about £3.00* plus parking
You might be surprised by how keen some of the prices are in Tideswell. Don’t forget that a supermarket typically stocks around 30,000 items but often promotes only a fraction of those at a time. We are very lucky to have Tideswell Stores and the Co-Op that run keen promotions and supplement the ranges of the other specialist food shops in the village.
Taste Tideswell was set up to bring more trade to the village so that our local shops and cafes would survive and thrive. The School of Food and the publicity from the Village SOS TV programme has given trade a welcome boost. But around 1 in 3 villagers do less than 10% of their shopping locally. As winter arrives and we enter the slow season for tourism, villagers should support local shops- and not just when the snow falls. You’d miss them if they weren’t there.
SHOP LOCALLY, IT’S THE SMART THING TO DO
*based on 18 mile round trip @35mpg and fuel at £1.35/litre
RT @Edesiaskitchen: Looking forward to tutoring Baking the UK @tideswellfood Sunday. Homity Pie, Sally Lunn, Curd Tart, Welsh Cakes.Kentist… - posted on 24/05/2013 20:40The forecast is looking good for getting out in the kitchen garden on Sunday. From 11am. Are you coming? http://t.co/K3XJOmYw1y - posted on 24/05/2013 19:41