This year’s Taste of Timsbury festival of local food and drink is fast approaching, and the organisers are looking forward to a successful event. The festival will take place at Timsbury’s Conygre Hall on Saturday, 23rd September from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and entry is free.

This year’s event will have over forty stalls, both inside the hall and in a marquee pitched on the recreation field, and there will be a choice of street food available. All the stallholders are local to the area, and products featured include cheese,

charcuterie, meat, beer, cider, wine and liqueurs, speciality teas, bread, cakes, desserts, preserves, pickles and sauces, locally-produced Indian food, dips and hummus, health foods, vegetables, and even organic dog treats!

As they proved to be so popular last year, there will be cookery demonstrations, as well as activities for children, and there will also be displays featuring what is going on in the village, such as forthcoming cookery classes, promoting

growing your own food and cutting down on food waste.

Last year’s Taste of Timsbury festival contributed towards B&NES winning the 2016 British Food Fortnight ‘Love British Food’ national competition. Part of the prize included Co-op vouchers to the value of £250 – which will form part of the fantastic draw being held in conjunction with this year’s festival. Other prizes include dinner, bed and breakfast for two at The Pig near Bath boutique hotel; a voucher worth £180 from Vale House Kitchen cookery school in Timsbury; the offer of a ‘chef for the night’ from Elm Tree In-house Cuisine and a hot stone massage from Total Synergy. Draw tickets are available from various outlets in Timsbury, including the Seven Stars, Health and More, The Connies tearoom and Meadgate Farm Shop.

Taste of Timsbury is being made possible by generous sponsorship from Timsbury Parish Council, B&NES Council (through Timsbury councillor, Doug Deacon), The Seven Stars pub, Timsbury Co-operative (part of Radstock Co-operative

Society) and the various businesses and individuals who have donated draw prizes. Bath Events Company is generously donating free of charge a Capri marquee to be used as covered seating on the recreation field. For more information, see the website: www.tasteoftimsbury.co.uk, email us at: [email protected] or follow us on Facebook.