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Saturday 19 - Sunday 20 September
Food Tasting Weekend at Grange Farm Shop
An opportunity to meet our local suppliers and taste some of the delicious food and drink available. Sample new products and gain recipe ideas from our cookery demonstrators.
Grange Farm Shop, Hasketon, Woodbridge
10.00 - 4.00
t: 01473 735610, e: grangefarmshop@aol.com
 
 
Saturday 26 September to Sunday 4 October
Simply Delicious Tasting Week
Simply Delicious will be offering a selection of foods to sample daily. Monday will feature Simply Delicious' home-made cakes, Tuesday olives, Wednesday cheese, including Suffolk Gold and blue, Thursday drinks including coffee and James White apple juice, Friday home-made buffet collection, Saturday chocolate tasting including Booja-Booja.
Simply Delicious, 70 High Street, Leiston
11.00 - 2.00
t: 01728 833078


 
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  Saturday 26 September, Saturday 3 October  
  Budgens Local Food Promotion  
  Meet local producers and sample their products
Budgens, Woodbridge
All day
 
     
     
  Monday 28 September, Wednesday 30 September, Friday 2 October  
  Adnams Brewery Tours  
  Tour of Adnams brewery followed by a tutored tasting.
Adnams, Southwold
2.15 - 3.15 (check web site for additional dates & times)
£10 pp
t: 01502 727225, www.brewerytours.adnams.co.uk
 
     
     
  Tuesday 29 September  
  Munchy Seeds – behind-the-scenes tours  
  Behind the scenes tours of the Munchy Seeds site to see how these award-winning seedy snacks are made.
Munchy Seeds, Eastlands Road, Leiston
Tours at 10.00, 11.00, 12.00, 3.00 and 4.00
Free – booking essential
t: 01728 833004, e sales@munchyseeds.co.uk, www.munchyseeds.co.uk
 
     
     
  Tuesday 29 September  
  An evening of East Anglian cheese and charcuterie  
  Lawson's Delicatessen, in conjunction Hamish Johnston Fine Cheeses, Lane Farm Suffolk Salami and Slaughden Wines will host a masterclass on East Anglian and English cheeses and Suffolk charcuterie accompanied by wine supplied by Slaughden Wines in Aldeburgh.
Church Hall, Aldeburgh
6.30 - 8.00
£6.00
t: 01728 454052, e: info@lawsonsdelicatessen.co.uk, www.lawsonsdelicatessen.co.uk
 
     
     
  Wednesday 30 September  
  Apple Pressing at James White  
  James White at Whites's Fruit Farm, Ashboking will be open for tours of the factory and a chance to watch apple pressing. There will be a tasting session when visitors can sample James White's extensive range of delicious juices, from Cox apple juice to pure beetroot juice. Visitors will be offered a free bottle to take home.
White's Fruit Farm, Ashboking
11.00 – 12.30
£3.00
t: 01473 890111, e: susan@jameswhite.co.uk, www.jameswhite.co.uk
 
     
     
  Thursday 1 - Saturday 3 October  
  Grain Brewery Hop Harvest Festival  
  Discover the art of brewing in our brew house set in the Waveney Valley, try a range of ales, and understand the different ingredients used to create the varying styles of beer. The brewery will be open all week for you to drop in, pull up a straw bale and enjoy a pint or two of green hopped beer at the Hop Harvest Festival. Grain are a new and dynamic micro-brewery with a passion for beer but none of the heavy going real ale baggage. Grain's founders and brewers Phil and Geoff et up the brewery in 2006 driven by a passion for creating good beer they have swiftly developed a loyal following and a number of awards. Grain is located in the old dairy buildings of South Farm, in the Waveney Valley and sources all its main ingredients from the local area.
Grain Brewery, South Farm, Alburgh, Nr Harleston
Tours at 11.00, 1.00 and 3.00
£5
t: 01986 788884, e: phil@grainbrewery.co.uk, www.grainbrewery.co.uk
 
     
     
  Thursday 1 - Saturday 3 October  
  Emmett's Smokehouse Visits  
  Emmett's of Peasenhall, a Rick Stein Food Hero! Suffolk hams and bacon made in a traditional manner. Mild cured, gently smoked or the sweet pickled, a great black Suffolk ham. The production of these all takes place on the premises behind our shop. All the pork we use for our hams and bacon comes from four local Suffolk farms. If passing why not step back in time and come in and see how it is all done!
Emmett’s, Peasenhall
Free
www.emmettsham.co.uk
 
     
     
  Thursday 1 October  
  Pinney's 50th Anniversary Seafood Supper  
  It's 50 years since Richard Pinney resurrected the oyster beds at Butley Creek and created a smokehouse using a unique but traditional method using whole Suffolk oaks. The restaurant and shop, The Butley Orford Oysterage, in Orford’s pretty market square followed in the 1960s. Join us to celebrate the 50 year history of the business. Start the evening with a glass of wine and canapes and a talk about Pinney's history followed by our showcase seafood platter.
Butley Orford Oysterage, Market Hill, Orford, nr Woodbridge
7.30
£30 inc wine
t: 01394 450277, www.pinneysoforford.co.uk
 
     
     
  Friday 2 October  
  Meet the Artisan Food Producers  
  Meet and Sample products from The Cake Shop (Bakery of The Year 2007 & 2008 in the East Anglian Daily Times Food Awards), Sutton Hoo free range and organic chicken, Sotherton Beef and homemade beef pies; and Walnut Tree Foods who will be launching a range of hand-raised pies.
Ufford Provisions, Lower Ufford, Woodbridge
11.00 - 3.00
t: 01394 460813, www.suffolk-produce.co.uk
 
     
     
  Friday 2 - Saturday 3 October  
  Buffy's Beer Tastings  
  The Real Ale Shop at Priory Farm is a new off licence offering a wonderful selection of over 50 ales from ten Suffolk brewers including Buffy's from Tivestshall St Mary who'll be talking about and sampling their beers. Priory Farm is situated in an area steep in the history of malting barley and brewing thanks to Suffolk's coastal micro-climate ideal for the production of the finest malt.
Real Ale Shop, Wrentham, Nr Beccles
10.00 - 4.00
t: 01502 676031, e: suffolk@therealaleshop.co.uk, www.therealaleshop.co.uk
 
     
     
  Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 October  
  Wine & Dine Local  
  The Crown at Woodbridge is hosting a local wine and food lunch, with seasonal Suffolk ingredients and the chance to meet our visiting winemaker, Jonathan Craft of Wissett Wines near Halesworth in North Suffolk. After a complimentary taster or two of his lovely products, sitting at your own separate table over lunch you can purchase Wissett wines by the glass to accompany your fixed price menu. We will also be offering our regular priced dessert and beverages to finish your meal. Visit Wissett Wines at www.wissettwines.com.
The Crown Woodbridge
11.30 - 3.00
£15 2-course fixed menu
t: 01394 384242, www.thecrownatwoodbridge.co.uk