| Marple Food and Drink Festival |
Marple has a fine range of fresh food shops unrivalled in the area. We also have an ever improving range of good restaurants, pubs and cafes. Through the Marple Food and Drink Festival we want celebrate this high quality food and drink that we have in Marple and district.
The centerpiece will be a Local Food Market in Market Street, Marple on 22 September. There will be fresh, local meat, fresh fish, locally baked bread, fruit and veg from the North West, delicious deli food including fine cheese, health foods and fine wines and beers. The local pubs, restaurants and cafes will all be featuring Festival related menus and activities in the week running up to 22 September. There will even be a quiz with a foodie emphasis at the Ring o' Bells on Wed 19 September.
The main event will run from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 22nd and the Mayor will be in Market Street at 11 o'clock to officially open the Festival. The horse drawn dray of Robinson's Brewery, one of the event's main sponsors, will also be there. Schools are involved through a light-hearted competition to grow the largest pumpkin and the largest sunflower.
The 14 stands in Market Street will be occupied by the following exhibitors:
| Stand 1 | D
and S White Butchers Hot "gourmet" sausage and burger range. |
| Stand 2 | Stockport
Primary Care Trust Healthy eating advice plus schools sunflower and pumpkin display. |
| Stand 3 | Greenhaigh's Craft bakery with their own breads, pies and savouries. |
| Stand 4 | Deli
Select With a huge range of unusual cheeses. |
| Stand 5 | Marple
Health food shop Wide range of honeys, cereals, dried fruits, teas, grains etc. |
| Stand 6 | Friends
of Marple Memorial Park Raising funds towards new equipment for the Infants' Play Area in Memorial Park. |
| Stand 7 | The
Marple Website / Marple Promotions Displays about the Iron Bridge and Friends of Marple Memorial Park's activities and selling the web site's new 'vintage' 2008 calendar to raise funds for the Infants' Play Area. |
| Stand 8 | Andrew
Arms, Compstall With their proud range of homemade pies and wine samples. |
| Stand 9 | Marple
& District Allotment Association Practical advice on how to grow your own healthy food. |
| Stand 10 | Marple
Fish of Fleetwood Tony Warwick with wide selection of shellfish and samples to try. |
| Stand 11 | Rolling
Pin Bakers and confectioners, with own breads, pies and biscuits. |
| Stand 12 | Puruga
Restaurant With samples of own gourmet food including desserts and canapes along with Champagne. |
| Stand 13 | Littlewoods
Butchers With locally-sourced meat and poutry, and samples of sausage, steak, lamb and pork to try. |
| Stand 14 | Toast
delicatessen Coffee shop and wine bar with relish, chutneys, honeys and cheeses. |
EVENT SPONSORS:
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The Marple Review has distributed a full events programme to 5,000 homes in and around Marple. This has been sponsored by Robinsons, the Stockport brewer of fine beers. Other local event sponsors include Vernon Building Society and Parfetts. |
Keep coming back here for the latest news and information on Festival events.
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