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Taste Cheshire Sponsorship

The Chester Food and Drink Festival, coming up to its 19th year in 2019, has confirmed a major new sponsor and with it a new name. Cheshire Food and Drink Website, Taste Cheshire has agreed to sponsor the event and it will be known now as the Taste Cheshire Food and Drink Festival, Chester. Taste Cheshire also has over 30,000 foodies that they talk to every week, so it made perfect sense to have this special platform dedicated to this festival. It is a win for everyone, evidence of that will be shown in the coming weeks.

Foods of the World at Chester

The Chester Food and Drink Festival to be staged at Chester Racecourse this Easter is featuring foods from almost every part of the planet. We have the unique and amazing tastes and smells of Korea, Perfect Samosa, the authentic flavours of India, foodies who show off their favourite dishes from Thailand, traders who specialise in Japanese foods and even those who have the subtle flavours of Africa and of course Simon's Sausage - enough said!!

The Best Easter Food Festival

With 30,000 people expected this Easter on the Chester Racecourse, right in the heart of the city, the Chester Food Drink & Lifestyle Festival is the biggest event of its type to take place anywhere in the UK this Easter. Over 150 exhibitors highlight the best the county, region and country has to offer and means that for your, the visitor it is simply a wonderful culinary experience.

BBQ Cook-a-long returns for 2019

Make sure you stop by the BBQ Demo Area brought to you by Harthill Cookery School and put your name down for one of these free sessions. It’s just fabulous, learn how to do it, master the art and then eat what you make. Enjoy.

Food Festival brings out the cook in all of us.

The Chester Food Drink & Lifestyle Festival, sponsored by Taste Cheshire, took place over Easter at Chester Racecourse for the 18th year and this year saw more people cooking and being involved in cooking than ever before.

Adult Cooking Classes brought to you by Taste Cheshire

Are your weekday meals lacking the flavour of a meal out? Or are you missing that opportunity to show off some of your knife skills? Well then come and join us at the Adult Cooking Classes brought to you by Taste Cheshire
in the Chef’s Cuisine Cooking School at this year’s festival.

Wannabe a Sausage Judge?

Join us on Sunday 21st April at 11.00am in the Demo Theatre and if you are one of the first 40 people to attend you can come and taste and judge the 6 finalists in this years search to find the NoWFOOD Centre Sausage of the Festival. There will be 3 plain sausages and 3 flavoured sausages to judge with Chairman of judges Steve Vaughan in attendance to tell you how to make a great sausage.

Kids Cook for Free

For the last 8 years the Academy of Culinary Arts team have provided free cooking classes for the children who have come to the Chester Food Drink & Lifestyle Festival. James Holden, the Northern Director and his team of chefs last year taught over 900 children in three days in a series of sessions through out the day. These classes get very busy so book on the day early to ensure your child gets the opportunity.

Enjoy the Horseradish VIP experience

We are proud to announce that Horseradish Catering will this year be hosting our VIP Experience. The designated area is known on race days as the Winning Post and is a new addtion to the excellent facilities at Chester Racecourse. This area, which is covered; has seating for up to 200 people, will feature live music during the day and is the location where VIP's can get their glass of champagne, rest their feet and enjoy some nice music. The fully serviced bar will be open throughout the festival.

156 days to go

2019 Tickets will be available-1st Dec. 2018

150 artisan food & drink exhibitors

CamperFest is filling fast - book now!

Experience the festival

Watch the video to see why our festival makes Easter in Chester special.

20th - 22nd April 2019 Open Saturday & Sunday 10am - 6pm | Monday 10am - 5pm