Ticket winners drawn for Melton's East Midlands Food Festival
Five lucky readers are off to the East Midlands Food Festival at Melton Mowbray as the winners of the competition we featured in last week’s Melton Times.
The event takes place at the Stockyard, on the livestock market site, over the weekend of October 3 and 4, when around 175 producers will be offering their food and drink to sample and buy.
We challenged readers to name one of the food and drink businesses which is permanently based at the Stockyard site and the following names were drawn at random to each win a pair of tickets for the festival:
Julie Turner, of Sussex Avenue, Melton Mowbray; Robert Westray, of Sapcote Drive, Melton Mowbray; David Stone, of Branston Crescent, Melton Mowbray; Carol Hare, of Witham Close, Melton Mowbray; Dylan Pugh, of Queensway, Melton Mowbray.
Winners will be contacted by the organisers and sent their e-tickets in good time for the event, which runs from 10am to 4pm on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
The programme for the Food Theatre has been completely revamped and includes an award-winning piemaker demonstrating tips for the perfect pie as well as the art of gin-making by a local producer.
There will also be workshops for adults and children.
The award-winning gospel choir, El Eaga, will be joined on the live entertainment bill by the Melstrum Ukulele Band and the New St George Morris dancers.
Tickets cost £7 with children aged under 16 getting in free.
Go to www.meltonfestivals.co.uk for details on the event or to buy tickets if you were unsuccessful in our competition.