Events & Entertainment, Wimborne | Posted on September 16th, 2024 | return to news
Wimborne’s first food festival draws in the crowds
Wimborne Minster hosted its inaugural food festival, featuring alfresco dining, free samples, demos and drinks.
There was plenty of opportunity to support local businesses at Wimborne Food Festival on 14 September.
Instead of traffic in East Street, tables and chairs were the order of the day where visitors enjoyed alfresco dining, free samples, drinks and Keating’s butchers kept a barbecue on the go.
A short stride away in Willow Walk, stalls promoted local companies, and demonstrations in the cookery theatre produced free food samples. Long queues formed at the Greek Kiosk street-food stall and pancakes with fruity fillings from the Friendly Food Club and watermelon ‘lollies’ on a stick from fresh.fruit.shack were quick alternatives.
On Minster Green a stall celebrated the renewal of the town as a Fairtrade Community.
A healthy crowd attended throughout the day to support the inaugural food festival around the town, organised and sponsored by local businesses.
Tammy Sleet, Wimborne BID manager said: “The aim of this new festival was to showcase and celebrate the great food and drink offerings that this town has on offer.
“Wimborne has really kicked the trend in terms of the high street struggling. It’s such a vibrant town with so many independent shops,” she added, “There has been such a buzz in Wimborne.”
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