June
18th-19th-20th 2010
In aid of the Topsham Community Association, FORCE and the Shop Local
campaign
A weekend community celebration of local
and locally sourced foods,
taste workshops, live music, and Italian friendship
STOP PRESS: 21/6/10 Thanks everyone for an absolutely amazing weekend! It couldn't have gone better. Truly Topsham at its best. Liz, Kim, Marc and the festival organizers. Here's a report of Nello's Longest Table 2010 by Marc Millon Here's a very cool time-lapse movie by Dan Burton Nello's Longest Table video by Sally Ewing Video of T5 headlining the Saturday Festival music and food evening on Topsham Quay - video by Sally Ewing Slideshow of photographs of Nello's Longest Table by Sally Ewing Results from the Topsham Open Cheese Challenge 2010 (PDF 60K) *** Festival t-shirts and aprons now on sale! A special limited edition of Longest Table t-shirts and aprons with a logo designed by local artist Jane Cope is now on sale - £12 for t-shirt or apron. Very limited quantities, so please see Liz at The Globe or email Kim. |
Welcome to the Topsham Food Festival web site.
This weekend-long celebration looks to showcase Topsham as an outstanding source of food and drink at all levels; to provide a programme of food and drink related events and opportunities to eat, drink as well as to share fun activities centred on the pleasures of the table; and to sit down together at “Nello's Longest Table” to enjoy communal meals of local and locally sourced food and drink in a unique atmosphere of community and international friendship.
We are fortunate, indeed, for there is so much here on our doorstep that is truly brilliant. In an era dominated by supermarkets and multinationals, we still benefit from a great range of independent food and drink shops. Our town is famous for its numerous pubs and watering holes (the ‘Topsham Ten’ or is it now ‘Eleven’?), as well as award-winning restaurants and cafés serving outstanding and varied food at all levels and to suit every taste and budget (look out for special Festival menus). Darts Farm is a fantastic regional food hall with its own Food Club offering varied activities and events.
Sustainability, food miles, and concerns for the environment and the foods we eat are now mainstream issues. This Festival celebrates the local – and is the start of an on-going Topsham ‘buy local’ campaign. But let’s not be too insular, either: our community is made up of a broad cross-section of people from all walks of life and places of origin. In “Nello’s Longest Table” we remember and celebrate a special friend who came to Topsham, made it his home, and was sadly with us for too short a time.
The Topsham Food Festival is a celebration, an opportunity to eat, drink and be merry: to enjoy simply being here, in what many of us consider the loveliest place on earth.
We look forward to seeing you over the weekend!
Liz, Marc, Kim and the Topsham Food Festival organisers
The 1st Topsham Food Festival took place in June 2008. It was a memorable and hugely enjoyable weekend, and demonstrated not only the wealth of outstanding food and drink that we enjoy in Topsham, but above all, what a special community we are. Click here for Kim's gallery of photos from the weekend. Click here for a report about the Topsham Food Festival. Click here for a report about Nello's Longest Table |
Please bookmark this site as further information and Festival details will be added frequently.