Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival – mini preview this weekend

Cowbridge Town Hall on Saturday 4th May

Glamorgan Star news 03/05/2024

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WITH just weeks to go until the foodie favourite that is the Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival takes place across the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (26th-27th May), there will be a mini preview this Saturday, 4th May, at the Mayor’s coffee morning.

All are welcome to the free event which will be hosted as usual at the Town Hall, 10am to 12 noon. There will be samples from exhibitors – chutneys, jams, sweet treats, Welsh cakes, bara brith, sparkling non-alcoholic drinks – alongside a selection of beers and ciders and even Jamaican Patties!

Guests will enjoy talks from three festival favourites; Cowbridge’s own Noble Grape (10.15am) Bang on Brewery (10.45am) and Mallows Distillery (11.15am).

There will be a chance to win some fabulous prizes donated by festival sponsor, the Hensol Castle Distillery and new exhibitor Grounds for Good, as well as weekend passes up for grabs.

**| Hensol Castle Distillery will be at the coffee morning.**

Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival manager Tracy James-Lieberman said: “We’ve not done anything like this before and we’re so excited to be a part of the next Mayor’s coffee morning; it’s shaping up to be a mini little festival in its own right!

The Mayor of Cowbridge with Llanblethian, Cllr Malcolm Wilson added: “This is my last coffee morning, which is in support of my charity Llamau, preventing homelessness in young people.

“I am delighted to take the opportunity to launch the 2024 Food Festival and get this prestigious Cowbridge event off to a flying start. Please come along to the Town Hall and taste the samples and get a preview of some of the food and drink that will at the festival.”

Tickets for the Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival will be available to purchase at the event (Cowbridgefoodanddrink.org)