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Black Isle Food & Drink Festival September 23rd

Black Isle Food & Drink Festival September 23rd

Added on 29 July 2023

We are delighted to be planning the first Black Isle Food and Drink Festival to be held at Findon Hall on Saturday September 23rd from 2-5pm (doors open at 1.30) 

THE EVENT WILL BE OFICIALLY OPENED AT 2PM

You will be able to watch a series of demonstrations and to sample and purchase food from a wide range of local providers. 

STALLHOLDERS CONFIRMED TO ATTEND 
                          Black Isle Brewery Black Isle Dairy      
  Black Isle Turkeys The Cheese House  
  Culisse Highland Rapeseed Oil Chilliman  
  Clachuile Fruit and Veg Fraoch Cottage   
  The Chocolate Place Loch Ewe Brewery  
  Loch Ewe Salt and Seaweed  Patisserie Alice  
  Easter Balmungie Farm  Highland Prime   
  Highland Microgreens Unravel Teas  
  Glen Ord Distillery Pro Fish  
  Highland Community Waste Partnership Xoko Bakehouse  
  Dingwall+District Beekeepers’ Association Vandyke Brothers Coffee  
  The Highland Coffee Pod    
DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM

UHI ‘Tasting of Scottish Highland Lamb – Roast loin of lamb, Caramalised Lamb Sweetbreads, Lamb Breast and Tattie Cake, Butternut Squash, Crispy Goat Cheese , Basil and Lamb Jus’.

Storehouse ways with root vegetables  

Vandyke Brothers Coffee how to make the best coffee with the equipment available

Profish how to prepare a seafood platter  

Penny and Martin ways of preserving food 

DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE STAGE

The Chocolate Place (demonstration running all afternoon) Chocolate, Chat and Taste: Explore the four delicious chocolate groups, and experience your very own chocolate tasting wheel, with Debbie from The Chocolate Place.  Then pop over to their stall for more delicious bars and bites.

STALLHOLDERS + TASTINGS

Highland Microgreens are excited to be offering a variety of mixed boxes of locally and sustainably grown microgreens. Taster samples will be available to enjoy. Mixes include "Mega Mix" and a "Firey Mix".These tiny greens are packed with flavor, vibrant colours, and a high concentration of nutrients compared to their mature counterparts.                                         

Follow Highland Microgreens either at facebook.com/highlandmicrogreensuk or instagram.com/highlandmicrogreens.

Cullisse Highland Rapeseed Oil Our multi-award winning range of natural and flavoured rapeseed oils are produced from oil seeds grown and gently cold pressed at Cullisse Farm in the Highlands of Scotland, where the Mackenzie family have farmed for over 100 years. Cullisse Highland Rapeseed Oil is SALSA accredited, bee friendly and proudly supports Farm Africa, a charity helping to reduce poverty by helping farmers in Eastern Africa to grow more, sell more and sell for more. 

We have 7 flavours to compliment our natural cold pressed rapeseed oil in a variety of pack formats from gift sets to 100ml, 250ml and 500ml bottles. We will be having festival offers, so come along and check out ourstall.

Our current range is:1. Natural 2. Mint Sumac & Garlic, 3. Smoked Chilli Garlic & Basil, 4. Chilli, 5. Juniper & Thyme, 6. Dulse Seaweed & Rosemary, 7. Shony Seaweed & Dill, and finally 8. MixedPepper & Spice.

Easter Balmungie Farm We will be bringing lamb, eggs, apples if they are ready and herbs. Tasters will depend on what is ready on the day.

ADMISSION WILL BE £3 FOR ADULTS (CASH ONLY) AND FREE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16

Join us for what promises to be an exciting addition to Black Isle activities!

Look out on (social) media and this website for further updates!

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