Topsham Food Festival and Nello’s Longest Table 2018

Here’s what’s happening: Topsham Food Festival June 30th-July 1st, 2018 “Fire and Spice” Saturday June 30th Topsham Quay from 11am until 10pm The Topsham Food Festival artisan food market will be on Topsham Quay from 11am until 4pm Please remember that Sunday’s Nello’s Longest Table is about sharing feasts of local and locally sourced foods, […]

Here’s what’s happening:

Topsham Food Festival
June 30th-July 1st, 2018

“Fire and Spice”

Saturday June 30th

Topsham Quay

from 11am until 10pm

The Topsham Food Festival artisan food market will be on Topsham Quay from 11am until 4pm

Please remember that Sunday’s Nello’s Longest Table is about sharing feasts of local and locally sourced foods, so please take this opportunity to buy some fabulous local foods and food products, either at the market or at any of our wonderful food shops all around town and at Darts Farm.

Here are some of the producers you will meet at our market:

The Way of the Chilli – Stallcombe House chilli stand will be the centre of all things ‘fire and spice’
Good Game
Topsham Cakes
Pebblebed Wine Van
The Red Earth Kitchen
Shute Fruit
Woodenfish – hand-carved boards etc
Nourish
Andy Chadwick, fisherman
Monarch Liqueurs
Fancy That – Caribbean Kitchen
Frandie Macaron
Forest Funghi
Sam’s Smokehouse
Saffron
Eat the Smoke

Food and Cooking demostrations in the Darts Farm ‘fire and spice’ outdoor cookery theatre
Topsham’s best chefs are turning out on
Topsham Quay to share their skills and
knowledge in the ‘fire and spice’ outdoor cookery theatre.
Come along to watch, learn and taste. Here’s the line-up:

12pm  Paul and Alastair from Darts Farm
1pm Tina the Samosa Lady
2pm  Steve and Pete from P & P
3pm Lee from The Galley
4pm Tom from The Salutation
5pm Dave from The Fish Shed

1.45 and 2.45 Zumba with Joana!
15 minutes of energetic music, fun and dancercise with the amazing Joana Osario

Music and Street Food on the Quay

Street Food on the Quay commences from 5pm:
Outdoor bar
Pebblebed Wine Van
Cuban and Mexican street food from Pop-up Events
Spicy hot dogs from Good Game
Fire-cooked steaks and fish from Darts Farm
Fancy That – Caribbean food

Music
Local artists and bands are invited to perform on the ‘fire and spice’ stage. We are delighted that
the headline group for the evening is the popular and amazing Dakar Audio Club.
8pm Dakar Audio Club

Topsham Food Trail
Throughout the day, restaurants, pubs and cafés in Topsham will be offering special takeaway dishes to celebrate the Festival.
Discover a ‘taste of Topsham’ by following the trail to establishments offering a mouthwatering range of freshly prepared takeaway foods for you to sample and enjoy.

Darts Farm will have food related activities going on in the Food Hall, including tastings and special Festival offers.

Sunday July 1st

Nello’s Longest Table

11.15am — meet at Pebblebed Wine Cellar to help
with distribution and positioning of tables —
please spread the word, we need as
many people helping as possible. Tables will be set up from
Matthews Hall, The Globe, Topsham Quay, Passage Inn.
Tables will need to be returned to these points as per
instructions on each table
Remember, this is a community event! Please help anyone who needs assistance with returning their tables.

4pm — Aperitivo time

5pm — Official start of Nello’s Longest Table
with the famous Topshm Table Wave starting by
the Fire Station – please join in everyone! This year we invite all tables to raise a glass to the memory of Geoff Bowen.
Enjoy your feast of local foods and friendship!

From 8pm until whenever — return of your table
to designated area (instructions will be on your table)
and removal of ALL rubbish, bottles, etc.
Please help anyone who may need
assistance with returning their tables.
Our aim is to have the streets completely
clean and back to normal by the end of
the evening. With everyone pitching in to
help, we can do this!

Once the tables have all been returned, make your way to the Passage Inn and dance the night away to the fabulous Fab Beatles!