 | Family FunThis year the Family Marquee on Mill Island has been expanded to contain several other activities and entertainments as well as the hugely popular Kids' Kitchen. Kids’ Kitchen
Saturday: 10am - 5pm; Sunday: 11am - 4pm
£2 per class per child. Pay at the class.
We’ll be grooming the chefs of tomorrow with interactive cookery demonstrations designed especially for kids. Led by nutritionist and leading food writer Amanda Grant, these 'sleeves rolled up' sessions will captivate enquiring minds with quirky food facts, for the whole cookery cycle, |  | from the farm and garden to the kitchen. Please note that each child must be accompanied by a responsible adult. (Amanda will be running classes for local schools on Festival Friday.) NEW! Producer talks The following exhibitors are kindly helping Amanda with the Kids' Kitchen by supplying ingredients and talking to the children about the importance of healthy food, 5-a-day, and where food comes from:
Talks timetable here... | Alison Taylor – Heler’s Cheese, 01270 841500
Des Walker – Boxfresh Organics, 01952 770006
Andrew Jackson – Great Tasting Meat, 01270 625781
Colin Brinkman - Chat Moss Herbs, 0161 787 8338
Andrew Fielding - Lion Salt Works, 01606 41823 | 
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 | NEW! Story telling workshop
Guo Yue will lead a children's workshop, talking about his childhood (the story is a mixture of fact and fiction - a magical story set in the Beijing alleys in the weeks leading up to the Cultural Revolution) and playing the flute. |
Cocktail Workshops
Saturday & Sunday: 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am
1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm | | Cocktail blending (non-alcoholic!) demonstrations and activity classes for young people. (Classes for local schools on Festival Friday.)
are kindly supplying the cocktail ingredients. |
Other fun things to do:  | Learn about fruit and veg and things that live on the farm - WFU | | Make a healthy lunch box and other interactive activities and competitions - Friends of the Earth | | See how salt is produced from crystals with interactive demonstrations and tastings - Lion Salt Works | | NEW! Make a wildlife garden and learn all about bees & honey - Cheshire Wildlife Trust | | Learn to keep healthy with informative interactive activities - CNBC Health Department | | Make your own bracelets with beads and charms - 2BadBirdz | | Face painting - Children’s face painting for £1 per child. | | Learn to love reading a large selection of children’s books available from Usborne Books |
Countryside Comes to Town
Town Square
Sunday only: 10am - 4pm | 
NANTWICH
TOWN COUNCIL | To keep the family fun flowing, there will be displays of larger farm animals (including Shire horses and pigs), thatching, stick making and other countryside activities on Nantwich Town Square on Sunday only. |
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Nantwich
Food & Drink Festival |
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