Saturday What's on
Festival opening hours for Saturday: 9.00am - 6.00pm.
| Event | Where & when | More details |
| Church Lane | ||
| Sandwich Making Competition | Relish, all day. | Staff will be inventing new sandwiches throughout the weekend. The most popular one during the festival will become Relish's Signature Sandwich. Pop in and inspire them with your ideas! |
| Crepe Event | Relish, all day. | See how Relish make crepes in the gazebo beside their shop. |
| Coffee Tastings & Baloons | Costa Coffee, All day | Look out for the Costa Coffee staff, roaming the town to bring to you free coffee tastings and balloons for the young ones (and the older ones too, if they like!) |
| Tapas Evenings | Relish, 6.30pm onwards. | Booking recommended, phone 01270 611905 |
| High Street | ||
| Live Pianist over Lunch. | The Crown Hotel, 12noon - 2.30pm | Robert Weatton, our resident pianist, will be playing over lunch. Come in and enjoy a great lunch to fine music. |
| Lucky dip & raffle | Johnsons Dry Cleaners, all day | Lucky dip prizes, specials throughout the Festival and a free raffle for �?�£40 worth dry cleaning. |
| Chocolate Fountain | Thorntons, all day. | |
| Ice Cream Tasting | Thorntons, all day. | |
| 10% off day | Edinburgh Woolem Mills, all day. | Special sales of clothing and a chance to taste some great biscuits. |
| Jewelry Promotion | la maison gifts, all day. | 10% discounts on silver jewelry |
| Shop Front Display | Yorkshire Building Society, all day. | |
| Hospital Street | ||
| Drop 'n Shop | Nantwich Methodist Church, 10am - 12noon. | Leave your younger family members to be looked after while you enjoy the tastings and demonstrations. Numbers restricted, �?�£1 charge. |
| Sweet Surprise | Nantwich Methodist Church, 10am - 4pm | Homemade Pudding Tasting, up to twenty to choose from. �?�£2.50 to try four delicious homemade puddings ..... mmmmm! |
| Miniature Railway Rides | Nantwich Methodist Church, all day. | Enjoy free rides on our Miniature Railway. A wonderful steam replica that will take you back to another era. |
| Soup 'n More | Nantwich Methodist Church, 10am - 4pm | Home made soup and cakes, sausage & bacon baps, tea & coffee. |
| Room Perfume Lamp Demonstration | Artigiano, all day. | See and smell how Lampe Berger Paris purifies the air, destroys odours and leaves you with a lasting fragrance created by the perfumers of France. Live in air you love: Parfums de Maison |
| Vine Beer Festival | Vine Inn, all weekend. | Just turn up, more details awaited. |
| Cheshire Cheese tasting | Welch's, all day. | Explore the best local Cheshire Cheeses ... free tasting. Just pop in! |
| Whisky Tasting | Edencroft, all day. | Discover the hidden secrets behind the famous labels. |
| Celebrate Saint Govannis Day! | Artigiano, No 52 | Saint Govannis is the patron saint of Ceramics ... with our special display and great discounts on exclusive Italian ceramics. Wine, Italian nibbles and Italian music to help you appreciate our great range. |
| Mill Street | ||
| Gourmet Burger Evening | Ginger & Pickles, 5.30-9.30pm. | Do Ginger and Pickles really make the best burger that money can buy? Come along to this special evening and judge for yourself. Visit or book on 01270 610329 to ensure a table. |
| Cocktail Masterclass | Residence, 12noon Sat & 3pm Sun | Residence bartenders will be demonstrating the basics of making cocktails that you can make easily at home. Only 25 people per session, so turn up early to get a place. |
| Champagne Masterclass | Residence, 3pm | A free tasting of 3 champagnes supplied through Rodney Densems, with Nick Gent talking through each champagne and its background. Only 25 people per session so first come, first served. |
| Charity Pancake Flip! | Ginger & Pickles, 2-3pm | How many pancakes can you toss in 30 seconds? You could be the daily winner with delicious prizes to be won. �?�£1 donation to the Stroke Association. |
| Afternoon Tea | Ginger & Pickles, all afternoon. | Try a delicious afternoon tea at Ginger and Pickles. They have some fine loose leaf teas for you to choose from that complement their wonderful homemade sandwiches, cakes and scones. Treat yourself, why not have a champagne afternoon tea? Phone 01270 610329 to book your favourite seat. |
| Tea Tasting Emporium | Ginger & Pickles. 10.30am & 3.30pm. | Learn exactly what goes into many of the World's most flavoursome teas. Learn how to make the perfect cup of looseleaf tea. During the talk you will be able to sample a range of teas and learn the art of "slurping"! Donation to the Stroke Association. |
| Pottery Painting | Homemade, all day. | Visit Homemade and paint one of their many ceramic items. All prices include firing and glazing. Please allow 48 hours for your pottery to be fired and glazed. Book on 01270 610329 or turn up. |
| Guess the weight of the GIANT CUPCAKE! | Homemade, all day. | Guess the weight of one of Homemade's heavenly giant cupcakes. All proceeds go to charity. If you guess correct, you'll win a box of cupcakes! Donation to the Stroke Association. |
| Creperie | Ginger & Pickles,11am - 4pm. | Visit the Creperie outside Ginger and Pickles' Tea Rooms. Choose from the many different flavours including banana & nutella and Canadian maple syrup. |
| Pepper Street | ||
| Sausage Making | H Clewlow Butchers,10am. | It's not what goes in, it's what doesn't go in that makes Ckewlow's sausages the best! Expert butchers show how you must use only the finest cuts to crete award winning sauasges. |
| Cooking Lamb | H Clewlow Butchers, 11am. | Lamb Chunkeys and Lamb & Mint Burgers |
| Christmas is here! | H Clewlow Butchers, 3.30pm. | Pork Loin & Belly Christmas roast ... mmmmm! |
| Cookery Books feature | Oxfam Book Shop, all day. | A chance to buy some great cookery books at wonderful prices. |
| Crepe Making | McCormicks, all day. | See Peter make his great crepes, so many flavours. And he'll even have a chocolate marshmallow fountain, weather permitting. |
| Presentations & Sampling | Julian Graves, all day. | Presentation of some of their key products, free samples and face painting in the shop |
| Quiche Tasting | Pillory House, all day. | Come and try Pillory House's delicious quiches. Free tasting, just turn up. |
| Fine Spirit & Liquer Tasting | Rodney Densem Wines, 12 noon - 4pm. | Sample some of the great names from around the World. Just turn up for this great tasting. |
| Cream teas like they used to be! | Inglenook Tea Shoppe, from 2.15pm. | Clotted cream teas with a variety of scones |
| The Square | ||
| Decorate a Gingerbread Man | Chatwins on the Square, 10am, 11.30am, 1pm & 2.30pm. | Decorate your own delicious Chatwin's Gingerbread Man with icing, smarties and sugar strands. Outside Chatwins on the Square, �?�£1 to charity. |
| Book Sales & Art Festival Promotion | St Mary's Church, all day. | Table top sale. |
| Health Food Tasing | Holland & Barratt, all day. | |
| Just outside Town Market | ||
| London Road Bakehouse Bread & Cake Sampling | London Road Bakehouse (Just outside the Town Market) all day. | Go back in time and enjoy tasting the baking of yestreday .... fresh coal oven baked bread at its best |
| Welsh Row | ||
| Tea & Cake for Hope House Hospice. | The Cheshire Cat, 9am - 12 noon. | Hot tea or coffee plus a slice of home-baked cake or brownie for �?�£2.95, with a donation from every sale going to Hope House Children's Hospices. Phone 01270 623020 to secure your favourite table. |
| The Taste of Cheshire | The Cheshire Cat, 12 noon - 7pm. | Delicious sharing boards of meat, cheese and other delicacies produced within the region and sourced from local suppliers. �?�£9.95 for a board for two. Just turn up - subject to availability. |
| Pizza Workshop for Young People | Firenze Restaurant & Bar, 11.30am & 3pm. | Learn how to make the perfect pizza from our award winning Italian chef. He will make the dough, throw the base and speak about the art of Pizza making - you get to eat your handmade pizza! Booking advised on 01270 623888. Voluntary donation to Hope House Children's Hospices. |
| Cocktails Demonstration & Tastings | Firenze Restaurant & Bar, 2.30 & 5.30pm | Join us to see our mixologists create magical cocktails. Try some out yourself and taste the results! Voluntary donation to Hope House Hospices. Booking advised on 01270 623888. |
| Beam Street | ||
| Charity Sale | BHF, all day. | Outside stalls - The Big Donation. Clothes, toys and cookbooks on sale. |
| Just outside Town | ||
| Minshull's Food Tasting | Minshull's, 10 am - 5pm | Free tasting of local food produce for the duration of the Food Festival. Special offer: spend �?�£15 on food produce or in our restaurant and receive a �?�£5 voucher to spend on food in October. |