Friday What's on
Festival opening hours for Friday: 12noon - 6pm
| Event | Where & when | More details |
| Church Lane | ||
| Tasting "Bay Tree" Products | Relish, 11.30am - 2.30pm. | |
| Tapas Evenings | Relish, 6.30pm onwards. | Booking recommended, phone 01270 611905 |
| High Street | ||
| Real Ale Tasting at The Crown | The Crown Hotel, 2.30 - 5.00pm. | In conjunction with Nantwich's very own Woodlands Brewery. Just turn up. |
| 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 | ||
| Cup Cake Decorating | Nantwich Methodist Church, | Find out how to decorate cup cakes the professional way from the experts, Hummingbird Bakery. Event organised by the Nantwich Bookshop. |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Smoothie Demonstration | R Lewis Greengrocers, 10am, 12noon & 3pm. | Wonderful tastes from the freshest of fruits. Just turn up and see how to make smoothies. |
| Sausage Making | H Clewlow Butchers, 2pm. | 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 Pork | H Clewlow Butchers,3.30pm. | Stuffed pork loin steaks & pork and apple burgers. |
| 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 |
| Pillory Street | ||
| An evening of Chilean Discovery | Rodney Densem Wines, 7.30pm | An opportunity to enjoy some exclusive wines from the top producer in these South American vineyards. Each wine will be presented by Nick Gent, Rodney Densem's wine expert, who will lead you through this amazing trail. �£10 per person, phone 01270 626999 to reserve your place. |
| 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 | ||
| Speciality Bread - Sampling & Demonstration | Chatwins on the Square, 12noon & 2pm. | An opportunity to sample Chatwin's speciality breads and watch craft bakers at work. See how they make these great breads and talk to them while they do it. 2 demonstrations at 12noon and 2pm. |
| Health Food Tasing | Holland & Barratt, all day. | |
| 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 | ||
| Cakes with a Twist | Nantwich Library, 1-4pm. | The best of British. Come and sample some unusual and delicious cakes over Coffee or tea. Nantwich Library and The Women's Institute have teamed up to create a wonderful confection of cakes �£3 for coffee or tea and a selection of cakes. Just turn up. |
| 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. |