Nantwich Food Festival.

Nantwich Food Festival.
Live Music Entertainment Street Food 100’s of Exhibitors Cooking Demonstrations Children’s Activities

The Nantwich Food Festival

Nantwich Food Festival.

Returning for 2024

Friday 30th August | 11am – 8pm
Saturday 31st August | 9am – 7pm
Sunday 1st September | 10am – 5pm

It’s back in 2023, the much-loved Nantwich Food Festival. For three full days we will transform our picturesque town centre into a food lovers’ paradise. Located across three sites, we’re bringing marquees filled with top quality food and drink from producers all across Cheshire, Great Britain and beyond. Be sure to follow us on our social media channels for updates and announcements.

 Venues  

Love Lane
Food Theatre | Exhibitors | Music Stage | Children’s Marquee | Cook Along Marquee | Street Food

Town Centre
Entertainment | Local Businesses | Street Food

Bowling Green
Exhibitors | Music Stage | Street Food

 Cookalong  

Join our Cookalong sessions where you can learn from the professionals! From lobster salad to risotto, coffee tasting to cocktail making, there’s something for everyone. Book your place now 

 Food Festival Map  

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Food Festival Map

PDF version of map available here

 New for 2024  

Walking Tours – Find out about the food history of Nantwich with a guided walking tour starting at the Nantwich Museum and including food and drink tastings

Led by festival volunteers and an expert from the museum you will get a potted history of Nantwich’s ancient links to the cheese and salt-making industries and its importance as a market town alongside various snippets of town heritage.

The tour will include visits to Nantwich Museum on Pillory Street, The Cheese Shop on Hospital Street, Nantwich Market on Market Street and The Black Lion on Welsh Row.  Book now on the events page

Nantwich Food Festival.

 2024 Featured Chefs  

Nantwich Food Festival.

 Parking  

Fun for all the family

As one of the UK’s largest free to enter food festivals, our 3-day event brings together the best of talent and produce. Local heroes and celebrity Chefs from across the county offer unmissable live cooking demonstrations, and our 2 live music stages deliver an eclectic line-up ensuring there’s something for everyone.

Parking is available at the following locations
Nantwich Town FC – Waterlode, Nantwich CW5 5BS
Barony Park – Barony Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5QY
Locked at 10PM – No overnight Parking.
Brine Leas Academy – Audlem Rd, Nantwich CW5 7DY

Disabled Parking
Dysart Buildings Car Park – Market St, Nantwich, CW55DG Barony Park – Barony Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5QY

 2024 Sponsors  

Nantwich Town Council | Boughey Distribution| Mornflake Oats | Applewood Independent | Hall Smith Whittingham | Reaseheath College | The White Lion, Weston | Whitegates | Snugburys | Nantwich Hearing Centre | The Boulton Group | Rhino Safety | Cheshire East Council | Direct Access | Osprey EV Charging | Alpha Omega Securities | South Cheshire Chambers | TR Creative | The Food Safety Company | Morrisons | Nantwich Elim Church | The Feed | One Sip at a time | Rotary | South Cheshire College – South & West

Park and Ride
Friday 12:00 – 18:00
Saturday 10:00 – 18:00
Sunday 10:00 – 17:00
Last bus is 15 minutes before parking closes

 Competitions  

Mr Dabber Town Trail

The Mr Dabber Town Trail
Mr Dabber town trail will run over the festival weekend. Trail leaflets can be collected from the kid’s marquee in love lane or the info point in town.

Lemon Drizzle Cake Competition
This year’s bake is a Lemon drizzle cake. Entry is via email – Link.
Limited to 12 entries.
Prizes to 3rd place – kindly donated by Marks and Spencer, Nantwich
Judges – Cherish Finden plus 2 others

Nantwich Town Businesses Window Competition

Window Display Competition
Food Festival Window Display Competition from 16th August

People’s choice!
Choose your favourite window and win one of 3 fantastic prizes:

£50 to spend in A.T. Welch deli
£50 to spend at the Cheese Shop Nantwich
£50 to spend in Bizzybods children’s shop

This year we’re giving a People’s prize to the best window display voted for by YOU.

Choose your favourite window display and post your entry in the postbox at the Cheese Shop. Don’t forget your email or phone number if you want to win one of our lovely prizes.

Participating Shops
A.T. Welch | Bizzy Bods | Cheese Shop |
Edencroft Wines and Spirits | KBA Financial
| Nantwich Book Shop and Coffee Lounge |
Webb House Furnishers | Wrights Letting |
Nettle Home and Garden | AbleWorld

 2024 Featured Chefs  

Nantwich Food Festival.

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