LUDLOW Food Festival returns this September committed to doing what it does best, delivering the best names in the business along with a wide range of top-quality food and drink producers from across the Welsh Marches.

After 2020’s festival had to be moved online due to the pandemic, this year’s Festival in partnership with Wardington’s Original Ludlow Gin, is held in its usual setting among the ruins of Ludlow Castle.

Visitors can expect all the activities the UK’s original food festival is famous for, with the Castle’s grounds filled with exhibitors and vendors, demonstrations across three main stages, interactive talks, and tastings with different chefs and producers on each day.

This year festival-goers have even more to sink their teeth into with a pop-up cookery school, food photography courses, wine and gin-tasting workshops.

The popular Fire Stage, this year taking over the whole of the Inner Bailey, will be bigger than ever with plenty of space for those live demonstrations. There will also be two pop-up feasts: one by Marcus Bean of Brompton Cookery School, and another by the Fire Stage chefs who will come together to cook collaboratively and deliver a delicious feast. The Fire Stage area will open later meaning revellers can enjoy a relaxed vibe with music by a DJ, relaxing by the Kadai fire bowls.

A huge variety of produce will be available across the Festival, with visitors able to browse and shop across stalls from bakers, chocolatiers, freshly churned ice cream, locally produced charcuterie, artisan cheeses, herbs and honey, through to unusual wines, crafted ciders and beers and more in between.

Sarit and Itamar of Honey & Co. have said: “Our food journeys have taken us far and wide and finally bring us to Ludlow, known for its foodie culture. We are truly delighted to join the Food Festival this year.”