SUMMER FAIR OF FOOD AND DRINK AT BELTON HOUSE

 

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Belton is hosting a Summer Fair of Food and Drink on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July 2015. The fair is a celebration of local and artisan produce and aims to showcase what’s great about our regional food and drink. 

Where?

The fair will take place in the stableyard and adjacent estate yard at Belton House . 

Stalls

Belton House will provide a stall for you. These come with a 6ft table and a chair, and measure 10ft X 8ft (3m x 2.4m).

Alternatively, you may bring your own gazebo, for which you are allotted a maximum space of 10ft x 10ft.  If you’d like to bring your own gazebo, you must also bring your own table and chairs and ensure that the gazebo is safely weighted down with 16kg weights at each corner. Ropes and pins are not an option as staking is not permitted.

 

Stallholder requirements

• All stallholders must carry their own public liability insurance and employer liability insurance (the latter where applicable).
• Food producers must hold and show evidence of a Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2 (at least) and evidence of Local Authority Food Hygiene rating.
• If bringing your own gazebo, it must be secured as directed above and a risk assessment must be provided.
• Stallholders are required not to sell food and drink designed and intended as a meal for consumption at the fair itself. For example, selling drink by the cup or glass, bacon rolls, chips and similar hot food, wraps and sandwiches etc… are not permitted as these will conflict with Belton’s catering offer. If you require clarity on this point regarding your product, please ask. Handing out free samples is permitted.
• Permission to bring a generator is dependent upon the submission of details of your generator and subsequent approval that it is safe and suitable for use at the event. If you have a generator that you wish to bring, identify this in the booking form and details will be requested to allow or disallow its use.
• Any stallholder that currently supplies Belton House (shops or restaurants) is requested to sell their produce for the same price as the National Trust.
• The fair begins at 9.30am and finishes at 5.30pm each day, stallholders will be required to set up, take down and remove all vehicles outside of these times. Specific access requirements and further information will be sent to you upon confirmation of your application.
• All electrical items must have an up to date PAT certificate.

MEMBER DISCOUNT: 5% SAVING AT LINCOLNSHIRE SHOW 2015

Select Lincolnshire for Food Members can get 5% discount on Lincolnshire Show 2015 bookings. 

Look out for your booking reminder for the 2015 Lincolnshire Show from Sally Mundy at the Showground.

Hot food providers will be invited to book their stands soon, but if you have any questions please email trade@lincolnshireshowground.co.uk

WE’RE GOING TO THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND DRINK EVENT

• Save the date - 22 to 25 March 2015, at ExCel in London 

Select Lincolnshire for Food will be going to the International Food and Drink event in March 2015 to represent Lincolnshire’s food and drink sector.

IFE attracts thousands of high quality attendees from close to 100 countries. All sectors within retail, foodservice, wholesale, distribution and import, manufacturing and export markets are full represented.

If you are interested in attending this event with Select Lincolnshire or sponsorship opportunities please contact Gillian.Richardson@lincs-chamber.co.uk.

You can read more about the event on the IFE official website.

GREAT GAINSBOROUGH BAKE OFF - WITH TRADE STALLS

Bakers from all over Lincolnshire are getting ready for this year’s Great Gainsborough Bake Off on Saturday 18 October, at the Old Hall Lawn, 10am to 4pm.

Select Lincolnshire members are being invited to take a trade stall at the Fair, to sell and display their products.

Amateur bakers can show off their baking talent by taking part in the Great Gainsborough Bake Off.

All they need to do is enter any of the three categories listed below, and bring their cake to the Gainsborough Town Partnership stall at the Food Fayre before 2pm. Winners will be announced live at 3pm!

Book your stall now
The event is taking place on the lawn of the fabulous Gainsborough Old Hall, where the annual and very popular CAMRA Gainsborough Beer Festival is taking place and so we are sure of a great day. The Great Gainsborough Bake Off is also taking place which attract great attention from local bakers  - you may wish to enter the competition yourself?

Stalls only cost £20 including VAT. If you would like to know more information or book a stall, just email Samantha.Mellows@Lincs-Chamber.co.uk, and booking details will be sent to you.

The three categories are:

• The Signature Bake - bring along your signature baked dish to be in with a chance of winning a prize. 
• The Technical Challenge - master the art of the perfect Victoria sponge. Make your sponge to any recipe you wish and be in with the chance of winning a prize. 
• The Kids’ Challenge - open to anyone under the the age of 13. Bring along your entry to be in with a chance of winning a prize.

FOOD & GIFT FAIR 2014 – DISCOUNTED STALL FOR SELECT MEMBERS

Every year the Food & Gift Fair at the LincolnshireShowground attracts thousands of visitors looking to stock up their kitchen cupboards with festive treats – not to mention buy presents for friends and family.  

Select Lincolnshire for Food members can take advantage of discounted stall bookings

You can save £25 on your stall booking as a Select Lincolnshire for Food members, reducing the cost from £205 to £180.

Book now – first come, first served

To receive the stall booking paperwork please email SMundy@lincolnshireshowground.co.uk.

Making 2014 even better

The event organisers have made a few changes this year. Members of the public will enter and exit the Fair through the Exhibition Hall, and not through the entrance marquee as in previous years.  In addition, the members preview evening wine reception will be held in the cookery demonstration area in the Exhibition Hall, to avoid the bottleneck which builds up in the Epic Centre.  Please note however, that the Show desk will remain in the Epic Centre as in previous years.

Plans are in place to offer members of the public a varied timetable of demonstrations in the cookery demo area this year.

Call out for cookery demos

If you would like to take part on cookery demonstrations during the Fair please email SMundy@lincolnshireshowground.co.uk asap.

SELECT PRODUCERS GO NATIONAL AT MEETING SHOW 2014

Meet Lincoln, the business arm of Visit Lincoln, attended the annual Meeting Show in London to promote the conference and venue offering of the city to event buyers from across the globe.

Flying the flag for Lincolnshire on the exhibition stand were also some award winning Select Lincolnshire producers, including Modens, Stokes of Lincoln, Goodies of Lincoln, Pipers Crisps,  and the Cheese Society.

Clare Williams, marketing co-ordinator for Visit Lincoln organised Meet Lincoln’s exhibition stand for the Meeting Show.
“The three day event stood Lincoln shoulder-to-shoulder with other UK and international destinations that offer conference and event facilities”, she said.

“Overall the Meeting Show attracted 3,000 walk in visitors and 750 hosted event buyers, all of whom were looking for new city venues to host their conferences and events. We were thrilled with the attention that our exhibition stand generated, and we left the event with many new enquires and contacts that we’re following up on now.

“One of the main draws of our stand was the local Lincolnshire produce that was on offer - in particular the Moden’s plum bread! Having a unique, yet quality offering in Lincoln really caught the attention of the event buyers. And we are now working hard to turn some of those enquiries into large scale event bookings for the city”.

Attending the Meeting Show with Meet Lincoln was Lincolnshire Showground and BG Venues.

Support was also offered by Flowers by Suzanne, Modens, Stokes of Lincoln, Goodies of Lincoln, Pipers Crisps, DoubleTree By Hilton, Lincoln University, White Hart Hotel and the Cheese Society.

LINCOLNSHIRE HEADS TO BREMERHAVE FOOD FESTIVAL, GERMANY

If you would like to be involved please email Amy.Macdonnell@Nelincs.gov.uk 
All produce needs to be ready to leave by week commencing 14 July. 

Bremerhaven is the largest town on Germany's North Sea coast. It is situated on the margins of the River Weser, and like Grimsby, it is a commercial port with links to the fishing industry.

At the end of July, between Tuesdays 22 to Monday 28 July, North East Lincolnshire Council will be taking the very best of the county’s cuisine to Bremerhaven to show off at its annual Food Festival.  

Would you like to display your food and drink?
Over the five day food festival, North East Lincolnshire Council will be promoting the county to thousands of visitors.

For over 100 years Bremerhaven has enjoyed promoting and exposing some of the finest cuisines and delicacies to visitors from all over the world at the event.

Every year the town attracts thousands of visitors for the Summer Festival. During this time Bremerhaven becomes a 24/7 centre for music, food, dance and beer.

The festival includes a 'Partners in Europe' section where representatives from many of Bremerhaven's twins in Europe [including Grimsby] will take the opportunity to meet and share experiences- not to mention culture and economic information.

Alongside Grimsby, the European partners include Cherbourg, Fredrickshaven, Pori, Scezin and Kalininegrad.

The event will attract Europe's media attention. Coupled with exposure to both Bremerhaven and North East Lincolnshire food guides, magazines, tourism events, telegraphs and journals.

Bremerhaven is a progressive city which has now redeveloped its fish docks to accommodate processing facilities, restaurants, offices and training centres for the fisheries industry.

Why Bremerhaven?
Grimsby's partnership with Bremerhaven was established as far back as 1963, making it one of the oldest twinning arrangements in the country.

Similarly to Grimsby, it has car ferry terminals and an international distribution centre.

Because of its close connections with North East Lincolnshire, one of the main reason for attending is to emphasise and promote Lincolnshire as a quality destination to visit by ferry from Bremerhaven, as well as Lincolnshire’s award winning food and drink.

Transportation
Any Select Lincolnshire for Food members who wish to send produce to the event will have access to dry freeze facilities, plus a fridge and chiller at the event to keep any produce cool.

Deadline
If you would like to be involved please email Amy.Macdonnell@Nelincs.gov.uk
All produce needs to be ready to leave by week commencing 14 July.

SUMMER FETE & BEER FESTIVAL COMES TO INGHAM THIS JULY

Where - The Inn on the Green, Ingham

When - Starts 2.30pm, stalls close at 6pm, beer festival continues until late.

What’s better than a Summer Fete and Beer Festival we ask you? Not much in our opinion, and the good news is you won’t have to wait long for one!

The Inn on the Green, In Ingham, is hosting its Summer Fete and Beer Festival on Saturday 19^th July from 2.30pm.

It’s promised to be a fun filled day for all the family, with a live band at 7pm.

On offer there will be a minimum of nine carefully selected real ales for you to try – sounds good hey!

To make the day a real food heaven, invitations have gone out to other Select Lincolnshire for Food members inviting them to take a stall. Other members have kindly donated prizes for the raffle and auction, all proceeds of which will go to the villiage hall in Ingham.

Special guest on the day includes the local wine maker Marron Cider, who will be bringing Chocolate Wine and over 30 different liqueurs to the fete.

Would you like to attend the fete and take a stall?

Places are still available for Select Lincolnshire for Food members to take a stall, for only £3.00. But it is asked that a small donation is make towards the raffle in exchange for the 6ft stall and two chairs.

Stall holder information

To book please call 01522 730354

Arrive – 1.30pm to 2.15pm to set up

Special thanks go to Uncle Henrys farm shop, Henrys Tearoom (at Ruddocks), Pipers Crisps, Spire Chocolates, LJ Fairburn Poultry, Fen Farm Venison and Victoria at The Farm House Kitchen for their support promoting the event.

CALLING LOCAL SPECIALIST FOOD PRODUCERS TO THE BAKKAVOR FAMILY FUN DAYS

• Book your stall at the Bakkavor Family Fun Day local specialist food producers
• Email sueh@springfields.net for your booking form.

Bakkavor is hosting two Family Fun Days at Springfields on the weekend of 19th & 20th July to raise funds for their 2014 nominated project, Gosberton House School.

On Saturday 19th they have their own inter-company It’s A Knockout Competition and Tuby’s Fun Fair is also on site offering children and adult rides for their staff. In the evening there is an outdoor Queen tribute band concert with a fireworks finale. Tickets for this are on sale to their staff and the public via the South Holland Centre Box Office Tel: 01775 764777.

On Sunday 20th our charity, Springfields Horticultural Society is combining with Bakkavor to have a Fun & Fund-Raising Day, with profits from the event being shared between their Gosberton House School project and the Springfields Gardens charity.

Tuby’s Fun Fair will be staying on site and we are inviting craft and gift exhibitors, local specialist food producers and also selected “Vintage Collectables” traders to be here. Space will be allocated only on receipt of the completed booking form and payment. At the moment it is expected that all stand spaces will be inside the Events Centre main hall and marquee suite. Public entry will be a recommended £2 donation per person.

If you would like to take part in this show, please complete the attached form and return it to me at the above address. Passes and further details will be sent nearer the date of the event.

We very much look forward to you being part of Bakkavor Family Fun & Fund-Raising Day.

Yours faithfully,
Sue Hargreaves
Fun Day Administrator
sueh@springfields.net

£20 STALLS AT HARBY VILLAGE SHOW

• Saturday 13th September
• Time 10am till 5pm

The Friends of Queen Eleanor School in Harby and the village community are reviving the Harby Village Show, and they would like you to join them with a food stall.

The family fun day will bring activities, displays, exhibitions and competitions, as well as a lovely food and drink from local producers.

The event will raise funds for the local school and community.

On offer at the show will be:

• Jaguar cars on show
• Dog show
• Miniature railway
• Traditional bowls
• Tennis coaches
• Craft and produce competitions,
• Homemade and local produce
• Hot food and drinks
• Entertainment in show ring
• Facilities and parking on site

Book your stall now
For more information and to book your stall please contact Maria Michael on ria.steve@virgin.net

HARROGATE SPECIALITY FOOD SHOW

Event: Harrogate Speciality Food Show

When: 22nd - 23rd June

Where: Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate

What: Speciality Food Show, Harrogate brings together over 150 exhibitors each year from the UK and overseas. Every year it features greattastelive!, the Guild of Fine Food's live, interactive theatre of teach-ins and workshops.

Why: At this year’s Harrogate Speciality Food Show we have secured a Select Lincolnshire members only area! The Guild of Fine Food is offering preferential rates to any business who have not exhibited at the Harrogate show before, and you will find the rates attached along with a floor plan highlighting the Select Lincolnshire area. It would be great to showcase all that Lincolnshire has to offer the buyers with a united and supportive front! (This area can be extended depending on interest).

Can't attend - we'll take your leaflets
On the Select Lincolnshire for Food stand we can display member leaflets and information. So if you'd like us to represent you at the show, please email Gillian.Richardson@Lincs-Chamber.co.uk.

TRADE OPPORTUNITY – MEET LINCOLN IN LONDON

This year Meet Lincoln, which represents business venues across the city as part of the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce’s Visit Lincoln DMO, along with Lincolnshire Showground and Bishop Grosseteste University is exhibiting at The Meeting Show Tuesday 8th to Thursday 10th July. www.themeetingsshow.com

The Meeting Show happens annually at Olympia, Lincoln. It is a hosted for event buyer who organise meetings, events and conferences at different venues around the country.

This year they have over 750 hosted buyers and 3,000+ visitors attending. Meet Lincoln already has pre-schedule meeting time with event buyers, allowing time for one-to-one discussions with interested business tourism professionals.

Get involved
If you would like to support the event by donating some produce please contact Clare.Williams@Lincs-Chamber.co.uk. We will not have access to refrigeration on the stall so anything room temperature would be ideal. We will of course take business card/printed material for the giveaways if provided.

Tell me more about Meet Lincoln
Meet Lincoln is an established group of venues and accommodation providers in Lincoln and surrounding areas working collaboratively to raise awareness of Lincoln's offer as a place to meet, hold events and conferences. It is part of Visit Lincoln, and the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce.

The meetings, conferences and events offer in Lincoln and surrounding areas has grown considerably in the past decade and whilst businesses promote their own venues, Meet Lincoln is coordinating a wider approach to marketing the offer as a whole.

For more information visit the Meet Lincoln website.

FREE TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS

Select Lincolnshire for Food members have been invited to attend two consumer events, where you can set up stalls and sell to the public.

1. Springfields in Spalding Daffodil Spring Flower Show - Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April
2. Springfields Festival & Tulipmania - Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May

As both events are being run for charity there will be no foxed stall cost, but a small voluntary contribution will be asked for. Sadly, no hot food concessions allowed.

Register your interest
Email Gillian.Richardson@Lincs-Chamber.co.uk to be sent a registration form.

BOOK NOW – THE LINCOLNSHIRE SHOW

Stalls are still available at the Lincolnshire Show 2014, within the Select Lincolnshire Food Court.

If you wish to book a hot food stall information packs and deadline details will be sent out separately by the showground. 

For more information, and to book your stand, contact Sally Mundy on SMundy@lincolnshireshowground.co.uk or call 01522 585503.

BOOST YOUR SALES - HARROGATE SPECIALITY FOOD FAIR

Would you like to sell to more customers, set up new networks and attend one of the leading trade shows in Yorkshire? Yes, then we have the perfect exhibition for you.

Special treatment for Select Members
At this year’s Harrogate Speciality Food Show we have secured a Select Lincolnshire members only area!

The Guild of Fine Food is offering preferential rates to any business who have not exhibited at the Harrogate show before, and you will find the rates attached along with a floor plan highlighting the Select Lincolnshire area.

It would be great to showcase all that Lincolnshire has to offer the buyers with a united and supportive front! (This area can be extended depending on interest).

Why Harrogate?
The Harrogate show gathers more momentum and praise from exhibitors and visitors each year. It is held in the region's most accessible and well known venue – the Yorkshire Event Centre on Sunday 22 and Monday 23 June 2014.

There are many opportunities open to exhibitors:

• You can apply to have your product included in the gift 'bag of inspiration' that is offered to each visitor. 
• You can apply to be part of 'Feed The Dragon', where a product will be put in front of a panel of high-end retailers who will feed back on packaging, price, taste etc and will very often look to stock a product they love!
• Producers can apply to take part in Theater tasting sessions as part of GREAT TASTE LIVE!

These take place over the two days or you can get involved with something as simple as 'Show Offers', which includes offering the visitors incentives to place orders at the show, with incentives sent to the registered visitors by the Guild prior to the event.

And finally
There is so much on offer to exhibitors. Last year's event attracted more than 1,000 buyers from deli, farm shop, food halls, garden centres, butchers, tourist outlets and food service operations.
To book
If you want to be part of the Select Lincolnshire Members only area, please call Ruth on 01747 825200 and dial ext 612 to reserve your stand!

Website about the event can be found here. 

BAILGATE WEDDING FAYRE

Sunday 2nd March 2014

There is just over one week to go until the next Bailgate Wedding Fayre on Sunday 2 March 2014.

Do not miss your chance to join Lincolnshire's leading wedding suppliers, and meet brides-to-be at one of the busiest wedding events in Lincoln.

If you would like to book an exhibition stand - have a look at the prices here. 

If you need help or more information ring the Bailgate Wedding Fayre Team on 07780 900 010 or 07810 231 295.

P.s - don't forget to have a look at the new website!

www.bailgateweddingfayre.co.uk