Visitors to Exmoor between 2nd and 11th October 2009 will be able to experience a taste of the very best in local produce from this beautiful part of the West Country at the eighth Exmoor Food Festival. The tasty programme of around 40 events will include food fairs, farmers’ markets, tasting platters, themed evenings, farm visits and indulgent cream teas. Some events will take place every day throughout the festival, while others will be on specific days.
The festival kicks off on Friday morning at Minehead Farmers’ Market, while in the evening there’s a Caribbean themed supper at The Avenue Creamery, Minehead (£22.50 per person) or a four-course home-cooked dinner at the Yarn Market Hotel, Dunster celebrating local produce (£30pp).
Some highlights over the ten days include a pony trek through the beautiful Doone Valley returning to Cloud Farm for a cream tea overlooking Badgworthy stream on Saturday, 3rd October priced at £20pp; a hearty breakfast at Moorland Hall and self-guided walk to Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor’s highest point on Sunday 4th and 11th October (£6 adults and £4 children) and a nostalgic journey on the West Somerset steam railway with high tea at the new Turntable Café at Minehead station on 6th, 7th and 8th October.
