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Plans in place for food and drink festival
Published on 19 Mar, 2013 at 10:45 in Food & Drink Festival | Viewed 494 times | No Comments
We’re only in March but preparations for the ninth Stone Food & Drink Festival in October have been under way for some time. The organisers have issued this press release – and there’s lots being planned for the big event… Now in its ninth year the Stone Food & Drink Festival, which is set...
Westbridge Park viewpoint: Richard Stevens
Published on 4 Feb, 2013 at 18:40 in Westbridge Park | Viewed 1,784 times | 27 Comments
In an interview on Radio Stoke last week, the chairman of Stone Food and Drink Festival said that the borough council’s plan for Westbridge Park puts the future of the festival at risk. Here, Richard Stevens explains why he believes this is the case – and why a supermarket on the park is bad for...
Chairman’s delight at food festival success
Published on 17 Oct, 2012 at 16:50 in Food & Drink Festival | Viewed 326 times | No Comments
The chairman of Stone Food and Drink Festival has said that he’s delighted with the success of this year’s event, which saw record crowds over all three days. Richard Stevens said: “Our goal every year is to make the festival bigger and better than before – and we’re delighted to have succeeded again this year!...
In pictures: Food and Drink Festival Saturday
Published on 8 Oct, 2012 at 21:38 in Food & Drink Festival | Viewed 733 times | 1 Comment
The Food and Drink Festival on Saturday was probably the busiest single day in the event’s history. Thousands of people enjoyed the good weather, the farmers’ market and the attractions at Westbridge Park. All photos again by Joshua Cope – thanks for doing such a fantastic job Josh! You can see lots more of...
In pictures: Food and Drink Festival Friday
What an amazing weekend in Stone! Thousands and thousands of people, good weather and a brilliant Food and Drink Festival. Here’s a photo slideshow from Friday’s opener. All pictures by Joshua Cope – loads more to come from Saturday and Sunday soon, as well as lots of audio and video.
Lizzie makes a splash at food festival!
Published on 7 Oct, 2012 at 9:26 in Food & Drink Festival | Viewed 260 times | No Comments
Stone’s Olympian Lizzie Neave enjoyed her first time back in her home town since London 2012 by opening this year’s Food and Drink Festival on Friday and spending Saturday meeting fans and signing autographs at Westbridge Park. Lizzie got the big weekend under way on Friday lunchtime by cutting a pumpkin to officially open the...
Call to scrap Westbridge development plans
Published on 30 Sep, 2012 at 0:18 in Westbridge Park | Viewed 2,737 times | 23 Comments
The chairman of Stone Food and Drink Festival has called for plans which would pave the way for development on Westbridge Park to be scrapped immediately. Richard Stevens was speaking ahead of Stafford Borough Council’s Cabinet meeting on Thursday 4th October, when the latest version of the borough Local Plan will be discussed. The...
Talks and tastings galore at food festival
Published on 29 Sep, 2012 at 23:23 in Food & Drink Festival | Viewed 277 times | No Comments
This year’s Stone Food and Drink Festival will feature a new ‘Talks and Tastings’ tent featuring top tips and masterclasses on a huge range of culinary topics. Talks will take place throughout the day on Friday 5th, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October. Exhibitors and local businesses are signing up all the time to...
Food festival fans – we need you!
Published on 27 Sep, 2012 at 21:07 in Food & Drink Festival | Viewed 325 times | No Comments
Stone Food and Drink Festival weekend gets under way on Friday 5th October, with loads going on across the town in the week leading up to the big event, starting on Saturday night (29th September) with Lymestone Brewery’s Chilli-Off! The festival is one of the highlights of the year in the town and we’ll...
Lizzie to open Food and Drink Festival
Published on 19 Sep, 2012 at 21:05 in Food & Drink Festival | Viewed 281 times | No Comments
As well as switching on the Christmas lights this year, Stone’s London 2012 Olympian Lizzie Neave is set to open the eighth annual Stone Food & Drink Festival in October. Lizzie – who’s a keen baker and foodie – will open the festival on Friday 5th October at 1pm. After performing her VIP duties,...