Yet another food festival in London, but this time with a difference. No, not the product mind you, but the fact that we were going to get in for free because we volunteered to help out at the event. This festival is about small producers, so most of the show is filled with the usual London farmer market stall, including the usual culprits from Borough Markets. What I really liked was being able to meet the producers from other parts of the UK, especially Scotland, Jersey and Wales.
So what did we actually do as volunteers? Well, we started off by donning the lovely white oversized t-shirts and yellow wrist bands. Once decked out, we manned the booth at Peelham Farm Produce, and besides eating their scrumptious sausage samples, tried to tell a few people about the farm. Then it was off to hand out pamphlets about the event to all the stallholders, and trying out their products at the same time.
Highlights were:
- The scrumptious flavours at Fairfields Farm Crisps
- The really delicious Callestick Farm Cornish Dairy Ice Cream. Unfortunately they didn’t have any for sale, otherwise I would’ve lapped it up.
- The usual high standard and free tasting at the Duchy Originals booth.
- The gorgeous, but not yet available in London Pyman Pates, so we decided to buy 4 for £10.
- Lovely Scottish Connage Organic cheese, 3 for £10 with oatcakes and a cooler bag
- The chatty and very nice lady at Clippy's Apple Preserves .
- The really nice tea lady who gave me a juice when I was very thirsty.
- Rabbit skinning demonstration and hands on activity, although I didn’t stay around for the actual skinning part.
- The generous people at good natured juice handing out 2 L of juice
- Gails giving away the end of day stock in a free for all.
- The nice man from Paterson-arran giving me a Flaming Choc Giant Cookie for free because I was a volunteer
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