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Events Diary
Need some inspiration on running a promotion in-store or thinking of visiting an overseas trade show? We have put together a diary of major festivals, shows and themed promotions that could get your business out there. If we are missing any event, local to you, national or international please contact Tortie Farrand.
| December 2009 | |||
| Saturdays | Fine Food Market | Chelsea, London | www.partridges.co.uk/ |
| 5-6 | Foodies Christmas | Edinburgh | www.foodiesfestival.com |
| January 2010 | |||
| 17- 19 | 35th Winter Fancy Food Show | Moscone Center, San Fransisco | www.fancyfoodshows.com |
| 20 - 23 | National Winter Ales Festival | Sheridan Suite, Manchester | www.alefestival.org.uk/winterales/ |
| 24 - 26 | Scotland Speciality Food Show | SECC Glasgow | www.scotlandsspecialityfoodshow.com |
| 24 - 30 | Farmhouse Breakfast Week | Various Venues, nationwide | www.farmhousebreakfast.com |
| 31 - 3 Feb | ISM | Cologne Exhibition Centre, Germany | www.ism-cologne.com |
| Febuary 2010 | |||
| All month | Entries open to the Great Taste Awards | Nationwide | www.finefoodworld/greattasteawards.co.uk |
| 2 - 4 | ExpoWest | Westpoint, Exeter | www.expowestexhibitions.com |
| 7 - 14 | Bramley Apple Week | Nationwide | www.bramleyapples.co.uk/BAW2010.shtml |
| 17 | Love the Flavour | Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Nr Plymouth | www.nationaltrust.org.uk/buckland |
| 17 - 20 | Biofach | Nuremberg, Germaany | www.biofach.de/en/ |
| 20 - 28 | Rye Bay Scallop Festival | Rye Bay, East Sussex | www.ryebayscallops.co.uk |
| March 2010 | |||
| 2 - 4 | ExpoWest | Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge | www.expowestexhibitions.com |
| 11 - 13 | Sussex Beer festival | Hove Town Hall | www.sussexbeerfestival.co.uk |
| 21 - 24 | Food & Drink Expo | NEC Birmingham | |
| 23 - 24 | ExpoWest | The United Counties Showground, Carmarthenshire | www.expowestexhibitions.com |
| 24 - 28 | Country Living Spring Fair | Business Design Centre, Islington, London | www.countryliving.co.uk |
| April 2010 | |||
| 4 - 18 | Chester Food & Drink Festival | Chester's Crown Court, Cheshire | www.chesterfoodanddrink.com |
| 9 - 11 | Exeter Festival of South West England Food & Drink | Northernhay Gardens & Exeter Castle | www.westcountrynow.com/exeterfoodfestival |
| 11 - 12 | Natural & Organic Products, Europe | Olympia, London | www.naturalproducts.co.uk |
| 14 - 15 | Wine + | Old Billingsgate, London | www.wineplus.co.uk |
| 19 - 20 | Taste of the West Trade Show | Westpoint, Exeter | www.tasteofthewesttradeshow.co.uk |
| 29 - 3rd | Spirit of Speyside | Speyside | www.spiritofspeyside.com |
| May 2010 | |||
| TBC | Great Taste Awards judging | Wincanton & London | www.finefoodworld/greattasteawards.co.uk |
| 1 - 3 | Dales Festival of Food | Leyburn, Wensleydale | www.dalesfestivaloffood.org |
| 5 - 6 | easyFairs Interiors Fit-Out & Retail | Excel, London | www.easyfairs.com |
| 7 - 10 | Real Food Fair | Earls Court One, London | www.realfoodfestival.co.uk |
| 15-16 | The Bath Coffee Festival | Kingston Parade, Bath | www.bathcoffeefestival.co.uk |
| 15 - 16 | Loch Fyne Food Fair | next to Loch Fyne Oyster Bar, Clachan, Cairndow, | www.lochfyne.com |
| 18 - 20 | The London International Wine Fair | Excel, London | www.londonwinefair.co.uk |
| 22 - 23 | Henley Food Festival | The Phyllis Court Paddock, Henley-on-Thames | www.henleyfoodfestival.co.uk/ |
| 31 | Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling | Gloucestershire | www.cheese-rolling.co.uk |
| TBC | The Royal Bath & West Show | Bath & West Showground, Somerset | www.bathandwest.com/show_show_1.php |
| June 2010 | |||
| TBC | Great Taste Awards judging | Wincanton & London | www.finefoodworld/greattasteawards.co.uk |
| 5 | Taste of Grampian | Thainstone Centre, close to Aberdeen | www.tasteofgrampian.co.uk |
| 16 - 20 | BBC Summer Good Food Festival | NEC, Birmingham | www.summer.bbcgoodfoodfestival.com |
| 20 - 21 | The Harrogate Speciality Food Show | Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate | www.finefoodworld.co.uk/content/SpecialityFoodShows/89.html |
| 24 - 27 | Royal Highland Show | Edinburgh, Scotland | www.royalhighlandshow.org |
| 27-29 | Summer Fancy Food Show | New York | www.fancyfoodshows.com |
| 23 - 25 | Caffe Culture | Olympia, London | www.caffeculture.com |
| July 2010 | |||
| TBC | Great Taste Awards judging | Wincanton & London | www.finefoodworld/greattasteawards.co.uk |
| 13 - 15 | Great Yorkshire Show | Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate | www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk |
| 19 - 22 | The Royal Welsh Show | Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, Powys | www.rwas.co.uk/society |
| September 2010 | |||
| TBC | World Cheese Awards | London | www.finefoodworld.co.uk/worldcheeseawards |
| 4 - 5 | Really Wild food and Countryside Festival | St Davids, Pembrokeshire | www.reallywildfestival.co.uk |
| 5 - 7 | Speciality & Fine Food Fair | Olympia, London | www.specialityandfinefoodfairs.co.uk |
| 17 - 26 | York Festival of Food and Drink | York | www.yorkfoodfestival.com |
| 25 - 26 | Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival | Snape Maltings, Suffolk IP17 1SR | www.aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk |
| 27 - 29 | SHOP, Dublin | Dublin | www.investni.com |
| October 2010 | |||
| 17 - 21 | SIAL | Paris | |
| 23 - 24 | Countryside Live | Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate | www.countrysidelive.co.uk |
| 23 - 24 | Gwledd Conwy Feast | Conwy | www.conwyfeast.co.uk |
| November 2010 | |||
| 10-14 | Country Living Christmas Fair | Business Design Centre, Islington, London | www.countryliving.co.uk |
| December 2010 | |||
| 3 - 5 | Simply Christmas | Harrogate International Centre, North Yorkshire | www.simply-christmas.co.uk |
