This year’s Bolton Food and Drink Festival has broken records, with a whopping 267,000 visitors making Bolton their destination of choice over the August bank holiday. Visitors came from across the UK to sample food and drink from more than 200 traders, watch top chefs in action and enjoy live music and entertainment. New this year was the addition of a music…
The countdown to the biggest event in Bolton’s culinary calendar has begun. Set-up has finished for the north west’s largest food festival (August 25 to 28), which is organised by Bolton Council in association with Aldi. With just two days to the launch of Bolton’s 12th Food and Drink Festival, work is well under way to transform the town centre ready for…
A masterclass in Aldi wines is being uncorked for Bolton Food and Drink Festival. Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott and top wine critic, Simon Woods, will be hosting a tipple tasting not to be missed on Sunday, August 27. The festival is organised by Bolton Council in association with Aldi, and wine aficionados have the chance to sample some of Aldi’s…
TV chef Simon Rimmer will swap Sunday Brunch for Saturday brunch as part of three special events topping the bill at this year’s Bolton Food and Drink Festival. And there is also the chance to drink wine with Strictly Come Dancing star Ainsley Harriott and match your pint to your pasty with beer expert Annabelle Smith. This is of special…
The award-winning Bolton Food and Drink Festival is back with news to make even the staunchest of foodies faint in a glorious amalgam of glee and excitement. But first a little foodie teaser. What do you get when you take a dash of Ainsley Harriott, a pinch of Simon Rimmer, a sprinkling of James Martin, then stir together with Michael Caines? The…