Bury Market is celebrating British Food Fortnight with a series of cookery demonstrations and food samples.
The food festival, now in its tenth year, runs from 17 Sep to 2 Oct, and market shoppers can pick up ideas on how to make the most of the fine selection of produce sold by the traders.
Visitors can also pick up a free booklet containing details of some of the market’s food stalls, discount vouchers, a coupon for a free Bury Market shopping bag and an opportunity to win a hamper packed with food from Bury Markets.
Bury Market has won many awards including BBC Radio 4’s Food and Farming Awards’ Best Food Market, a listing in The Guardian’s “Ten of the Best” markets, and NABMA’s award for “Best Market Attraction” to name but three.
Some of the freshest produce in the North West can be found on the market including: Lancashire cheeses, Chorley and Eccles cakes, hand raised pies, freshly made soups, Sarsaparilla Cordial, the famous Bury Black Puddings, Lancashire sauces, locally caught seasonal fresh fish, award winning sausage and bacon, and fresh fruit and vegetables with one stall’s selection including produce brought to market daily by the grower.
The Food fortnight events include:
* Cookery demonstrations by: Starfish Kitchen (17 and 23 Sep, and 1 Oct, all 11am to 2pm); Bury College, Wednesday 21 Sep (11am to 2pm).
* Wednesday 28 Sep: Graham Hill, Cheese Plus. Food sampling and how to make a “real” cheesecake. On the market’s “golden mile”, from noon to 1pm. Also, Toni Holland, at Mrs Ogden’s Team Room, offering food samples (11am to noon)
* Friday 30 Sep: Sweets and Treats – will be giving away free samples of brandy snaps (11am to noon)
For more information on Bury Market call 0161 253 6520 or visit their website www.burymarket.com