Vendors wishing to apply for a stall at the hugely popular Beverley Food Festival and The Christmas Festival of Food & Drink have until the 11 April to submit their application to Beverley Town Council.
Taking place on 7 October 2018, the Beverley Food Festival is one of the biggest events on the calendar attracting over 30,000 visitors to the town, while The Christmas Festival of Food & Drink will take place on 24 November.
Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards will take place later this week with a number of businesses and events flying the flag for Beverley.
Tourism is a key industry for the region with the latest figures released showing tourism in 2017 was worth £837 million to the local economy, with more visitors coming to area than ever before.
Rising star Ellie Tuttle became the first-ever female winner of the Copper Saucepan Apprentice Chef of the Year competition, held at the Beverley Food Festival.
Ellie, who works at Cerutti’s Restaurant in Hull, triumphed in front of a packed food theatre, housed in a marquee in Saturday Market, Beverley.
A big display that was created following photography competition organised by Dementia Friendly East Riding will go on display in the town.
Pictures along with captions will go on display at the up coming Beverley Food Festival before moving to the Parkway Cinema where it will be on show for a week.
The search is on to find the best young chef in Hull and East Yorkshire. Organised by the Hull and East Riding Hospitality Association and now in its eleventh year.
The Copper Saucepan competition seeks to discover the Apprentice Chef of the Year and culminates with a live cook-off as part of the Beverley Food Festival in October.
Hull and East Riding’s premier tourism awards, the REYTAs, have been given unprecedented support from local businesses, with more sponsors of awards than ever before.
Events and companies from Beverley that are in contention for an award are Beverley Food Festival, Beverley Puppet Festival, The Westwood Restaurant, Lempicka Cafe & Bistro, T C Patisserie and Butt Farm Caravan & Campsite.
Beverley Food Festival has been named a Northern Champion in the Countryside Alliance Awards wining a place at the national finals that will held at the House of Lords.
Dubbed the rural Oscars judges praised organisers for their energy and the quality of the event that pulled in over 30,000 people last October.
Hull and East Yorkshire’s premier tourism awards, the REYTAs, have achieved record entries yet again.
And such was the quality, the organisers, Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) had to introduce an additional category during the short-listing process because of the “overwhelming” numbers vying for the honour of Remarkable Tourism Event.
The countdown has begun in the search for the region’s remarkable tourism businesses, with the launch of the 2017 Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards
Staff from the Society will be participating in the festival by baking home-made cakes and treats in return for donations in aid of charity partner, Action Duchenne.
One of the main attractions at this weekend’s Beverley Food Festival will be the live cook-off to determine Hull and East Yorkshire’s Apprentice Chef of the Year.
Organisers of the Beverley Food Festival which takes place Sunday 2 October are set to serve up a real treat for what will be the 11th year the event has been held.
