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Dartmouth Food Festival

20th September 2018

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What could be better than spending time in one of Devon’s most beautiful spots than spending time there surrounded by amazing food? So if you find yourself in Devon over the weekend of 19^th-21^st October, be sure to enjoy both those things with the Dartmouth Food Festival.

The Festival, now in its 16^th year, the Festival is set to be bigger and better than ever. This year, Dartmouth welcomes many special guests, from internationally renowned chefs to celebrated writers and critics, to provide a huge range of exciting, informative and downright delicious entertainment. Led by our Festival advocate, award-winning chef and local restaurateur, Mitch Tonks, a spellbinding array of household names ensure the festival is packed with both our local and national food heroes including the top local and regional chefs, Simon Hulstone, Richard Bertinet, Romy Gill, and Angela Hartnett.

The Festival is a whole community affair, with people all over Dartmouth getting involved, wherever you look you’ll get the chance to sample some amazing food and take part in mouth-watering workshops. The Festival has something for the whole family. There plenty for grown-ups with amazing cookery demonstrations, drinks seminars and tastings. You'll meet celebrity chefs and local cookery heroes and some of the UK's top food writers. For children there's the Children's Tea Party at the start of the Festival on the Thursday, followed by lots of fun events throughout the Festival. And even your dog can be a gourmand for the day and savour the latest doggy flavoured ice cream from Dartmouth Ice Cream Company.

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You won’t want to miss out on experiencing the whole festival, so make sure to get yourself somewhere to stay so you can enjoy the whole event. Snaptrip are an agency with a great selection of cottages across Devon, including several properties in Dartmouth, giving you home comforts to return to after a busy day of sampling some of Devon’s finest foods. Alternatively, you could stay at Dartmouth Camping and Caravanning Club overlooks the bay and offers some amazing views of the area.

While you’re sampling the delights of the food festival, you might want to break up the day with a few fun activities offered in the locality. Sea Kayak Devon offers a variety of courses and tours from Dartmouth and there is no previous experience needed!

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Also nearby if you need to placate bored children is Woodlands Family Theme Park, which is perfect for families of all ages and hosts events of their own all through the year. Splashdown Quaywest is also nearby for those of you that want to spend some time working off all those calories you’ve consumed during the food festival!

Whatever you choose to do when visiting Dartmouth for the food festival, be sure to let us know how much fun you had, find us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and don’t forget to use #VisitDevon to see what everyone else is up to!