Clarissa Dickson Wright

Clarissa became one of only two women in England to become a Guild Butcher (the other is the Queen Mother) Read More...

Rachel Green

Rachel Green's Chatsworth Cookery Book, featuring produce from the famous farm shop and estate and the surrounding East Midlands countryside. Read More...

Anjum Anand

Anjum hit the headlines earlier this year with her successful BBC show Indian Food Made Easy. Read More...

Rural Capital of Food

2008 Festival Picture Gallery

During this years Festival our website designers & photographers, Dragon Creative will be on site taking pictures of the events and attractions, so if you want your picture on the world…     Readmore....

Melton Mowbray – Rural Capital of Food

People in Melton Mowbray are proud of the town’s food heritage. There are many reasons given above why Melton Mowbray is described as the UK’s ‘Rural Capital of Food’.…     Readmore....

A Food Heritage Unrivalled in the Country

Melton Mowbray’s food heritage is unrivalled in the country. The town gave rise to two of the most iconic products of British Food; Melton Mowbray Pork Pies and Stilton Cheese. The…     Readmore....

Celebrating Melton’s Food Heritage – the Food Festival

Several festivals celebrate the town’s connections with food. The East Midlands Food and Drink Festival, organised by the Melton Mowbray Food Partnership, is held annually on the first…     Readmore....

Hospitality - the Gourmet Trail and ‘Melton Hunt Breakfast’

A famous painting, ‘The Melton Hunt Breakfast’ shows the aristocracy at table before riding out to the hunt. Hospitality and the rich abundance and quality of food characterise…     Readmore....

A Genius for Invention

Sir Issac Newton was born and raised at Woolsthorpe Manor just ten miles from Melton Mowbray. Melton’s genius however is with the invention of foods and not just Pork Pies and Stilton…     Readmore....

Not just Cheese and Pies.

Melton is one of the smallest, most sparsely populated boroughs in England, stretching North to South from the Vale of Belvoir to High Leicestershire. Agriculture is still important including…     Readmore....

Inventing Afternoon Tea and Painting the Town Red

The Melton area gave the country one of its most enduring traditions, Afternoon Tea. Anna, Duchess of Bedford was staying at the time with the Duke and Duchess of Rutland at Belvoir Castle.…     Readmore....

Melton Mowbray Pork Pies

Stilton whey fed a large pig population in the Melton area. Local bakers developed the edible hot crust pastry which is ‘raised’ to make the pie and filled with coarsely chopped…     Readmore....

Stilton – the King of Cheeses

The 1800’s also coincided with the expansion of the dairy industry. Though the exact origins of Stilton are much disputed, there is little doubt that by about 1730 its production was…     Readmore....

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ImageAnjum learned her craft at home and in trend setting restaurants around the world. She has worked in the chic Café Spice in New York, and for Tommy Tang and the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles. Anjum hit the headlines earlier this year with her successful BBC show Indian Food Made Easy. The book to accompany the series knocked Harry Potter off the number one spot (on Amazon)! Other TV appearances include This Morning, UKTV Food’s Great Food Live and Sky One’s Taste.

Her first book ‘Indian Everyday – light healthy Indian food’ – Headline - entered the non-fiction bestseller list at no. 80 the week it was published and is continuing to sell terrifically well. Anjum appreciates the struggle to find light and healthy Indian food and has packed her books with recipes for delicious balanced meals in which we can indulge everyday. She has given the Indian food we love a mouth watering new taste drawing inspiration from the cooking very few of us have had the good fortune to try – homemade food – fresher healthier and simpler fare that is world’s away from oily curries and flock wallpaper. Using all the traditional ingredients and fragrance spices she fuses them into contemporary, holistic dishes that sing with the home-style flavours she adores.

 
Festival 2008