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Clarissa became one of only two women in England to become a Guild Butcher (the other is the Queen Mother) Read More... |
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Rachel Green's Chatsworth Cookery Book, featuring produce from the famous farm shop and estate and the surrounding East Midlands countryside. Read More... |
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Anjum hit the headlines earlier this year with her successful BBC show Indian Food Made Easy. Read More... |
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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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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 arable, sheep, beef, dairy, pork, poultry and the more unusual venison and bison. Nearby Robert Bakewell bred the famous ‘New Leicester Sheep’ and Longhorn cattle in the 1800’s. Lincolnshire, famous for vegetables, is less than ten miles away. Melton Mowbray (pop 26,000) on the River Eye, has a dozen bakeries, six butchers, 14 cafes, 16 restaurants, several takeaways, sausage shop, cheese shop and the famous Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, visited by a quarter of a million people annually. There are over a dozen farm shops in the Borough and four local microbreweries produce quality draft and bottled ales. Belvoir Cordials (elderflower) come from the Vale of Belvoir. |
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