Why Doesn’t Essex have a Destination Food Festival?
Inspired by this weekend’s visit to Ludlow Food Festival (which was brilliant), I was thinking that (my native) Essex should have a destination festival at least as big. There’s enough quality food. The countryside is just as beautiful, but in a different way. It’s very accessible. What’s stopping it?
Off the top of my head it should include:
Tiptree Jam
- Tiptree Jam
- Maldon Salt
- Leigh Cockles
- Rossi’s Icecream
- Kelly’s Turkeys
- Mighty Oak Brewery
- Crouch Vale Brewery
- New Hall Vinyards
- Burnham Mustard
- Marriage’s Millers
- Richard Haward Oysters
- Jamie Oliver
- Daniel Clifford
- The Sun, Dedham
What am I missing? People, location, produce, chefs, restaurateurs? An existing festival or festivals that already hit the mark? Let’s create it, at least in theory. And once the theory is there…
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