Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival

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21st, 22nd & 23rd June 2024 ​​​​​​.

Pamper your palate and join family and friends over one great three-day weekend to celebrate the 16h Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival. Enjoy live music, free wine tasting talks, cheese tasting, artisan food producers, along with a myriad of demonstrations from some of the country’s leading chefs.

What's On:

- Paso-Primero Wine - Discover these unique wines in their one-hour masterclass. 

- Simon Probyn - Sculptor - Trained at Holme Lacey in rural Herefordshire Simon creates original sculptures for the home and garden, either out of recycled or new steel.

Artisan Producers - It’s time to get excited to sample the tastiest, purchase the best and be inspired by the crème-de-la-crème of culinary and artisan expertise in the country.

Dog Show - The festival dog event is proudly created by the Cheltenham Animal Shelter.

Live Music - Enjoy a day of incredible music from a variety of live bands.

George Egg, The Snack Hacker.
What this man has to say about pimping Pot Noodles, Greggs pasties and Fray Bentos pies will blow your mind. George Egg is a real foodie.

Giuseppe Dell'Anno.
Whipping up an admirable array of cakes, cookies, and pastries on the 2021 series of The Great British Bake Off – impressing the judges so much he was crowned the winner.

Adam Ball.
Masterchef semi-finalist 2023.

Damien Wager.
A self-taught pastry chef, who over the past few years has risen towards the top of the U.K. Pastry Chef rankings due to his numerous exploits & achievements.

Free Wine Talks and Tastings.

This immersive experience offers a first-come, first-seated opportunity to explore diverse grape varieties, enhancing your appreciation for the world of wines. An enriching and palate-pleasing adventure with wines from Italy, England, South Africa, Spain, Australia, France. Cheers to discovering the nuances of fine wines.

What is included in your entrance ticket: 

- Chefs Kitchen, cooking demos
- Weber BBQ Grill Stage
- Selection of Wine Talks and Tastings
- Live music
- Street Theatre
- Selection of drink talks and tastings.
- Selection of cheese talks
- Artisan food producers
- Craft alcohol producers showing their products. 
- Childrens entertainment on Saturday & Sunday.
- Cotswolds BBQ Championship.
- A great day out with family and friends.

What is the Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival?

The Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival is a popular annual event for Cheltenham, both with visitors and locals.  Past festivals have been a gastronomic delight with over 200 exhibitors from both the local area and surrounding regions.

The festival has always provided an astonishing variety of tasty goodies from oatcakes to aphrodisiac quince, the widest range of baked goods, meats, fish, cheeses, jams, chutneys and much more.  This is the regional food event not to be missed.

Visitors can expect a fresh selection of food from Thai to Indian and Moroccan through to the classic British fish and chips along with the traditional taste of real ale from many breweries. The cooking demonstrations are always popular with local chefs and guest celebrity chefs, as are the International Wine Tasting classes and the Food & Drink Talks covering many subjects in a relaxed, fun interactive environment with some of the most well-known and respected experts in the UK.  Subjects covered include real ale, wine and nutrition. 

Get the 2024 Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival dates in your diary for a weekend of relaxing with friends and family with the background of live music whilst sipping a glass of your favourite drink.

For more unmissable events in Cheltenham check out our helpful guides - Cheltenham Festivals Guide & Cheltenham What's On Guide. To plan your stay in Cheltenham visit our Cheltenham Hotels Guide, Cheltenham Restaurants, Cheltenham Shops & Cheltenham Staycations.