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Children's Events

What's on in the Tops Fun Food Factory

Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 October
10.00-16.00

The Tops Fun Food Factory is located in the Community Learning & Resource Centre next to the King Street car park and a short walk from the Minster. Come and join us for two days of fantastic FREE activities for children. All adults will receive a free Waitrose goody bag and children will receive Organix Goodies!

Saturday 23 October
All day Face painting
All day Fun Festival Treasure Hunt, come and join the treasure hunt at the Tops Fun Food Factory - prizes for all!
All day Festival Play and Craft - join us for messy play, play dough crafts, making the real Mr Potato Head & vegetable characters, Food sensory games and much more.
10.00-11.00, 11.30-12.30, 13.30-14.30 & 15.00-16.00 CBeebies 'I Can Cook' - join us for a rare opportunity to meet Katy Ashworth star of 'I Can Cook', who will be telling stories, singing songs and signing autographs. This is a very popular show, so please collect your FREE ticket in advance from Wimborne Tourist Information Centre.
 
Sunday 24 October
All day Face painting
All day Fun Festival Treasure Hunt, come and join the treasure hunt at the Tops Fun Food Factory - prizes for all!
All day Festival Play and Craft - join us for messy play, play dough crafts, making the real Mr Potato Head & vegetable characters, Food sensory games and much more.


Main Events

THURSDAY 21ST OCTOBER

No. Event Name Time Location & Directions Cost Description
number 35 A Taste of Waitrose 17.00 - 20.00 Waitrose, Wimborne

Rowlands Hill
FREE During the hours of 5 - 8pm we will be showcasing many of our interesting products including the new Dutchy range along with some of our own local products. Waitrose experts will be on hand demonstrating various skills as part of our special late night opening.


FRIDAY 22ND OCTOBER

No. Event Name Time Location & Directions Cost Description
number 18 Friday Fish Night!   La Fosse at Cranborne

London House, The Square, Cranborne, BH21 5PR
£24.95 booking essential 01725 517604 Join us for a delicious three course fish and seafood evening, in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere.


SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER

No. Event Name Time Location & Directions Cost Description
number 1 Food & Artisan Market Tent 10.00 - 16.30 Wimborne
Minster Green
FREE Mouth watering food, wine and real ale - there will be plenty to get your taste buds going and the opportunity to buy all manner of delectable goodies.
number 2 Honeybrook Farm Demonstration Kitchen Tent 10.00 - 16.30 Corn Market FREE Our chefs' will be cooking up a storm and showing you how to easily reproduce restaurant standard meals at home.
number 3 Tops Fun Food Factory 10.00 - 16.00 Wimborne Community Learning & Resource Centre

Just off King Street car park, short walk from Minster
FREE The Tops Fun Food Factory is located in the Community Learning & Resource Centre next to the King Street car park and a short walk from the Minster. Come and join us for two days of fantastic FREE activities for children. All adults will receive a free Waitrose goody bag and children will receive Organix Goodies!
number 4 Vegetable Olympics 11.00 - 12.00 The Green outside Waitrose £3.20 each We are looking for teams of 3 to try their luck in the Vegetable Olympics to raise money for Julia's House, the Festival's nominated charity.

Sack Race
Onion & Spoon
Pass The Cabbage
Pumpkin Slalom Dribbling.
number 5 International Street Market 10.00 - 14.30 High Street   Mouth watering food, wine and real ale - there will be plenty to get your taste buds going and the opportunity to buy all manner of delectable goodies.
number 6 Artisan Bread Tasting 11.00 - 11.45 Long Crichel Bakery

Cook Row Tea Rooms, Cook Row
FREE - booking essential, to book, sign up at the bakery in Cook Row prior to the event Come and meet Jamie Campbell the owner of Long Crichel Bakery and hear him talk on how the Long Crichel bread is made, the baking process, unique ingredients used and the difference between an artisan or craft product and a factory-produced loaf. There will be plenty of samples to tempt your taste buds!
number 7 Bush Tucker Trial 09.00 - 16.30 Bath Travel Wimborne

2 Crown Mead
FREE Come along and have a go at our bush tucker trials!
number 8 Comfort in
a Cup
11.00 - 11.15 & 01.00 - 01.15 & 03.00 - 03.15 Apex Companions stand on the
High Street

Wimborne Town Centre
FREE Official chef for Sunseeker International and television producer Gabrielle Jackson will demonstrate recipes created to encourage carers and the elderly to use locally sourced seasonal ingredients, the meals are tasty and healthy... Gabrielle say's she is providing "Comfort in a Cup" with a nutritional soup, perfect for the older generation who often don't drink enough or consume their "five a day" not to mention some other truly tasty, inexpensive and colourful dishes to whet all appetites!
number 9 Lucky Sherbet Dips 08.00 - 16.30 Minster Sweets

8 Quarterjack Mews, East Street
FREE Free lucky dip with every £2 spent - every ticket's a winner!
number 10 Midday Munchies 10.00 - 12.00 The Rotunda

Kingston Lacy. BH21 4EA
Adult £6, child £3 Canapés and the Kitchen Garden get together in the Rotunda. Taste the roast beef vol-a-vents and see how we're using seasonal produce from the Kitchen Gardens in the restaurant.

Produce will remain on display for donation buying.
number 11 Open Farm All day Honeybrook Farm. BH21 4JD FREE "Open Farm" at Honeybrook Farm and Country Park, come and enjoy the animals and the beautiful setting of Honeybrook Farm.
number 12 Wine Tasting 12.00 - 17.00 Wine Shack

10 High Street
FREE Come to this wine tasting event and sample the best wines for your table - staff will be on hand to guide you through the tasting process and offer advice. (over 18's only)
number 13 Women's Health & Fitness 10.00 - 16.00 Curves Tent on the High Street £10.00 Join us at the Curves tent for the Curves Workout For Women - Fun Fast Fitness. Receive free nutritional advice and fitness assessments.
number 14 Fruitastic Art! 09.30 - 16.00 Wimborne Library

Crown Mead
FREE Come to Wimborne Library and colour in a piece of delicious fruit to add to our giant fruit basket. We will also have a huge selection of food related storybooks for you to delve into.
number 16 Three Cheers for Beer! 10.30 - 19.00 The Rising Sun

38 East Street
FREE A Promotion of local real ales, how you brew beer and how local real ales are made, with a display of ingredients, processes and lot of free tasters!
number 17 Wild Skills Youth Adventure Programme All day Honeybrook Farm comes to town

Wimborne Town Centre
FREE We will be exploring and demonstrating wild cooking using a rocket stove, pine burn log and other methods of cooking while in the wilderness. We can also offer flint and vsteel workshops through out the festival.
number 19 Celebration of 'Local Produce' 09.00 - 04.30 Cloisters

40 East Street
  Join us for a Festival celebration of 'Local Produce' including Pork served in a bap with apple sauce and stuffing. Served with salad or chips.
number 20 Cream Tea Happy Hour 15.00 - 16.30 Pamphill Parlour

Pamphill Dairy
  Buy one scone with cream and jam and get one free between 3pm and 4.30pm.
number 21 Dorset Soups 10.00 - 17.00 Coffee Pots Ceramic Café

83 High Street
  A huge range of soups made with local ingredients
number 22 Face Food 09.00 - 15.00 Alison Pearce Skincare

Cornmarket
FREE Take a seat at our Skin Bar, get Face Mapped and we'll serve a selection of Dermalogica products perfect for
your skin.
number 23 Fair Trade Food Tasting 10.00 - 17.00 Fair Ground

1 Cornmarket Court, next to White Hart
FREE Come and try delicious fair trade food.
number 24 Festival Dining All day The Kings Head Hotel

The Square
  25% off your bill for a minimum of two people dining on production of your festival brochure.
number 25 Festival Feast 09.00 - 17.00 Quarterjack's Speciality Sandwich & Ice Cream Shop

2 Cook Row
  Sandwich Promotions and Special Offers, Free Tastings, New Forest Soft Scoop Ice Cream Cones at special Festival prices of £1 for a single and £2 for a double. Outside seating available.
number 26 Indian Classics Cookery Workshop All day In the square FREE Drop in to the stall on the High Street and learn how to make classic Indian dishes: onion barjhis, somosa's,
allo tikkas
number 27 Smashing Pumpkins! 08.00 - 17.30 Minster Greens FREE A beautiful display of local squashes and delicious recipes on how to prepare and cook them. Guess the weight of the prize pumpkin and win it's weight in pounds (sterling)!!
number 28 Festival Dining 11.30 - 15.00 Spill The Beans

7 West Street
FREE Boost your energy and spice up your life. Try some delicious freshly cooked high energy foods using low cost ingredients prepared by local nutritional therapist Monica. Free tastings.
number 29 Sweet and Savory Scones 09.00 - 15.00 The Laughing Pot Tea Rooms

4 West Borough
  Selection of sweet scones including apple and cinnamon with home made jams and savory scones including blue vinney and walnut with homemade chutney and relishes
number 30 A Dorset Feast All day from 9am The Coventry Arms Chop and Ale House

Mill Street, Corfe Mullen. BH21 3RH
FREE Come to the Coventry Arms for a day of delicious dishes made from locally sourced produce and prepared by our Dorset Chef of the Year, Ian Gibbs.
number 31 Dorset Bites 10.00 - 16.00 Wimborne Tourist Information Centre

29 High Street
ALL FREE Come and find out about food unique to Dorset and sample some of Dorset's tasty bites!
number 32 Festival Favorites 09.00 - 17.00 Banana Moon Café

3 Church Street
  Banana Moon introduces its limited Festival Favorites, try owners' Claudia and Dave's favorite smoothies and take part in a German sausage tasting.
number 33 Soup Glorious Soup 10.00 - 16.30 The Priest's House Museum & Garden

23-27 High Street
FREE The Priest's House Museum will be holding a 'soup-tacular' event in it's Victorian kitchen, with an emphasis on that favorite winter warmer, soup.
number 34 Sweet Memories Golden Ticket All day Sweet Memories

5 Crown Court
  There will be a number of Golden Tickets in some bags of mixed sweets. Find a golden ticket to win £5 of chocolates or sweets.


SUNDAY 24TH OCTOBER

No. Event Name Time Location & Directions Cost Description
number 1 Food & Artisan Market Tent 10.00 - 16.30 Wimborne
Minster Green
FREE Mouth watering food, wine and real ale - there will be plenty to get your taste buds going and the opportunity to buy all manner of delectable goodies.
number 2 Honeybrook Farm Demonstration Kitchen Tent 10.00 - 16.30 Corn Market FREE Our chefs' will be cooking up a storm and showing you how to easily reproduce restaurant standard meals at home.
number 3 Tops Fun Food Factory 10.00 - 16.00 Wimborne Community Learning & Resource Centre

Just off King Street car park, short walk from Minster
FREE The Tops Fun Food Factory is located in the Community Learning & Resource Centre next to the King Street car park and a short walk from the Minster. Come and join us for two days of fantastic FREE activities for children. All adults will receive a free Waitrose goody bag and children will receive Organix Goodies!
number 5 International Street Market 10.00 - 14.30 High Street   Mouth watering food, wine and real ale - there will be plenty to get your taste buds going and the opportunity to buy all manner of delectable goodies.
number 8 Comfort in
a Cup
All day Apex Companions stand on the
High Street

Wimborne Town Centre
FREE Official chef for Sunseeker International and television producer Gabrielle Jackson will demonstrate recipes created to encourage carers and the elderly to use locally sourced seasonal ingredients, the meals are tasty and healthy... Gabrielle say's she is providing "Comfort in a Cup" with a nutritional soup, perfect for the older generation who often don't drink enough or consume their "five a day" not to mention some other truly tasty, inexpensive and colourful dishes to whet all appetites!
number 9 Lucky Sherbet Dips 08.00 - 16.30 Minster Sweets

8 Quarterjack Mews, East Street
FREE Free lucky dip with every £2 spent - every ticket's a winner!
number 10 Midday Munchies 10.30 - 12.00 The Rotunda

Kingston Lacy. BH21 4EA
Adult £6, child £3 Canapés and the Kitchen Garden get together in the Rotunda. Taste the roast beef vol-a-vents and see how we're using seasonal produce from the Kitchen Gardens in the restaurant.

Produce will remain on display for donation buying.
number 11 Open Farm All day Honeybrook Farm. BH21 4JD FREE "Open Farm" at Honeybrook Farm and Country Park, come and enjoy the animals and the beautiful setting of Honeybrook Farm.
number 12 Wine Tasting 12.00 - 17.00 Wine Shack

10 High Street
FREE Come to this wine tasting event and sample the best wines for your table - staff will be on hand to guide you through the tasting process and offer advice. (over 18's only)
number 13 Women's Health & Fitness 10.00 - 16.00 Curves Tent on the High Street £10.00 Join us at the Curves tent for the Curves Workout For Women - Fun Fast Fitness. Receive free nutritional advice and fitness assessments.
number 16 Three Cheers for Beer! 10.30 - 19.00 The Rising Sun

38 East Street
FREE A Promotion of local real ales, how you brew beer and how local real ales are made, with a display of ingredients, processes and lot of free tasters!
number 17 Wild Skills Youth Adventure Programme All day Honeybrook Farm comes to town

Wimborne Town Centre
FREE We will be exploring and demonstrating wild cooking using a rocket stove, pine burn log and other methods of cooking while in the wilderness. We can also offer flint and vsteel workshops through out the festival.
number 20 Cream Tea Happy Hour 15.00 - 16.30 Pamphill Parlour

Pamphill Dairy
  Buy one scone with cream and jam and get one free between 3pm and 4.30pm.
number 25 Festival Feast 09.00 - 17.00 Quarterjack's Speciality Sandwich & Ice Cream Shop

2 Cook Row
  Sandwich Promotions and Special Offers, Free Tastings, New Forest Soft Scoop Ice Cream Cones at special Festival prices of £1 for a single and £2 for a double. Outside seating available.
number 26 Indian Classics Cookery Workshop All day In the square FREE Drop in to the stall on the High Street and learn how to make classic Indian dishes: onion barjhis, somosa's,
allo tikkas
number 29 Sweet and Savory Scones 09.00 - 15.00 The Laughing Pot Tea Rooms

4 West Borough
  Selection of sweet scones including apple and cinnamon with home made jams and savory scones including blue vinney and walnut with homemade chutney and relishes
number 30 A Dorset Feast All day from 9am The Coventry Arms Chop and Ale House

Mill Street, Corfe Mullen. BH21 3RH
FREE Come to the Coventry Arms for a day of delicious dishes made from locally sourced produce and prepared by our Dorset Chef of the Year, Ian Gibbs.
number 31 Dorset Bites 10.00 - 16.00 Wimborne Tourist Information Centre

29 High Street
ALL FREE Come and find out about food unique to Dorset and sample some of Dorset's tasty bites!
number 32 Festival Favorites 09.00 - 17.00 Banana Moon Café

3 Church Street
  Banana Moon introduces its limited Festival Favorites, try owners' Claudia and Dave's favorite smoothies and take part in a German sausage tasting.
number 33 Soup Glorious Soup 10.00 - 16.30 The Priest's House Museum & Garden

23-27 High Street
FREE The Priest's House Museum will be holding a 'soup-tacular' event in it's Victorian kitchen, with an emphasis on that favorite winter warmer, soup.
number 34 Sweet Memories Golden Ticket All day Sweet Memories

5 Crown Court
  There will be a number of Golden Tickets in some bags of mixed sweets. Find a golden ticket to win £5 of chocolates or sweets.


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