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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
	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
	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
	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.
	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.
	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!
	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.
	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.
	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!
	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!
	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!
	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!
	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.
	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.
	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)
	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.
	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.
	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!
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Dorset Soups	10.00 - 17.00	Coffee Pots Ceramic Café 83 High Street		A huge range of soups made with local ingredients
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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
	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)!!
	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.
	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
	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.
	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!
	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.
	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.
	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
	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.
	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.
	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!
	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.
	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!
	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!
	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.
	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.
	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)
	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.
	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!
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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
	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
	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.
	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!
	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.
	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.
	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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