This year’s Hay Food Festival will will be even greener and tastier it will run at Hay on Wye from 10.00am until 4.30pm on 28 June 2008. Visitors will be in for a treat as the food and drink producers again showcase some of the best products from across Wales.  From organic and dairy produce to meat, ice cream, cakes and drinks, the Hay food fest has more than 45 stands selling a wide variety of food and drink.

The event is supported by the Welsh Assembly Government and Brecon Beacons National Park.  It has built up a reputation for quality and diversity and is one of the ‘must see’ attractions for food show goers.  Many of the exhibiting companies are winners of the prestigious True Taste of Wales Awards.  This year is quite special because the food festival is proudly planning to go plastic bag free.  We are encouraging visitors to bring their own bags to take away their goodies as part of the on-going effort to make Hay plastic bag free - the National Park stand will also be selling environmentally friendly cotton bags on the day.

Here is an exclusive  sneak preview of some of the mouthwatering new products which will be on offer 
•    A range of crème patisserie and cheesecakes along with a new focaccia - pine nut and pesto - will be available on Caroline’s Real Bread stand.
•    Celtic Country Wines will be showing its new and improved Welsh Elder port and Celtic Pride ‘Cider Brandy’ made from Welsh cider.
•    Romy Cuisine, which combines French flavour and Welsh ingredients will be launching three new patés and a ready meal. The new forest mushroom paté. Caerphilly paté, and duck liver paté will be available alongside a chicken and olive stew.
•    Brecon Beacons Food festival regular Adwell Foods/Welsh Brew Tea. This year the Swansea company will be introducing a new range of tea caddies with Earl Grey and English Breakfast tea.
•    Confectioners Pemberton's will be launching toffee vodka truffles made using toffee vodka from Anglesey company, Toffoc.
•    Pembrokeshire bakers, Popty Cara, will have a new line of Savoury Welsh cakes along with a new syrup pudding.
•    Food Festival stalwart, Ralph’s Cider will be showing its new liqueur, Celtic Pride - a blend of Ralph’s cider and brandy made by Celtic Country Wines
•    Brecon-based ice cream producers Llanfaes Dairy will be revealing its exclusive new limited edition flavour - Hay Crunch, which consists of caramel with honeycomb and nut crunch, along with another new addition "Welsh Honey", made from local honey.

The event will also include the local school choirs, Aberhonndy Choir, folk dancing, and of course the nBrecon Town Band. Look forward to seeing you all there, at this local event for local people.

Here is a full list of the exhibitors for this year:

BLACK MOUNTAIN HONEY        

BRECONSHIRE BREWERY             

REAL ORGANIC BREAD CO        

COTHI VALLEY GOATS CHEESE    

CELTIC SPRITS COMPANY        

CELIA’S ORIENTAL KITCHEN        

CHOC HOUSE COMPANY        

CHILLI COMPANY            

CWRT NEWYDD PRODUCE        

DORE VALLEY CHOCS        

ÉLAN VALLEY MUTTON CO        

FFYNNON LAS VINEYARD        

GLYNDWR VINEYARD            

HERBAL CONNECTIONS        

HUDNALL APIARIES            

LA PASTA DI MAMMA            

LEWIS FINE FOODS            

LLANFAES DAIRY            

LOVE PATISSERIE            

LUDLOW NUT COMPANY        

NEUADD FACH BACON        

NICK WENDON FRUIT            

NUT HUT                

NUTS ABOUT COFFEE        

MARTIN BUCK FREE RANGE MEATS    

OLIVE PRESS                

ORGASMIC CIDER            

POPTY CARA                

PUDDING SHOP            

RALPH’S CIDER            

REAL BREAD CO            

RIVER VIEW GARDENS        

RHOSHILL HERBS             

RHYMNEY BREWERY CO        

ROMY CUISINE            

THE PUDDING SHOP            

SROOPS ICE CREAM            

NEUADDFACH HOG ROAST        

SWAN CHOCOLATE            

WELSH WHISKY            

WERNDDU VINEYARD            

WIL’S SMOKE HOUSE            

 

Entertainment as follows:-

Brecon Town Band, Aberhonddu Male Voice Choir,

Clyro, Hay, Rhosgoch and Fynnon Gynnydd Children’s Choirs