YORK FOOD FESTIVAL

The York Council's Allotments officer will be there to provide you with information on where you can ‘grow your own’ and Edible York will be there to show you where you can ‘forage your own’! YUMI will also be entertaining us with International Produce & Plants with a story to tell. (For the Chutney making please bring any spare jam jars with you!)

Come to Melton's Too, have some fun and learn from Karen Hardwick, of the Wine Academy just why one particular cheese works so well with one particular wine or another.

Karen will show you how the simplest of cheeses and simplest of wines when enjoyed together are elevated to something very special indeed as you taste through 4 wines accompanied by a selection of local cheeses.

To book, call 01904 629222

The Grand is situated in the heart of York, a city of cultural heritage. Constructed on the site of the original North Eastern Railways Headquarters, the hotel revives the splendour of the Golden Age of travel, having been carefully restored to retain all of the original features of this stunning building.

The Grand, with its sweeping staircases, mosaic-tiled corridors, Whisky lounge, fully-equipped vaulted spa and exceptional attention to detail, is an ideal destination for those travellers wishing to enjoy five-star luxury in an accessible, warm environment.

In our YorkshireVision contest 2009, ticket-holders sampled 10 pies of all kinds - all from Yorkshire producers- and voted 'EuroVision' style for their favourite, their own, their mum's or their best friend's! Cheating, favouritism, bribery, corruption and vote rigging, no tactics are too low. For 2010, ticket holders can sample that British staple, the curry!

Each table (representing a Yorkshire town, or its twin town in another country) feeds back their scores, either in Yorkshire or their respective foreign accents - adding to the interactive fun and frolics of the evening.

We couldn't get Terry Wogan, but our compere for the evening sets the rules, speaks French with a Yorkshire accent, adds votes to our 'high-tech' scoreboard and of course announces the winner.

As a sequel to the visit in April by the Jurade de Saint-Émilion to York and the Declaration of Ecumenical Friendship between the Minster and the Église Collègiale in Saint-Émilion, there will be a Champagne and canapé reception followed by a four course dinner and coffee, and macarons de Saint-Emilion.

The food will be prepared by Poppy Caterers whose dinner for the Jurade was highly praised by our French visitors in April.

Dinner will be accompanied by no fewer than 8 different Grand Cru Saint-Émilions giving those attending an opportunity to taste something of the variety of styles and terroir of the wines of the ancient Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion.

There will be an opportunity to find out more about the British Association of the Jurade from its Chancellor, who will also speak about the wines we shall be drinking and the Jurisdiction’s historic links with England.

Dress lounge suits.