Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival

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Pamper your palate and join family and friends over one great three-day weekend to celebrate the 15th 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.

This year the food festival's featured guest is celebrity MasterChef Lisa Faulkner. Everyone’s welcome from aspiring chefs to beginners and keen home cooks. Under 16's go free, accompanied by adult ticket holders. 

Also in the Chefs Kitchen this year:

British Chef and TV Presenter Rosemary Shrager, creating comforting food to make you feel good.

Great British Bake Off 2021 finalist Chigs Parmer who will be bringing his love for baking to the table.

Alongside these amazing chefs will be a series of brilliant classes, including wine and cheese masterclasses, an hour long drinks experience and lots of delicious tastings.

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 2023 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.