Diary dates
Summer is the season for socialising, so make sure your diary is packed full of dates to celebrate food and drink – and see where extra sales can be made!
INDUSTRY INSPIRATION
National Cream Tea Day
27th June
Nationwide
Join Rodda’s Clotted Cream and Tiptree as they host the nation’s largest cream tea gathering for this year’s National Cream Tea Day. The Cream Tea Society is calling on the Great British public to celebrate with a communal cream tea.
The Society also wants to encourage people to donate to a charity of their choice where possible. To date, the events has helped raised over £2m for charities across the UK.
creamteasociety.co.uk/national-cream-tea-day
Gatcombe Food Festival
26th – 27th July
Gatcombe Park
Held at Gatcombe Park by kind permission of HRH Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, this new event promises to offer some of the very best food and drink exhibitors from across the region.
There will be three cookery theatres featuring live demonstrations from contestants from MasterChef and the Great British Bake Off and a Children’s Cookery School, plus a wide range of producers offering gorgeous gifts, crafts and homewares.
gatcombefoodfestival.co.uk
lunch!
ExCeL London
24th – 25th Sept
lunch!, the definitive event for the café, coffee shop and food-to-go sector, returns to the capital. It offers unrivalled access to some of the biggest names and operators in the industry – and it’s completely free to attend.
The show will be co-located with The National Restaurant, Pub and Bar Show, where you can hear from industry leaders and exciting new operators across six theatres.
lunchshow.co.uk
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
JULY
4: National Barbecue Day
8: Ice Cream Sundae Day
13: Wimbledon Final
20: World Ice Cream Day
AUGUST
11-17: Afternoon Tea Week
22: National Burger Day
22: World Plant-Based Milk Day
25: Summer bank holiday
SEPTEMBER
1-30: Organic September
1-7: Zero Waste Week
22-5 Oct: Fairtrade Fortnight
26: World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
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