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Taste Cumbria Food Fests
Taste Cumbria Food Festivals are held each September in Cockermouth This year 2013 28-29th September Cockermouth, overlooked by the Lake District mountains, was once again the Food Fest venue in 2012. The town with its Georgian streets and ancient castle attracted thousands to its cookery demonstrations and food experiences. For accommodation options .... The Taste Cumbria events will all be free, apart from performances by Celebrity Chefs at Mitchell's furniture auction hall. Part of the festival 2012 was a French market in the Market Place with traders visiting from Cockermouth's twin town of Marvejols. Jennings Brewery also provided a CAMRA beer festival within the overall Festival. There was a £5 park and ride from Mitchells auction (by the A66 roundabout).Saturday proved a huge success as the weather stayed dry but Sunday in 2012 was somewhat of a washout . An official new website with information on how to book tickets is now online. 
 Chefs galore after one of the Celeb shows.... In 2011, the Festival was headlined by TV chef duo The Hairy Bikers. More than 20,000 people were in the town on Saturday and Sunday (September 24-25 2011) for the food festival, named as one of the best in the country by The Guardian. The Hairy Bikers - Dave Myers and Si
King - could have filled Christ Church at least four times over for
their two shows on Saturday, which were a mix of cooking and quips.
As well as the market, which featured local food producers and businesses,
the Memorial Gardens was the venue for traders with the centrepiece
the beer and bangers marquee, featuring Cockermouth brewers Jennings,
Workington outfit Michael Krause and other local breweries. See
images on Facebook.
The
Fest in 2010
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  Antony Worrell Thompson at the 2010 Fest
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The
showpiece of the 2010 festival was Saturday's 'Open Dining' event, where
for one day Cockermouth becomes a huge, open-air food court!