Nantwich Food Festival.

Nantwich Food Festival.
Live Music • Entertainment • Street Food • 100’s of Exhibitors • Cooking Demonstrations • Children’s Activities

The Nantwich Food Festival

Nantwich Food Festival.

Returning for 2025

Friday 29th August | 11am – 8pm
Saturday 30th August | 9am – 7pm
Sunday 31st August | 10am – 5pm

It’s back in 2025, the much-loved Nantwich Food Festival. For three full days we will transform our picturesque town centre into a food lovers’ paradise. Located across three sites, we’re bringing marquees filled with top quality food and drink from producers all across Cheshire, Great Britain and beyond. Be sure to follow us on our social media channels for updates and announcements.

 Venues  

Love Lane
Food Theatre | Exhibitors | Music Stage | Children’s Marquee | Cook Along Marquee | Street Food

Town Centre
Entertainment | Local Businesses | Street Food

Bowling Green
Exhibitors | Music Stage | Street Food

 Cookalong  

Join our Cookalong sessions where you can learn from the professionals! From pizza making to kids’ smash burgers, cheese and wine tasting to cocktail masterclasses, there’s something for everyone. Book your place now 

 Food Festival Map  

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Food Festival Map

PDF version of map available here

 Awards  

Nantwich Food Festival.

 2025 Featured Chefs  

Nantwich Food Festival.

Fun for all the family

As one of the UK’s largest free to enter food festivals, our 3-day event brings together the best of talent and produce. Local heroes and celebrity Chefs from across the county offer unmissable live cooking demonstrations, and our 2 live music stages deliver an eclectic line-up ensuring there’s something for everyone.

 Parking  

Parking is available at the following locations
Nantwich Town FC – Waterlode, Nantwich CW5 5BS NOW FULL
Barony Park – Barony Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5QY
Brine Leas Academy – Audlem Rd, Nantwich CW5 7DY

Disabled Parking
Dysart Buildings Car Park – Market St, Nantwich, CW55DG Barony Park – Barony Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5QY

All Car Parks – Locked at 10PM – No overnight Parking.

Park and Ride
Friday 10:45 – 18:00
Saturday 09:00 – 18:00
Sunday 10:00 – 17:00
Last bus is 15 minutes before parking closes

 2025 Sponsors  

Nantwich Town Council | LCM Family | Boughey Distribution | Mornflake Oats | AFH Wealth Management | Hall Smith Whittingham | Reaseheath College | Le Gryere AOP | Whitegates | Snugburys | Utowpia Caravans and Motorhomes | Rhino Safety | Cheshire East Council | Direct Access | Osprey EV Charging | Alpha Omega Securities | South Cheshire Chambers | TR Creative | Morrisons | Nantwich Elim Church | Rotary | St Marys Nantwich

 Competitions  

Mr Dabber Town Trail

The Mr Dabber Town Trail
Mr Dabber town trail will run over the festival weekend. Trail leaflets can be collected from the kid’s marquee in love lane or the info point in town.

Jamaican Ginger Cake Competition
This year’s bake is a Jamaican Ginger Cake cake. Entry is via email – Link.
Limited to 12 entries.
Prizes to 3rd place – kindly donated by Cheerbrooks
Judges – Sam Copeland, Jill Weatherburn and Deborah Hitchen

Nantwich Town Businesses Window Competition

Window Display Competition
Food Festival Window Display Competition from 15th August

People’s choice!
Choose your favourite window and win one of 6 fantastic prizes:

This year we’re giving a People’s prize to the best window display voted for by YOU.

Choose your favourite window display and post your entry in the postbox at the Cheese Shop. Don’t forget your email or phone number if you want to win one of our lovely prizes.

Participating Shops
Ableworld | Brookshaws | Oxleys | Nettle | Cheese Shop | Gas Flame Centre | Running Bear | Bloom Edit | Wright Lettings and Management | KBA | Welch’s | Webb House Furnishers | Cherry on Top

The Festival is thrilled to have won a major Cheshire Life Food & Drink Award for Specialist Venue or Event of the Year. With strong competition at a prestigious event, this recognition highlights the Festival’s high standards and strong reputation.

Run entirely by volunteers—ranging from a few hours over the weekend to year-round planning—the Festival maintains a professional structure. Volunteers ensure smooth operations, happy visitors, satisfied exhibitors, and a welcoming atmosphere that sets Nantwich apart.

Thanks to this dedicated team, the Festival remains free to attend, unlike many others. New volunteers are always welcome to join in making this standout event possible.

The Festival is just one of many events that make Nantwich a truly special town.

 2025 Featured Chefs  

Phil Vickery is a renowned British chef, TV presenter, and author, best known for over 22 years on This Morning. He earned a Michelin Star as head chef at The Castle Hotel and has appeared on numerous TV shows. Vickery has written 19 cookbooks, including bestsellers on diabetes and gluten-free cooking, and is the National Food Ambassador for Coeliac UK. He also works as a brand ambassador and enjoys farming in his spare time.
Phil Vickery

Nantwich Food Festival.

Yorkshire born and bred, Nigel has worked at some of the UK’s biggest and busiest hotels and spent time at the highly acclaimed French cookery school Ecole Le Notre. 
Nigel Brown
Nigel Brown
Jill has over 30 years’ experience as a home economist and food stylist, working with some of the biggest names in the food industry including Hovis, Aldi and The Vegetarian Society. Well known for her fresh approach and creative flair when it comes to food, she has worked with some of TV’s biggest names. Always one to keep up with the latest food trends, Jill will be demonstrating how we can get maximum use out of our air fryers.
Jill Weatherburn
Widnall Bakery is a home-based business run by Sam Widnall, a 2019 Bake Off: The Professionals semi-finalist. Inspired by his grandmother and early kitchen jobs, Sam honed his pastry skills at the 5-star Palé Hall in Wales. In August last year, he launched Widnall Bakery, specialising in sweet pastries, traditional cakes, and his standout creation—the cruffin, a croissant-muffin hybrid.
Sam Widnall
Snugburys Ice Cream has been going for nearly 40 years and pride themselves on making quality ice cream using there own homemade ingredients. Cleo, one of the Snugburys sisters, has received training at Le Cordon Bleu, London and worked at Ballymaloe Cookery School, Ireland. She has a talent for developing and creating the most delicious and interesting flavours of ice cream! Head on over to her demonstration if you want to learn how to cook delicious deserts paired with Snugburys ice cream.
Cleo Spencer
Adam Purnell, known as Shropshire Lad, is a passionate live-fire chef from Shropshire with a background in youth work and teaching. Starting young in his family kitchen, he combined his love for cooking with his role supporting young people, using food as a way to connect and engage. Now a leading figure in UK live-fire cooking, he shares his skills through social media, live events, and cook-alongs, inspiring others—like teen chef Aston Prideaux. Whether at festivals or by a countryside fire, Adam is known for his bold flavours, easygoing style, and commitment to outdoor cooking as both a craft and a tool for connection.
Adam Purnell
Martin Taylor, known as the Surfing Chef, is passionate about seafood and local produce. After working in top UK kitchens and travelling the world for surf and food inspiration, he returned to Chester to open The Sandbar Seafood Shackin the city’s market. Building on its success, he is launching THE SANDBAR restaurant in August on Watergate Street, offering a diverse menu featuring British seafood, meat, vegetarian dishes, and curated drinks.
Martin Taylor
Spyros grew up in Athens and soon ignited his passion for cooking from an early age. He has worked in some of the best Greek restaurants across the globe and built up a wealth of experience and skills in doing so. He is now Head Chef at St Martha Restaurant right here in Nantwich.
Spyros Vrakas
Spyros Vrakas
The award-winning chef has put the Grade II-listed Black Lion in Nantwich on the map for five-star food after introducing dishes inspired by his time working at the famous Dorchester Hotel in London.
Darren Snell
Darren Snell
Bhupinder is a teacher by profession and uses food as medium for teaching students about aspects of her Indian culture and heritage. She has raised over £100,000 for charities by hosting BOLLYWOOD themed events and running a regular  CURRY CLUB for which she cooks up vegan, vegetarian & meat options to be enjoyed in your own home. She offers cookery lessons featuring recipes from her book, “A TASTE OF THE PUNJAB” in her semi professional kitchen in Chester or in your own kitchen within the locality.
Bhupinder Virdee-Lace

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