SOMERSET FOOD TRAIL
FRIDAY 15th – SUNDAY 24th JULY
LOCAL, SUSTAINABABLE, DELICIOUS!
Welcome to the Somerset Food Trail Festival – celebrating the best of locally produced, delicious and sustainable food. The ten-day Somerset Food Trail Festival runs from Friday 15 to Sunday 24 July and is a county-wide, farm-to-fork showcase that puts the spotlight on Somerset's smaller-scale, more regenerative farmers and artisan producers, and the stores, cafes, pubs and restaurants that support them.
ABOUT THE FOOD TRAIL
A FARM TO FORK SHOWCASE
The Somerset Food Trail Festival is a farm-to-fork showcase of the farms, landscapes, people and places behind Somerset’s most flavourful and nature-friendly food.
Modelled on the 'open studios' model of arts trails, the 10-day Food Trail Festival sees farmers, growers and food producers open their doors to the public at set times between Friday 15 and Sunday 24 July.
From biodynamic vineyards to community-funded food forests; aquaponic market gardens to milk-based vodka distillers; fermenters, foragers, smokeries, goat herders, bakeries: you name it, it’s here. And that’s before you get started on the cider and the cheese!
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Nearly 190 venues are taking part, offering a wealth of experiences from farm visits to beer and cheese tastings, sausage and cider festivals to vineyard tours, Somerset feasts to apple orchard wild camping.
We also have live music, book talks and family-friendly creative workshops and performances, thanks to our partners Take Art and the Cultivate project.
Venues choose when they open during the Festival, so check the brochure and the interactive map to find out what's on and when.
CHECK OUT THE BROCHURE
Take a look at the Festival Guide below, or download it, and plan your food adventure! Bon appetit!
Our aim is to showcase the range and richness of Somerset’s sustainable producers, while highlighting the crucial role we can all play in creating a shift to more nature-friendly farming through our everyday food choices.
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FOLLOW THE FLAVOUR
"Somerset is an amazing, beautiful county, producing food that’s recognised around the world. I’m delighted to support the Somerset Food Trail as a way of encouraging people to ‘buy local’, find out more about how food is made, and learn what farmers are doing to protect and care for the environment.”
MICHAEL EAVIS,
Dairy farmer and founder of Glastonbury Festival
FOOD TRAIL PARTICIPANTS
THE BEST OF LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE FOOD
The food trail is mostly free, although there is a modest charge for some special events. Participating pubs and restaurants celebrate local food with a special menu during the event.
