What  is  The  Real  Food  Festival ?

The Real Food Festival is the biggest producers market ever.

The festival seduces about 20,000 visitors with some of the most delicious produce available in the UK.

Real Food Festival: crammed with artisan to organic and homemade foods

It was crammed with:
· Artisan foods
· Organic wines & beers
· Oysters
· Welfare-friendly veal
· Handmade cheeses

The Real Food Festival went a long way to putting the producer on the centre stage. It also helped to highlight the growing interest in the UK for artisan food and the public's desire to understand how it's been made and where it's come from.

What  do  people  think  of  it ?

"It was great to see so much excellent produce under one roof. The Real Food Festival is like the supermarket of my dreams", says Toby Young, from The Independent on Sunday, GQ and The Spectator.

Where  have  these  results  come  from ?

The Real Food Festival conducted a survey just prior to the festival, which showed that the British public's passion and appetite for 'real food' is alive and fervent.

Of the people surveyed:
· 48% believe that farmers markets have a vital role to play in the survival of British farming and visit them whenever possible.
· 62% of people are concerned about supermarkets squeezing out British farmers and food producers
· 36% seek out independent or locally sourced food

What  happened  at  the  festival ?

Serious food issues: 'Is Cheap food costing the Earth?'

The festival highlighted some of the more serious food issues affecting this country.

It started with a debate: 'Is Cheap food costing the Earth?'

 

 

 

International and local food issues were discussed by a panel of leading industry experts.

Global food shortages were a topic high on the agenda including warnings of a problem greater than climate change.

Festival Director Philip Lowery says: "The feedback from everyone who came to the festival has been amazing, this really was a unique and rewarding experience for all.

"This event comes at a time when people, and not just the so-called 'foodies', are beginning to really question the food they eat, how it is produced, who produced it and most importantly how good it tastes.

"The trade day exceeded all our expectations and we were visited by the great and the good of the restaurant, retail, foodservice and distribution world."

For more information about the festival visit The Real Food Festival online.

About the survey
The Real Food Festival carried out a survey of more than 1,600 UK adults. For more information visit MarketTiers4DC online.