Win tickets to PieFest and SpiritsFest at Melton Mowbray Livestock Market
Pies and spirits don’t seem like they’d naturally go together but they will combine at a festival.
PieFest and SpiritsFest will take place together at the Livestock Market in nearby Melton Mowbray over the weekend of August 3 and 4, and you could be there.
We have teamed up with organisers to offer five lucky Newark Advertiser readers a pair of tickets each to the event.
Melton Mowbray is well known for its pork pies but it also has a growing distillery sector in and around the area with the award-winning Brentingby Gin right at the heart of the Livestock Market where the festival takes place.
PieFest will not just feature the town’s famous pies but also from across the UK sweet and savoury pies, gluten free, veggie and vegan as well as old favourites some being served hot with mash, veg and gravy. Blue and Moo Pie, Supreme Champion at the British Pie Awards, will be present to taste and buy.
The Pie Theatre will feature a talks and demonstrations including a history of pies and favourite recipes. Workshops will include pie making for adults as well as for kids.
SpiritsFest includes a whole range of spirits gin, rum, whisky, vodka and flavoured spirits. Unlike other festivals the producer must be present so you know you’re getting the authentic product. Again talks, tastings and demonstrations will be on the menu.
A wide range of stands will sell complimentary goods as well as hot food.
Organiser Matthew O’Callaghan said: “Everyone loves a pie, they are almost uniquely British with over £1billion of pies eaten by us every year. This festival is a celebration of the Pie held in the UK Capital of Pies Melton Mowbray. We’ve also combined it with our popular SpiritsFest where visitors will be able to talk to the producer directly as well as taste and sample a wide variety of spirits.”
Children under 16 go free to the event if accompanied by an adult.
To find out more about the event visit www.meltonfestivals.co.uk
Or to be in with a chance of winning, just answer the question: Name a pie filling and enter online or below:
The first correct entries received by midday on Thursday, July 18, will be eligible. Good luck!