Diary dates... April
Food & Drink Expo
6-9 Birmingham NEC
The show includes chef demos from Canada's Kevin Maniaci - executive chef for Inn on the Twenty in Ontario and Stephen Bulmer - head chef of the Brook Hall cookery school. Register online at www.foodanddrinkexpo.co.uk or call 01293 690669.
St George's Day
23
Be proud of everything English - introduce a specials board with English dishes, English wine and English beer. EBLEX is giving away promo kits to get you in the mood. They include eye-catching promotional posters, a banner that can be used either inside or outside your pub and St George's Day themed beer mats. To register for a promotional kit call 0208 4817443 or visit www.eblexfoodservice.co.uk.
Real Food Festival
24-27 Earl's Court, London
The biggest farmers' market around includes 500 small producers. All the small producers who are selected are subsidised so that they can be properly sustained.
Coming up...
Channel 4's Taste Festivals
Taste of Edinburgh - 29 May - 1 June; Taste of Leeds - 5-8 June; Taste of London - 19-22 June; Taste of Bath - 3-6 July; Taste of Birmingham - 10-13 July.
