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Food lovers from across North Wales and beyond will be heading for Gwledd Conwy Feast later this month (October 28-29) and along with them producers of some of Wales’ most iconic products. Featured at Conwy Feast will be the growing ‘family’ of Welsh products safeguarded under the European Union Protected Food Name scheme. These diverse products will step into the limelight in displays, demonstrations and tasting sessions as food and drink take centre stage in...

Food and drink companies from across Wales will be looking to the important export market of Spain, where they will be given the opportunity to showcase their quality and innovative produce to a host of distributors and retail buyers, and secure new business. The Welsh Government’s Food and Drink Wales is leading the Trade Development Visit to the nation’s lively capital city, Madrid later this month (15-17 November 2016). Fifteen food and drink companies, ranging...

The Food and Drink Wales Export Club is hosting an informal networking event with Coombe Castle International Informal Networking Event - Exporting with Coombe Castle International

This half-day intensive workshop provides a practical, highly interactive forum to help delegates to recognise the benefits of exporting and the potential hurdles and to consider how they will develop theri individual strategic export actiin plans. Click here for further information

Record number of entries from Wales in this year’s Great Taste awards The prestigious Great Taste Awards judging process will be held in north Wales this year at Llandrillo College, Nr Colwyn Bay from the 24-26 May 2017. A host of chefs, buyers, restaurateurs, journalists and food writers – including the BBC’s Nigel Barden, Channel 4’s Felicity Spector and food critic Charles Campion will be blind tasting the vast array of Welsh products eager to...

This one day workshop provides a practical, highly interactive forum which encourages delegates to reflect on their own businesses and consider how they will develop their individual strategic export action plans. Food and Drink Wales Export Club Food & Drink Export Essentials Masterclass

Food and Drink Wales – Supplier Event – New contractors Framework Food and Drink is a priority sector for the Welsh Government. The development of a new framework is essential to ensure the continued development of support programmes, assisting the industry to grow, innovate and move in positive new directions, ensuring Wales takes a prominent position in the market place for food. Click here for further information

The Royal Welsh Show’s food hall and trade lounge was a vibrant hub of food and drink acivity at this year's Royal Welsh Show with producers building on a successful period of growth for the industry. Research shows activity over the last two years in the dedicated trade and business area, which is organised by Food & Drink Wales, has directly resulted in producer sales totalling over £2 million. This year’s event saw 250 companies...

Mid Wales honey producer, Hilltop Honey are ‘buzzing’ after winning a prestigious award in The Great Taste Awards. The Great Taste Awards, referred to as the Oscars of the food world, were held in London last night and Caersws company Hilltop Honey were presented with The Great Taste Nigel Barden Heritage Award, for its Great Taste 3 star award-winning Raw Thyme Honey. The award, presented each year to a producer who uses historic production methods...