Cornwall Food Festivals

Anyone keen on discovering Cornish food and drink can enjoy a number of food festivals throughout the year.

Cornwall Spring Feast
March 18th - April 1st - venues across Cornwall
Cornwall’s restaurants are set to come alive this spring, with two weeks of special menus and numerous tasty events taking place across the county.  With fantastic produce, awesome locations and talented chefs, the region has all the right ingredients for an array of unforgettable dining experiences and culinary encounters

Porthleven Food & Music Festival
April 9th 2011 in Porthleven
TV chef Antony Worral Thompson, festival patron, will be doing his own cooking demonstration.  Plus over 70 food stalls, 6 tip top chefs, beer tents, a fish barbecue and hog roast, fancy dress parade, bands and buskers and much more. 

Newlyn Fish Festival
29th August 2011 in Newlyn

Celebrate all things fishy in one of Cornwall's most distinctive and original fishing villages. Satisfy your appetite at the seafood barbeque whilst enjoying the live entertainment and bidding at the seafood auction.

Newquay Fish Festival
9th - 11th September 2011 in Newquay

Newquay's harbour may be one of it's lesser known treasures, but as this festival will testify, its bounty is more than worthy of celebration. As well as seafood cookery demonstrations, marine wildlife watching trips will be available as well as local produce stalls.

Cornwall Food and Drink Festival
23rd - 25th September 2011 in Truro

See Cornwall's top chefs in action as they whip up a feast using the best of Cornwall's ingredients. Inspirational cookery demos run throughout the festival and you'll have the chance to buy from Cornish suppliers to recreate the dishes at home.

Boscastle Food, Arts and Crafts Festival
1st and 2nd October 2011 in Boscastle

A festival with lashings of fresh food, harbour fun and evening frolics. See local chefs demonstrating and visit stalls where producers will be selling their food, arts and crafts. Main marquees in the car park with supporting activities around the harbour and scenic old village.

Falmouth Oyster Festival
13th - 16th October 2011 in Falmouth

Whether you are a seafood enthusiast or a novice in the culinary delights of the underwater world, this festival is sure to tickle your taste buds. Timed to coincide with the start of the oyster harvesting season, the Falmouth Oyster Festival showcases the very finest in seafood from one of the last remaining fisheries.