One for the History Books – Taste Cheshire Farmers Market at Chester Cathedral #Blog

Briony Wilson
17th September 2020

It was an absolute pleasure to celebrate Chester Food and Drink week, with our very first Taste Cheshire Farmers Market in the historic landmark that is Chester Cathedral. This seemed an ideal location to launch Chester Food and Drink Week not just because it is a beautiful landmark, but because it is steeped in history. Over 100 years ago the Nave of the Cathedral  used to play host to many traders who came to swap goods and sell their wares, and our local Cathedral gave us the chance to step back in time and recreate that experience, with a few modern touches.

Chester Food and Drink week was created to celebrate our city’s wonderful food heritage via a series of unique, socially distanced experiences and our recommendations in support of our deliciously diverse food and drink sector.

Sadly, our much-loved Taste Cheshire Food and Drink  Festival was unable to go ahead this year and to say that it has been missed, is a huge understatement. This would have been its 20th year and it has left a gaping hole in Chester’s culinary calendar prompting us all to get together to create this brand new city-wide initiative.

In addition to our inaugural Chester Cathedral farmers market the local council have given approval for the monthly Taste Cheshire Farmers Market to run for two days this September on Town Hall Square.

Producers from right across Cheshire and North Wales will gather on the 19th and 20th September from 10am until 4pm on each day to show the stunning goods on offer from across our region.