A MONTH FOR MOUTHWATERING DELIGHTS #Blog

Briony Wilson
29th May 2019

Join Bents Garden & Home during the month of June for two of the most delicious dates in the summer event calendar.  The Centre’s speciality Food Hall will joined by some of its favourite suppliers for two weekends of fine food and drink.

Gourmet tasting and demonstrations will take centre stage on Friday 7^th and Saturday 8^th June for Bents’ Meet the Makers, Food Festival.  Customers will have the chance to try before they buy with lots of delicious tasters, from cheese and chutneys to pies and pates. Bents will be joined by some of the region’s top suppliers including Mediterranean specialists Spanish Passion, Indian Sauce producers Punjaben and the award winning Toppings Pies

Anyone attending the event and checking in on social media will be entered into a free prize draw to win a luxury food hamper to the value of £50.

And the taste sensation doesn’t stop there.  On Saturday 15^th and Sunday 16^th June Bents will host its first BBQ, Beer and Wine Tasting event.  Local breweries, wineries and all things barbecue will be found at Bents in celebration of the classic British summer activity!

Customers will be able to enjoy tasty treats cooked on various types of barbecues and learn from the experts about the different ways of cooking from grilling, roasting, smoking and baking. And joining Bents as a special guest on Saturday 15^th is the award-winning, Private Eye cartoonist Tony Husband.

Tony will be at the event with his ‘cartoon confessional area’ where visitors can have their ‘confession’ made into a personalised cartoon on the day for a minimal charge.

This has been brought about by Bents’ sponsorship of a new national wine competition, People’s Choice wine awards, based in the North West, sponsoring the One Man & His BBQ category, which was won by Wakefield Wine with their St Andrew’s Shiraz.  Bents’ be inspired members* will be able to try the award winning wine for free at the event and buy a bottle to take home.

*Non-members will be able to sign up on the day or visit bents.co.uk to join be inspired at any time.