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NEWS
Ajar Of 's range looks
great and tastes as
good as ever.
Seeing
Jars
Dates FOR YOUR
FOODIE DIARY…
T
racey Collins’ jars of jam, marmalade and chutney grace the shelves of many a
Dorset food lover’s larder. To celebrate five years of award-winning preserving,
Ajar Of’s range now has a fresh new look. Partly this was down to having to include
barcodes and nutritional information but it’s fair to say Tracey’s jars have never
looked better. Look out for her newest products – a relaunched pasta sauce range
which follows traditional Italian recipes.
Tracey said: “I am loving the new look, it has given a fresh outlook and direction to
where Ajar Of is going in the future!”
For more information go to ajar-of.co.uk
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With Knobs On
T
he sky will still be full of flying
biscuits but the location of this
year’s Dorset Knob Throwing and
Food Festival on Sunday 30th April is
different. To celebrate 10 years the event
is moving to a more practical venue at
Kingston Maurward in Dorchester, as
reported in Menu issue 14.
The fact is, this village fundraiser for
Cattistock has now outgrown its village.
The move to Kingston Maurward college
will allow this year’s festival to be the
biggest yet. As well as the main event,
the Knob Throwing contest, they will
continue to have all the family fun games
you’d expect like splat the knob, knob &
spoon race, pin the knob on the giant,
knob or no knob and more.
And when you tire of the knob related
activities, the festival is one of the biggest
food and drink events in the county, full
of some of the best local producers and
stalls. All the proceeds go to good causes.
www.dorsetknobthrowing.com.
Dorset Venison and
Food Festival
Post Green, Lytchett Minster.
Local producers, cooking
demos and live music with
venison as the main theme.
Sat 29th April
Dorset Knob
Throwing Festival
The venue is new, but the
unique mix of biscuit hurling
and top local food is the same.
Sun 30th April
Christchurch Food
Festival
Sat & Sun
6th & 7th May
The whole of the town centre
will be taken over by a street
market including local food
stalls and there will be demos
from patron Lesley Waters and
other celebrity chefs.
christchurchfoodfest.co.uk
Shaftesbury Food &
Drink Festival
Sunday 14th May
The Dorset hill top town
will be full of tempting food
stalls and chefs demoing in
the cookery theatre as well
live music and a cheese run on
Gold Hill. For info go to:
foodevents4u.co.uk
Highcliffe
Food Festival
Sat & Sun
20th & 21st May
Local food stalls and demos
from Lesley Waters, Luke
Matthews from Chewton Glen
and more. Learn chocolate
making and baking in the Kid’s
Kitchen.
Go to highclifferevivalfood
festival.co.uk for more details.
www.menu-dorset.co.uk