Events
Visitors heading to the Brecon Beacons Food Festival 2026 can once again take advantage of a convenient Park & Ride service, helping to make travelling to one of Brecon’s busiest annual events easier while raising money for local charity Accessibility Powys. Following its introduction at last year’s festival, the Park & Ride will return on […]
On Tuesday (9 June), Countryside Alliance Wales held its annual Welsh ‘Rural Oscars’ awards ceremony, where several rural businesses from Wales were crowned champions. The Countryside Alliance Awards – now in their 19th year – recognise rural businesses across five categories, including ‘best local food’, ‘best butcher’, ‘best pub’, ‘best rural enterprise’, and ‘best village […]
Wales’ thriving wine industry will take centre stage this summer as Welsh Wine Week returns from 29 May to 7 June 2026, bringing vineyards, winemakers and producers together to showcase the quality, diversity and growing reputation of Welsh wine. Now firmly established as a key moment in the calendar, Welsh Wine Week shines a spotlight […]
Coleg Ceredigion student selected to represent Wales in UK-wide Riso Gallo Young Chef of the Year competition A Coleg Ceredigion student has won the Welsh heat of the UK and Ireland 2026 Young Risotto Chef of the Year competition. Glyn Jones, 19, from Llanarth who studies at the college’s Cardigan campus, is now preparing to head […]
Pembrokeshire Local Food Partnership is launching a new monthly farmers’ market Queens Hall Narberth, beginning Saturday 13th June 2026. Running monthly, from 10am to 2pm, the market will provide a dedicated space for local producers to sell, share, and celebrate food grown, reared, and made in Pembrokeshire. Developed in collaboration with a growers, Rufus and […]
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre, located in Three Cocks between Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, is celebrating another major accolade after being named Wales Food and Drink Champion of the Year at the prestigious Wales Food and Drink Awards, held at the Swansea Building Society Arena. The fifth annual awards brought together the very best of […]
Wales has once again taken centre stage on the global food and drink scene following a successful recent presence at Foodex Japan 2026, at the Tokyo Big Sight. Foodex Japan is one of Asia’s largest and most influential food and drink exhibitions, attracting more than 70,000 buyers, distributors, retailers and foodservice leaders from across the […]
Three culinary apprentices with Cambrian Training Company have been praised for their success in this year’s Skills Competition Wales. Adam Pike, 32-year-old senior chef de partie at The Pant Yr Ochain, Gresford, Wrexham, won the Culinary Arts competition and received the award for best in Mid Wales region as the highest scoring apprentice. The award was […]
The Brecon Beacons Food Festival, a cherished free-entry, not-for-profit celebration of Welsh food and drink, is delighted to announce its Title Sponsors for 2026: Beacon Foods and Castell Howell. Their generous support, alongside backing from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Powys County Council, helps ensure this much-loved community event continues to thrive. Running a […]
Nearly 70 Welsh food and drink producers came together to share their wealth of experience and knowledge at two events hosted by the Food & Drink Wales Fine Food Cluster. Dozens of leading Welsh food and drink producers joined their most valued suppliers for a lively Food & Drink Wales Fine Food Cluster event, coming […]
Wales will put its world‑class food and drink sector centre stage at Gulfood 2026, the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition, taking place in Dubai from 26–30 January 2026. This year is its biggest delegation to date, with 19 companies representing the diverse range of Welsh products currently being exported to the region. […]
The new 2026 Junior Chef of Wales is Caitlin Meredith from Ceredigion who won the coveted title yesterday (Tuesday), the day after her 19th birthday. The Coleg Ceredigion catering student, who works part-time for chef proprietor Gareth Ward at the two Michelin star Ynyshir Restaurant and Rooms at Eglwys Fach, near Machynlleth, won a final […]