Trereife House is looking forward to hosting its fourth Easter Bank Holiday Food and Craft Fair from Friday 6th to Monday 9th April. This event follows the huge success of last year’s Cornwall Design Fair and Food and Craft Fairs.
The weekend kicks off at this historic Queen Anne manor house and its spectacular grounds with a series of cookery demonstrations, craft demonstrations and a programme of entertainment.
Over the past years Trereife has developed a reputation for attracting some of the finest local food producers which is set to continue this Easter with larger marquees to house a wide range of producers from Worthy Farm Cheeses and Fish sales from ‘Cornish Smokies’, to locally produced beer, cider and wine, as well as this there will be a selection of high quality art and craft from Cornish designer-makers such as Marsha Drew jewellery and contemporary furniture design by Paul Wilcox.
One of the main attractions of the weekend is set be the highly entertaining food demonstrations by well known local chefs such as Robert Wright, owner and head chef of Penzance restaurant Untitled. Jamie Gaspare and her team of trainee Chefs from Penwith College and Sanjay Kumar from Slow Food Cornwall will all be serving up locally inspired dishes, alongside Philip Oakes from Cornwall College and Robin Turner from Newlyn’s fish industry. The ingredients used will all be locally sourced and will also be on sale at the event.
“The aim of these demonstrations”, says event coordinator, Rob Lewis, “is to promote locally sourced and sustainably produced ingredients, showing that Cornish is best.”
Away from the food demonstrations and at the top of every younger visitor’s list of things to do has to be the taking part in Trereife’s Grand Easter Egg Hunt. Set within the woods and around the walled garden, the Egg Hunt has become very popular with hundreds of happy children expected to be eagerly following the clues this year.
As well as the egg hunt, youngsters can have a go in the Funky Food Workshop or be totally amazed by story tellers and Magic Shows.
On top of this there will be a programme of live music and a series of craft demonstrations.
You will discover this enticing range of local treasures hidden amongst the woodland, just off the A30 to Lands End, 1mile west of Penzance. The event will be open from 10am-5pm Friday 6th to Monday 9th. Admission for adults is £3.50, children £2 and under 5s free of charge. Family tickets are £9 (two adults and three children).
For further information on this exciting event, please contact Rob Lewis on 07968 818664 or [email protected]