This weekend saw the announcement of the Leeds Loves Food, a food lovers’ festival calendar of events, via www.leedsliveitloveit.com. The festival, which runs from 1st-4th July, will include:
• ‘A Taste of New Zealand’ themed menu, Cosmopolitan Hotel
• Gourmet Wine Evening and Wine Tasting, Casa Mia Millennium
• Cocktail Masterclass, City Inn Hotel
• Taster Plates, Sandanista
• East Asia Taster Evening. Tampopo
• ‘Food of the World’ chef demonstrations and kids’ food workshops, The Merrion Centre
• Beer and Food Matching, City Inn Hotel
• Mad Hatters’ Tea Party, Seven Arts Centre (Harrogate Road)
• Granary Wharf ‘Big Picnic’, Granary Wharf
• BBQ Hot Dog Cooking and Competition, Primos Gourmet Hot Dog, Corn Exchange
• Wine Tasting, City Inn Hotel
• Jane Tomlinson Run Breakfast, Casa Mia Millennium
• Wimbledon Afternoon Tea, Thorpe Park. Free strawberries with your tea!
• Afternoon Tea Party with Anthony’s Restaurant and Harvey Nichols, The Victoria Quarter
• Pasta Masterclass, Casa Mia Grande, Chapel Allerton
• Village Fete, Chapel Allerton. Free samples and food demonstrations from local restaurants
• Kids’ Pizza Making with Casa Mia Millennium, The St John’s Centre
• Ready Steady BBQ!, City Inn Hotel. Cook off between members of the public and City Inn chefs
• Summer Fete, Leeds City Museum. Great food, drink and fun for all the family
• Olive Oil Tasting at Salvo’s, Headingley
This is the second year of Leeds Loves Food, delivered by City Centre Management, Marketing Leeds and the events team at Leeds City Council in partnership with the Leeds Restaurant Association.
To mark the countdown of the festival, a book of tasty recipes has been created with the support of Leeds businesses and Harewood House hosted a ‘Zero Food Miles’ dinner. This weekend saw ‘Starters for Ten’, where ten Leeds’ restaurants offered starters for just 10p.
The website will be constantly updated as new events are added and a hard copy of the events calendar will be available to pick up from Leeds Visitor Centre and city centre shopping venues such as The Light and The Victoria Quarter from 7th June.
For more information on Leeds Loves Food events, offers and recipes, and for a chance to win a weekend to Leeds during the festival, visit www.leedslovesfood.com
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