Saturday 8th October @ Priory School

A hands-on bread making workshop with Robin van Creveld, offering expert tuition and support, breads and recipes to take home, and fun, food and friendship. The sour dough adventure continues with a session on free standing sourdough loaves. Improve your dough craft and refine your baking systems. Bake a chewy wheat cob and a malt and rye loaf. Suitable for novices and enthusiasts alike, and includes a lovely lunch.

Date: Saturday 8th October
Time: 10am - 2pm
Ticket Info: £40/£30£20 (a 3-tier system, limited number of concessionary and subsidised places awarded on application) - call 07766 526217 to book.
Venue:
Priory School
Mountfield Road
Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2XN

Saturday 8th October @ Market Tower

... of Local Food and Drink. At this seasonal event at the Market Tower, you will find plenty of pumpkins, apples and pears and lots of good food and drink to sample or take home. The apple press will be available so you can bring your own fruit to juice, and there will be market stalls, activities and demos to help you relish the new season.

Date: Saturday 8th October
Time: 10am - 2pm
Ticket Info: Free - no ticket required
Venue:
Market Tower
Market Street
Lewes,
East Sussex, BN7 2NB
07824 711 727

Saturday 8th October @ Goldcliff Garden Centre

Following last Saturday's fruit-growing help and advice, a Beginners' Guide to growing your own vegetables, featuring a talk and demonstrations. To include tea, coffee and Q&A.

Date: Saturday 8th October
Time: 10.30am - 12 noon
Ticket Info: Free - no ticket required (reservation required, see below for contact)
Venue:
Goldcliff Garden Centre
Uckfield Road
Ringmer, East Sussex, BN8 5RY
Tel:01273 813968
Email: info@goldcliffgardencentre.co.uk

Saturday 8th October @ Market Tower

Very popular at last year’s OctoberFeast! Bring your apples and other fruit to press (see Saturday 1st for more details). Browse the Harvest Market while you're here.

Date: Saturday 8th October

Time: 11am – 4pm

Ticket Info: 50p per litre of juice pressed

Venue:
Market Tower
Market Street
Lewes,
East Sussex, BN7 2NB
Tel: 07824 711 727

Saturday 8th October @ The Snowdrop Inn

Do you or someone you know make the best Scotch Eggs in the world? The tournament is open to all-comers, professional and amateur cooks alike. There are three categories: Traditional, Experimental and Vegetarian, and you may enter as many as you like. Entry is free, but please register in advance so that your egg recipe can be perfectly matched by a highly qualified team of experts to its own special beer. Bring along three scotch eggs to be cooked to order. We request that you use only free-range eggs and meat.

Download the Scotch Egg Competition Rules

Register online or at the Snowdrop Inn.

Date: Saturday 8th October
Time: 3pm
Ticket Info: Free - no ticket required (registration required to enter event)
Venue:
The Snowdrop Inn
119 South Street
Lewes BN7 2BU
Tel: 01273 471018

Saturday 8th October @ Harveys Depot

Last year’s sell-out Paddock production of EAT THIS has been expanded to include a second fast-moving comedy from the pen of Lewes director/writer Susannah Waters – one play in two courses!

See Friday 30th for more details.

Date: Saturday 8th October
Time: 7.30pm
Ticket Info: Can be purchased online or in person from Union Music Store, 1 Lansdown Place, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2JT (01273 474053)
Venue:
Harvey’s Depot
Pinwell Lane
(opposite Lewes Station car park)

Friday 30th Sep - Sunday 9th Oct @ Pelham House Hotel

During the festival Pelham House launches its new Autumn Menu. This will be offered at the special price of 2 courses for £12.50 during OctoberFeast. You will also receive either a glass of the award-winning 'Breaky Bottom' or a half pint of local Harveys on arrival.

To take advantage of this great offer you must pre-book a table and quote 'OctoberFeast'. Max 6 people per table. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Offer runs 30/09/11 - 09/10/11.

Date: Friday 30th Sep - Sunday 9th Oct
Time: Usual restaurant times apply
Ticket Info: No ticket required, see above conditions
Venue:
Pelham House Hotel
Saint Andrews Lane
Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1UW
Tel: 01273 488 600

Friday 30th Sep - Sunday 9th Oct @ The Patisserie

Carlotta Luke has been photographing local food producers in East Sussex, hoping to encourage a better public understanding of the work that goes into hand-making high quality food and the importance of supporting local artisans. This is an ongoing project which has so far covered honey, cheese, jam, bread and charcuterie.

Date: Friday 30th Sep - Saturday 8th Oct
Time: 8am - 5.30pm (Mon), 8.30am - 6pm (Tue - Sat)
Ticket Info: Free - no ticket required
Venue:
The Patisserie
5 Station Street
Lewes BN7 2DA
Tel: 01273 483211

Monday 3rd - Saturday 8th @ The Half Moon

The Half Moon will have an extra Local Food Miles Feast menu with quality produce sourced only from within a ten mile radius. For the Friday Food Feast Barter-for-your-supper Market, locals are invited to come in and barter their produce in exchange for pub food and beverages.

Date: Monday 3rd - Saturday 8th October
Time: Pub opening times
Ticket Info: No ticket required
Venue:
The Half Moon
Ditchling Road
Plumpton
Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3AF

Friday 30th Sep - Sunday 9th Oct

Through OctoberFeast, we'll be serving a game inspired menu, and local mulled cider. We have a special two-course lunch for £12 (from a set menu). On Wednesday 12th October, the King's Head will be hosting a Tudor-themed evening of fabulous feasting and live entertainment.

Date: Friday 30th Sep - Sunday 9th Oct
Time: Pub opening times
Ticket Info: No tickets required
Venue:
9 Southover High Street
Lewes
BN7 1HS
Tel: 01273 474628

Monday 3rd - Saturday 8th October @ The Pelham Arms

The specials board at the Pelham Arms will be full of regional and national classic soups (plus a few from further afield) using produce from their regular local suppliers. A donation will be made to Cancer Research for each purchase.

Date: Monday 3rd - Saturday 8th October
Time: Pub opening times
Ticket Info: No ticket required
Venue:
The Pelham Arms
High Street
Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1XL
Tel: 01273 476 149

30th September - 8th October @ Various

Would you like the luxury of a delicious home-cooked meal in the comfort of someone else's home? Then membership to our Pop-Up Dinner Club is for you ... we’re very excited about our special Octoberfeast Pop Up Dinners and are thrilled to be bringing this underground phenomenon to Lewes by hosting a series of OctoberFeast Secret Suppers from Friday 30th September – Saturday 8th October. Lewes is obviously full of keen cooks as we can now list a host of hosts who are ready to put on a dinner party to remember for a table of surprise guests.

You can become a member of the Pop-Up Dinner Club by choosing which menu theme appeals to you most, then pay for your membership online for a fee of £22 per person. Your membership fee covers one meal per person, but if you're feeling adventurous (or hungry!) we're offering a special deal of £40 for a Dual Dinner Deal which will allow you to buy two meals per person (contact us here if you're interested). Unless otherwise stated, the hosts are Lewes-based, and their address will be disclosed to you once you've become a member. Your membership card will be given to you on the night when you arrive.

Listed below under 'More Details' are the dates and the themes of the dinners - you choose and pay for your dinner and we will then send you the location and time etc.

You must agree to terms and conditions.

You can book separately for our very special gourmet dinner which is being prepared by Masterchef 2006 winner Peter Bayless who will entertain 10 guests at his home near Heathfield; apart from his fabulous food there will be the added spice of some ‘behind the scenes’ gossip from the TV studios! Membership to attend his gourmet dinner costs £35pp but will be worth every last mouthful!

Lewes based Dinners with cooks from Italy, Greece, Morocco, the Caribbean as well modern and traditional British cooking. £22 per head (including membership of Octoberfeast Dining Club)

The hosts do not provide any wine to accompany the meal, so please make sure you bring a bottle of something nice which you think will best accompany your choice.

- FRIDAY 30 SEP: Pretend you’re in the Caribbean if you pop along to Houndean Rise where a tropical feast awaits!

- FRIDAY 30 SEP: Pretend you’re in the Caribbean if you pop along to Houndean Rise where a tropical feast awaits!

- SATURDAY 1 OCT: Or perhaps you will be intrigued by a Greek Fusion in Prince Edwards Road - your host will cook her native cuisine with a twist and transport you back to your favourite Greek holiday Island.

- SATURDAY 1 OCT: Bring a bottle of robust red wine to the dinner in Highdown Road where the central dish will be a Moroccan inspired lamb dish.

- SATURDAY 1 & 8 OCT: An Italian kitchen in Prince Edwards Road will provide a taste of Real Italy on both Saturdays for up to 10 guests – cooking by an Italian of course! (SAT 8 SOLD OUT)

- TUESDAY 4 OCT: Modern Contemporary British using the best local meat and vegetables is the theme at Paddock Lane. Download a menu

- THURSDAY 6 OCT: …while our host in the Cuilfail is serving a Classic Menu - she loves baking so expect a pie or two!

- SATURDAY 8 OCT: Dress to Kill – is the theme of a keen cook in Eleanor Close; she calls her menu ‘peasant food with a glamorous twist’…

- SATURDAY 8 OCT: The best of the season from Lewes Harvest Festival where you'll indulge in a locally sourced meal with autumn flavours in Prince Edwards Road

Saturday 8th October @ Buttercup Cafe

Lucas Hollweg is one of the country's most innovative cooks and his recipes are unusual but simple to prepare (a claim his recently published book 'Good Things To Eat' will vouch for). Come along to the Buttercup Cafe and enjoy an informal evening with Lucas who will prepare a selection of delicious tapas style dishes using local food.

Bring your own wine or beer!

Date: Saturday 8th October
Time: 7.30pm
Ticket Info: £15 each
Venue:
Buttercup Cafe
At Pastorale Antiques
15 Malling Street
Lewes, East Sussex
Tel: 01273 477664

Saturday 8th October @ The Snowdrop Inn

International beer judge, writer, educator, broadcaster, bon vivante and ale connoisseur Melissa Cole will demonstrate the principals of matching beers with perfect culinary accompaniments. If you think food goes best with wine, Melissa will delight and dazzle your tastebuds, surprise your senses and make your olfactory organs go "Wow!' with her wild and wonderful taste combinations.

Date: Saturday 8th October
Time: 7.30pm
Ticket Info: £20 (includes beer and food)
Venue:
The Snowdrop Inn
119 South Street
Lewes BN7 2BU
Tel: 01273 471018