Friday 30th September @ Charleston

Take a stroll in the Charleston garden with local herbalist Hera Jones. Looking at seasonal medicinal and other plants found on the way-side you will discover that we often dismiss plants without consideration for the incredible qualities they possess.

Hera is known in and around Alfriston for her apothecary. Her depth of knowledge in this subject creates a whole new way of seeing the green that surrounds us. Join us for this therapeutic and rejuvenating morning talk.

Date: Friday 30th September
Time: 9.30am - 12pm
Ticket Info: £15 (includes tea & coffee)
Venue:
Charleston
Firle
Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6LL
Tel: 01323 811626

Friday 30th September @ Linklater Pavilion
A selection of local wines from Sussex and the South of England (provided by Harveys Brewery Shop) will accompany informative talks about English wine and butterflies. All proceeds to butterfly conservation in Sussex.

Date: Friday 30th September
Time: 7pm
Ticket Info: £15
Venue:
Linklater Pavilion
Railway Lane
Lewes BN7 2FG
Tel: 01273 275029
Email: carolemortimer@hotmail.com

Saturday 1st 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.

Celebrate the abundance of the harvest using locally grown and milled flour. Make a traditional harvest wreath loaf, courgette and hazelnut bread and wild mushroom pizza.

These workshops are suitable for novices and enthusiasts alike and includes a lovely lunch.

Date: Saturday 1st October
Time: 10am - 2pm
Ticket Info: £40/£30/£20 (a 3-tier fee system, ltd number of concessionary and subsidised places awarded on application)
Venue:
Priory School
Mountfield Road
Lewes, BN7 2XN
Tel: 07766 526217 (Robin van Creveld)

Saturday 1st October @ Goldcliff Garden Centre

A Beginners' Guide to growing your own fruit, featuring a talk and demonstrations. To include tea and coffee and Q&A. See also Saturday 8th October for a Beginners' Guide to growing vegetables.

Date: Saturday 1st October
Time: 10.30am - 12 noon
Ticket Info: Free - no tickets required, but call or email to reserve your place
Venue:
Goldcliff Garden Centre
Uckfield Road
Ringmer, East Sussex, BN8 5RY
Tel: 01273 813968
Email: info@goldcliffgardencentre.co.uk

Sunday 2nd October @ Ringmer Community Orchard

Come and look around the orchard, find out how to become a member, or just PYO delicious apples and pears. Organised by Common Cause.

Date: Sunday 2nd October
Time: Noon - 2pm
Ticket Info: Free - no ticket required
Venue:
Ringmer Community Orchard
Broyle Place Farm
Laughton Road
Ringmer, East Sussex
Tel: 01273 470900
Email: katharine@commoncause.org.uk

Tuesday 4th October @ Tilton House

Learn all about Raw Chocolate making in all its glory in this hands-on workshop with resident chef, Cashew Catering's John Bayley. Find out all about this 'superfood' as you make vegan chocolate ice 'cream', truffles, torte and brownies, and discover new flavour combinations as you combine cacao with lots of other delicious and nutritious ingredients.

Date: Tuesday 4th October
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm
Ticket Info: £30 (10% discount for booking online, or  via cashewcatering@yahoo.co.uk)
Venue:
Tilton House
Firle
East Sussex, BN8 6LL

Wednesday 5th October @ Highdown Allotments

This grazing lunch will offer you the opportunity to explore the plot and pick some salad for your sandwich and herbs for your tea! (Please bring your own sandwich, soup/hot drinks provided). LOAP is a food growing project on a community allotment. New members welcome. Weather permitting. Disabled access part of site.

For more details and directions contact Sarah Rideout, Common Cause Project Co-Ordinator, on 01273 476029/470900.

Date: Wednesday 5th October
Time: 1pm - 2pm
Ticket Info: Free - no ticket required
Venue:
Lewes Organic Allotment Project
Highdown Allotments (above Nevill Estate)
Lewes, East Sussex

Wednesday 5th October @ Linklater Pavilion

Have you looked at your food really closely? Does your food always smell like it tastes? Which foods go crunch and which go slurp? Can you tell the difference between sweet, salty and bitter tastes? There's excitement in the tasting, sniffing and feel of food. The Taste Adventure for children and grown-ups, which is run by Slow Food UK in partnership with grainchain.com, aims to bring these sensations to life.

Date: Wednesday 5th October
Time: 3pm - 6pm
Ticket Info: Free - no tickets required
Venue:
Linklater Pavilion
Railway Lane
Lewes BN7 2FG
Tel: 01273 275029
Email: carolemortimer@hotmail.com

Thursday 6th October @ Tilton House

Tilton House's annual fungi forage Anne Yarrow, Mycologist, will take you on a two--hour forage through woodland and downland to discover the hidden treasures available all around. After filling your baskets, return to the woodland yurt to cook-up a delicious lunch with resident chef, John Bayley.

Date: Thursday 6th October
Time: 10am - 2pm
Ticket Info: £45
Venue:
Tilton House
Firle
East Sussex, BN8 6LL
www.tiltonhouse.co.uk

Thursday 6th October @ Plumpton College

Visit the vineyard, modern winery and state of the art wine-tasting room. Sample a range of wines from the Plumpton Estate and Alumni collections. Discover more about the UK wine industry and take the opportunity to indulge in a passion for wine or simply enjoy the good company.

Plumpton is the leading English wine-making education facility set in the South Downs and well placed to reveal whether the Sussex area is set to be the Champagne of England.

Date: Thursday 6th October
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Ticket Info: £20 (available from Charleston: 01323 811626)
Venue:
Plumpton College
Ditchling Road
Nr Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3AE
Tel: 01273 890454

Thursday 6th October @ Tilton House

A vegan hands-on workshop focusing on fine dining with resident chef, Cashew Catering's John Bayley. Learn how to prepare a stunning four-course meal, including Vietnamese Summer Rolls, Beetroot Gazpacho, Tofu Spanakopita, and Summer Berry & Cashew Custard Filo with Sloe Gin using plant-based and mainly seasonal ingredients, then sit down together to enjoy the fruits of your labours.

Date: Thursday 6th October
Time: 7pm - 9.30pm
Ticket Info: £30 (10% discount for booking online or email cashewcatering@yahoo.co.uk)
Venue:
Tilton House
Firle
East Sussex, BN8 6LL

Friday 7th October @ The Snowdrop Inn

Award winning author, broadcaster, blogger and 'Bill Bryson of Beer', Pete Brown, returns to Lewes OctoberFeast for a unique beer tasting event. Books are brilliant, beer is awesome; what could be better than bringing them together? Pete will be matching some of his favourite books with appropriate and sometimes surprising tipples and The Snowdrop kitchen crew will be on hand with suitable sustenance.

Date: Friday 7th October
Time: 7.30pm
Ticket Info: £20
Venue:
The Snowdrop Inn
119 South Street
Lewes, East Sussex
Tel: 01273 471018

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

Sunday 2nd October @ Anne of Cleves House

An exciting opportunity to experience Tudor cuisine in an authentic atmosphere. The day will be themed on Tudor food with Tudor Minstrels playing songs about food, a chace to find out about and taste real Tudor recipes, have a go at Tudor food making tasks such as butter making and flour sifting, and meet a real Tudor housewife who can tell you all about cooking in Tudor England and where the phrase 'upper crust' comes from.

Date: Sunday 2nd October
Time: 11am - 4pm
Ticket Info: Adults £4.40/Child £2.20/Concessions £3.90. Family ticket (2+2 or 1+4) £11.80. Tickets on the door.
Venue:
52 Southover High Street
Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1JA
Tel: 01273 474 610

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

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

Friday 7th September @ Pelham House

Think you know your Dill from your Sage or your Grenache from your Cabernet? If so the Pelham House October Feast Quiz will be right up your street, with all proceeds going to a charity.

Complimentary entry with a voluntary contribution to Chestnut Tree Charity.

Teams of no more than 6 people. Details of team names, and numbers must be emailed to reception@pelhamhouse.com

Date: Friday 7th September
Time: 7pm
Ticket Info: No ticket required
Venue:
Pelham House Hotel
Saint Andrews Lane
Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1UW
Tel: 01273 488 600

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