Surrey food and drink news

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Every month, Surrey Life keeps you up-to-date in the magazine about all the best Gourmet Gossip that is going on around the county. Now, we will also be posting a few added extras and pieces of bonus material that couldn’t quite fit in the mag onto the Surrey Life website. So, keep your eyes on this page for updates

Croydon Food Festival

Following on from the success of Croydon Fashion Week, Croydon is hosting its own food festival throughout October, which will offer everything from free tasting sessions and kids’ activities to specialist food markets and chef demonstrations. See the full programme below.

Croydon Food Festival programme

Farnham Food Festival
Saturday October 11

Michelin-starred chef Steve Drake, of Drake’s in Ripley fame, will be leading proceedings at Farnham Food Festival on Saturday October 11. His demonstration with be one of the highlights as the Central car park is taken over from 10am to 4pm.

Farnham Food Festival Timetable

10: 00 - Food Festival Opens
11:00 - 96.4 The Eagle Radio's Love Crew
12:00 - Food Demonstartion by Steve Drake
13:00 - Winner of the Children's Competition is revealed
14:00 - Grandpa Spells Jazz Band
16:00 - Food Festival Finishes

Surrey Restaurants Against Hunger
Throughout October

You can help some of the world’s poorest people to put food on their own tables by popping along to a supporting restaurant as part of this year’s Restaurants Against Hunger campaign. Below we have included the Surrey restaurants taking part in this event to date:

• Bamboo Grove, 33 South End, Croydon
• Charlie Bells Bar and Grill, Runnymede Hotel, Windsor Road, Egham
• La Veranda, 18-19 The Parade, Beynon Road, Carshalton
• Papa Roberto's, 65 Church Street, Croydon
• The Gurkha Durbar Nepalese Restaurant, 30 Headley Road, Hindhead
• The Left Bank Restaurant, Runnymede Hotel, Windsor Road, Egham
• The Whyte Harte Hotel, High Street, Bletchingley
• Zero Quattro, 28 Ridgeway, Wimbledon
• All branches of Giraffe and Carluccio's

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Meanwhile, get ideas for great places to eat out with our Surrey Life restaurant reviews, pick up some top tips from celebrity chef Tony Tobin in his Kitchen Diaries or simply discover your local farmers’ market.