Grab a cuppa and read all about the food and drink events that are coming up in November.
Featuring Coombe Abbey Hotel, Golden Monkey Tea Company, Hatton Shopping Village, Leamington Wine Company, Byatts Brewery, Stir It Up Sunday, Talton Mill, Warwick Winter Food Festival, Leamington Christmas Markets.
Gunpowder Gala Dinner
Friday 5 & Saturday 6 November
Coombe Abbey Hotel,
A four-course dinner with a difference, with wine and mead, as you sit back and watch actors reveal the story of The Gunpowder Treason and the danger it presented to Coombe Abbey. After dinner, look forward to an outdoor firework display over the lake followed by an evening of music and dance. Tickets from £54.
Golden Monkey Tea Company tasting
Tuesday 9 November
Temperance, 33 Bath Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 3AF
Maria from the Warwick based shop will be talking all things tea and giving customers the opportunity to try some of the more unusual varieties. All for the price of a pot of English Breakfast Tea. £3.28 from 7 – 10pm.Book via Eventbrite.
Christmas market & food festival
Saturday 13 November
Hatton Shopping Village, Hatton Country World, Dark Lane, Hatton , Warwick
With an outdoor Christmas market, a food festival indoors and free tastings at the farm shop you could spend all day from 10am – 5pm getting stocked up for Christmas.
Festive Wine tasting
Friday 19 & Friday 26 November
Leamington Wine Company,
From 7pm the team will be on hand to showcase a selection of wines and answer your queries so that you can order your favourite tipples for Christmas. Tickets are £25.
Hoppy Holiday
Saturday 20 November
Byatts Brewery, Lythalls Lane Industrial Estate,Units 6 &7, Coventry CV6 6FL
From 11am – 9pm the micro brewery will be hosting local providers including Warwickshire Gin Company and Caneys Cider. With 10% off Byatts gift packs do your Christmas shopping and reward yourself with a beer at the end!
Stir up Sunday
Sunday 21 November
It is a tradition that harks back to Victorian times when the family would gather together to stir the Christmas pudding five weeks before Christmas. Christmas pudding recipes include dried fruits, eggs, breadcrumbs, and alcohol to increase its shelf life.
Talton Mill Christmas Fair
Thursday 25 November
Talton Mill, Newbold on Stour, Stratford upon Avon CV37 8UG
Your chance to purchase some lovely local gifts in time for Christmas. The Mill Woodhouse, canopy and marquee will be filled with an array of different festive stalls selling a variety of gifts, festive foods and stocking fillers for family, friends and pets. From 10am – 8pm.
Warwick Winter Food Festival
Sunday 28 November
Market Place, Warwick CV34 4SA
The Winter Food Festival will have a Christmassy atmosphere and visitors will be able to buy high quality, local produce and treats for Christmas. You’ll find a wonderful array of delicious street food and drink and more than 50 stalls.
Leamington Christmas Markets
Sunday 28 November
Parade, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 4BL
Within the surroundings of the historic Regency architecture and under the twinkling Christmas lights, you’ll find over 60 attractive stalls brimming with goodies, unusual gifts, stocking fillers, decorations and artisan food and drink. Running from 10am – 5pm every Sunday until 19 December.
Midlands Gourmet Girl 