Taste of Bath, Royal victoria Park

3-6 July 2008, Royal Victoria Park

The Taste of Bath Festival 2008 will give visitors the opportunity to try sample-sized signature dishes from a selection of the best restaurants in Bath and the South West. Explore different cuisines, enjoy fine wines and meet top chefs including Raymond Blanc, Michael Caines and Antony Worrall Thompson all in the beautiful Royal Victoria Park - just below the Royal Crescent.

Details: www.visitbath.co.uk/site/whats-on/taste-…

Tarbert Seafood Festival

5-6 July 2008, Tarbert, Loch Fyne

This annual festival is set around the natural harbour at Tarbert on Loch Fyne.

Details: www.eatscotland.com

The Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate

8th – 10th July 2008, Great Yorkshire Showground

The Great Yorkshire Show, a premier UK countryside event, celebrates its 150th show this year.

The event brings together the best of British farming with an eclectic mix of country life, entertainment, shopping and competitions.

Last year saw more than 120,000 visitors come through the gates, and this celebratory year is expected to attract a record crowd to the 250 acre site.

Details: www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk

Taste of Birmingham, Cannon Hill Park

10-13 July 2008, Cannon Hill Park

Now in its third consecutive year, Channel 4's Taste of Birmingham will be celebrating the very best cuisine that the Midlands has to offer in the beautiful surroundings of Cannon Hill Park, from Thursday 10th July to Sunday 13th July 2008.

Celebrity chefs Anthony Worrall Thompson and Aldo Zilli will be preparing mouth-watering menus alongside a host of the region’s leading restaurants, including Itihaas, Opus and Simpsons.

Details: www.visitbirmingham.com/eating_out/taste…

British Cherry Day

19 July 2008

Whitstable Oyster Festival

19-27 July 2008, Whitstable

The streets and venues of Whitstable will once again be crammed with the huge variety of entertainment that has made the festival so popular with people of all ages and tastes.Traditional pageantry and community events will be surrounded by an exciting programme of arts, culture and festival food, celebrating all that is best and unique about Whitstable.

Details: www.wofa.org.uk

The Great British Picnic

Various dates from 20th July 2008

To celebrate our best outdoor dining spots, Mateus is hosting a series of city picnic's across the UK as well as providing samples of chilled rosé at some top outdoor Summer Events. TV chef Simon Rimmer, who is backing Mateus’s picnic campaign, said: “Picnics are a great British tradition - and long may they continue!
So why not hang out with the Heart Ground Patrol this summer at one of the below events..

Wimbledon Cannizaro festival on 20th and 22nd July

Regent's Park Open-Air Theatre on 23rd-27th July

Nottingham River Festival on 1st-3rd August

Birmingham Jazz Festival on Saturday 16th August

Details: www.colourofsummer.com

The Royal Welsh Show Food Hall

21st-24th July 2008, Builth Wells

New faces and new flavours, the Royal Welsh Show Food Hall will have something for everyone when it opens its doors to visitors at Wales' largest celebration of farming and food at Builth Wells later this month (July 21-24).

The Welsh Assembly Government managed True Taste Food Hall will once again be bursting with culinary delights to suit all tastes and pockets, and many of the 50 food and drink companies exhibiting in the Food Hall are True Taste Award winners.

Details: www.rwas.co.uk/en/welsh-show/the-royal-w…

August Alfresco Food Fortnight

21 July - 3 August 2008

The national celebration of outdoor gastro dining and entertaining gets underway. With the support of the major multiples and great brands, the first Alfresco Food Fortnight is here to encourage us all to get outside more and to enjoy life alfresco!

Details: www.alfrescofoodfortnight.co.uk