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The annual Ashford Food and Drink Festival, a month-long celebration of the fabulous food and drink experiences in and around Ashford town centre, is underway!

Throughout July, the town centre will be serving a menu full of wonderful food and drink activities, alongside some tempting offers. Experience the huge choice of mouth-watering tastes and flavours from around the world, where residents and visitors alike will find something to tickle everyone’s taste buds.

From wine and beer tasting, teddy bear picnics, markets, weekend festivals, pizza making and competitions, everyone is invited to ‘taste and try throughout July’.

- A Tasting Evening with The Wine Garden of England and Boys Hall at Revelations in St Mary’s Church is now joined by four Kent vineyards – Gusbourne, Squerryes, Biddenden and Yotes Court – where you can also purchase their wine and others at the event. There will also be live jazz music from Jonny Hepbir.

- Curious Brewery Summer BBQ Weekend – Saturday 20 July, 12pm until late, and Sunday 21 July, 12pm until it’s gone! £4 pints all weekend plus summer cocktails and new wines

- Four fantastic competitions from Kent Cookery School, Everest Inn, Curious Brewery and Gusbourne Winery and Vineyard.

- Amazing offers – including Billy’s Pie and Mash deal with pie, mash, drink and pudding (jam roly-poly) for under £10!

- The Great Ashford Sandwich Competition! With Low Key Tap Room in Bank Street. Enter Love Ashford to have your favourite sandwich filling put on the menu and be the first winner of the trophy!

- What better way to celebrate the end of the Festival than with a wrap party! Round up your friends and head down to Coachworks to enjoy tasty street food, a wide range of drinks plus live music from Ashford-based band Whiskey & Wine. It's FREE entry and runs between 4pm and 8pm on Wednesday 31 July.

“This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the brilliant businesses and offers we have in Ashford town centre, combined with those slightly further afield,” said Keli Nolan-Lyons, Town Centre Regeneration Manager at Ashford Borough Council.

“There really is something for everyone to enjoy throughout July. We hope residents and visitors enjoy discovering something new, as well as revisiting old favourites by raising a glass or savouring a dish as we celebrate the variety of food and drink offerings we have here in Ashford.”

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