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Event	Start Date	Contact
New Year's Day Holiday	03/01/2011
World Braille Day	04/01/2011
Farmhouse Breakfast Week	23/01/2011	shakeupyourwakeup.com
Food Allergy and Intolerance Week	24/01/2011	allergyuk.org
Burns Night	25/01/2011
Australia Day	26/01/2011
Holocaust Memorial Day	27/01/2011	hmd.org.uk/
National Storytelling Week	29/01/2011
Chinese New Year	03/02/2011
National Marriage Week	07/02/2011	marriage-week.org.uk/
Valentine's Day	14/02/2011
Cancertalk Week	15/02/2011	macmillan.org.uk/GetInvolved/CancertalkWeek/CancertalkWeek.aspx
National Chip Week	21/02/2011	lovechips.co.uk/
Fair Trade Fortnight	28/02/2011	fairtrade.org.uk/get_involved/fairtrade_fortnight/fairtrade_fortnight_2011/default.aspx
St David's Day	01/03/2011
World Book Day	03/03/2011	worldbookday.com/
British Pie Week	07/03/2011	britishpieweek.co.uk/
Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day	08/03/2011
International Women's Day CENTENARY	08/03/2011	internationalwomensday.com/
Ash Wednesday - Lent Begins	09/03/2011
No Smoking Day	09/03/2011	nosmokingday.org.uk
National Science and Engineering Week	11/03/2011	britishscienceassociation.org/web/NSEW/
Commonwealth Day	14/03/2011	commonwealthday.org/
St Patrick's Day	17/03/2011
Comic Relief - Red Nose Day	18/03/2011	comicrelief.com/get-involved
National Salt Awareness Week	21/03/2011	actiononsalt.org.uk/awareness/awareness/index.html
BST Begins	27/03/2011
April Fool's Day	01/04/2011
International Children's Book Day	02/04/2011
National Pet Month	02/04/2011	nationalpetmonth.org.uk/
Mothering Sunday	03/04/2011
World Health Day	07/04/2011	who.int/world-health-day/en/
Palm Sunday	17/04/2011
Good Friday	22/04/2011
Earth Day	22/04/2011	un.org/en/events/motherearthday/
St George's Day	23/04/2011	stgeorgesholiday.com/
easter Sunday	24/04/2011
Easter Monday	25/04/2011
Royal Wedding 2011	29/04/2011
National Windsurfing Week	30/04/2011	nationalwindsurfingweek.org/
Early May Bank Holiday	02/05/2011	bank holiday
Deaf Awareness Week	02/05/2011	deafcouncil.org.uk/daw/index.htm
International Firefighters' Day	04/05/2011
National Doughnut Week	07/05/2011	thechildrenstrust.org.uk/events.asp?section=217&itemid=1046
Europe Day	09/05/2011
Limerick Day	12/05/2011
British Sandwich Week	15/05/2011	sandwich.org.uk/
Walk to School Week	16/05/2011	walktoschool.org.uk/
Spring Bank Holiday	30/05/2011
Volunteers' Week	01/06/2011	volunteersweek.org.uk/About+the+Week/Preparing+for+2011
World Environment Day	05/06/2011	unep.org/wed/2010/english/flash_2010/intro.html
World Blood Donor Day	14/06/2011	wbdd.org/
National Bike Week	18/06/2011	bikeweek.org.uk/index.php
Fathers' Day	19/06/2011
Wrong Trousers Day	24/06/2011	wallaceandgromitteaparty.org.uk/pages/wtd.htm
Armed Forces Day	25/06/2011	armedforcesday.org.uk/
World Population Day	11/07/2011	un.org/en/events/populationday/
St Swithin's Day	15/07/2011
International Youth Day	12/08/2011	un.org/en/events/youthday/
International Left Handers Day	13/08/2011	lefthandersday.com/about.html
Summer Bank Holiday	29/08/2011
Organic September	01/09/2011	soilassociation.org
Heritage Open Days	08/09/2011	heritageopendays.org.uk/
British Food Fortnight	17/09/2011	lovebritishfood.co.uk/about-british-food-fortnight/british-food-fortnight-2011/plans-for-2011/
International Talk Like A Pirate Day	19/09/2011	talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
World Car Free Day	22/09/2011
World Space Week	04/10/2011	un.org/en/events/spaceweek/
National Poetry Day	06/10/2011	nationalpoetryday.co.uk/
National Eating Out Week	09/10/2011	nationaleatingoutweek.com/
National Curry Week	09/10/2011	nationaleatingoutweek.com/
Trafalgar Day	21/10/2011
BST Ends	30/10/2011
Hallowe'en	31/10/2011
Guy Fawkes Night	05/11/2011
Remembrance Day	11/11/2011	britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/the-nation-remembers/two-minute-silence
Remembrance Sunday	13/11/2011	britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/the-nation-remembers/remembrance-sunday
BBC Children In Need	18/11/2011	bbc.co.uk/pudsey/
St Andrew's Day	30/11/2011
World AIDS Day	01/12/2011	un.org/en/events/aidsday
Christmas Day Holiday	26/12/2011
Boxing Day Holiday	27/12/2011

Royal Salutes 2010:
The Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales

Royal Salute

The Museum Gardens are host to a formal Royal Salute, organised and attended by soldiers from York Garrison, celebrating the birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales.

The salute culminates in cannon fire at noon.

Date:
Monday 15th November 2010

The Yorkshire Museum Gardens are closed during the mornings prior to the Royal Salutes for security reasons.

Opening Hours:
Monday – Sunday, 10.00am – 5.00pm

Gardens
Monday – Sunday, 7.30am to 5.30pm
(from late March until late October the gardens open later into the evening)
The Gardens are closed on the mornings of Royal Salute ceremonies.

Observatory
Every Saturday, 11.30am – 2.30pm

Admission: Visit website for prices, buy one ticket for YEAR-LONG entry
Entry to the Gardens is FREE
Entry to the Observatory is FREE
 

 

Address:

Yorkshire Museum

Exhibition Square

York

North Yorkshire

YO1 7EW

Tel: 01904 687 687

Yorkshire Museum on Directory of York
Yorkshire Museum website

Curators’ Talks:
Open Evening
@ York Art Gallery

Curators’ Talks Open Evening

Discover more about art in a series of curators’ talks, highlighting key works of art throughout the York Art Gallery.

This is a FREE event, no booking required.

Time:
6.30pm – 8.00pm
Date:
Friday 29th October 2010

This popular, annual event run in partnership with City of York Council’s Adult and Community Education team.

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Admission: FREE to all

 

Address:

York Art Gallery

Exhibition Square

York

North Yorkshire

YO1 7EW

Tel: 01904 687 687

York Art Gallery on Directory of York
York Art Gallery website

Activities for All Ages:
Illuminating York
& The Big Draw

Workshop: Illuminating York

Enjoy the York Art Gallery, open late especially for the annual Illuminate festival, and take part in a drop-in drawing workshop as part of the Big Draw.

This is a FREE event, no booking required.

Time:
6.00pm – 8.00pm
Date:
Saturday 30th October 2010

Opening Hours:
Monday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday 10.00am – 5.00pm

Admission: FREE to all

 

Address:

York Art Gallery

Exhibition Square

York

North Yorkshire

YO1 7EW

Tel: 01904 687 687

York Art Gallery on Directory of York
York Art Gallery website

The theme for the 2010 York Food Festival (17 th to 26 th September) is “Meet the Yorkshire Food Heroes”. The Festival is working with Yorkshire’s National Parks, the National Trust and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to promote sustainable producers; especially those whose work helps maintain traditional landscapes. The Festival has developed the 2010 programme to include a series of innovative ‘collaborative stands’ at the Festival’s market, shared by quality producers from specific Yorkshire environments. Other Hero events involve an exciting line up of Michelin Star Chefs on stage with their favourite suppliers, ‘Slow Food’ Tastings, York Farmer’s market and demonstrations.

Key ‘Meet the Hero’ items include:

• Informal daily tastings conducted by Slow Food North Yorkshire, include:
  • A comparative tasting by Tom Wallis of Lowna dairy of his award winning Goat’s Cheese.
  • Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil discussing the production, health and gastronomic benefits of their oils.
• Collaborative stands, shared by producers from specific areas in Yorkshire, include:
  • A series of producers from the southern Dales led by Robert Phillip of Hellifield Beef. Robert’s Highland cattle play and important role maintaining the flora of Yorkshire’s Limestone landscape.
  • A second group led by Philip Trevelyan, Organic Millers and Sheep Farmer, from Pickering and the surrounding Moors. Producers of Trout, Watercress and Heather Honey all attend.
• The Festival Market Place:
  • Key Yorkshire attendees include Penny Hodgeson, producer of Thornhill Dexter Beef, Whitby Seafood and Richard Elmhurst, of Round Green Venison.
  • The Festival sets aside day stands for small producers to attend for one or two days, these include Brunswick Organic Nursery, which provides a workplace for adults with learning difficulties and Yorkshire Wold’s Apples.
  • York ’s regular farmers markets takes place within the Festival on Friday 24 th September.
  • Demonstrations by Yorkshire Producers include:
  • Phillip Leverington of Fresh Catering who will work alongside a succession of producers that can be found in the market place. James Wright of Taste Tradition will do a butchery demonstration of rare breed meat raised in the North Yorkshire Moors.
  • Producer’s Day
  • A show including demonstrations from Yorkshire Michelin Stared Chefs Andrew Pern and James Mackenzie on stage with their favourite Yorkshire producers and a Yorkshire Produce Buffet for lunch.

Background information:

York Food and Drink Festival, first run in 1997, was taken over by an independent (not for profit) company in 2008. The new organisation is dedicated to the promotion of regional produce.

The breadth of the Festival makes it unique with:

• The free entry markets and demonstrations continue until 7pm.
• The Festival runs across the city and in the surrounding area with shops and restaurants offering special menus, deals and events.
• The ticketed programme also continues through both the day and the evening with a full complement of dinners and tastings; many in York’s historic Mansion House and Guildhall.

Pre-Festival Event:

Meet the Yorkshire Food Heroes in our Cookery Class and Venison Meal

Oh my Goodness. What a brilliant time we had!

On Thursday 12th August, 7pm, York Food Festival goers had the opportunity to join Yorkshire Venison Farmer Nigel Sampson of Holme Farm and Chef Stephanie Moon of Rudding Park for an amazing cookery class.

But fortunately, you don’t have to miss out completely – you can still have the opportunity to enjoy this menu, on Tuesday 21st September, at Stephanie Moon’s Dinner in the Mansion House.

We watched Stephanie demonstrate the Venison starter and then the main-course, while she and Nigel explained why Venison is prepared and cooked as it is, and how to keep the meat moist.
We also learned about food presentation and using the plate as a frame to build our food picture on.
We then each made our own starter, which included preparing a raw quail’s egg yolk as part of our ‘Picture on the plate’ and then shared a communal meal of the food cooked.

Starter: Assiette of Venison :Venison Tarter, Marinated venison salad, and Peppered scorched venison
Main course: Venison steak with Herb crust, Carrot dauphinoise, summer greens and Rosti potato.
Dessert: Bailey’s and Coffee Meringue Roulade with Hazelnuts and Summer Fruits.

Ronald Smith said, “This has blown me away! The Food was wonderful.” While Sarah Waite, who was working beside Ronald said, “I just loved the Venison Tartare – I didn’t expect the raw meat to taste so good, it was full of flavour!”

The event highlighted the 2010 Festival’s theme “Meet the Yorkshire Food Heroes”. See www.yorkfoodfestival.com/festival.php?cat=1  for more information.

The Cooking Rooms is a new cookery school in York offering a range of food and drink experiences for all ages and abilities to the people of Yorkshire and beyond.
Stephanie Moon, daughter of a Yorkshire farmer, is Consultant Chef at Rudding Park and loves to share her favourite recipes and ideas for wild food in her “Wild Cooks” blog http://wildcook.wordpress.com/  .
Nigel Sampson is Managing Director of Holme Farm Venison and a farmer who uses the entire animal, in every sense of the word. That is, he makes clothes even from the skin.
A huge thank you to Nigel, Stephanie and Luke for a brilliant evening, where we learned so much, enjoyed a fabulous meal and just had fun!
 

Chocolate Heaven in York

Wine Events at the York Food and Drink Festival

Festival Wine Fair Saturday 25 th Sept:
Held over two sessions: (12pm – 4pm or 6pm – 9pm)
Simply buy a ticket, pick up a glass at the door and then walk around the stands which offer tasters of over 80 different wines.

Introduction to Food and Wine Matching: Sherry and Tapas. Saturday 18 th Sept
Held over three sessions: (1pm 2.30 and 4pm)
Meet one of the Festival’s favourite wine critics, Charles Metcalfe, and let him talk you through these surprisingly good pairings.

Daily Introduction to Wine Everyday at 1pm
Whatever day you come, there is a light-hearted introductory wine event at lunchtime. Join local wine experts like Karen Hardwick and Peter McKenna in Melton’s Too to cover topics like South African Wine; Fizz; and Burgundy: the Douro Valley and Port

Grand Cru Saint-Émilion Dinner. Thursday 23 rd Sept at 7.30
A Champagne and canapé reception; followed by a four-course dinner and 8 different Grand Cru wines. Commentary from Yorkshire Post Wine Critic: Christine Austin.

The programme also includes :

• Pink Champagne,
• Chocolate and wine, as part of the Festival’s Chocolate Launch
• A charitable Champagne afternoon tea in the Mansion House
• And an old favourite revived – Cheese and Wine matching.

Welcome To Yorkshire Sponsors York Food and Drink Festival

York Food and Drink Festival has been one of the key annual events in Yorkshire for some time, but this year acknowledgement of that has come from Welcome to Yorkshire, as they are showing their support both financially and help with marketing.

Dedicated to promoting Yorkshire, the Welcome to Yorkshire website is the official visitor site for Yorkshire and lists everything from what to do, where to stay and how to keep Yorkshire special.

Sharing the promotion of Yorkshire as one of its primary aims, the theme for the 2010 York Food Festival (17th to 26th September) is “Meet the Yorkshire Food Heroes”. The Festival is working with many key organisations such as Yorkshire’s National Parks, the National Trust and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to promote sustainable producers; especially those whose work helps maintain traditional landscapes.

The Festival has developed the 2010 programme to include a series of innovative ‘collaborative stands’ at the Festival’s market, shared by quality producers from specific Yorkshire environments. Other Hero events involve an exciting line up of Michelin Star Chefs on stage with their favourite suppliers, ‘Slow Food’ Tastings, York Farmer’s market and demonstrations.

The markets and many of the demonstrations are free to enter. Tickets, for many other events, can be bought on-line or by calling 01904 466687.

A full programme of events can be found at http://www.yorkfoodfestival.com

Source: Press Release