Five more reasons to attend the Three Counties Food and Drink Festival

The Three Counties Food and Drink Festival has announced TV chef Phil Vickery, Bake Off Winner Matty Edgell, finalist, Dan Hunter, and founder and owner of the award-winning Beefy Boys, Murf, will complete the Saturday line-up of celebrity guests for this year's show. Hosting the guests will be top TV Chef and writer, Marcus Bean.

Famed chef, TV presenter and author Phil Vickery has been an integral part of the This Morning family for over two decades and is rightly regarded as one of Britain's favourite chefs. He is the programme's longest standing chef, presenting live and pre-recorded cookery items, plus his own cookery segments from locations far and near.

Phil has many culinary accolades, including winning a Michelin Star and 4 Rosettes in the AA guide, The Good Food Guide's Restaurant of the Year, The Times Restaurant of the Year, Egon Ronay's Guide Dessert Chef of the Year, and British Meat Chef of The Year.

Joining Phil for the Saturday line-up is Matty Edgell, winner of the Great British Bake Off 2023. Matty is a dedicated teacher and sports enthusiast, and his expertise extends from the classroom to the kitchen. Beyond the academic realm, Matty transforms into a charismatic, inspirational content creator, bringing a unique blend of inspiration and fun for food fanatics of all ages.

Also serving up a baking extravaganza will be another Bake-Off favourite, finalist Dan Hunter. Dan credits his love of pies and desserts to his mother-in-law, as she taught him how to make perfect shortcrust pastry. Subsequently, his passion for pies evolved into a passion for patisserie. A self-confessed perfectionist, Dan loves a baking challenge, so festival visitors could well expect to see him throwing down the baking gauntlet and creating a masterpiece in Malvern.

One of the founders and directors of The Beefy Boys, Murf's been cooking up a burger storm across the region and is heading to the festival at the end of July. Based in Hereford, Murf was recently crowned 'Burger Chef of The Year 2023' at the national burger awards where the Beefy Boys also took home top prize of 'Burger of the Year. As well as several restaurants, Murf frequently takes to the UK highways an byways in their iconic American style food truck sharing tips and tricks on how to boost your burger game.

The new celebrity guests join the previously announced Sunday Cookery Theatre line-up which includes best-selling cookery writer and TV Chef, Rachel Allen, chef, author, educationist, and entrepreneur Cyrus Todiwala, and TV chef and author Marcus Bean. Chris Bavin, presenter of BBC's Eat Well For Less? will host the Cookery Theatre demonstrations on Sunday 28th July.

Alongside the stunning chefs will be over 150 local food and drink producers, plus a stunning array of food vendors and bars. 

Plus there are plenty of activities for visitors to participate in from learning to make the perfect cocktail to special wine and coffee experiences.

See the full schedule and order your tickets book here:- https://www.threecountiesfoodfestival.com.

Tickets start at £12 and VIP packages are also available.

Holywell Water Company Brings Malvern Water Back to Life

New Holywell 'Malvern' Spring Water

The original Malvern water will be quenching thirsts once again as The Holywell Water Company Ltd gains the right to use the famous township in its branding.

The Holywell Water Company is now delighted to announce the subtle yet highly significant rebranding of its bottled still and sparkling spring water to Holywell Malvern Spring Water!

The Holywell Water Company has produced Holywell Spring Water, which is sold in some of the top hotels, restaurants and castles(!) in the country, since 2009 from the original spring in the heart of the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, but has been unable to use the word ‘Malvern’ in any branding until now.

Water from the original Holywell spring in Malvern was first commercially bottled by Schweppes in 1843 and continued there for 54 years until the company moved production to a different site in 1897. Coca-Cola took over Schweppes and continued to produce Malvern Water from this site until the brand was dropped in 2010.

The Holywell Water Company took ownership of the original Malvern spring and 19th century buildings used by Schweppes in 2009, but despite bottling fresh spring water from this source the company was unable to use the iconic town in its branding.

Rhys Humm, Director of The Holywell Water Company, said: “I’m hugely excited about our subtle name change. The Holywell spring is indisputably the original source of Malvern water so it is fantastic that we can now include the prestigious Malvern name in our branding.”

He added: “It’s important that water from Malvern is still bottled and that the name and association is not lost forever. Our solicitors have done some fabulous work in registering this trademark and I hope the public will be as happy as we are that we can use the term Malvern in relation to our pedigree water.”

The Holywell Water Company will be showcasing its newly branded bottles for the first time at the Hotelympia trade show at ExCeL, London, from the 26 February - 1 March.

The company has also taken this opportunity to include a QR code on its labelling which will take users on a video tour of the Holywell spring.

For more information visit www.holywellspringwater.co.uk