Food & Drink Festival 2025

After the success of last year’s Food & Drink Festival, we’re looking forward to bringing the festival back to Corfe Castle this year! Located within the walls of the Iconic Corfe Castle in Purbeck, the festival will showcase the best locally produced food and drink in Purbeck and the South Dorset area.

List of Stall Holders appearing at the Food and Drink Festival

Drinks

• Black Ven Distilery – Dark oak aged Rum, white rum, spiced rum and cream liqueur
• Dancing Goat – speciality coffee, cold and iced drinks, smoothies and milkshakes
• Dorset Nectar Cider with bottled cider (still and sparkling), perry and organic apple juice. Plus draft cider in half pint and pint compostable cups.
• Shorton Fair Gin – locally produced
• Whimsical Forager – Bottled handcrafted botanical liqueurs (lemon and basil, orange and tarragon, nettle, honey and ginger).  Plus boozy limoncello slushy

Produce

• Dorset Deer Shack Venison cured meats including jerky, salami and chorizo
• From Dorset with Love – Jams and Chutneys, sauces and vinegars
• Horty’s Honey – locally produced honey and natural beeswax candles
• Weymouth 51 – Artisan fermented chilli Sauces, kimchi and condiments –
• Wild Partridge – Chilli Jam and Gifts –
• Valley of Stones Cheese – selection of locally produced cheese

Street food

• A Taste of Thailand – Green curry, Panang curry, Bangkok noodles, spring roll
• Angithi – Curry dishes (Saturday only).
• Flaming Peaches – pizza and burgers
• Kingston Country Courtyard – Smashed burgers including vegan
• Manju’s Delicious Street Food – wraps, samosas, chaat, lassi, veg curry and burger
• Pantastic – Swanage’s famous Paella
• Swanage Bay Fish Fish Crab, prawns lobster –  (Sunday only)

Sweet treats and bakery

• Bayside Bakery – Chocolate Brownies
• Dorset Shortbread – homemade 
• Purbeck Ice Cream – real diary ice cream, fruit sorbets and plant based alternatives
• Salt pig – Local farm produce including their popular sausage rolls and quiche

Garden, kitchen & others

• Amazing Sharpeners
• Artie Flora – parasols and garden textiles
• Riverford Organic Farmers – Promotion of Riverford’s award-winning organic veg box delivery scheme.
• Pure Pet Food – High quality, naturally dried food, treats and supplements for dogs.

Arts and Crafts Marquee

• Frances Vincent – Gifts made from recycled and upcycled materials including wood, driftwood and seaglass
• Barbara Townsend author of children’s books
• Skulls and Lillies – Quirky, fun digital art prints, greeting cards and stickers.
• BB Designs – digital artworks of Dorset landscapes and pet portraits printed onto homeware and gift items.
• Rainydays – handmade bracelets, necklaces, keyrings and earrings
• Jewellery Unique – Bohemian style, one of a kind, handmade Crystal, Gemstone, Czech Glass and Wood jewellery for Men, Women and Young people

Organised by Love It Local Purbeck in association with the National Trust Corfe Castle. See the N.T.’s website here.

The event is free, but normal entry fee to castle applies. National Trust members and Corfe Castle parish residents free.