Taste of East Anglia Food & Drink Festival

The Taste of East Anglia Food & Drink Festival (formerly The Taste of Sudbury) is a fantastic one day family event celebrating the very best food & drink we have in this region!

We had the BEST day in 2023 and we are absolutely delighted to be bringing the event back to Kentwell Hall in 2024 where we will, once again, fill Tourney Field, at the top of the beautiful Avenue of Limes with eighty amazing food, drink & craft stalls, a fantastic Kitchen Theatre and a Kids Tent full of free activities.  We'll also have a mouthwatering line up of top quality Street Food as well as a selection of bars selling local Mauldon Craft Ales, Suffolk Lager, lots of Fizz and Summer Cocktails.

The Kitchen Theatre will be filled all day with a fabulous line up some of Suffolk's very best chefs , bakers and butchers creating delicious dishes and showing off amazing butchery skills and we'll even let you taste their wonderful creations! Making a very welcome return and labelled by The Good Food Guide as the `chef to watch’  is James Carn, owner and chef of Lark restaurant in Bury St Edmund's and making his debut on the stage the executive chef now leading the kitchen at The Bildeston Crown, Freddie Fallon, will be blending Asian influences into local produce from the Nedging Hall Estate.

Another award winner is Suffolk favourite Alan Paton. Alan won the Sausage Rolloff this year and he will be showing off his Award-winning Black Pudding Battenberg sausage roll, and as ever be handing out tasters. Festival favourites, Will & Simon Wooster will be back to give insights into baking the best sourdoughs at home plus the festival theatre will also be showcasing the skills of Lee Cooper, head chef at Squires at the Bedford Lodge Hotel, Sam Sturman former Suffolk Chef of the year and now head chef at The Bull at Troston and Greg Strolenberg of Lavenham Butchers who will be showing off his butchery skills as he demonstrates the nutritional values of locally sourced Muntjac.
The kitchen theatre will be headed and compered by Jon Jackaman, a highly experienced and well-respected chef, having worked in a string of prestigious restaurants including The Marriot Marble Arch and The Ritz before starting Infusions and creating the ICE brand in Bury St Edmunds.

Parking is free of charge and will be located on fields near to Tourney Field with Blue Badge Parking located just across The Avenue.

Please join us and enjoy a day, relaxing in one of Suffolk's most stunning settings and soaking up the tastes of our region's very finest food and drink. 

Entry is £6 for adults (over 18 years of age). Children are free of charge. 

Parking is free of charge.

Well behaved dogs, on a lead are very welcome.

All tickets are non refundable. 

All ticket holders will get a 50% discount to enter Kentwell Hall & Gardens on the day. Just show your festival ticket at the entrance. £10 for Adults and £5 for children (8-15)

Please note this event is held on farmland that is uneven and does not have pathways.