Leamington Spa's Food & Drink Festival

PUBLISHED: 14:41 10 January 2011 | UPDATED: 18:00 20 February 2013

David Jowett and Ross Bearman from Paxtons Whitfield.

Levi Roots, aka Mr Reggae Reggae Sauce Man, was on top form at Leamington Spa's Food & Drink Festival.

Stephen Bunett and Jacqueline Davidson from Bread and Co, Leamington Spa.

Levi Roots, aka Mr Reggae Reggae Sauce Man, was on top form at Leamington Spas Food & Drink Festival. With a range of tasty sauces flying off the supermarket shelves and a new cookery book, Levi Roots was always going to go down a storm. Cooking demos were just one attraction in the festival, and The Taste Trail of nine local restaurants proved popular.
Visitors tasted the food on offer in return for a donation to charity over 2,567 samples of food were given away and over 1,000 was raised.

Photography by Anna Lythgoe

Leamington Spa's Food & Drink Festival

Jason Critchell, Mark Timson and Brandon Critchell from Merchants bar.

Jaiman Thomas from Kayal restaurant, Leamington Spa.

Dave Patterson and Simon Harrison from The Shakespeare Spit Roast Company.

Sarah Edwards from Sarah Edwards Cakes and Karen Didcock from the Blueberry Hill Patisserie.

Charlie Bridge aged 3, Maureen Morgan, Jackson Morgan aged 8, John Beeby and Summer Beeby aged 4.

Sam O'Connell aged 6 and Evie O'Connell aged 4.

Joao Borges, Edilene Borges and Maria Machado from Borges in Leamington Spa.

Chun Lik Tan, Ethan Tan aged 2 and Natalie Snodgrass Tan.

Celebrity chef from Dragonsâ€™ Den, Levi Roots gives a demonstration.

Festival goers watch a demonstration by Levi Roots.

Yoko and Martin Chandler with three-year-old Hana Chandler.

Nicky and Liam Collis with four-year-old Isabel Collis.

Leah Reidy aged 7, Aimee Reidy aged 5 and Emily Reidy aged 4.

Bianca Harris and Claire Penlington from Therapy to Takeaway.

Flynn Patterson aged 3, Beth Patterson aged 4 and Kiera Alexander aged 6.

Stephen Bunett and Jacqueline Davidson from Bread and Co, Leamington Spa.

Jason Critchell, Mark Timson and Brandon Critchell from Merchants bar.

Jaiman Thomas from Kayal restaurant, Leamington Spa.

Dave Patterson and Simon Harrison from The Shakespeare Spit Roast Company.

Sarah Edwards from Sarah Edwards Cakes and Karen Didcock from the Blueberry Hill Patisserie.

Charlie Bridge aged 3, Maureen Morgan, Jackson Morgan aged 8, John Beeby and Summer Beeby aged 4.

Sam O'Connell aged 6 and Evie O'Connell aged 4.

Joao Borges, Edilene Borges and Maria Machado from Borges in Leamington Spa.

Chun Lik Tan, Ethan Tan aged 2 and Natalie Snodgrass Tan.

Celebrity chef from Dragonsâ€™ Den, Levi Roots gives a demonstration.

Festival goers watch a demonstration by Levi Roots.

Celebrity chef from Dragonsâ€™ Den, Levi Roots gives a demonstration.

Yoko and Martin Chandler with three-year-old Hana Chandler.

Nicky and Liam Collis with four-year-old Isabel Collis.

Leah Reidy aged 7, Aimee Reidy aged 5 and Emily Reidy aged 4.

Bianca Harris and Claire Penlington from Therapy to Takeaway.

Flynn Patterson aged 3, Beth Patterson aged 4 and Kiera Alexander aged 6.

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