Cakes, cider and crow pies on the menu
Highlights included a “medieval” pie shop with rarities such as crow, hedgehog and squirrel bakes.
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Hide AdFeaturing more than 60 stalls selling locally-sourced produce, there was also an array of refreshing tipples including raspberry cider, and a variety of tasty offerings from the award-winning Chatsworth Farm Shop.
Chatsworth’s own farm shop stalls had on offer a range of artisan breads, tarts, cakes and biscuits, produced by the in-house team under the watchful eye of new head baker Roger Coulson.
The farm shop’s sandwich stall was also doing a roaring trade in hot roast pork, turkey and ham rolls.
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Hide AdLucy Cooper, 20, grew up in nearby Bakewell and now works for the Chatsworth Farm Shop.
She said: “Some of the most popular breads have been the stilton and walnut, and also the Pumpernickel.
“The farm shop is a wonderful place to be – we all enjoy working there so much.”
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Hide AdTim Gilmore, who was selling his own traditional-recipe pork scratchings, said the pub snack was more popular than ever.
The 48-year-old said: “Lots of old-style British foods are coming back into vogue.
“Demand is such that we’ve started delivering our pork scratchings internationally, and we’re getting orders from all over the world.”
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Hide AdFor those with full stomachs, entertainment on offer included face painting for children and music from acts such as the Sheffield-based Little Bigfoot Barndance Band.
The free event continues next weekend on June 8 and June 9, and will be open from 10am to 5pm.
A £3 parking charge applies.