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Accommodation Offers for Your Food Festival Stay

If you’re heading to the Arran to sample some of the delicious delights on offer around the Island as part of the Food Festival, we’ve got some great offers for you.

Stonewater House B & B, Lamlash 

Book two or more nights and get the third night free during the festival period! 

Come and experience Arran’s only Vegan B & B and enjoy their delicious breakfast.  There’s a huge range of delicious vegan choices including everything from tasty overnight oats, porridge and granola to home-made buckwheat pancakes, toast toppers and the big Stonehouse breakfast.  Stonewater House is conveniently situated in the middle of Lamlash, overlooking beautiful Lamlash Bay and the Holy Isle!  The perfect location to enjoy the Island’s food festival events.   Book direct  by calling 01770 601259 or email stonewaterhouse@yahoo.co.uk

Stonewater House Vegan B&B | Plant Based accommodation on the Isle of Arran

 

Bridgend Campsite, Shiskine 

Pay for 2 nights and stay an additional 1 or 2 nights FREE. 

As long as one of the nights falls within the festival (23 October – 31st October), the third and fourth nights will have no pitch charge.  Any extras, such as electric hook-up or additional people, will still be charged as normal. Last night of the season is the 31st October, so guests will leave on Sunday morning.  Subject to pitch availability.  Extend your stay and enjoy the foodie experiences and dishes on offer as part of the festival.

Email camp@bridgend.info to book direct. Home – Bridgend Campsite, Camping in Isle Of Arran

Cottages on Arran  

Check out the late availability on a wide range of cottages and hideaways across the Island from our festival sponsor Cottages on Arran and settle in for your food festival stay.

Homepage – Cottages On Arran

 

 

 

 

 

FESTIVAL PASSPORTS AT THE READY TO WIN FOODIE PRIZES

It’s time to grab your festival passport,  hop on a Stagecoach bus and take your foodie tour of the Island from 23 October – 2 November.

There’s a chance to win some great foodie prizes from Taste of Arran, Arran Whisky and more when you collect 4  passport stamps  from across the Island at participating festival venues (see festival page for details).

The Festival and Passport are sponsored by Stagecoach who are encouraging  food and drink enthusiasts to explore more of the Island to experience Arran’s great hospitality and connect with local communities.  With the £2  single fare cap, what’s not to love!

How it works

  • Pick up your festival passport from any of the participating venues around the Island
  • Collect a food festival sticker when you visit a festival venue, enjoy a festival special or take part in a festival event anywhere on the Island (see festival page for details)
  • Complete 4 x stickers and you’ll be entered into our Prize Draw with a chance to win one of the following fabulous Arran foodie prizes on offer below
  • Don’t forget to fill in your name and email address
  • Hand your completed passport in at the last event/venue you visit or at any participating venue by 5.00 pm on 6th November to be entered into draw.
  • You’ll be informed within 28 days by email whether you’re a winner!
  • Entrants must be over 18

        PRIZES ON OFFER INCLUDE:   

  • Taste of Arran Hamper, including Wooleys Oaties, Arran Cheese and Arran Fine Foods chutneys
  • 1 x  bottle of Arran 10 year old Whisky
  • 1 x bottle of  Lagg Kilmory Whisky
  • Selection of Cladach Beach House branded merchandise, including beer glass and tote bag.
  • Blackwater Bakehouse tote bag
  • £25 dining voucher Kinloch Hotel
  • Arran Brewery tour voucher

Happy Stamping !!

 

MINCE, TATTIES AND TRACTORS FARM LUNCH

24 October,  11 am – 2 pm 

Bellevue Farm Lunch   £12 two courses

Farm Walks  11.30 – 1 pm

Live Music, Tattie Tossing, Farm to Fork Challenge  

MINCE TATTIES AND TRACTORS LUNCH

Come along to the Currie family farm in Blackwaterfoot to enjoy a fabulous farm lunch of home reared steak mince and home-grown tatties, followed by a delicious homemade crumble made with apples from Shiskine Valley Community Garden and served with Arran Dairy Ice-cream or custard.   There’s vegetarian options too.

There’s fun and games for all the family including live music, a Tattie Toss and a chance to take part in the Farm to Fork challenge to test your knowledge of food and farming. You’ll also be able to get up close to the tractors and farm machinery, meet the animals and find out from what farming on Arran is really like.

Farmed by the Currie family for six generations, Bellevue produces its own beef, lamb, pork and goat meat which is used at many of the hotels and restaurants across the Island, as well as being available direct from the farm.  It also produces malting barley used in the production of the famous Arran Whisky and is home to Bellevue creamery where the famous Arran Blue Cheese is produced.

Don’t forget to collect your food festival passport stamp here too and get a chance to win a hamper of Arran goodies and more.

BOOK IN ADVANCE NOW  – book your lunch at    https://bellevuearran.com/farm-tours

(click on 24th October on calendar and choose Mince, Tatties and Tractors drop down)

BEER TASTING AND SAFARI DINNER ON MENU FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL

The Isle of Arran’s 5th Festival of Food and Drink promises to deliver a flavour filled journey around the Island to celebrate ‘Scotland in Minature’s’ seasonal harvest, award winning local produce, culinary creativity and community spirit.

Visitors and locals alike will be encouraged pick up a festival passport and travel to different locations around the Island to sample a range of festival dishes, delicious drinks and foodie experiences showcasing Arran’s local award winning produce.

Autumn inspired dishes, freshly caught seafood, real ales, artisan bakers, a farm to fork experience, hidden dining gems, café culture and cakes,  world leading whisky distilleries and stunning landscapes will be on the menu, as well as a chance to win a hamper of Arran goodies.

Events already confirmed for this year include:

  • A Mini-beer festival – hosted by Cladach Beach House.  A great way to sample real ales from the Island’s three breweries  offering a  range of  Scottish, Czech and Belgium inspired beers, as well as tastes from six independent breweries from across Scotland.
  • A fun Food Safari dining experience – visit pubs and hotels in Lamlash to sample a different course in each showcasing delicious Island ingredients, ending with a live music shindig
  • Farm to Fork tasting experience at Bellevue Farm, including a discovery tour of the farm and chance to sample farm produced meats and award winning cheeses.
  • A Tattie Tasting pop-up hosted at Whiting Bay’s deli celebrating Arran’s Potato harvest heritage with locally inspired fillings

Keep up to date with what’s coming up during the 10 day celebration of Island food and drink here as we add more events to the menu.

Check out accommodation for the event at visitarran.com

 

 

 

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