The World's Biggest Drinks Can Sculpture
Following on from the famous largest Toast Mosaic in the World in 2005 and the massive Bottle Top Mosaic last year, organisers are planning to top the records again with another huge undertaking to mark the beginning of the Chester Food & Drink Festival 2007.
On Monday March 26, 2007, more than 10,000 drinks cans will be worked into a gigantic sculpture outside Chester Town Hall as part of a world record attempt and organisers are requesting that schools, restaurants and pubs get involved in collecting the cans.
Chester’s biggest Drinks Can Sculpture will feature a huge waterfall flowing down the Town Hall steps into a pond that will incorporate some very unusual fish. Thirty schools and 1,000 children from in and around Chester will be involved in constructing the sculpture, which will be made in sections during the first few weeks of March. Each school will create a colourful can fish, which will be placed into the pond.
A vital part of the project is to promote re-cycling and highlight reducing consumption. Prizes will be awarded to the schools, pubs and restaurants that collect the most cans.
Organiser Russell Kirk said:
“We are limited to the number of schools and groups that can take part, so the first 30 that contact us will be given the opportunity to be involved. If anybody else wants to help us collect cans, give them a rinse and sort them into colours, then please contact me. The 2007 Chester record attempt will use all sorts of drinks cans joined together to form the sculpture on the Town Hall steps – the biggest start to the Food Festival yet. The projects also gives us the opportunity to promote recycling in a fun way, all of the cans we collect and use will be recycled helping Chester towards it’s target of 30 per cent. The sculpture will be there for only a day so make sure you get along to see it and in the meantime collect those cans.”
For more information about other events happening over the Chester Food & Drink Festival please visit www.chesterfoodanddrink.com.
Chester’s Food and Drink Festival is organised on behalf of Chester City Council with support from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), Visit Chester & Cheshire; the tourism board for Cheshire and Warrington, Cheshire County Council, Made in Cheshire, North West Fine Foods and the Rural Recovery Fund.
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Please contact Russell Kirk by calling 01244 320368 or emailing ark.kirk@btinternet.com to register your school.
Chester Food and Drink Festival Taste Marquee is planned for April 7th to 9th 2007, Easter Saturday to Easter Monday. The Marquee will contain over 100 retailers and growers with samples of Cheshire, North Wales, national and international produce, reflecting the cosmopolitan nature of Cheshire.
Celebrity chefs already lined up include TV chef extraordinaire & vegetarian expert Simon Rimmer, Robert Kisby newly appointed executive Head Chef at the recently refurbished Cock O Barton near Farndon and Michael Caines, one of Britain’s most acclaimed chefs and operational Partner and Director of ABode, the group of boutique hotels he co-founded.
The Food and Drink Fringe Festival will also take place around the City from April 6 to 15, 2007 with special events, restaurants, bars and hotels all helping to make Chester the focus of food and drink within the UK, with theme nights, special family offers and accommodation promotions.
Evening events include a Champagne tasting evening on Saturday April 7. A cocktail and mixology competition, attracting over 100 attendees last year, to be held on Sunday April 8 with competitors from bars across Cheshire. On Monday April 9 plans are for a combination of music designed to stimulate the taste buds and the Gala Dinner and awards ceremony will ensure 250 people sample a gourmet menu sourced from leading producers in the North West. This is likely to be held on Tuesday April 10 2007.
Special events include the Cheese Rolling on Wednesday, 7th March, the farmers market and the ale assize and medieval banquet on Saturday April 14th.
2006 Visitor Survey 16,000 people visited the Taste Marquee and £90,000 was spent there over the three days. - 51 per cent of visitors came from a distance of more than 25 miles, making a total of 8,000 people brought into the City. - 78 per cent of people surveyed said the event was good or excellent. - 87 per cent of people surveyed said they were likely to return. - Nearly 100 producers and exhibitors were on show in the Taste Marquee, bringing their own skills and produce from Cheshire and around the world to be part of the Festival. - There were seminars and competitions in micro brewing, wines, sausages and cheeses and the opportunity to taste local paté, black pudding, bread, cereals, oils, pies, meat, fish, cheeses, chocolates, liqueurs and even a juice bar.
Festival brochures will be available across the City from March. Phone 01244 351609 for more details. For further information on the region go to www.visitchester.com. More general information at www.chesterfoodanddrink.com
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