Newtown Food Festival 2025 | The French Village 2025

 

Our friends from Les Herbiers are joining us again this year for the tenth time at the Newtown Twinning marquee FRENCH VILLAGE 6th and 7th September 2025.
https://www.newtownfoodfestival.org.uk

Both Newtown and Les Herbiers Associations are run entirely by Welsh and French volunteers.  Earlier this year we visited Les Herbiers for an International Beer Festival and we took with us two local brewers Monty’s and Bragdy Tanat who sold their beers at the festival.

https://www.newtowntwinning.co.uk

As many of you are aware Le Comite de Jumelage Pays des Herbiers have contributed to our Food Festival for the last 9 years bringing a fine selection of Vendee food and wine products for Newtown people to enjoy.
This year our FRENCH VILLAGE is returning. We will be offering a different range of products this year along with the usual selection of Vendee and French wines.

The FRENCH VILLAGE will be offering a chance to taste genuine French Galette and Crêpes made freshly in the French village marquee by two experienced French cooks who will also be demonstrating the processes in the Chefs demo marquee at 11.00am on the Saturday morning.  This year you can also purchase Breton cidre, Farine de Sarazin (Galette buckwheat flower), genuine French Brioche, various caramel products, salt and vinaigre products.

A FRENCH CAFE atmosphere will be provided in and outside our marquee with tables and seating to relax and enjoy the products. French organic wine by the glass at a very reasonable price will be on sale along with local Beers from Monty’s and Bragdy Tanat.  Visit us to enjoy a French Galette or Crêpes with your glass of French wine and relax in our French Village atmosphere.

Its also an opportunity to taste and purchase fine wines with local Vendee and French regional reds and whites, all provided by Les Herbiers Twinning Association.

And an opportunity for you to meet the Newtown Twinning Association volunteers and to find out what we are planning for the future.  It’s also an opportunity for you to talk to NTA about any ideas you may have for links between organisations or possible projects in the future.
www.newtowntwinning.co.uk

ITINERARY:

Food Festival 2025 Programme of French visit

Products for sale:

Bar Prices 2025

 

Letter from Christophe Hogard Mayor of Les Herbiers

County Times Report – Food Festival 2025

 

Historical information translated

Each link opens a PDF document in a seperate window.

An outline history of Robert Owen Famous Son of Newtown

Brief History of Newtown

History Timeline of Montgomery and area

Napoleonic War prisoners Newtown

The Welsh Love Spoon


IMAGES FROM THE FESTIVAL 2025:

Visit to Montgomery Castle Saturday


Time for friendships


Sunday Twinning Evening at Hafan with Hen Fegin


Performance of Newtown Male Voice choir Sunday celebrations


Newtown Textile museum visit Friday morning


Crep a Galette demo Claudine and Martine in the Festival kitchen Saturday 11.00 am


Council 25 years celebration and presentations and Sunday 3.00 pm


Christophe Hogard, Quentin Limouzin and Stephane Raynaud enjoying the Festival Saturday


Au Revoir Tuesday


Activity in the French Village Saturday


A visit to North Wales on Monday