Foodies will be treated to some of the finest local produce on board the Red Osprey on 5 August as the Garlic Farm hosts a pop up shop on the ferry throughout the day.
Red Funnel is supporting the Garlic Farm, which has been growing garlic on the Isle of Wight for over 40 years, to take its produce to the seas and a new audience. The shop will showcase some of the Garlic Farm's best selling produce lines, including chutneys, sauces and even garlic beer. Passengers will be able to purchase their favourites from 9:30am until the shop's last sailing at 5pm.
Jonathan Green, marketing and communications director at Red Funnel, said: "As keen supporters of the Garlic Festival we couldn't wait to bring some of that amazing local produce to passengers on board our ferries."
Jonathan added: "This year we took steps towards sourcing 60% of all our produce locally, with a large percentage of the food on board our ferries coming from Isle of Wight producers. Our commitment to this earned us a Wight Marque Gold Standard."
Devised by the Royal Isle of Wight Agricultural Society, Wight Marque aims to help customers identify and buy genuine Isle of Wight products as well as encourage Island business to trade together and promote the Island as a quality food destination.
The pop up shop will be just a taste of what is to come from the Isle of Wight Garlic Festival on 15-16 August. Tens of thousands of people are set to flock to the Isle of Wight to check out the hundreds of stalls selling tasty treats, giant garlic and food marquees, beer tent, and a huge variety of live music and entertainment. Whilst the world famous Isle of Wight garlic is used to flavour a variety of foodstuffs including the more unusual garlic fudge, ice cream, popcorn, biscuits, scones and sweetcorn.
Keen cooks will also enjoy the large food theatre, where chefs such as TV's Rachel Khoo will demonstrate techniques and recipes. Colin and Natasha Boswell from the Garlic Farm will be hosting demonstrations on both days, along with Garlic Farm chef Phillip Hopkins.
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