A celebration of Suffolk’s thriving food & drink scene

24-25 Sep 2022

It’s clearer than ever that food and drink and the way we share it with friends and family is a huge part of our lives. The Festival has a very relaxed feel with plenty of space for visitors to move around and enjoy what’s on offer. We are already looking forward to next year and hope to see you there!

What happened in 2021

New features included an interactive family area with a family stage, bouncy tractor!, Saturday Kitchen-style panel, food photography and wild cooking. The Festival stages featured all-things foodie with live cooking demonstrations, talks, debates and discoveries.
There were also all the usual favourites, including plenty of fabulous local food and drink producers, hands on masterclasses, street food and live music. We also had a thriving ‘Start-up Businesses’ area of local producers who opened their businesses during the pandemic.

Thank you

The Festival is a Community Interest Company, which means we are a not-for-profit organisation. Each year we fundraise to cover our costs and keep the Festival alive for the future. We are very grateful to our sponsors, supporters, friends and visitors who all play a part in making it possible. If you would like to donate to the Festival to help keep a platform for our local producers, please click here to read about the different sponsorship options.

This was my first visit to Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival and what a wonderful part of the country it is too. The event itself was packed with truly unique and interesting producers and exhibitors, making it the ultimate food show for REAL food lovers. Plenty to do and see, lots to eat and drink and the variety of things to participate was incredible. I don’t think they will be able to keep me away next year, although this time, I plan on staying the whole weekend.

—Sabrina Ghayour, Persian & Middle Eastern Chef and Writer

The Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival is a microcosm of what makes the Suffolk food economy so remarkable. You see the entrepreneurial energy, imagination and astonishing quality all brought together to produce some of the very best food in Britain

—Sheila Dillon, producer of the renowned BBC Radio 4 Food Programm