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20-21 SEP 25
20-21 SEP 25
20-21 SEP 25

2025 in Pictures

Click on first image to start slide-show. Photos by Tim Woodier © Abergavenny Food Festival unless individually credited.

Tommy Heaney – Cooking Over Fire
Sharing
Halen Môn 
Andi Oliver talk in the Borough Theatre
photo: James Townley
Castle grounds with Octopus Books Dome
Dave Broom – Japanese Whisky
Tutored Tasting at Hensol Castle Drinks Theatre
Festival Decorations funded by Abergavenny Town Council
Playing at Castle
Market Hall
photo: James Townley
Wild By Nature
BBC Radio 4 The Food Programme
Wales’s Secret Ingredient:
Lessons from Cymru on the Future of Food
Meet The Author – Thomasina Miers
Hospitality Venue
Drinks Bar
Grounds For Good – ‘Best in Show’
Olyfo
Amazing Bees
Festival Staff
Caterer
Becky Excell on The Gower Cottage Brownies Stage
Hello there!
Drinks Theatre
Tiverton
Making Flower Crowns
Cafe Spice Namaste
Chef Dem Audience in Market Hall
photo: James Townley
Flint & Flame
Maple from Canada – sponsors of Fire Stage
Carwyn Graves – The Lost Language of Welsh Food
Local & Vocal Stage
Night Market
Rotary Abergavenny Young Chef Winner
Alex Bourne (right) with finalist Aled Roberts
Caws Teifi
photo: James Townley
Cooking
Beefy Boys – Anthony ‘Murf’ Murphy – Cooking Over Fire
Castell Howell Kids’ Cookery School
Millie Milliken – Tequila Tutored Tasting
Hensol Castle Drinks Theatre
Olly Smith – audience, Market Hall Demo
Bar at Castle
Castell Howell – sponsors of Kids’ Cookery School
Bettina Reeves – Designer/Maker – Festival Decorations
photo: James Townley
Castell Howell Kids’ Cookery School
Street Musician
Flower Crown workshop
Carmarthen Ham
Modelling an Alison Tod hat
Alex Bourne – winner Rotary Young Chef Competition
Quick Dash
photo: James Townley
Julie Lin with Olly Smith – Cooking Over Fire
The Wicked Chilli
Kate Jenkins – Gower Cottage Brownies
Sami Tamimi – with Shauna Guinn – Cooking Over Fire
Hospitality Venue Buffet
Owen Morgan – Cooking Over Fire
Cyrus Todiwala – Gower Cottage Brownies Stage
Hangfire Girl – Sam Evans
Japanese Whisky Tasting
Hensol Castle Drinks Theatre
Nant Helyg Farm – Special Mention – ‘Best in Show’
Hangfire Girl – Shauna Guinn
The Lost Language of Welsh Food
Local & Vocal Stage
Sunshine Catch-up
Tommy Heaney – Cooking Over Fire
Three Pools
Gower Cottage Brownies
photo: James Townley
Meet The Author – Caroline Eden with Kate Humble
BBC Radio 4 TheFood Programme – Wales’s Secret Ingredient:
Lessons from Cymru on the Future of Food
Food Quiz Hosts – Monsieur Bon Bon & Madame Saucisson
Food Quiz Audience
Hay Distillery
Sami Tamimi with Melissa Thompson – ‘Boustany’
Octopus Books Dome
Ned Palmer – A Cheesemonger’s Tour De France
Tutored Tasting at Hensol Castle Drinks Theatre
Selfie wth Olly Smith
Three Tables: A Taste Through Time – Local & Vocal Stage
photo: James Townley
Tiverton
Castle Grounds
‘The Onion Man’
Music – Night Market
Hensol Castle Drinks Theatre
Tutored Tasting
Langtons Farm
Three Tables: A Taste Through Time – Local & Vocal Stage
Olly Smith and Matt Tebbutt – Borough Theatre
Castle Grounds
photo: James Townley
Audience – Cooking Over Fire
Tom Waters – Gower Cottage Brownies Stage
Bar at Castle
Thomasina Miers with Rufus Carter – Gower Cottage Brownies Stage
Taking Time Out
Fish at Castle Entrance
photo: James Townley
Feast Pembrokeshire
photo: James Townley
Fire Cider
Party – Disco Ceilidh
Andi Oliver & Gurdeep Loyal – Borough Theatre
Festival Staff
Matt Tebbut & Andi Oliver
Tiverton Exit
photo: James Townley
Olyfo
Castle Grounds at Night
Party – The Brass Funkeys
Around the Fire
Party – Castle Grounds
Panamestiza – Local & Vocal Tent
Castle Bar
Party Fireworks
Dancing the Night Away – Party at Castle
The Octopus Books Dome at Night
The Brass Funkeys

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