Food Experiences in Wakefield

Tantalise your taste buds!

Eleanor Taylor, Experience Wakefield

If you’re looking for food experiences in Wakefield, you’ve come to the right place! The Merrie city – and its surrounding district – is a haven for foodies and the next few months is bringing you a smorgasbord of sumptuous events to sink your teeth into.

Alpine Ski Party

Alpine Ski Night

Farmer Copleys are hosting their Alpine Ski Night down on the farm in their Orchard Marquee!
No need to go all the way to Switzerland – ski lovers can get their fix of an Après-Ski right here in Yorkshire. Enjoy Jägermeister, full bar, marshmallow melting huts, fondue and s’mores alongside snow, fir trees, reindeer hides, Europop, firepits and more.

📅 Saturday 8 February, 7pm-11:45pm
🔗 Find out more here.
📍 Pontefract, WF7 5AF

Valentine's at The Weston

Valentine's at The Weston

Travel to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park this Valentine’s Day for a special evening celebration at The Weston. Start the evening with a glass of champagne or non-alcoholic cocktail on arrival, followed by a three course Valentine’s menu, tea/coffee and homemade chocolates.

And if you’re looking for some inspiration for Valentine’s day, we have a guide of alternative date ideas, as well as a traditional guide to food on Valentine’s Day in the Wakefield district.

📅 Friday 14 February, 6pm-10pm
🔗 Find out more here.
📍 Wakefield, WF4 4LG

Spend a weekend at Rhubarb Festival

Rhubarb Festival

Could we really talk about food experiences in Wakefield without putting the pink vegetable front and centre? We think not. The Rhubarb Festival, running from 21-23 February, is the biggest event in the Wakefield district’s calendar, and as always, there is a whole shed load of gourmet goings-on for foodies to enjoy.

Of course, this includes the Food and Drink market which, for the first time ever, is spreading through the Cathedral Precinct and Union Street so there’s more traders than ever before to choose from!

There are also Chef Demos throughout the weekend, and the Food and Drink Trail returns so you can sample rhubarb-based delights across the city.

If you fancy a bit of art with your food (Wakefield is the capital of sculpture, after all), then you’re in luck, because our biggest arts venues are getting in on the action, too!
The Hepworth Wakefield is offering up a fine-dining Rhubarb Supper Club on Friday, and delectable Rhubarb Afternoon Tea on Saturday and Sunday.

The Art House invites you to step into the Rhubarb Lounge, an oasis of rhubarb-inspired drinks and treats where you can even create artworks using inks made from rhubarb root.

At Yorkshire Sculpture Park, from 17-23 February, the Park’s food and drink outlets are serving a selection of rhubarb-inspired homemade cakes, sweet treats and savoury specials. Visit The Weston for home-cured rhubarb and dill salmon or sit on the terrace and enjoy  a rhubarb and apple gin fizz.

📅 Friday 21 February – Saturday 22 February
🔗 Find out more here.
📍 Wakefield

Peddler Market

Tileyard North is hosting the return of award-winning Peddler Market on 21-22 February. One of the UK’s best street food events, Peddler Market represents an abundance of culinary talent, diverse cuisines, proud heritage, and the best quality produce.
Expect mouth-watering food, independent craft drinks, live music, entertainment and more.

📅 Friday 21 February 5pm-11pm – Saturday 22 February, 12pm-10pm
🔗 Find out more here.
📍 Wakefield, WF1 5FY

Lost Cause Brewing Co

The Lost Social

Join Castleford’s friendly local craft brewery – Lost Cause Brewing Company – at their monthly taproom events held at their HQ in Whitwood, Castleford.

Discover new brews, delicious street food and enjoy a friendly, everyone-welcome atmosphere. Well behaved children and dogs most welcome.

Can’t stay? Take your beer away – 20% discounts on all takeout beers over the weekend!

📅 Friday 21 February 3pm-9pm – Saturday 22 February, 12pm-9pm; Friday 28 March 3pm-9pm – Saturday 29 March, 12pm-9pm
🔗 Find out more here.
📍 Castleford, WF10 5PX

Surrealism Supper Club

Enjoy a unique dining experience at The Hepworth Wakefield‘s Surrealism Supper Club!

The supper club is a celebration of The Hepworth Wakefield’s major exhibition Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes

Ticket includes a curator-led tour of the exhibition which features paintings, photography and sculpture by artists including Eileen Agar, Ithell Colquhoun, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Lee Miller, Nicolas Party and Wael Shawky.

📅 Friday 21 February, 5:30pm-7:30pm
🔗 Find out more here.
📍 Wakefield, WF1 5AW

Afternoon Tea Fit For a Queen

An Afternoon Tea Fit For a Queen

Come and join Theatre Royal Wakefield to celebrate the national tour of Handbagged with an afternoon tea fit for a Queen.

Enjoy a glass of pink fizz, a selection of sandwiches and cakes and unlimited tea and coffee. Make a day of it and join before or after watching Handbagged in the Matcham Auditorium.

📅 Wednesday 2 April, 5pm-6:30pm
🔗 Find out more here.
📍 Wakefield, WF1 2TE

Gin School

Introduction to Coffee Roasting

Have a go heroes

If you’d like to get hands-on, head to The Distillery bar – also at Tileyard – whose Distillery Tour takes you behind the scenes to find out how the magic happens. Visitors who are feeling a little bolder should consider the Gin School, which offers visitors the chance to create and distill their very own botanically-infused bottle. 

And if you love creating your own culinary creations, the workshops at microbakery Crow’s Rest Bakehouse will teach you how to produce your own loaves, buns, bagels and more.

Meanwhile, espresso aficionados can create their own freshly roasted speciality coffee on Recent BeansCoffee Roasting Experience at their roastery in Castleford’s Queen’s Mill.

So what are you waiting for? Tuck in your napkin, grab your fork and dig in – start planning your gourmet getaway now.

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