The pageant has been operating for 20 years and has simply been named one of many nation’s finest
The pageant has been operating for over 20 years and attracts over 500,000 individuals yearly (Picture: SolStock through Getty Photos)
A Larger Manchester culinary occasion has secured a prestigious nationwide accolade, inserting it amongst Britain’s most interesting. Bolton Meals and Drink Competition has been working since 2005.
Its progress over time has been so exceptional that it now attracts bigger crowds than Glastonbury Competition – welcoming roughly 500,000 guests to the borough yearly. Held through the late August Financial institution Vacation weekend, final 12 months’s four-day extravaganza marked its twentieth anniversary and hosted over 180 meals stalls and unbiased merchants. Movie star cooks together with Marco Pierre White, Michael Caines, Kwoklyn Wan, and pageant common James Martin additionally made appearances, reviews Manchester Night Information.
The pageant attracts extra individuals than Glastonbury pageant – attended by round 500,000 individuals annually (Picture: Jason Roberts /Manchester Night Information)
In actual fact, Martin returned to the pageant for his fifteenth consecutive 12 months, having beforehand described it as amongst his favorite annual engagements.
He mentioned forward of final 12 months’s pageant: “I’ve been concerned on this an extended, very long time and I’ve seen it morph and develop from what it was to what it’s and it is a privilege to be part of it.”
The Bolton occasion has now added one other honour to its assortment with a triumph on the current NABMA Nice British Market Awards 2026, staged yearly to have a good time excellent markets and occasions nationwide. The ceremony was held in Birmingham final Thursday (February 5).
Claiming the Finest Giant Speciality Market accolade, the Bolton Meals and Drink Competition acquired recognition from David Catterall, Chief Govt of NAMBA, for ‘setting a nationwide benchmark for scale, high quality and social worth’.
He additional recommended the event for being ‘thought to be one of many main foods and drinks festivals within the UK and internationally’.
James Martin at Bolton Meals and Drink Competition (Picture: Pictures by Luke)
Responding to the achievement, the pageant introduced on social media: “We’re delighted to announce that Bolton Meals and Drink Competition (boltonfoodfest) has been named ‘Finest Giant Speciality Market’ on the NABMA Nice British Market Awards 2026.
“We simply wish to say an enormous thanks to all of the merchants and guests that make our pageant so particular each single 12 months and we will not wait to do it over again this August!”
Cllr Nadeem Ayub, the Govt Cupboard Member for Tradition at Bolton Council, added: “We’re thrilled to obtain this nationwide recognition for Bolton Meals and Drink Competition.
“The occasion continues to develop annually and could be very a lot a spotlight of the 12 months for merchants and guests alike.
“The success is right down to the markets and occasions group, sponsors, merchants and naturally guests who make this occasion so particular.
“Bolton is pleased with its repute as a vibrant and welcoming host for nationally acclaimed occasions and we look ahead to coming again larger and higher than ever this August.”
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Further accolades on the Nice British Market Awards 2026 went to Barnsley Marketplace for Finest Giant Indoor Market, Leek Butter and Trestle Marketplace for Finest Small Indoor Market, and Bradford Darley Road Marketplace for Finest Meals Market.
This 12 months’s Bolton Meals and Drink Competition is scheduled to run from August 28 to 31.
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