So, we've done our first ever Chilli Festival at Eastnor Castle on the 6th and 7th of May!
Thanks to all of you who visited our stall and an even bigger thanks to those of you who bought some of our products. We really enjoyed ourselves and it looked as though the visitors all did too!
It was a really successful weekend and the weather was just about OK. Although the whole place was waterlogged from the appalling excess of April showers, it just about held out with a dry Sunday and a damp Monday but the bad rain only really kicked in when we were packing up to leave.
For us it was a big learning experience, especially around setting up the stall and displaying our products. We met some of our fellow chilli retailers and some of our own suppliers for the very first time. We also met the source of the inspiration for the event, David Floyd from the Chile Foundry who wrote a great review of the event.
We were busier than we expected and will make sure we take a picnic with us next time as taking a break for refreshments was almost impossible.
Our best sellers were the Montezuma's Chilli Chocolate and our Holly and the Ivy range of preserves (especially the Scotch Bonnet Jam ) and we are now out of stock of most of these but have another delivery expected this week.
We also sold one or two of most of our other products so overall we were really pleased.
Post-match analysis generated a list of actions which we have been busy implementing in time for our next one on the first weekend in June.
The Somerset Chilli Festival at Bath Racecourse on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June. We are really looking forward to it! I won't be there as a I am having a brand new shoulder joint the week before but our son Matt will be helping Mike out.
http://www.somersetchillifest.co.uk/?page=home
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