What a great weekend had by one and all at the NE Chilli Festival in the fantastic surroundings of Seaton Delaval Hall.
The journey up was tough with the horrendous weather, roadworks and Friday traffic. 7 hours to get from Solihull to Tyneside. It is fair to say we were a little nonplussed by a wet Friday night in Whitley Bay and our accommodation was a little disappointing.
All of that was soon forgotten by a wonderful weekend. The weather held out miraculously, the attendance was phenomenal and the people were great - enthusiastic and interested. The setting was beautiful and the National Trust played a huge role throughout the event. The entertainment was varied with some real highlights in the form of a wonderful ladies Gospel Choir and a Brass Band on the Sunday. Chilli eating sounded hilarious...then it all went quiet....... as the victims (oops sorry contestants) made it to the the Trinidad Scorpion..... I think paramedics were required....
The visitors were lovely, good fun, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, brave and really positive about Capsaicinoia which was great!
We were next door to a delightful little business called A Bit Chilli and have made some great new friends in Sallie and Phil! Their chilli chutneys are to die for and they made the weekend even more fun for us!
We rested up, ate and drank on Saturday and Sunday and watched the end of the Andy Murray match in a great little pub in Seaton Sluice Melton Constable - we would highly recommend it for the ambience, beer selection and homemade food!
We sold lots of everything so hard to identify a best seller. Sold out completely of Chilli Peanut Butterr and the Hot Chilli Hob Cover and stocks are very very low of everything else. All good stuff but we need to get some serious stock re-ordering done in case we get any on-line orders and so that we have something to sell at the Birmingham Chilli Festival next weekend!
Off to get ready for that now.......
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