News

A MONTH TO GO

14.04.2022

With a month to go until we welcome everyone back to the festival after two difficult years, the committee is delighted to be able to share the day’s programme which includes a map of the stalls and the schedules of the...

Cei Llechi 2021 Christmas Market

20/10/21

This year we are pleased to be working in partnership with Galeri and the Welsh Highland Railway to present a weekend Christmas Market on November 27-28 at Cei Llechi and the Station building.

Frenchman brings unique wine tasting event to Caernarfon

06 SEptember 2021

Saturday, 18 September Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon and French restauranteur, Francis Dupuy, will hold an unique wine tasting event at ‘Yr Aelwyd’ in Caernarfon.

Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon will not be held in 2021

20/2/2021

With a heavy heart, we have to announce that the 2021 Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon Food Festival will not be held in 2021. Despite the current improvement with the virus, and the successful implementation of the Welsh...

Christmas Gin Cocktail Competition

3/12/20

As part of the digital events being organised to fill the gap created by the cancellation of this year’s festival, Caernarfon Food Festival has announced a cocktail competition with a prize of three bottles of Welsh gin....

Cooking Competition for Children and Young People

08/10/2020

Launch of the new Caernarfon Food Festival Gimmie 5 competition in partnership with Hybu Cig Cymru. Do you like spending time in the kitchen and fancy winning £100 worth of cookware and a £50 hamper...

Nerys Howells cooks 3 recipes from her new book

29.07.20

In this video, Nerys Howells will be cooking 3 recipes from her new book that will be released at the end of the year.

Porthi Pawb project helping locals during the pandemic

15.07.20

At the beginning of the pandemic, Chris Summers, Head Chef at the Oystercatcher in Rhosneigr

Chris Summers cooking the best burger and loaded fries from his home

15.07.20

Here’s another video for you, this time from Chris Summers, Head Chef at the Oystercatcher

Lisa Jên of 9 Bach cooking a Greek feast at her home

08.07.20

The team have been busy organizing more digital events over the last few weeks with more planned soon. We’ve received a lovely video from Lisa Jên of 9 Bach cooking a Greek feast at her home. Visit the events page to see...

The Festival prepares to serve up digital events

12.06.20

Despite having to postpone the Caernarfon 2020 Food Festival until 2021 due to the Corona Covid-19 virus, the committee continues to meet regularly (over the internet) and has been busy with all sorts of different...

GWYL FWYD CAERNARFON 2020 IS POSTPONED

18/03/2020

Due to the current situation with the Covid-19 virus, and in order to prevent the spread, the Caernarfon Food Festival has decided not to hold the 2020 festival.

Curry Night

06/03/20

At the end of February, with storm Jorge approaching, 10 chefs with a pan full of curry each made their way to the Feed My Lambs community hall in Caernarfon.

Gin O'Clock!

21/01/2020

With 210 shots of gin poured, 114 slices of lime chopped, 60 bottles of tonic chilled and 70 welcome cocktails prepared, we were ready for an evening of gin tasting with Lowri and Ffion from Jinsan.

Blog Christmas Fair 2019

10.12.2019

Despite the bad weather, a succesful Christmas Fair was had at Celtica on Saturday, December 7th.

Reverse your Advent Calendar with Arfon Foodbank

29/11/2019

Arfon Foodbank, part of Trussell Trust’s nationwide network of foodbanks working to combat poverty and hunger, are calling Arfon residents to join them reversing the traditional advent calendar this year.

Bonfire night food stall going from strength to strength - Marged Rhys

06/11/2019

The Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon organisers held a food and drink stall as part of the town’s fireworks display on November 5th to raise money for the 2020 food festival. This is the 4th time the festival has organised a stall as...

Diwrnod Braf yn Waunfawr i Godi Arian - Angharad Prys (Cymraeg yn unig)

24/09/19

Gyda’r awyr yn las a’r awel gynnes, ymlwybrodd dros 70 ohonom am Waunfawr ar y trên bach. Ar ôl pasio Fron Goch, y caeau llawn pridd ble byddwn yn gwibio heibio i Gaernarfon ar y ffordd newydd a lot o gaeau gwyrdd, dyma...

Food Festival supports town's businesses

27/06/2019

As Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon crew prepare for 2020’s festival a public meeting was held on Wednesday, 26th June to give the public an opportunity to express their views and attract people to be part of the team of volunteer...

We Need Your Opinion!

12/05/2019

What did you think of this year’s festival? Let us know by completing the questionaire.

2019 Programme and Map

14/04/2019

With less than a week to go - here’s all the information you need about what’s on during our great event!

Gala raising over £1k

March 29, 2019 - SOPHIE

We had a wonderful evening at our Gala dinner again this year. With the weather on our side and all tickets sold, we were set up for success! Our special guest chef this year was Ffion Roberts, previous Coleg Menai...

GOOD CURRY AND GOOD COMPANY – BLOG

March 18, 2019 - MARGED

What an interesting evening we had at Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon’s fourth annual Curry Competition, which has developed to be a very popular event. The audience have the power, with 80 of them giving 10 local kitchen lovers’...

GIN NIGHT - BLOG

FEBRUARY 01, 2019 - MARGED

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2018 CHRISTMAS MARKET

DECEMBER 11, 2018 - CATRINSIRIOL

Despite the weather, a very Christmassy market was held at Copa, on Castle Square in Caernarfon on Saturday 8thDecember to raise money for the 2019 Caernarfon Food Festival. A variety of stalls sold foods and crafts made...

GŴYL FWYD CAERNARFON FOOD FESTIVAL EVENTS

SEP 15, 2018 - MARGED

To hold a completely free festival in May, a timetable of food and drink themed fundraising events has been put together by the festival committee to raise up to £20,000. The first event in the fundraising effort is the...

VOTE FOR FESTIVAL IN TESCO’S ‘BAGS OF HELP’ SCHEME

SEP 03, 2018 - MARGED

Voting is now OPEN for this year’s Tesco ‘Bags of Help’ grant scheme. We have been lucky enough to reach the public vote and with your help, we could win up to £4,000 towards the 2019 festival.