Thursday 25th August 2022
FOOD FROM THE FIRE AND LIVE MUSIC IN A LOCATION UNLIKE ANY OTHER
Take your seat at the long table.
Expect knock-out views, good company and exceptional food from the fire.
This will be the first feast hosted at Hawarden Old Castle for hundreds of years.
Hawarden Old Castle was once a motte-and-bailey fortification destroyed by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. The rebuilding of the structure would ignite the Second War of Welsh Independence. Still in use three hundred and sixty years later, it changed hands several times during the Civil War.
This is a place of deep history.
Feast guests will dine on the lawn up at the Old Castle where the great hall once stood.
THE MENU
Welcome drink
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Focaccia, Two Fields olive oil and balsamic
(gluten)
Figs, soft cheese elderberry vinaigrette
(milk, sulphur)
Scallops in their shells from the fire
(shellfish)
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Whole roasted Welsh lamb
Wild mushroom, crispy sage and potato cakes
(eggs)
Aubergine, tahini sauce, parsely and capers
Courgettes, salsa verde and smoked almonds
(nuts)
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Mulberry and apple pie and clotted cream
(milk, gluten)
MEET THE CHEF
The Good Life was the first British festival to insist that all of its chefs cooked solely over fire. And in so doing it grew to be one of the most influential food festivals and set a trend for many to follow.
In response to conversations with our supporters and guests (what’s normally called ‘public demand’!) we are delighted to bring you our second ever Good Life feast event, hosted on the lawn of Hawarden Old Castle.
Expect knock-out views, beautiful lighting, plenty of fire and some properly good food and drink.
Our first ever feast at Hawarden Old Castle will be hosted by chef and food sustainability advocate, Xanthe Gladstone.
Come and join us!
ABOUT THE DAY
Arrival: 7pm
Guests arrive at Hawarden Castle Pavilion to be greeted with welcome drinks offered by The Good Life team
We’ll then head through the arch, around the cricket pitch, past the Tea House and Hawarden Castle before wandering up the slope to Hawarden Old Castle
Take your seats: 7pm-7:30pm
Get settled at the long table on the lawn of Hawarden Old Castle, take in the views, buy a bottle of something good, and get to know your fellow diners.
The feast begins: 8pm
The first course will be plated, from the fire, and delivered to your seat. Over the course of the next two hours you’ll eat and drink fantastically well.
Close: 10:30pm
LIMITED NUMBERS
We want to be the best, not the biggest.
Limiting numbers (to 60, to be precise) allows us to deliver a world class experience to every guest joining us at Hawarden Old Castle.
We’re creating real magic.
You’ll love this.
Book your seat at the table by clicking the button below.
STAY THE NIGHT
At our Farm Shop Campsite
Our wild, luxurious, family-friendly campsite has amazing views set in rolling Welsh countryside on the doorstep of one of Britain’s best farm shops, restaurants and bars.
The 6.5 acre campsite has a maximum capacity of 25 tents at any one time; the aim here is to offer guests wildness, beauty, fun and solitude.
There are pre-erected bell tents on platforms and spaces for people to bring their own tents and campervans.
Expect craft and adventure activities, a restaurant and bar open until late, great showers and loos, outdoor cooking stations with the finest kit, superfast WiFi and endless summertime fun.
