The Taste Adventure
The Taste Adventure is an interactive way of introducing people to the use of all five senses when eating and enjoying food. The key message that we aim to convey is: ‘To really enjoy food we need to use all our five senses’ and in order to start the journey of a life-long love of food, we believe it is vital that everyone understands:
• how to appreciate food using each sense individually
• how each sense affects the others
• the basic elements of taste
• the difference between taste and flavour
A series of ‘zones’ are set up to stimulate the children’s senses through ‘touchy’, ‘smelly’, ‘noisy’, ‘tasty’ and ‘seeing’ areas, where children are encouraged to squish, spy and sniff food in its natural form.
SFUK launched The Taste Adventure (TTA) at the Children’s Food Festival organised by the Northmoor Trust in South Oxfordshire in June. This interactive event is aimed at educating children on the use of the five senses when we eat and enjoy good food. Recently two member groups implemented The Taste Adventure at their local food festivals getting great feedback from participants. TTA is being requested at festivals and events around the country.
To find out more about The Taste Adventure, please download our information pack here.
TTA DATES
2009 :
June : Childrens Food Festival, Oxford
4th, 5th & 6th September : Worcester Feast
19th September : North Berwick Food Festival
24th & 25th October : Tastes of Herefordshire
2010 :
7th February : Seedy Sunday Brighton
12th March : Student Union, Brighton
20th March : Sheffield Museum
8th April : Country Tastic, Malvern
1st - 3rd May : Dales Festival of Food & Drink, North Yorks
20th June : Mini Magnalonga, Ludlow
23rd - 26th July: Big Tent Festival, Fife
31st July : Oxfordshire County Show
7th August : Garstang Show
8th August : Festival of Food, Northcote
13th - 15th August : Flavour Fest, Plymouth
11th & 12th September : Berwick Food Festival
11th & 12th September : Harvest at Jimmy's, Suffolk
11th & 12th September : Liverpool Food Festival
18th & 19th September : Farmers Market, Liverpool
25th & 26th September : Stratford Upon Avon Food Festival
2nd October : Hurstpierpoint Food & Drink, Brighton
2nd October : Aylsham Food Festival
For a flavour of the event, we have a rough cut of video...
and some photos...
