Events Calendar for

 

2011/2012

2011

January

January 24 - 26

Hospitality 2011 - NEC

January 29 - 8 May 2011

Food Glorious Food - A delicious helping of foodie memories from field to fork! Everyone has childhood memories of food, be it their mum's cooking, school dinners or being told to 'eat your greens'. Food Glorious Food, a highly interactive exhibition with lots of sound recordings and hands on areas, opens on Saturday 29 January and will look at foods place in British culture. Admission to the exhibition is FREE.
V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA

February

February 3

Chinese New Year of the Rabbit

February 6

Super Bowl XLV - Arlington, Texas

March

March 1-2

Northern Restaurant & Bar - Manchester

March 7-13

British Pie Week

March 8

Pancake Day

March 10-13

La Dolce Vita - Business Design Centre, Islington

March 13 - 16

IFE ExCeL, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL www.ife.co.uk

March 15-16

Hotel & Catering Show - Bournemouth

March 17

St Patricks Day

March 18

Red Nose Day

March 26

Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race

April

April 2

Head of the River Race - Thames

April 2

ICC World Cricket Cup Final - Mumbai

April 3

Mother's Day

April 9

Grand National - Aintree

April 13-15

Songkran Festival - Thai New Year

April 14

Baisakhi

April 22

Good Friday

April 23

St George's Day

May

May 7-14

National Doughnut Week

May 14

FA Cup Final - Wembley

May 15 - 21

British Sandwich Week

May 20-22

Foodies Festival Tatton Park, Chester

May 23 - 29

Vegetarian Week

May 23

Scottish Curry Awards - Glasgow Thistle

May 26

Start of England v Sri Lanka Test Cricket Series - Cardiff

May 28 - 29

Enjoy the Taste of Scotland - St Georges Square

June

June 2

Craft Guild of Chefs Awards - Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge Hotel

June 4

The Derby - Epsom

June 4

National Cheese Day

June 14-18

Royal Ascot

June 16-19

Taste of London - Regent's Park

June 16-19

US Open Golf - Maryland

June 17-26

EAT! NewcastleGateshead

June 19

Father's Day

June 20-July 3

All England Tennis - Wimbledon

July

July 2-24

Tour de France

July 5-6

Imbibe - Earls Court

July 6-10

Henley Festival - Henley upon Thames

July 8-10

BBC Good Food@Westfield - London

July 10

British Formula 1 GP - Silverstone

July 14-17

Open Golf Championships - Royal St Georges

July 16

National Cherry Day

July 17

Women's Footbal World Cup Final - Germany

July 21

Start of England v India Test Cricket Series - Lord's

July 22-24

Hyper Japan 2011 including EAT JAPAN Sushi Awards

August

 

August 1

Ramadan begins

August 6

npower Championship Football league season starts

August 13

Start of Barclays Premier League

August 27-Sept 4

Athletics World Championships - Daegu

September

 

September 2-3

Rochdale Feel Good Festival

September 4-6

Speciality & Fine Food Fair - Olympia

September 17 - 2 October

British Food Fortnight

September 27-29

8th Amazing Thai Festival - Secretts Farm

September 29

Rosh Hashanah

October

October 9 - 15

14th NATIONAL CURRY WEEK

October 16

World Food Day

October 21-23

BBC Good Food Show - Glasgow

October 26

Diwali

October 30

Spice Times Awards - Park Lane Hilton

November

November 11-13

Master Chef Live - Olympia

November 11-13

The Wine Show - Olympia

November 20 - 26

NATIONAL EATING OUT WEEK

November 23

Birthday of Guru Nank Dev

November 23-27

BBC Good Food Show - NEC

November 27

Al Hijrah

December

2012

March

March 1st

St David's Day

March 17

St Patrick's Day

March 18

Mother's Day

April

April 14

Baisakhi

April 6

Good Friday

April 23

St George's Day

June

June 5

Queen's Jubilee Day

Jnue 17

Father's Day

July

July 20

Ramadan begins

July 27 - 12 August

British Food Fortnight

July 27 - 12 August

OLYMPIC GAMES - LONDON

September

October

October 7 - 13

15th NATIONAL CURRY WEEK

November

November 18 - 24

NATIONAL EATING OUT WEEK

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