Great Dorset Chilli Festival

Back at the new venue of Stock Gaylard Deer Park, near Sturminster Newton, with over 110 tradestands, the Great Dorset Chilli Festival is set to be the hottest weekend this summer. Locals and visitors will be able to visit the 2 day food festival celebrating the world of chilli peppers, from growing chilli plants and sampling chilli sauces, to enjoying spicy international street food and of course watching the chilli eating competition. However it’s not just chillies, so if spice isn’t your thing there is plenty of artisan food shopping to be done, plus homewares such as hand-painted ceramics to watercolours for the kitchen, to leathercraft, jewellery and beautifully crafted wooden chopping boards. Much of the food available to take home or enjoy for lunch focusses on flavour rather than chilli heat.

Chilli eating competitions
Videos of the Great Dorset Chilli Eating Competitions have racked up millions of views on Youtube, but nothing compares to the atmosphere of watching it live. Often dubbed as the highlight of the day, the Chilli Eating Competition will be testing the limits of even the most hardened chilli-heads. Brave competitors will subject themselves to rounds of increasingly hot chillies, which they have to consume in their entirety before they progress to the next round. The last man or woman standing will be crowned the winner.

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10am-5pm Saturday 5th Sunday 6th August
Well behaved dogs on leads welcome
No camping

Reduced tickets online in June, or full price on the gate

Stock Gaylard Estate near Sturminster Newton Dorset DT10 2BG

Sat 5 August and Sun 6 August

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Contact telephone: 01258447041 Call to check latest times or cancellations.

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Website: www.greatdorsetchillifestival.co.uk

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