Record-breaking year for food and drink festival

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 06:08

By Rob Pritchard @rpritchard9

A record-breaking number of people attended this year's Food and Drink Festival, which took place over the weekend.

Over 10,000 went to the event - beating last years total of just over 8,500 visitors - the 2017 event also raised nearly a quarter of a million pounds for the Island's economy.

Environment, Food and Agriculture Minister, Geoffrey Boot, says the success reflects the strength of the Manx food and drink industry.

60 exhibitors were part of the occasion at the Villa Marina, in Douglas.

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