Great food, Great members

What is NW Fine Foods Gourmet Membership

All the income we generate goes back to benefit our producer members, whether it’s subsidising markets or festivals at which they can sell their produce, or arranging ‘meet the buyer’ events to introduce them to retailers or chefs. We also use our income to raise the profile of fine food through media relations, or by organising the annual NW Fine Food Awards, or the NW Fine Food Young Chef of the Year competition .

We cannot carry out our work through producer membership fees alone, or through the income generated by festivals and events. We therefore rely heavily on funds from the public, government funding or sponsorship. To ensure we remain a sustainable and effective organisation we are launching a Food Lover membership, to allow individuals to become members of NW Fine Food. This will help us raise the profile of our producers still further, and will help to ensure their long term future against the competition of the big national producers and retailers.

• Free Food Lovers Guide

  Car sticker and membership card certifying Food Lovers membership and a copy of the NW Fine Food Lovers Guide (retails at £3.50)

• Private member events

  Private invitations to events across the region, meeting North West chefs (such as Simon Rimmer, Paul Heathcote, Nigel Haworth, Paul Askew and Steven Doherty), producers and learning about regional foods.

• Free Food Lovers Festival Entry

  Free entry for you and a guest, to each of the three NW Fine Food Lovers Festivals per year (worth £33). One hour advanced entry to the Festivals with tutored tours and meeting our guest celebrity chefs – Brian Turner, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Gino D’Acampo for 2007.

• News and Special Offers

  Signposting to relevant consumer events and notification of producer or food service member special offers, news, releases or launches.

If you would like to support local producers, it would really help us if you could become a Food Lover member. Read the full Benefits of membership by clicking on the four headings above. You can purchase membership on-line using a credit or debit card here. The cost is £38 a year.

If you want to use another payment method, or want further details ring us on 01695 732734, or e-mail foodlovers@nwfinefood.co.uk

You can also find out about the criteria for our producer membership here.