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| The Royal Show is celebrating its 165th anniversary this July.
The Royal Show dates back to the founding of the English Agricultural Society (EAS) in 1838.
In its early days, until the Royal Show settled at its permanent base in Warwickshire, it always moved from place to place throughout the country.
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 |  | One of the most popular sections of the Royal Show has to be the Food Showcase. The tractors and crop demos have their dedicated fans en masse, but new arrivals to the show could be seen heading straight for the food area – baby buggies carving out a determined path.
ÌýCelebrity chefs do their thing
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| Ìý |  | Anthony Worrall-Thompson in the Cookery Theatre
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This year’s show played host to some well known celeb chefs, including Anthony Worrall Thompson, who kept Ready Steady Cook fans enthralled in the Cookery Theatre.Ìý
Of course there was ample opportunity to taste your way around the pavilion – soda bread dipped in olive oil, red thai curry on crackers, coconut caramel sauce and bits of traditional pork sausage meant few wanted lunch.
ÌýThe queues for the wine sampling were, of course, quite long.
With organic food gaining popularity, farmers’ markets are on the increase, and with people generally moving more towards taste over perfect shapes when it comes to food produce, the pavilion stands were buzzing with interest.
ÌýSee our photo gallery of yummy things
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If you love food - and let's face it, who doesn't - then click on the images button to see pics of what's at the Royal Show this year....
| Ìý |  | Emily and Jamie tuck into lunch
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There was seafood from Devon, mineral waters and shellfish from Scotland, Cornish cheeses, lemonade from Kent, and a fabulous invention which drew perhaps the biggest crowds and had people drooling with desire.
A tower of cascading melting chocolate was extremely popular – not surprisingly – with sweet kebabs of marshmallow and strawberries dipped in the choccy pool at the bottom.
| Ìý |  | Hot simmental beef produced locally
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Amongst the stalls and stands were several Warwickshire businesses doing a cracking trade with their various yummy offerings.
Simmental hot beef baps were being served by Jerry, Sarah and Laura from Atherstone company, Drovers Way.
Farmers’ Fayre from Kenilworth were also serving local beef in the form of handmade burgers and were doing a roaring trade.
ÌýShowcase for local food producers
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Kirby Farm from Shipston on Sour are regulars at local farmers’ markets.
| Ìý |  | Locally produced cured bacon
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At the Royal Show, they had people queueing round the block for locally produced wild boar and Gloucester Old Spot sausages.
The pig roasts didn’t do too badly either.
For local food producers the Royal Show is a fantastic showcase, and judging by the crowds, never more popular.
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