Culinary Stage

SATURDAY

  • 10:00 am  Best Chef Challenge
  • 12:30 pm  Executive Chef Jonathan Gushue, Grand Chef, Relais Chateaux
  • 2:00 pm  Getting Down and Dirty with the Singing Farmers
  • 3:00 pm  Chef Chuck Hughes

SUNDAY

  • 11:30 am  Chef Denis Cotter
  • 1:00 pm  Chef Connie DeSousa
  • 2:30 pm  Chef Chuck Hughes

Stratford Chefs School Learning Centre

SATURDAY

  • 10:00 am  The Ontario Table
  • 12:00 pm  Butchery - The Whole Hog and Nothin' But the Hog
  • 1:30 pm  Odd Bits - How to Cook the Rest of the Animal
  • 3:00 pm  Knife Skills for the Home Cook

SUNDAY

  • 11:00 am  Raw Food
  • 12:30 pm  Small Batch Preserving in Your Home Kitchen
  • 2:00 pm  Hooked on Local Pickerel
  • 3:15 pm  Foraging: Discover the rewards of searching and gathering wild eats for your next meal!

York Street Tasting Tent

SATURDAY

  • 6:30 pm  BBQ, Blues & Brews

SUNDAY

  • 12:00 pm  Savour Stratford Tasting VIP

Tasting Tent West

SATURDAY

  • 10:00 am  Coffee and Dessert Tasting
  • 12:00 pm  Beerology 101 with Mirella Amato
  • 2:00 pm  Ontario vs. The World Wine Tasting

Tasting Tent East

SATURDAY

  • 11:00 am  Chateau des Charmes Wine and Monforte Dairy Cheese Tasting
  • 12:30 pm  Whiskey Flavours Explored and Explained
  • 2:00 pm  The Craft of Charcuterie
  • 3:30 pm  Beerology Advanced: Stylistically Speaking with Mirella Amato

Main Stage (bandshell)

SATURDAY

  • 9:25 am  On Stage Dance Studio
  • 9:35 am  Pass It On
  • 9:50 am  Opening Ceremony
  • 10:00 am  O Canada
  • 10:05 am  Choir & Brass
  • 10:35 am  Stratford Stars
  • 11:30 am  Antony John
  • 12:00 pm  Dan Stacey
  • 12:45 pm  Montina Hussey
  • 1:00 pm  Yellow Bird and the Open Cages
  • 2:00 pm  Brad McGoey
  • 3:00 pm  Pigeon Jones

SUNDAY

  • 11:00 am  Shane and Angela Wiebe
  • 12:00 pm  The Upside of Maybe
  • 1:00 pm  Dayna Manning
  • 2:00 pm  Boy in December
  • 3:00 pm  Emm Gryner

Kids Tent

SATURDAY

  • 9:00 am  Perth Middlesex Early Years Centre
  • 9:00 am  Living Salad Bar
  • 10:00 am  Monforte Dairy "I Scream for Ice Cream"
  • 10:00 am  Summer Fruit Smoothies
  • 11:00 am  Paper, Scissors and Glue
  • 12:30 pm  Happy Sprouting
  • 1:00 pm  Stratford Youth Centre
  • 2:00 pm  Making the Perfect Pizza
  • 3:00 pm  An Afternoon of Entertainment with Erick Traplin

SUNDAY

  • 10:00 am  Monforte Dairy "I Scream for Ice Cream"
  • 11:00 am  It's a Peanut Butter Jam - Featuring Music from a Brand New Beat
  • 11:00 am  Kids Play Perth
  • 11:00 am  Family and Company
  • 12:00 pm  Raising Your Foodie Baby
  • 1:00 pm  Power Puppets
  • 2:00 pm  Fun with Fondant
  • 3:00 pm  Bogle the Clown

Craft Beer & Wine Pavillion

SATURDAY

  • 4:00 pm  Containment Unit
  • 5:00 pm  Destroy All Robots

SUNDAY

  • 4:00 pm  Adri Doro
  • 5:00 pm  Black Soot Swiggers

Farmers & Artisan Market

SATURDAY

  • Blanbrook Bison Farm
  • Pat's Apple Frits - Apple treats
  • Erbcroft Farms - Lamb and duck
  • Dianna's Bakery - Tarts, pies, cookies, squares, jams and jellies.
  • How & Ann Produce
  • Logan Produce - Fresh produce, jams & preserves
  • Mapletons Organic Dairy - Organic ice cream and frozen yogurt
  • Pickles Eh!
  • Soiled Reputation - Organic vegetables
  • Scotview Orchard - Fruit (apples, pears, raspberries), dried flower bouquets
  • Thames River Melons Ltd.
  • Vernon Farms
  • Windy Lane Acres
  • Kawthoolei Farm Organics
  • Helma Luyten
  • Lindsay's Bakery
  • Caveman Crops
  • West's Corner Candle Company
  • O'Shea's Farm Fresh

Food & Farmers

  • Shallot Hill - Vegetables
  • Janssens Farm - Fruits and vegetables
  • MariBirdie - Baby bibs, cloths, clothes, shoes and more
  • Loco Fields - Vegetables, berries and syrup
  • Neubrand Country Produce - Fruits and vegetables
  • Hyde Park Spice & Herb Co. - Locally hand processing, manufacturing, packaging, retail and distribution of organic and natural spices, herbs and spice blends
  • Koert Organics - Organic produce
  • Full of Beans - Dried beans and mixes, gluten free baking mixes
  • Savvy Chef Inc. - Hand crafted mustards and salts.
  • Perth County Visitors' Association - Perth County baked goods.
  • Apis Improvement Inc. - Honey
  • The Bakery at Pazzo - Artisanal Breads & Pastries
  • Sheldon Berries - Raspberries, Squash, Jams, Juice
  • House of Blessing - Collecting fresh food for Food Bank
  • Monforte Dairy - Cheese
  • Laundry Farms - Peaches, apples and mixed fruit baskets
  • Good Luck Gardens - Corn
  • Bauman Apiaries - Honey, summer sausage and beeswax candles

Arts & Crafts

  • Blessed Baby Creations - Life like dolls and knitting.
  • Wild Violet Pottery - Functional and decorative pottery
  • Nancy's Fancies - Jewellery, accessories and photography.
  • Steed & Co. Lavender - Lavender, lavender jams, lavender honey and lavender salad dressing.
  • Tapochki - Slippers
  • Wilde Arts - Fused glass

Retailers

  • Gentle Rain Natural Food Store, The - Organic produce and foods
  • Your Local Market Co-op - All products in store
  • The Pampered Chef
  • Chocolate Barr's Candies Inc. - Stratford-made chocolate treats
  • Let Them Eat Cake - Produce and baked goods
  • Shakespeare Pies - Pies, maple syrup, honey
  • Downie Street Bakehouse - Artisanal breads
  • Choco-Locate Media - Info booth
  • National Farmers Union - Info booth
  • Turnbull & Stewart - Vittorio's sauces
  • Isagenix - Info booth
  • Nourish - Whole Food Nutrition
  • Anything Grows - Vegetables and fruit
  • Organic Council of Ontario
  • Nudge...Nudge Fudge Inc. - Gift-packaged fudge made in Stratford, Ontario
  • Kandy Cakes - Sugar cookies

SUNDAY

  • Blanbrook Bison Farm
  • Pat's Apple Frits - Apple treats
  • Erbcroft Farms - Lamb and duck
  • Dianna's Bakery - Tarts, pies, cookies, squares, jams and jellies.
  • Logan Produce - Fresh produce, jams & preserves
  • Mapletons Organic Dairy - Organic ice cream and frozen yogurt
  • Pickles Eh!
  • Soiled Reputation - Organic vegetables
  • Scotview Orchard - Fruit (apples, pears, raspberries), dried flower bouquets
  • Vernon Farms
  • Windy Lane Acres
  • Kawthoolei Farm Organics
  • Helma Luyten
  • Lindsay's Bakery
  • West's Corner Candle Company
  • O'Shea's Farm Fresh

Food & Farmers

  • Shallot Hill - Vegetables
  • Janssens Farm - Fruits and vegetables
  • MariBirdie - Baby bibs, cloths, clothes, shoes and more
  • Loco Fields - Vegetables, berries and syrup
  • Neubrand Country Produce - Fruits and vegetables
  • Hyde Park Spice & Herb Co. - Locally hand processing, manufacturing, packaging, retail and distribution of organic and natural spices, herbs and spice blends
  • Koert Organics - Organic produce
  • Full of Beans - Dried beans and mixes, gluten free baking mixes
  • Savvy Chef Inc. - Hand crafted mustards and salts.
  • Perth County Visitors' Association - Perth County baked goods.
  • Bizjak Farms - Tender fruit: peaches, apples, plums, pears, berries
  • Apis Improvement Inc. - Honey
  • The Bakery at Pazzo - Artisanal Breads & Pastries
  • Sheldon Berries - Raspberries, Squash, Jams, Juice
  • House of Blessing - Collecting fresh food for Food Bank
  • Monforte Dairy - Cheese
  • Laundry Farms - Peaches, apples and mixed fruit baskets
  • Good Luck Gardens - Corn

Arts & Crafts

  • Blessed Baby Creations - Life like dolls and knitting.
  • Nancy's Fancies - Jewellery, accessories and photography.
  • Steed & Co. Lavender - Lavender, lavender jams, lavender honey and lavender salad dressing.
  • Tapochki - Slippers
  • Wilde Arts - Fused glass

Retailers

  • Gentle Rain Natural Food Store, The - Organic produce and foods
  • Your Local Market Co-op - All products in store
  • The Pampered Chef
  • Chocolate Barr's Candies Inc. - Stratford-made chocolate treats
  • Let Them Eat Cake - Produce and baked goods
  • Downie Street Bakehouse - Artisanal breads
  • Choco-Locate Media - Info booth
  • National Farmers Union - Info booth
  • Turnbull & Stewart - Vittorio's sauces
  • Isagenix - Info booth
  • Nourish - Whole Food Nutrition
  • Anything Grows - Vegetables and fruit
  • Organic Council of Ontario
  • Nudge...Nudge Fudge Inc. - Gift-packaged fudge made in Stratford, Ontario
  • Kandy Cakes - Sugar cookies

Market Square

SATURDAY

  • 11:00 am  Our Daily Bread Screening
  • 3:30 pm  Ribs in the Square

  • 3:30 PM:  Blurry Pickers

BBQ & Food Vendors

  • Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) - Apple Cinnamon Scones and Balzacs Coffee plus grilled corn with mayo, chili paste and cheese or in whey butter.
  • Juvenile Diabetes - Pulled pork on a bun with bbq sauce and crunchy cole slaw.
  • Lions Club of Stratford - Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches; Creamy Honey Lavender, Caramel Apple with Walnut Praline and Strawberry with Cracked Black Peppercorns.
  • Stratford Perth Museum - Local Perth County fresh shucked corn on the cob, cooked to perfection in our Stratford Perth Museum's fully restored historic steam engine.

SUNDAY

BBQ & Food Vendors

  • Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) - Apple Cinnamon Scones and Balzacs Coffee plus grilled corn with mayo, chili paste and cheese or in whey butter.
  • Juvenile Diabetes - Pulled pork on a bun with bbq sauce and crunchy cole slaw.
  • Lions Club of Stratford - Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches; Creamy Honey Lavender, Caramel Apple with Walnut Praline and Strawberry with Cracked Black Peppercorns.
  • Stratford Perth Museum - Local Perth County fresh shucked corn on the cob, cooked to perfection in our Stratford Perth Museum's fully restored historic steam engine.

Stratford Country Club

SUNDAY

  • 8:00 am  Breakfast with Connie

Stone Maiden Inn

FRIDAY

  • 7:00 pm  Chuck's Night Out

Silent Auction

For complete item details and images, visit the Bradshaws & Kitchen Detail Web site.

Auction Items

  • Arbonne Make Up Basket
    - (Approx. value: $200)
  • Backyard BBQ
    - Global Knife 71G2 Chef Knife, Assortment of rubs and 2 BBQ Sauces, The Butcher The Baker gift certificate, 2 6-packs beer (Approx. value: $210)
  • Chocolate Lover’s Package
    - Two Chocolate Trail gift certificates (Approx. value: $45)
  • Coffee Lovers
    - Wild Violet Pottery Mug & 1 lb Revel Revolution Coffee (Approx. value: $40)
  • Flavours of Paris
    - Box of tasting chocolates from Un Dimanche a Paris - 16 assorted squares of single origin dark chocolates: Venezuela, Ecuador, Santo Domingo, and Madagascar (tasting notes included), a voucher for a "Flavors of Paris Walking Tour". (Approx. value: $250)
  • For the Love of Food
    - Denis Cotter Signed Cookbook (Approx. value: $50)
  • Gallery Stratford
    - 1 Free art class at Gallery Stratford (Approx. value: $75)
  • Kitchen Grips Mitts & Cuisipro Tongs
    - (Approx. value: $30)
  • Signed Book & Music Sheets
    - Allan Frew from Glass Tiger, writer of “I Believe” (Approx. value: )
  • Signed Guitar from Blue Rodeo
    - Donated from Long & McQuade - DR100 NACH (Epiphone guitar) (Approx. value: )
  • Stratford Chiropractic & Wellness Centre
    - Back cushion & gift certificate (Approx. value: )
  • Stratford Country Club
    - 3 lesson golf pack and golf shirt (Approx. value: )
  • The Ultimate Garlic Lover's Package
    - Selection of Garlic Box Products, Trudeau Garlic Duo Slicer and Press, Stainless Steel Odour Removing "Soap", Wildly Delicious Garlic Baker, gift certificate for heirloom garlic at Anything Grows (Approx. value: $115)
  • Trudeau Stainless Steel Professional Series Peppermill
    - (Approx. value: $55)
  • Voucher for Stratford Shakespeare Festival tickets
    - A voucher for two tickets for selected dates to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 2012 season. (Approx. value: $170)
  • Winter Concert Series Foster’s Inn
    - Dinner, concert & accommodation for two (Approx. value: $200)
  • Winter Garlic Lover’s Package
    - Two tickets to Stratford Garlic Festival Garlic Dinner at Foster’s Inn (Approx. value: $170)

Edible Embers

SATURDAY

BBQ & Food Vendors

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Stratford and District - Grilled Cheese and Apple Sandwich on Foccacia with Gourmet Ketchup.
  • Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) - Apple Cinnamon Scones & Balzacs Coffee, grilled corn with mayo, chili paste & cheese or whey butter.
  • Juvenile Diabetes - Pulled pork on a bun with bbq sauce and crunchy cole slaw.
  • Es-Artes Suchitoto - Stratford Initiative - Pupusas! Enjoy this traditional Salvadoran dish in one of two preparations - Revueltas (pork, beans, and cheese) or Vegetariano (peppers and cheese). These flavour packed tortillas are topped with a fresh curtido (coleslaw) and tomatado salvadoreño (salvadoran red sauce).
  • Habitat for Humanity Stratford-Perth - Sausage on a bun with Sweet & Spicy Chili or Braised Cabbage & Bacon, Sparkling Cider & Butter Tarts.
  • Stratford Area School Garden Project - Three Sisters Soup: corn, beans and squash.
  • Actors' Fund - Veggie taco or wrap with Roasted Tomatillo Salsa; Pork Breakfast Bun; Apple Cider on ice & Savour Stratford Coffee.

SUNDAY

BBQ & Food Vendors

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Stratford and District - Grilled Cheese and Apple Sandwich on Foccacia with Gourmet Ketchup.
  • Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) - Apple Cinnamon Scones & Balzacs Coffee, grilled corn with mayo, chili paste & cheese or whey butter.
  • Juvenile Diabetes - Pulled pork on a bun with bbq sauce and crunchy cole slaw.
  • Es-Artes Suchitoto - Stratford Initiative - Pupusas! Enjoy this traditional Salvadoran dish in one of two preparations - Revueltas (pork, beans, and cheese) or Vegetariano (peppers and cheese). These flavour packed tortillas are topped with a fresh curtido (coleslaw) and tomatado salvadoreño (salvadoran red sauce).
  • Habitat for Humanity Stratford-Perth - Sausage on a bun with Sweet & Spicy Chili or Braised Cabbage & Bacon, Sparkling Cider & Butter Tarts.
  • Stratford Area School Garden Project - Three Sisters Soup: corn, beans and squash.
  • Actors' Fund - Veggie taco or wrap with Roasted Tomatillo Salsa; Pork Breakfast Bun; Apple Cider on ice & Savour Stratford Coffee.

Auction Items

  • Arbonne Make Up Basket
    - (Approx. value: $200)
  • Backyard BBQ
    - Global Knife 71G2 Chef Knife, Assortment of rubs and 2 BBQ Sauces, The Butcher The Baker gift certificate, 2 6-packs beer (Approx. value: $210)
  • Chocolate Lover’s Package
    - Two Chocolate Trail gift certificates (Approx. value: $45)
  • Coffee Lovers
    - Wild Violet Pottery Mug & 1 lb Revel Revolution Coffee (Approx. value: $40)
  • Flavours of Paris
    - Box of tasting chocolates from Un Dimanche a Paris - 16 assorted squares of single origin dark chocolates: Venezuela, Ecuador, Santo Domingo, and Madagascar (tasting notes included), a voucher for a "Flavors of Paris Walking Tour". (Approx. value: $250)
  • For the Love of Food
    - Denis Cotter Signed Cookbook (Approx. value: $50)
  • Gallery Stratford
    - 1 Free art class at Gallery Stratford (Approx. value: $75)
  • Kitchen Grips Mitts & Cuisipro Tongs
    - (Approx. value: $30)
  • Signed Book & Music Sheets
    - Allan Frew from Glass Tiger, writer of “I Believe” (Approx. value: )
  • Signed Guitar from Blue Rodeo
    - Donated from Long & McQuade - DR100 NACH (Epiphone guitar) (Approx. value: )
  • Stratford Chiropractic & Wellness Centre
    - Back cushion & gift certificate (Approx. value: )
  • Stratford Country Club
    - 3 lesson golf pack and golf shirt (Approx. value: )
  • The Ultimate Garlic Lover's Package
    - Selection of Garlic Box Products, Trudeau Garlic Duo Slicer and Press, Stainless Steel Odour Removing "Soap", Wildly Delicious Garlic Baker, gift certificate for heirloom garlic at Anything Grows (Approx. value: $115)
  • Trudeau Stainless Steel Professional Series Peppermill
    - (Approx. value: $55)
  • Voucher for Stratford Shakespeare Festival tickets
    - A voucher for two tickets for selected dates to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s 2012 season. (Approx. value: $170)
  • Winter Concert Series Foster’s Inn
    - Dinner, concert & accommodation for two (Approx. value: $200)
  • Winter Garlic Lover’s Package
    - Two tickets to Stratford Garlic Festival Garlic Dinner at Foster’s Inn (Approx. value: $170)

Parking Locations

  • P1 Zion Lutheran Church
    - all day Saturday, Sunday after 1:00 pm
  • P2 Legion
    - (Sunday only)
  • P3 Erie St. Downtown
  • P4 St. Patrick St. at Erie
  • P5 Albert St.
  • P6 Central High School
  • P7 Court House
  • P8 Falstaff Family Centre
  • P9 William Allman Arena
  • P10 FAG Bearings*
  • P11 Festival Hydro
  • P12 Old Fairgrounds*
  • P13 Sobey's*
  • P14 Scotiabank
  • P15 Foodland*
  • P16 Knox Presbyterian Church
    - all day Saturday, Sunday after 1:00 pm
  • P17 Northwestern Secondary School*

* Park & Ride from these locations


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