Features and activities for the whole family... 
The three days of the Show will be packed full with some old favourites and new features. Top chefs from Woolley Grange, Homewood Park and Bishopstrow House will be demonstrating their culinary skills in the Rangemaster Cookery Theatre. There will be a variety of demonstrations in Hall A and a dedicated children’s area where a wide range of activities will take place. Everything listed below will be free, so come along and have some fun.
The Rangemaster Cookery Theatre
Cooking demonstration times
Cooking demonstration times
Thursday 11.45 2.00 3.30
Friday 11.00 1.30 3.00
Saturday 11.00 1.30 3.00
The Rangemaster Cookery Theatre is presenting a showcase on Wiltshire food –
all that’s great and good at this year’s West Wilts Show.
As a key part of this prestigious event, von Essen Hotels will be running the Rangemaster Cookery Theatre located in Hall B marquee. Award-winning top chefs from Woolley Grange, Homewood Park and Bishopstrow House will be demonstrating their culinary skills, and showing their flair and enthusiasm for locally sourced produce and great flavour. Children will have the opportunity of ‘helping’ the chefs on stage – an opportunity not to be missed!
Visitors will also have the chance to win some fantastic prizes each day, kindly donated by the three hotels.
Comperes
Comperes
Thursday and Friday - Peter Rowell, ITV West Country presenter
Saturday - Peter Vaughan, owner/chef of The Bistro & Cookery School in Devizes.
Free alternative sports at the Show with Wiltshire Alternative Youth Sports and West Wiltshire District Council
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Come and learn the basics of this simple athletic discipline. We’ll have Parkour Generations, the foremost Parkour organisation in the country, to teach the basics and show people what it’s all about! Challenge your body by running, jumping, climbing, and vaulting and see what your potential really is. The sessions will be designed to allow you to experience Parkour whatever your ability and hopefully push your body to the limit.
Climbing Wall
Climbing is one of the ultimate thrills. It’s an exciting and exhilarating activity, for all levels of ability. Have a go - you against the wall! The climbing wall can cater for up to four people at a time, with each route offering something different. The achievement in reaching the top is second to none, especially overcoming the challenges along the way.
Skateboarding
With a three-foot mini ramp and a professional skate coach, this will be the perfect opportunity to improve your skills or have a go, if it’s your first time. We’ll have skateboards available for those who are new to the sport, and plenty of advice on offer. There’ll be a skate jam with prizes for all abilities, and no shortage of opportunities to impress!
For further details please contact: Danny Geeson, West Wiltshire District Council, dgeeson@westwiltshire.gov.uk, tel: 01225 776655 or Nick Thrower, Wiltshire Alternative Youth Sports, nickthrower@wiltshire.gov.uk , tel: 07876 217436
Trowbridge Garden Club
Trowbridge & District Horticultural Garden Club will be located in Hall A stands 56-60. They will also have a gazebo just outside the main tent, where they will be running free children’s activities over the three days.
They will be staging a ‘floral art’ display, a display of member’s plants and a sale of plants grown by members.
The children’s activities will include, amongst other things, ‘potting up a plant’.
The Society has existed for more than 60 years in Trowbridge. It was originally set up to support the gardeners and allotment holders in the town.
Today they focus on people who garden for pleasure and share a love of plants.
For more information about the club please contact:- Pat Wilkins on: 01225 775900
Wiltshire Music Centre
Join free musical activities with Wiltshire Music Centre just below Hall A. There will be lots of singing, dancing, and making music, including steel pan workshops. There will be more details nearer the time!
Wiltshire Music Centre, in Bradford on Avon, has a 300 seat auditorium with a celebrated acoustic, and offers a wide selection of classical, jazz, folk and world music concerts. These are alongside student and community concerts, residencies, regular daytime, evening, weekend and holiday activities for all ages and ability, plus workshops in schools and outreach work across Wiltshire and Swindon.
For more information about Wiltshire Music Centre please contact the Box Office on 01225 860100 or visit wiltshiremusic.org.uk
Flipjuggling
Like any art form, the art of juggling has no rules or limits. It’s open to every age or ability, allowing the freedom to be creative and give the opportunity to express oneself. Come along and enjoy a free lesson with flower sticks, poi, diadolo, staff or juggling balls.
As long as you are enjoying it, you are doing it right!
For more information visit flipjuggling.com
Anne Poole and ARTfor
Anne Poole is a mixed media artist living and working in West Wilts. She exhibits her own work, is one of the Cloth Road Artists (www.clothroadartists.co.uk) and has run many workshops through PAWS and ARTfor.
ARTfor Projects is a visual arts consultancy that has been designing and running specialist art workshops and INSET across the UK for over 7 years. Working with schools, community groups, museums and Local Authorities, ARTfor is committed to providing creative and exciting projects for all ages.
The workshop – Funky Figures and Brilliant Badges
Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker… fairy, mermaid, clown – come along and join me in the main activity tent in the children’s area and make your own funky figure. If you think you’re too old for all that, then make a brilliant badge instead. We will use all sorts of colourful and varied scrap materials, just bring your imagination.
Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service
Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service will be blazing a trail at the West Wilts Show, with a dramatic and thought-provoking series of demonstrations in the main arena.
Over the three days, the Service will be showing the dangers of chip pan fires in the home using a ‘live fire’ demonstration unit.
The Service will also have a stand at M16 where visitors can find out more about water rescue, barbecue safety, road safety and much more! Businesses can get advice on meeting their legislative requirements, and of course there will be a fire engine on hand where children can take a look around…
To find out more about fire safety in the home, visit www.wiltsfire.gov.uk