Christchurch Cheese & Chilli Festival 2025 by Dorset View

Dear Festival Friends,

Welcome to the tastiest weekend of the year! Whether you’re here for the creamy cheeses, the fiery chillies, or just the great vibes, you’re in the right place. The 2025 Christchurch Cheese and Chilli Festival is back and bigger than ever, celebrating bold flavours, local makers, and a whole lot of fun.

This year, we’re thrilled to bring you:

• Artisan cheese producers from across the UK

• Hot sauce heroes and chilli challenges for the brave

• Craft beers, ciders, and local wines to pair with your bites

• Live music, street performers, and family fun all weekend

• Kids Zone, inflatables, face painting, and magic shows

• Chilli Eating Competitions—watch the heat unfold!

Whether you’re a hardcore chillihead or a cheese connoisseur, there’s something here to tickle your taste buds and fire up your weekend.

Grab your map, check out the schedule, and don’t forget to explore all the delicious corners of the festival grounds. Be sure to support our local vendors and food trucks—and most importantly, have a blast!

Thanks for joining us for this unforgettable weekend of heat and cheese— Let the flavour adventure begin!

With love and spice,

The Christchurch Cheese & Chilli Festival Team

10AM – 6PM

Main Stage

Carley Varley

12:45 PM Carley Varley

2:00 PM Rock Of The Pops

3:00 PM Rock Of The Pops

11:05 AM Spice Up Your Life

11:40 AM Melt Down

12:15 PM Hot & Healthy

12:50 PM Power Bowl Punch 2:10

Family Zone

10:30 AM Close Up Walkabout Magic

11:00 AM Bubble Party

11:00 AM Meet The Mascot

11:15 AM Punch & Judy

11:45 AM Wrestling Show

12:00 PM Story Telling

12:30 PM Walkabout Balloon Modelling

12:45 PM Magic Show

1:15 PM Wrestling Show

1:30 PM Meet Sammy The Horse

1:45 PM Story Telling 2:15 PM Punch & Judy

2:30 PM Wrestling Show

2:30 PM Close Up Magic 2:45 PM Bubble Party 2:45 PM Meet The Mascot

3:00 PM Story Telling 3:45 PM Wrestling Show 4:00 PM Walkabout Balloon Modelling

10AM – 6PM

Main Stage

The Blue Moon

12:45 PM The Blue Moon

2:00 PM Funk U Up

3:00 PM Funk U Up

11:05 AM Spice Up Your Life

11:40 AM Melt Down

12:15 PM Hot & Healthy

12:50 PM Power Bowl Punch

2:10

Family Zone

10:30 AM Close Up Walkabout Magic

11:00 AM Bubble Party

11:00 AM Meet The Mascot

11:15 AM Punch & Judy

11:45 AM Wrestling Show

12:00 PM Story Telling

12:30 PM Walkabout Balloon Modelling

12:45 PM Magic Show

1:15 PM Wrestling Show 1:30 PM Meet Sammy The Horse 1:45 PM Story Telling 2:15 PM Punch & Judy 2:30 PM Wrestling Show

2:30 PM Close Up Magic 2:45 PM Bubble Party 2:45 PM Meet The Mascot

3:00 PM Story Telling 3:45 PM Wrestling Show 4:00 PM Walkabout Balloon Modelling

Get them whilst they're hot!

Ultimate Gourmet

Burger Company LTD

10% OFF

Delicious Dauntsey

£1 off every jar of chutney, jam or marmalade

The Custom Spirit Co. 10% OFF when multiple products are bought together from our market stall

Mure Liqueurs Ltd

3 small bottles for £40 or 2 large for £45

Baraka Falafel

Fresh falafel

Grim Reaper Foods Ltd

3 for £20 on hot sauces

Samaikya Gerri

15% OFF first order on our website

Chuck Wagon Kitchen

£2 off when spending over £25

Rapple Catering

No extra charge for vegan shakes and a free shake of choice for anyone entering the chilli eating contest! (Get it before you startyou’ll need it!!)

Beckfords Rum

FREE Rum Punch with any two 70cl bottles

Bagz N Bitz

10% OFF on purchases over £60

Woolla Woolla Handmade

Spend over £30 and receive a free cotton tote bag (while stock lasts)

Jerk Hut 10% OFF

Flint and Flame 45% OFF RRP price

A BIT OF A PICKLE FREE gift when you spend over £12

GinFizz Events Ltd

Shanty Spirit 10% OFF for email sign up to cocktail newsletter

Bambi’s Bakes

Nelson

20% OFF if you say the secret phrase “I’m Spicy”

Robert’s Dorset

Any pot of crackling or nuts and a pint of cider £7

Hot Food Vendor

CESTCHEESECO cestcheeseco.com

Melted Cheese Raclette meltedcheeseracelette.com

Mimis Street Food

Moody Foodie

Paella Espana allcountiescatering.co.uk

Potjie Man

Rays street food raysindian.com

Don Arancini donarancini.co.uk

Sirius Food Catering

Ultimate Gourmet Burger Company ugbc.co.uk Wow Bao Club

Chuck Wagon Kitchen chuckwagonkitchen.co.uk El Murrino elmurrino.com

Cheese Based Product Vendor

A Bit of Pickle abitofapickle.com

Delicious Dauntsey deliciousdauntsey.com

Field of Cheese / Mad Mikes Chilli Jam fieldofcheese.com

Glastonbury Cheese glastonburycheese.com

The Great British Cheese Company gbcheese.co.uk Valley of Stones Cheese Company

Dorset Artisan Cheese

Callaghins Kitchen

Ripe Cheese

The Cheese Bomb

The Cheese Wedge Company cheesewedge.co.uk

Hot/Cold Drinks Concession (Non Alcoholic) Vendor

Ahh Roma Coffee and Cake

Scouting For Coffee

The Shed Hospitality

Rapple Catering

Alcohol On Sales - Bar Vendor

Amen Catering

Ezpresso ezpresso.com

GinFizz Events ginfizzevents.com/ Guinness Bar

Just Pressed Cider justpressedcider.co.uk

The Custom Spirit Co. customspirit.co

Hall & Woodhouse hall-woodhouse.co.uk

Silent Poole Gin silentpooldistillers.com

The Hut Mobile Bar thehutmobilebar.co.uk Outdoorsolutions cedarstalls.co.uk

Alcohol Off Sales - Beers, Lager, Cider, Spirits, Wines Vendor

Beckfords Rum beckfordsrum.com

English Spirit Distillery englishspirit.uk

Jonahs Mead jonahsmead.co.uk

Kin Toffee Vodka kin vodka.co.uk

O’Donnell Moonshine odonnellmoonshine.co.uk

Shanty Spirit shantyspirit.com

Lucelas lucelas.co.uk

Mure Liqueurs mureliqueurs.com

Shroton Fair Gin shrotonfairgin.co.uk

Deli, Chutneys, Jams, Pickles, Preserves Vendor

Atrangi weareatrangi.com

New Forest Bacon

Russell Up Pickle Co

South Paddocks southpaddocks.co.uk

Cherry Tree Preserves cherrytreepreserves.co.uk

The Garlic Farm thegarlicfarm.co.uk

Wight Smoke

Clothing Vendor

Bagz N Bitz bagznbitz.co.uk

Karmasuiticals karmasuiticals.com

Linas

Lavanta Bay

Cakes, Biscuits, Brownies, Patisserie Vendor

Bambi’s Bakes bambisbakes.com

Firmy’s Bakes

J&S Artisans

The Bournemouth Brownie Company bournemouthbrownie.co.uk

Whiskee Business Bakery

whiskeebusinessbakery.com

Bakes by Tess bakesbytess.co.uk

Hot Desserts & Cold Lunch Food Option

Baraka Falafel instagram.com/barakafalafellondon

Cheeky Fox Churros cheekyfoxchurros.co.uk

Crepe Roulette crepe-roulette.co.uk

Delicious Donuts

Dimples Diner Catering

Global Fusion Foods

Arts & Crafts Vendor

Beehive Witch beewrap.co.uk

Deepsearesin deepsearesin.co.uk

Jaded Jewellery jadedjewellery.com

Minerals Rock Studio mineralsrockstudio.com

Mitch’s Bespoke Woodwork & Resin mitchsbespokewoodwork.co.uk

Sisarikg Crafts

UK Wearable Crystals

Zooniverse Designs zooniversedesigns.com

Sparkletastic Glass sparkletasticglass.co.uk

The Resinoire theresinoire.etsy.com

Woolla Woolla Handmade woollawoolla.com

Dorset Charmz Designs

Chilli Based Product Vendor

Bournemouth Chilli Bitz bournemouthchillibitz.com

Chef Bernie Sauces

FDF Chillies fairdinkumfare.co.uk

Jethros’ Marinades and Sauces

Grim Reaper Foods

Halopenos halopenos.com

Jerk Hut jerkhutandco.com

Nelson spicyryes.com

Psycho Juice hotsauceemporium.co.uk

Salter’s Must Chup Ketchup’s and Mayo’s must-chup.co.uk

Samaikya Gerri

Spiced Sussex

The Chilli Potter

Wiltshire Chilli Farm

Callaloo Corner

Carrington Foods

Chili Pete chilli-pete.square.site

Hot Pods Chilli Products

Hot Star Honey

Other

Butternut Box

Endless Incense endlessincense.co.uk

Life Chiropractic Clinic

lifechiropractic.co.uk/clinics/christchurch

Melange Ceramics

Mud Foods Limited mudfoods.com

Olivier’s Bakery oliviersbakery.com

Outdoorsolutions

Plenty Pies plentypies.co.uk

Smithy’s Slush Bar

The Scotch Egg Co chickies.co.uk

The Weston Biltong Company thewesstonbiltongcompany.co.uk

BCP Lifeline

Flint and Flame flintandflame.co.uk

Riverford Organic Farmers riverford.co.uk

RMJ Top Events

Samurai Knives

South Coast Chiropractic southcoastchiropractic.co.uk

Explore Learning Bournemouth explorelearning.co.uk

Farm Girl Sausages

Jivana Spices jivanaspices.co.uk

Jurassic Home Solutions jurassichomesolutions.co.uk

Robert’s Dorset

The Village Pet Shop

Untamed Cat Food

Charity Vendor

The Professional Fundraiser

BRC Proms

Dorset Wildlife Trust

Step by Step stepbystep.org.uk

The Woodland Trust

Plants and Seeds Vendor

Weymouth51 weymouth51.co.uk

Nonya Secrets nonyasecrets.com

Gingerbeard’s Preserves gingerbeardspreserves.co.uk

Irydium UK

The Olive Architects

Face Painting, Henna, Glitter & Hair

Knotonmynelly

Ichhita Arts

Freddie’s Flowers yvonnes-plants.co.uk

The Culmstock Chilli Co theculmstockchillico.co.uk

Olives, Dried Fruit, Nuts, Turkish Delight & Baklava Vendor

Chocolate, Confectionary & Fudge Vendor

New Forest Shortbread newforestshortbread.co.uk

Zantastic Sweet Treats

Edwards Fudge Kitchen edwardsfudgekitchen.co.uk lotusvegangourmet.co.uk

Novelty Items Vendor

Fruit Bodhi Mushrooms fruitbodhi.co.uk

purbeckicecream.co.uk

Mid Sussex Super Cream mid-sussexsupercream.co.uk