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 Guildford 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 Guildford Cheese & Chilli Festival Team
Main Stage
Alex & The Wonderland
12:45 PM Alex & The Wonderland
2:00 PM Hot Wires
3:00 PM Hot Wires 10AM – 6PM
4:00 PM
CHILLI EATING COMPETITION
Cooking Theatre
11:05 AM Spice Up Your Life
11:40 AM Melt Down
12:15 PM Hot & Healthy
12:50 PM Power Bowl Punch
1:30 PM
HELL’S GRILLED CHEESE - CHALLENGE
2:10 PM Taco Bout Fire
2:45 PM Cheese & Chilli Bakes
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
1:45 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
All Day
All Day – Crazy Golf | Face Painting Henna Tattoos | Axe Throwing Fun Fair | Treasure Hunts | Plus lots more
10AM – 6PM
Main Stage
Funk U Up
12:45 PM Funk U Up
2:00 PM New Dawn Soul
3:00 PM New Dawn Soul
4:00 PM
CHILLI EATING COMPETITION
Cooking Theatre
11:05 AM Spice Up Your Life
11:40 AM Melt Down
12:15 PM Hot & Healthy
12:50 PM Power Bowl Punch
1:30 PM
HELL’S GRILLED CHEESE - CHALLENGE
2:10 PM Taco Bout Fire
2:45 PM Cheese & Chilli Bakes
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 1:45 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
All Day
All Day – Crazy Golf | Face Painting Henna Tattoos | Axe Throwing | Fun Fair Treasure Hunts | Plus lots more
Taste Tent
When you arrive at the Taste Tent, you’ll receive a ballot slip to cast your vote. Try the sauces, pick your favourites, and have your say! The winners earn a coveted award, so your vote really makes a difference! Get ready to taste, judge, and celebrate the best flavours around!
Get them whilst they're hot!
Pho Vietnam
Vietnamese loaded munch box
Rapple Catering
No extra charge for vegan shakes and a free shake of choice for anyone entering the chilli eating contest! (Get before you start - you’ll need it!!)
Beckford's Rum
FREE Rum Punch with any two 70cl Bottles
Bambi’s Bakes
10% off
Woolla Woolla
Handmade
Spend over £30 and receive a free cotton tote bag (while stock lasts)
A Bit of a Pickle
FREE gift when you spend over £12
GinFizz Events Ltd
Delicious Dauntsey
£1 off every jar of chutney, jam or marmalade
Mabs Sauces
Buy 3 get £1.50 off. Buy 6 get £4.50 off
Follow us on Instagram and / or Facebook and we’ll give you a 5% off voucher to use for the day! The Custom Spirit Co. 10% off when multiple products are bought together
Shanty Spirit
10% discount for email sign up to cocktail newsletter
Big Ginger Sauce Co 10% off
Grim Reaper Foods Ltd
3 for £20 on hot sauces
Optimal Health Inspired
Exclusive discount on full spine health MOT check and X-ray
Mure Liqueurs Ltd
3 small bottles for £40 or 2 large for £45
Hampton Court Spirits
Post a photo sampling at our stand, tag Cheese & Chilli Festival, to go into a draw to win £150 of spirits
Nelson
20% off if you say the secret phrase “I’m Spicy”
Olivier's Bakery
A selection platter of what we do
3Bros Burgers 3brosburgers.co.uk
A BIT OF A PICKLE abitofapickle.com
Ahh Roma Coffee and Cake
Alesha's Baked Creations
Amen Catering Ltd
Arcane Alchemist Mead arcanealchemist.com
Atrangi Ltd www.weareatrangi.com
Bambi’s Bakes bambisbakes.com
Baraka Falafel www.instagram.com/ barakafalafellondon
Beckford's Rum beckfordsrum.com
Beehive Witch beewrap.co.uk
Bella Cannoli bellacannoli.co.uk
Big Ginger Sauce Co biggingersauce.com
Bournemouth Chilli Bitz Ltd bournemouthchillibitz.com
BRC PROMS LTD
Butternut Box marro.com
Callaloo Corner Ltd. callaloocorner.com
Caribbean Store caribbeanstore.co.uk
Carrington Foods Ltd carringtonfoods.co.uk
Catherine Potter Crafts etsy.com/shop/catherinepottercraft
henrybrothershotsauce.co.uk
Hot Pods Chilli Products hotpodschilliproducts.com
Hot Star Honey Ltd hotstarhoney.com
Ichhita Arts
Irydium UK
Italian Recipe Limited italianrecipe.co.uk
J&B’s Barkery jandb-barkery.co.uk
J&S Artisans
Jerk Hut jerkhutandco.com
CESTCHEESECO cestcheeseco.com
Chappers Cheesecake chapperscheesecake.com
Cherry Tree Preserves cherrytreepreserves.co.uk
Chilli Pete chilli-pete.square.site
CLARE SHERIDAN-WALLIS JEWELLERY claresheridanwallis.com
Costco wholesale costco.uk
Deepsearesin deepsearesin.co.uk
Delicious Dauntsey deliciousdauntsey.com
Dimples Diner Catering
Dine In Sauces Ltd T/A NONYA SECRETS nonyasecrets.com
Dorset Artisan Cheese
Edwards Fudge Kitchen edwardsfudgekitchen.co.uk
English Spirit Distillery englishspirit.uk
Erims Artistry
ETH Catering
Ezpresso ezpresso.com
FDF Chillies fairdinkumfare.co.uk
FIELD OF CHEESE / MAD MIKE'S CHILLI JAM fieldofcheese.com
Freddie’s Flowers
Fruitology fruitology.uk
FZago Limited T/A Jethro's Marinades and Sauces (and Artisan Camper) jethros.co.uk and artisancamper.com
GinFizz Events Ltd ginfizzevents.com
Gingerbeard’s Preserves gingerbeardspreserves.co.uk
Global Fusion Foods Ltd
Grab it and Go grabitandgouk.etsy.com
Greekaolives
Grim Reaper Foods Ltd grimreaperfoods.com
Hall & Woodhouse hall-woodhouse.co.uk
Halopenos halopenos.com
Hampton Court Spirits hamptoncourtgin.com
Henry Brothers Hot Sauce Ltd
Jivana Spices Ltd jivanaspices.co.uk
Jonah's Mead jonahsmead.co.uk
Jurassic Home Solutions Ltd
jurassichomesolutions.co.uk
Just Pressed Cider justpressedcider.co.uk
Karmasuiticals karmasuiticals.com
Kimchi With Everything Ltd kimchiwitheverything.com
Knotonmynelly
Kuoni Travel Agents
Little Sutton spice company littlesuttonspicecompany.co.uk
Lucelas Ltd lucelas.co.uk
Mabs Sauces mabsauces.co.uk
Marnhull Leathercraft
Mercanti di Calabria mercantidicalabria.com
Mid Sussex Super Cream
mid-sussexsupercream.co.uk
Minerals Rock Studio mineralsrockstudio.com
Mitch’s Bespoke Woodwork & Resin mitchsbespokewoodwork.co.uk
Momentum Children’s Charity momentumcharity.org
Moody Foodie
Mr. Burritos
Mure Liqueurs Ltd mureliqueurs.com
N&D Sweet Dreams Ltd
Nelson spicyryes.com
New Forest Bacon
New Forest Shortbread Ltd newforestshortbread.co.uk
North Rise Events LTD (Kin Toffee Vodka) kinvodka.co.uk
Novus BH Magister Ltd l25house.com
O’Donnell Moonshine odonnellmoonshine.co.uk
OhDiamondCrafts
Olivier’s Bakery oliviersbakery.com
Optimal Health Inspired optimalhealthinspired.com
Original G Sauce originalgsauce.com
Outdoorsolutions cedarstalls.co.uk
Paella Espana allcountiescatering.co.uk
Philly Philly
Pho Vietnam phovietnamuk.com
Pine Nut Path pinenutpath.com
Pint Sized People Ltd pintsizedpeople.co.uk
Plenty Pies plentypies.co.uk
Potjie Man
Rapple Catering
Rays street food raysindian.com
Ripe Cheese
Riverford Organic Farmers riverford.co.uk
Rough Stuff Oak roughstuffoak.co.uk
Salter’s Must Chup Ketchups and Mayos must-chup.co.uk
Samurai Knives Ltd
Scouting ForCoffee
Shanty Spirit shantyspirit.com
Sicilian Food Suppliers Ltd TA Don Arancini donarancini.co.uk
SILENT POOL GIN
Sisarikg Crafts
Smithy’s slush bar
Smok’n Greek BBQ
South Paddocks
Space-Pro space-pro.co.uk
Spiced Sussex
Stars and Some
Step by Step
STK69 Ltd stk69.co.uk
Stony Groves
Thai Home Surrey, Ltd
The Cheese Bomb
The Cheese Wedge Company
The Chilli Potter
The Chilli Project
The Coastal Chilli Company thecoastalchillicompany.com
The Compton Candle Company thecomptoncandlecompany.co.uk
The Culmstock Chilli Co theculmstockchillico.co.uk
The Custom Spirit Co. customspirit.co
The Garlic Farm thegarlicfarm.co.uk
The Great British Cheese Company gbcheese.co.uk
The Holroyd
The hut mobile bar thehutmobilebar.co.uk
The London China Company Ltd
The Modern Milkman themodernmilkman.co.uk
The Olive Architects
The Professional Fundraiser
THE SHED HOSPITALITY LTD
The Weston Biltong Company LTD thewestonbiltongcompany.co.uk
Purbeck Ice Cream purbeckicecream.co.uk
Pure Pet Food purepetfood.co.uk
The Woodland Trust
Unholy Donuts unholydonut.com
Valley of Stones Cheese Company LTD
Viniak native
Warmer Home Improvements Ltd
warmerhomeimprovements.com
Weymouth51 weymouth51.co.uk
Whitelegg Catering
Wight Smoke
Wiltshire Chilli Farm justchillies.co.uk
Yeomans Honda
Woolla Woolla Handmade woollawoolla.com
Yvonne’s Plants yvonnes-plants.co.uk
Zooniverse Designs zooniversedesigns.com
