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 Winchester 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,
Main Stage
Carley Varley
12:45 PM Carley Varley
2:00 PM The Blue Moon
3:00 PM The Blue Moon 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
12:45 PM Magic Show 1:00 PM Walkabout Balloon Modelling
1:15 PM Wrestling Show 2:00 PM Story Telling
2:20 PM Bubble Party 2:20 PM Meet The Mascot 2:30 PM Wrestling Show 2:45 PM Punch & Judy 3:15 PM Story Telling 3:45 PM Wrestling Show
All Day
Crazy Golf | Face Painting Henna Tattoos | Axe Throwing | Fun Fair Treasure Hunts | Plus lots more
10AM – 6PM
Main Stage
Flaxen Hill
12:45 PM Flaxen Hill
2:00 PM Funk U Up
3:00 PM Funk U Up
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
12:45 PM Magic Show
1:00 PM Walkabout Balloon Modelling
1:15 PM Wrestling Show 2:00 PM Story Telling
2:20 PM Bubble Party 2:20 PM Meet The Mascot 2:30 PM Wrestling Show 2:45 PM Punch & Judy 3:15 PM Story Telling 3:45 PM Wrestling Show
All Day
Crazy Golf | Face Painting
Henna Tattoos | Axe Throwing | Fun Fair Treasure Hunts | Plus lots more
Get them whilst they're hot!
Pho Vietnam
Vietnamese loaded munch box
Delicious Dauntsey
£1 off every jar of chutney, jam or marmalade
The Custom Spirit Co.
10% off when multiple products are bought together
Shanty Spirit
10% discount for email sign up to cocktail newsletter
Baraka Falafel
Fresh falafel
Jerk Hut 10% discount
Braid Junkie
10% off for pre bookings
Ultimate Gourmet
Burger Company LTD
10% discount
Rapple Catering
No extra charge for vegan shakes and a free shake of choice for anyone entering the chilli eating contest! (Get before you startyou’ll need it!!)
Beckford's Rum FREE Rum Punch with any two 70cl bottles
Mure Liqueurs Ltd
3 small bottles for £40 or 2 large for £45
Woolla Woolla Handmade
Spend over £30 and receive a free cotton tote bag (while stock lasts)
Nelson
20% off if you say the secret phrase “I’m Spicy”
Chuck Wagon Kitchen
£2 off £25 spend or over
GinFizz Events Ltd
Follow us on Instagram and / or Facebook and we’ll give you a 5% off voucher to use for the day!
Hampton Court Spirits
Post a photo sampling at our stand, tag Cheese & Chilli Festival, to go into a draw to win £150 of spirits
Bambi’s Bakes 10% discount
Grim Reaper Foods Ltd
3 for £20 on hot sauces
Samaikya Gerri
5% off your first order when you shop on our website
Hot Food Vendor
C'est Cheese Co cestcheeseco.com
Greek Catering 4 U
Moody Foodie
Mr. Burritos
Paella Espana allcountiescatering.co.uk
Pho Vietnam phovietnamuk.com
Rays Street Food
Sicilian Food Suppliers Ltd TA Don Arancini donarancini.co.uk
Ultimate Gourmet Burger Company LTD ugbc.co.uk
Wow Bao Club
Chuck Wagon Kitchen chuckwagonkitchen.co.uk
Flying Fillet flyingfillet.co.uk
Cheese Based Product Vendor
Delicious Dauntsey deliciousdauntsey.com
FIELD OF CHEESE / MAD MIKE'S CHILLI JAM fieldofcheese.com
Glastonbury Cheese glastonburycheese.com
The Great British Cheese Company gbcheese.co.uk
Valley of Stones Cheese Company LTD
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 LTD
Rapple Catering
Alcohol On Sales - Bar Vendor
Ezpresso ezpresso.com
GinFizz Events Ltd ginfizzevents.com
Guinness Bar
Just Pressed Cider justpressedcider.co.uk
The Custom Spirit Co. customspirit.co
The Ice Chef theicechef.co.uk
Hall & Woodhouse hall-woodhouse.co.uk
SILENT POOL GIN silentpooldistillers.com
The Hut Mobile Bar thehutmobilebar.co.uk
Alcohol Off Sales - Beers, Lager, Cider, Spirits, Wines Vendor
Arcane Alchemist Mead arcanealchemist.com
Beckford's Rum beckfordsrum.com
English Spirit Distillery englishspirit.uk
Hampton Court Spirits hamptoncourtgin.com
Jonah's Mead jonahsmead.co.uk
North Rise Events LTD (Kin Toffee Vodka) kinvodka.co.uk
O’Donnell Moonshine odonnellmoonshine.co.uk
Shanty Spirit shantyspirit.com
Lucelas Ltd lucelas.co.uk
Mure Liqueurs Ltd mureliqueurs.com
Shroton Fair Gin Ltd shrotonfairgin.co.uk
Deli, Chutneys, Jams, Pickles, Preserves Vendor
Atrangi Ltd weareatrangi.com
New Forest Bacon
South Paddocks southpaddocks.co.uk
Stony Groves stonygroves.co.uk
Cherry Tree Preserves cherrytreepreserves.co.uk
Kimchi With Everything Ltd kimchiwitheverything.com
The Garlic Farm thegarlicfarm.co.uk
Cakes, Biscuits, Brownies, Patisserie Vendor
Bambi’s Bakes bambisbakes.com
Bella Cannoli bellacannoli.co.uk
Firmy’s Bakes
Lisa’s Luscious Bakes
One Planet Bakery oneplanetbakery.com
Alesha's Baked Creations
Hot Desserts & Cold Lunch Food Option
Baraka Falafel instagram.com/barakafalafellondon
Dimples Diner Catering
ETH Catering
Global Fusion Foods Ltd
Whitelegg Catering
Arts & Crafts Vendor
Beehive Witch
Catherine Potter Crafts etsy.com/shop/ catherinepottercraft
ChilliWinter chilliwinter.co.uk
CLARE SHERIDAN-WALLIS JEWELLERY
claresheridanwallis.com
Deepsea Resin deepsearesin.co.uk
Dimpleda Limited (umbrella crochet) umbrellacrochet.com
Minerals Rock Studio mineralsrockstudio.com
Mitch’s Bespoke Woodwork & Resin mitchsbespokewoodwork.co.uk
Off The Beach ‘n Track
OhDiamondCrafts
Sisarikg Crafts
The Compton Candle Company thecomptoncandlecompany.co.uk
Zooniverse Designs Dreamstitch
Kate Burton Designs
Woolla Woolla Handmade
Magpie and the Mob
Chilli Based Product Vendor
Big Ginger Sauce Co
Bournemouth Chilli Bitz Ltd bournemouthchillibitz.com
Chef Bernie Sauces
Jethro's Marinades and Sauces jethros.co.uk
Grim Reaper Foods Ltd
Halopenos halopenos.com
Jerk Hut jerkhutandco.com
Nelson spicyryes.com
Gingerbeard’s Preserves gingerbeardspreserves.co.uk
Irydium UK
The Olive Architects
The South Devon Chilli Farm southdevonchillifarm.co.uk
Face Painting, Henna, Glitter & Hair
Braid Junkie
Ichhita Arts
Other
Butternut Box
Caribbean Store caribbeanstore.co.uk
Endless Incense endlessincense.co.uk
Olivier’s Bakery oliviersbakery.com
Outdoorsolutions
Peter Symonds College Adult & Higher Education Division ahed.psc.ac.uk
Plenty Pies plentypies.co.uk
Pure Pet Food purepetfood.co.uk
Rough Stuff Oak roughstuffoak.co.uk
Smithy’s Slush Bar
The Scotch Egg Co (SW) Ltd
The Weston Biltong Company Ltd thewestonbiltongcompany.co.uk
Costco Wholesale UK Ltd
Riverford Organic Farmers
RMJ Top Events
Samurai Knives Ltd
Jivana Spices Ltd jivanaspices.co.uk
Jurassic Home Solutions Ltd jurassichomesolutions.co.uk
Untamed Cat Food Ltd untamed.com
Charity Vendor
Psycho Juice hotsauceemporium.co.uk
Samaikya Gerri rishright.com
Spiced Sussex spicedsussex.com
The Chilli Potter thechillipotter.com
Wiltshire Chilli Farm justchillies.co.uk
Callaloo Corner Ltd callaloocorner.com
Carrington Foods Ltd carringtonfoods.co.uk
Hot Pods Chilli Products hotpodschilliproducts.com
Hot Star Honey Ltd hotstarhoney.com
Weymouth51 weymouth51.co.uk
Charity Link obo Guide Dogs guidedogs.org.uk
stepbystep.org.uk www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
Winchester Young Carers
Plants and Seeds Vendor
The Culmstock Chilli Co theculmstockchillico.co.uk
Olives, Dried Fruit, Nuts, Turkish Delight &
Chocolate, Confectionery & Fudge Vendor
N&D Sweet Dreams Ltd
New Forest Shortbread Ltd newforestshortbread.co.uk
Novelty Items Vendor paraheroes.sumupstore.com
Ice Cream Vendor
Purbeck Ice Cream purbeckicecream.co.uk
Mid Sussex Super Cream mid-sussexsupercream.co.uk
Sponsor/Partner
Amcotshire Accountants amcotshire.com
Anytime Fitness anytimefitness.co.uk/gyms/uk0064/winchester-england-so23-8ry
Home Instead homeinstead.co.uk
Marshall Mercedes marshall.co.uk/mercedes-benz
Roost Heating roostheating.co.uk
