The famous Bere Apple Fest takes place in and around Bere Ferrers Church Hall on Saturday October 13. The event starts at 1.30pm until 5pm and again features a host of interesting guest experts, demonstrations and a chance for visitors to bring along their apples and turn them into juice. Apple products, including cakes, pies, sauces and the famous Bere Toffee Apples will be on sale. Refreshments will also be available. The popular Apple Pie Baking competition returns, with the promise of fabulous prizes ? there are two classes: one for adults and young people over 12, and another for children. In the adult class, entrants will bake a pie of their choice before the event. The children?s classes are for 5-8 years and 8-11 years to bake an apple pie of their choice. The adult winner will receive a Horn of Plenty food hamper, prepared by master chef Peter Gorton, who will officially opening the Fest. For the children?s winner, Peter will visit their school and do a demonstration. A number of competitions will be run for children at the Apple Fest, such as old favourites, the longest apple peel and a competition called Animals Made From Apples, with entries made at home and brought to the Fest. Geoffrey Cox MP will present the prizes. And there will be a competition for all ages ? entrants will be invited to compose a limerick about, and containing the names of, apples. Entry forms for the Apple Pie Baking competition and the Limerick competition are available from the usual outlets. Endsleigh Nurseries at Milton Abbot will be on hand to give advice about purchasing fruit trees and will have a range of trees on display and for sale.
