A Taste Of Trafford – Our local food market in Altrincham – April 22nd 2012

A Taste Of Trafford in 2011

Taste Of Trafford is one of the finest events in Altrincham’s calender

After a few years of running one big annual event in September, the organizer’s have decided to run it several times a year with this being the 2nd extra event after a trial at Christmas

Not been to Taste Of Trafford before – it’s some of Trafford finest restaurant and foodie types coming together complete with its own currency Tesetas

Altrincham HQ questioned  just a few of the stall holders about their foodie delights

Vintage Ts

VINTAGE Ts – Tweet @VintageTs

Vintage Afternoon Teas will be bringing along lots of tea and cake which we’re hoping you won’t be able to resist. We only serve Teapigs tea (which is proper leaf tea), their everyday blend, Darjeeling Earl Grey and Superfruit (we’ll be selling boxes of Teapigs tea at the market too). We’ll have coffee for non tea drinkers and cups of orange squash for children. Meanwhile, what could be nicer to munch at the market or take home for tea than a decent slice of proper homebaked cake? Carrot cake, victoria sandwich, courgette cake, coffee cake and marmalade cake. Scones baked fresh that morning, with clotted cream and strawberry jam, will feature in our “Afternoon tea bags” specially designed to take home for tea. Spend a few tesetas with us and you’ll be joining a growing band of fans and regular customers.

Everything’s vegetarian on our stall, especially the carrot cake and courgette cake!

We operate from a kitchen in Altrincham, delivering afternoon teas and cakes all over Manchester and Cheshire for birthdays, hen parties, christenings and other celebrations, or just tea with friends. We have a huge collection of vintage china and table linens for hire too, to make an occasion extra special. We can set up a pop-up tea room almost anywhere: future events include a monthly tea room at Sale Town Hall and a tea room for Homemade Heaven, a new vintage and craft market in Hale. www.vintageafternoonteas.co.uk

Vintage Afternoon Teas has been up and running since 2010 and we’ve never advertised, we’ve grown through word of mouth recommendation, so events like this are really important for us. It gives us another opportunity to meet and chat to new customers and let them taste our wares. Personally I love being at events like Taste of Trafford, I like meeting people and I’m a big fan of Altrincham market and know lots of other people feel the same.

As an alternative to traditional advertising, we’ve used facebook and twitter to communicate with local people who are interested in Vintage Afternoon Teas. Twitter has been really successful, helping us to meet new customers and suppliers and to advertise events. Facebook is a great way medium for quick updates and photo albums. If you want to see photos of our tea parties and cakes, our photo gallery on www.facebook.com/vintageafternoonteas is a good places to go. If you like us on facebook, you’ll hear about our events first. Follow us @VintageTs on twitter.

Everything will be great value I promise, come on a cup of amazing tea for £1, a slice of homebaked cake for £2, and a full afternoon tea (packet of finger sandwiches, leaf tea bag, scone with jam and clotted cream and a slice of cake) for £5. When I say £, I mean tesetas (you can buy books of tesetas on the day).

Lush Brownies

LUSH BROWNIES  – Tweet @lushbrownies

Taste Of Anatolia

TASTE OF ANATOLIA – Tweet @tasteofanatolia