Foodie fun is continuing in Cockermouth today as thousands of visitors enjoy a mouth-watering array of events.

Cookery demonstrations, a Prosecco picnic area and taste trails are all part of an action-packed second day at the festival.

A food market, with 80 stalls, is based on the Main Street while a hot food court has been set up in Market Place.

Manon Plouffe, from Wild Zucchinis Bistro, lead a demonstration in a marquee in the town centre.

She said: "We were a bit scared but the the audience was superb and asked a lot of questions.

"Everyone has been really lovely, I'd like to say thank you to them for coming."

The festival opened on Friday with an official launch at Jennings Brewery as well as a six-course meal, prepared by Michelin star chef Kevin Tickle at Wordsworth House.

Here's all you need to know:

Free events

Main Street producers’ market and street entertainment - 10am to 5pm

Market Place hot food court and entertainment - 10am to 5pm

Children’s rides, entertainment and giant sandpit next to Sainsbury’s, Station Road - 10am to 5pm

Coffee Kitchen Company - Grub club with Andy Walsh of The Coffee Kitchen - 3pm Saturday and Sunday

Beer festival

Taking place at The Maltings, Jennings Brewery, the beer festival has free entry for the first time

Friday, 5pm to 10pm

Saturday, 11am to 10pm

Sunday, noon to 4pm

Free demonstrations

(Main Street marquee, Saturday and Sunday)

10am - Carvetii, Cumbria’s Coffee Roasters

Noon - Rich Collingwood, Cottage in the Wood, Whinlatter

1pm Brandon Shepherd, Rothay Manor, Ambleside

2pm - Sarah Kekus, The Health Architect, Cockermouth

3pm - Luke Whittle, The Forest Side, Grasmere

4pm Jon Fell, The Green Room Restaurant, Rosehill

Masterclasses

(Cockermouth Kitchen Company, Market Place - Saturday and Sunday - entry £10 on the door)

11am Sarah Kekus, The Health Architect - what a nutritionist really eats

Noon Helen Askew, The Tipsy Filly - fun and fancy cocktails

1pm Maria Benjamin - making soap from milk

3pm Andy Walsh


Elsewhere in the town

Cafe-bar pizza night at The Coffee Kitchen, Challoner Street - this evening

Laurent Perrier Champagne bar, Trout Hotel's Terrace Courtyard where guests can mix their own cocktails with The Lakes Gin and The Lakes Vodka, a Peroni bar with Peroni cocktails, barbecue and tapas - Saturday and Sunday from 11am

Gin-themed weekend at Strolling4Shoes on Main Street offering a free miniature with every purchase

Shill's of Cockermouth will host a Spanish showcase of food and drink on Saturday and live music on Sunday

Taste trails

Two trails - one for little foodies and one for grown ups - will guide visitors around the town and into local businesses. Ask for maps at the information point on Main Street.