Feastival served up some good food and good times at the WLS Convention Centre on Oct. 16.
The event is an opportunity for residents to try a variety of food.
“Feastival is a food sampling, come and go event,” said Tammy Dyck, Lloyd Ex event manager. “With your ticket purchase you get four tokens. Each of those tokens you can choose from, I think there’s eight menu items this year, and you can choose out of those items which one you want to give a token for and try.”
The event has been a Lloyd staple for a number of years, garnering a large crowd and a positive reception.
“It’s been going about 14 years,” she said.
All the food is locally sourced from area providers.
“We’ve got Chatsworth Farm, a couple of the colonies, My Little Patch of Heaven, Midwest Fresh (Produce),” said Dyck. “We keep it as local as we can.”
This year, food was served by some familiar faces around Lloydminster.
“We’ve got Kurt Price and his wife Heather. We have the Mayor (Gerald Aalbers) and his wife (Christine Aalbers), a couple of the Steelers. We have Peter Brown from Co-op,” said Dyck.
Food was also served by local producers, which is new this year. There were eight dishes served for people to try, including two desserts.
“This year, you’re going to see a roasted beet and feta salad, scotch broth, which is lamb. We have beef stroganoff, bison tacos,” she said. “Chicken and Yorkshire and a pork tourtiere. Desserts this year are a Bannock with fresh berries, honey, flavoured with cinnamon and a carrot cookie with cream cheese filling.”
Feastival is an event organizers hope to see return every year.
“Hopefully it’s one that keeps going,” said Dyck. “Just the fact that we get to have everything local, so, it’s nice to support them while they support us.”
Other local producers who gave to Feastival include Range Road Farms, Seila Phillips, Mannville Colony, Weaver Farms, Ron and Terra Weaver, Saskatoon U-Pick, Elk Valley Ranchers, The Cheesiry, Ribstone Colony, Mitchell Farms, Lower Shannon Farms, Holmedal Farms and Six Acre Homestead.
