The sights and smells of sumptuous food and drink will dance its way through Brecon town this weekend, with the return of the Brecon Beacons Food Festival.

As one of the oldest and most well-established food festivals in Wales, the event is promised to showcase an incredible blend of the most delicious food and drink exhibitors the local area has to offer.

The Welsh Tasting Table is a new innovation at this years’ event, being held at the Market Hall in the centre of Brecon town on Saturday, October 1.

Indeed, the Welsh Tasting Table is a new innovation across any food festival, although organisers remark that they stand to be corrected on that.

The table is hosted by the brilliant food maestro Shirley Friend, local to Brecon, of catering company Fingers and Forks. Shirley takes products from food and drink producers exhibiting at the food festival, and demonstrates how you can make at-home delicious snacks for all to enjoy.

The Welsh Tasting Table starts at 10 am with a series of Brunch Tasters:

• Jam Swirl Mini Danish using local Jam / Preserve plus some to display and taste on this slice of baguette

• Crostini made from bakery? Bread topped with Carmarthen Ham and drizzled with Welsh Bee Co Honey

• Gwella Lamb Charcuterie and a Cheese on Baguette with Pleasantly Pickled Chutney

The Welsh Tasting table continues with Brunch tasters at 11.30am with:

• Cheese Selection with Cradocs Crackers, slices of organic buttered bread, chutneys and relishes to accompany Afal Graig Cider

• Trailhead Beef Jerky with Pembrokeshire Chilli Co Fire Cider Chilli Sauce

• Da Mhile Seaweed Gin Scones topped with Teifi Seaweed Cheese

The Welsh Tasting table changes at 1.00pm to light lunches:

• Samasaco – find out what products displaying and use a selection of dips to accompany

• Make Mini kebabs on cocktail sticks marinated in Welsh Saucery pineapple and habanero sauce plus mango, chilli and lime sauce.

• Patagonia Pasties empanadas cut up and displayed

• Fair and Fabulous Beer Bread cooked and cut into pieces – Chakalaka Sauce to accompany

• Llanfaes Ice Cream & Da Mhile Dark Skies Rum Shots

The Welsh Tasting table changes tack again at 2.30pm with afternoon tea:

• There is an extra bonus in that Geoff Meredith from Morgans Brew who could be considered as a whacky wizard of teas

• Mini Fat Bottom Welsh Cakes on own plus made into tea fancies – ie sandwiched with lemon icing – lavender icing

• Slices of Bread & Butter Pudding made with Little Black Hen Curds

• Two Greedy Catering Gluten Free Cake Choc Shop Brownies

If that line-up isn’t making you salivate - then nothing will!