Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May 2013
A two day food fayre on the Guildhall Forecourt
Stalls selling quality local produce will pack the Guildhall Forecourt on both days. Saturday 0900am to 5.00pm and Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Stalls Include:
Delf Farm Shop, Fruit and Veg
Scrumalicious Cakes
Hearts Delight Fruit Juices
Deliciously Made For You Choc Tarts
Barnsole Wines
Ickle Pickle
Pip Cider
Little Brittany Crepes
Enzo's Bakery
A La Margarida Hot Food
O'er The Moon confectionery
Seaside Spice Smoked Produce
Creative Foodie
Godmersham Game venison burgers and sausages
Creative Vegetarian Catering
Farmhouse Kitchen, Cheeses, jams, honey
Solleys Ice Cream
Stalls in the street
Market Street will be closed to traffic both days.
Stalls will include the sandwich making compettion, local caterers including Elizavets Greek Restaurant; Crispin Inn, Geroge and Dragon and some general interest stalls selling a range of products
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- for booking information click here
The 2013 festival of the sandwich - the 'Sandwich Bites' competition to find the 'Sandwich of Sandwich 2013'
Three categories:
- Best Commercial producer (last year Market Inn)
- Best club or society (last year Sonsbeck Twinning Association)
- Best Individual (last year Frances Perry)
A preliminary round will be held in Market Street on Saturday with finals on Sunday. Judges will include Shane Godwin, Manager Bell Hotel, Veronica Liote, organiser Food Fayre and Paul Barber, Chief Executive of Discovery Park.
Stuart Antony who played Ben Smith in The Bill and Simon White in Eastenders will front the public vote to decide the finalists of the annual 'Sandwich Bites' competition on Saturday.
Stuart, who has also appeared in television's Silent Witness and played alongside Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins in the film 'Mrs Henderson Presents' will be one of the three judges to decide the overall Sandwich of Sandwich winner on Sunday.
Click here for competition rules.
For a brief history of the sandwich click here
Family Fun Area
A bouncy castle, slides and rides will be open both days on the Quay Green. The FunFair is being managed by a professional company and will be a great day out fro all the family.
The Sandwich Celebration 2012 celebrated the 250th anniversary of the 'invention' of the sandwich by the 4th Earl of Sandwich.
The Celebration was a most enjoyable weekend. Rather than take this web page down we have left it up with some links to the many World Wide news and TV articles that covered the event.
We also have a photo gallery: Click Here.
This Russian TV clip has some lovely footage:
http://www.5-tv.ru/news/54472/
See these two German TV clips. The first is in English. It's four minutes long, so it may take a few moments to load. The second is in German:
http://mediacenter.dw.de/english/video/item/503179/The_Legacy_of_Sandwich/
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/1642530/250.-Geburtstag-des-Sandwiches#/beitrag/video/1642530/250.-Geburtstag-des-Sandwiches
See all these links - global coverage indeed!
British town of Sandwich celebrates 250 years of sandwiches
StarPhoenix
Historians are sceptical of the claim that the earl actually invented the sandwich, arguing it belongs to a long line of bread-based snacks stretching back much further than the 18th century, but this has not stopped the town from celebrating its local ...
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UK town celebrates 250 years of sandwiches
Daily Monitor
By AFP (email the author) The British town of Sandwich will Sunday stage a dramatic re-enactment of the moment when the town's earl was said to have invented the sandwich, to mark the 250th anniversary of the bread-based snack.
Trying to make the 250yearold sandwich new again The Globe and Mail
Eleventh Earl of Sandwich John Montagu eats a sandwich in this handout photo ... a sharp dagger brandished it at the Eleventh Earl of Sandwich plunged it ...
7 questions on sandwiches
BBC News
Historians argue, however, that the sandwich belongs to a long line of bread-based snacks stretching down the centuries. Test yourself on the humble snack. What was John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, doing when he ordered his manservant to bring ...
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Portsmouth fillers
The Guardian
John Robson London • On the 250th anniversary of the first sandwich (Born and bread, 12 May), named after the fourth Earl of Sandwich, we should be relieved that the original Earl, John Montagu, was unsuccessful in seeking his preferred title, the Earl ... |
UK town celebrates 250th anniversary of sandwiches
Business Standard
PTI / London May 13, 2012, 18:05 The British town of Sandwich today celebrated the 250th anniversary of the moment when its Earl invented the bread-based meal that would go on to become a global convenience snack. The first written record of the ...
250 YEARS OF THE WORLD'S HANDIEST MEAL...THE SANDWICH
Express.co.uk
Better known as the 11th Earl of Sandwich, he is recreating the scene 250 years ago when his ancestor the 4th Earl gave us the world's most enduring item of fast food. Nobody suggests that the 4th Earl, the First Lord of the Admiralty who was blamed ...
Sandwich celebrates its 250th anniversary
Times of India
John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, is said to be the man after whom the sandwich was named, 250 years back. When he ordered beef served between slices of bread about 250 years ago he probably did not think his request would become a global ...
Sandwich celebrates 250th birthday
GlobalPost
(Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images) A British town has marked 250 years since the sandwich was invented by its fourth Earl, John Montagu. According to the Independent newspaper, the first written record of the sandwich dates back to 1762, and the story goes ...
Had they not clicked, sandwiches may well have been rubber flip-flops
Economic Times
So, we must thank whoever invented the sandwich even if the eponymous English earl was not, as some historians aver, the first one to come up with the idea of putting meaty morsels between two pieces of bread for easy consumption, a mere 250 years ago.
Sandwich's 250th anniversary
Hindu Business Line
PTI The British town of Sandwich today celebrated the 250th anniversary of the moment when its Earl invented the bread-based meal that would go on to become a global convenience snack. The first written record of the sandwich was in 1762 and the Kent ...
The Sandwich Revolution
ABC Online (blog)
That was the clever idea of the Earl of Sandwich which gave rise to a food revolution. As its popularity spread a sandwich was regarded as restaurant fare, not the convenient fast food it is today. But it seems the humble sandwich is going through a ...
A history of popular sandwiches
St. Thomas Times-Journal
The handy meal - or at least, its name - was born in 1762 when John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, is said to have asked servants for cuts of beef between slices of bread so that he could eat while continuing to play cards.
World briefs
Times of Malta
Dressed in 18th-century costume, actors recreated the night when the John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich – a rapacious card-player – “called for a slice of beef between two toasted pieces of bread so that he could carry on gaming uninterrupted”.
Diary: How sandwich celebrations were left with a bitter taste
The Independent
It is an undisputed fact that the sandwich is named after John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, who served several terms as First Lord of the Admiralty. He sponsored Captain Cook's round-the-world voyage in 1778, which is why Cook gave the name of ...
The Sandwich's 250th Birthday | Long Island Press
Sunday marked the 250th birthday of everyone's favorite lunch item, the sandwich. The sandwich was put together by the Earl of Sandwich, so on Sunday the.
www.longislandpress.com/.../the-sandwichs-250th-birthday/
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UK town celebrates 250th anniversary of sandwiches
The story goes that fourth Earl of Sandwich asked for beef served between slices of bread so that he could eat while continuing to play cards and his friends ...
www.dailypioneer.com/.../65085-uk-town-celebrates-250th-an...
PM - The humble sandwich turns 250 14/05/2012
According to legend, it's 250 years since the John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, called for a slice of beef between two toasted pieces of bread so that he ...
www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3502579.htm
Town celebrates sandwich history - The West Australian
Dressed in 18th-century costume, actors on Sunday recreated the night when John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich - a keen card player - "called for a slice ...
au.news.yahoo.com/.../town-celebrates-sandwich-history/
Pass the mayo the sandwich has existed for 250 years msnNOW
The town actually "staged a dramatic reenactment" of the history-changing card game when the fourth Earl of Sandwich asked for "a slice of beef between two ...
now.msn.com/living/0514-sandwich-250-anniversary.aspx |
Anniversary of the Sandwich « Voices from Russia
By 01varvara
Exactly 250 years ago, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, playing cards, put meat between two slices of bread. That was the birth of the true English sandwich. According to legend, the Earl of Sandwich became very hungry during a card ...
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Celebrate British Sandwich Week with a Bacon Butty | Tellyspotting
By Bill Young
While we are still several months away from the 294th birthday of the Earl of Sandwich (3 November, 2012) and National Sandwich Day, it's time to pay tribute to the 250th anniversary of the invention of the sandwich during British Sandwich ...
Tellyspotting |
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR SANGER?
By Wendy Harmer
The current earl will host a huge sandwich lunch in tribute to “the fourth earl of Sandwich who, 250 years ago, had his masterly inspiration in creating the universal fast food the world knows and loves,” according to posters for the event.
TheHoopla |
The great British culinary success story - Wharf
By Giles Broadbent
Some 250 years ago, the aforementioned Earl of Sandwich demanded "bits of cold meat" between bread. His contemporaries ordered "the same as Sandwich" and so one of the great British culinary success stories was born. The British ...
Wharf |
UK town marks 250 years of sandwiches
Pakistan Observer
London—The British town of Sandwich will Sunday stage a dramatic re-enactment of the moment when the town's earl was said to have invented the sandwich, to mark the 250th anniversary of the bread-based snack. Dressed in 18th-century costume, ...
Capital News » British town of Sandwich celebrates 250 years of ...
Dressed in 18th-century costume, actors will recreate the night when the John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich — a rapacious card-player — “called for a ...
www.capital
British town of Sandwich celebrates 250 years of sandwiches | All ...
By allkenyanews
Dressed in 18th-century costume, actors will recreate the night when the John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich — a rapacious card-player — “called for a slice of beef between two toasted pieces of bread so that he could carry on gaming ...
All Kenya News |
Vegan Appetite: Happy Birthday to the Sandwich! Win a Book!
By Tami
"It may come as a surprise that the term “sandwich” comes from a shady and corrupt past. The 4th Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, was a very wealthy and opinionated aristocrat. According to history, he was opposed to any kind of democratic ...
Vegan Appetite |
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English town celebrates 250 years of the sandwich
Radio New Zealand
The English town of Sandwich is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the meal which bears its name. The first written record of the sandwich was in 1762 when John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, asked for a dish of beef served between slices of ...
Sandwich celebrates 250th birthday
UPI.com
SANDWICH, England, May 12 (UPI) -- Residents of Sandwich, England, are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the invention of the sandwich, first ordered by the fourth earl of Sandwich. History says the earl, John Montagu, first ordered a sandwich in ...
Sandwich celebrates 250 years of its culinary namesake
The Independent
Residents of the Kent town of Sandwich will discover just who among them makes the best sandwich today as they celebrate the 250th anniversary of the culinary creation. The current Earl of Sandwich, and other judges, will sample the final entries in ...
BBC NEWS - Sandwich celebrates 250th anniversary of the sandwich
When John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, ordered beef served between slices of bread about 250 years ago he probably did not think his request would ...
m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18010424
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Fete British Sandwich Week with recipe for wasabi roast beef sarnie
Yahoo! Philippines News
Legend has it that the ubiquitous food item consumed the world over as a lunchtime staple, portable snack and one-handed meal was created in 1762 by the 4th Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, during a 24-hour gambling streak in which he called for some ...
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Sandwich celebrates 250th anniversary of the sandwich
BBC News
When John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, ordered beef served between slices of bread about 250 years ago he probably did not think his request would become a global convenience meal. The story goes that the Earl asked for the particular serving ... |
h celebrates 250th anniversary of the sandwich
BBC News
When John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, ordered beef served between slices of bread about 250 years ago he probably did not think his request would become a global convenience meal. The story goes that the Earl asked for the particular serving ... |
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Kent: A feast of sandwiches and a celebration of Dickens
The Independent
The Sandwich Celebrations (sandwichevents.info; 12-13 May) will mark the moment when John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, wrapped two slices of bread around a tasty filling, 250 years ago. The present Earl – the 11th – will host special events around ... |
Happy Birthday, Sandwich!
Sacramento Bee
But did you know the sandwich has a tantalizing history? In 1762 John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of a small town in the United Kingdom called Sandwich, was on a winning streak while playing cards during a heated match. He refused to leave the playing ...
A tasty tribute to the Earl of Sandwich | Cuban Travels
On a twelfth day of May in 1762, John Montagu, improved famous as a 4th Earl of Sandwich, was on a winning strain during a gaming list and refused to leave to ...
www.cubantravels.net/?p=991
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Matthew Christian
Re-enactment
A re-enactment of the very moment when the Fouth Earl called for a sandwich. The photo below shows the Earl at the age he may have been when he called for a slice of beef between two toasted pieces of bread so that he could carry on gaming un-interrupted. The re-enactment will be in the street.
 
Sandwich Bites - Rules and guidance
The Sandwich Celebration
Saturday 11th May and Sunday 12th May 2013
- There are 3 categories for entry to the competition :
1) Professional Food Caterers – pubs, cafes, restaurants etc.
2) Organised Clubs and Societies , and
3) Individuals
- In keeping with the original Sandwich, all sandwiches in the 2013 ‘Sandwich Bites’ competition should consist of at least 2 layers of bread.
- The competition shall be in two parts, with all-comers sandwich entries, being judged on the afternoon of Saturday 11th May 2013. At this first stage entries will be given a category and number only, so the judges will not know the name/origin of competitors.
- A second stage will follow on Sunday 12th May 2013 for those 3 sandwich entries in each of the three categories being a maximum of 9 entries in total, taking part in a live final on the afternoon of Sunday 12th May 2013.
- Awards will be made on the basis of – ‘Commended’ in the first round of judging, finalist recognition and prize for all those invited to take part in the final, and a permanent framed certificate to those who come first in each of the 3 categories.
Taking Part
- Part 1 – Market Street, Saturday 11th May 2013
Entries in all 3 categories are asked to bring their assembled sandwiches to Market Street on Saturday 12th May between 12.00 noon and 1.30pm, where display tables will be in the 3 categories. Judging will commence at 2pm. Entries will be provided with plates (unless they have brought their own) on which to display their sandwich.
Each entrant will be given a numbered card, onto which they will be asked to write the key 5 ingredients of their sandwich, and then place the card by their sandwich.
- Part 2 – Market Street, Sunday 12th May 2013
Entrants that are invited to take part in the final should bring their ingredients/ pre-prepared sandwich components to Market Street for no later than 12.30pm on Sunday 12th May. There will be up to an hour to assemble their sandwiches ‘live’ and then allow the public to look at the entries. Judges will sample the entries at 2pm before announcing the winners.
GOOD LUCK !
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SANDWICH AND THE ‘SANDWICH’.
Sandwich is one the five original Cinque (pronounced sink) ports formed in the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066). These ports were of great importance to England in the early days of their formation with clearly defined duties and privileges, chief among which was to supply ships and men for the use of the king. Sandwich at this time was the most important port in the country.
Sandwich continued to play an important role in the history of England; in 1164 Archbishop Thomas Becket embarked at Sandwich for Gravelines returning six months later, before proceeding on to Canterbury where he was murdered in the same year. 1194 saw Richard 1 landing at Sandwich on his return from the crusades and in 1457 Sandwich suffered a surprise attack from the French when four thousand men, mainly from Honfleur in Normandy, descended on the town, killing and pillaging and murdering the mayor, John Drury. They were eventually defeated and returned to France beginning a long period of enmity between the two towns and it was not until 1957 that good relations were finally restored. Today the mayor of Sandwich still wears black robes although Sandwich is now happily twinned with Honfleur.
THE ‘SANDWICH’ CONNECTION.
Why did Edward Montagu choose the title ‘Sandwich’ when offered an Earldom by Charles 11? The Montagu family owned no land or property in East Kent. The fact is that he saw the choice of the title Earl of Sandwich as a compliment to the naval importance of this historic Cinque Port and as such it was fitting for a man who had personally escorted the king safely back to England aboard his flagship. He went on to have a successful diplomatic and naval career, before dying at the Battle of Sole Bay.
The second and third Earls did not have particularly distinguished careers; it was John , fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792) who was to be best remembered ….for ordering a piece of beef to be served between two slices of bread while reputedly at the gaming tables. The first written record of the word ‘sandwich’ came in 1762 from the English author, scholar and diarist Edward Gibbon, who wrote in his journal for November 4th of that year ‘ I dined at the Cocoa Tree…. That respectable body affords every evening a sight truly English. Twenty or thirty of the first men in the kingdom… supping at little tables… upon a bit of cold meat, or a Sandwich.’
However, John Montagu, the fourth Earl, had other claims to fame… he was a man of his time, able and ambitious, he made friends and enemies in his long political career. Sportsman, soldier, gambler, music lover and diplomat, he travelled widely. Naval affairs became his main interest and he was three times appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. He was a patron of Captain Cook who named the Islands (now Hawaii) in his honour and after Cook’s death there he edited his journals. Involved in Naval reforms he was unfairly blamed for failure during the American War of Independence.
He had children by his then wife, Dorothy Fane and later by his mistress of seventeen years, Martha Ray, an opera singer, who was murdered outside Covent Garden by a rejected suitor.
The Sandwich Celebration aims to pay tribute to this great man and his enduring culinary legacy.
For further information please contact:
Mandy Wilkins
01304 612860
mandywilkins@f2s.com
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