French Market is coming back to Ely
THE MARCHE DE FRANCE team of French traders, is pleased to announce that like
previous years, they will be coming back to Ely mid-June, bringing once again a
full scale French Market, to the town centre on Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and
Sunday 18th June.
The showpiece of the French market will be a magnificent cheese lorry with a huge selection of French cheeses from both Normandy and many other regions of France. There will also be a wide range of charcuterie including wonderful sausages and salamis. The bread stall, with its wonderful varieties of bread baked on site will also be part of the market. Coming from Normandy, there will also be a large stall offering three types of cider plus real apple juice, and not forgetting calvados and pommeau - alcoholic drinks made from delicious Normandy apples. Other goodies to tempt the taste buds will include olives, wine from the Loire valley and Bordeaux area, smoked ham, calvados saucissons, paté normand, sweets, honey, pure butter, homemade biscuits and cakes, duck and goose products, cheesecakes and, of course, garlic!
For those with a sweet tooth there will be wonderful farm made jams and homemade apple and calvados fondant cakes, as well as the hugely popular crepe stall. For those with any room left, the sweet stall will also be making fresh pralines on site.
And there's not just food and drink; other products for sale will include soap from Marseille, lavender, beauty products, basketwork, table linen, and many other items.
Organised in partnership with East Cambs District Council, the market should once again attract many visitors from both the town and the surrounding areas, benefiting all the local shops with the increased footfall. On the Saturday, Ely's Farmers Market will also be operating, so Ely Town Centre is going to be buzzing!
The market will be held on the Market Place on Friday and Sunday, and along Dolphin Lane and the High Street, between 9am and 5pm (4.30pm on the Sunday).
For more information, please contact Marjorie or Martine on marche-de-france@wanadoo.fr or call 0033 228 535132 or 07980 865832.