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  1. Comber Earlies Food Festival
    A celebration of the local PGI status Comber Earlies potatoes and the delicious local food and drink offering, with guest chefs and cookery demonstrations, an artisan food market, live music, family entertainment, crafting and more!
  2. Comber Earlies Recipes
    Comber Earlies potatoes have enjoyed Protected Geographical Indication status since 2012. A recognition of their unique taste and flavour thanks to the micro-climate in which they’re grown in the rich soil of the Ards Peninsula and Comber areas. There are many ways to cook these famous potatoes, here is some inspiration to try at home...
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Local providers are running lots of fabulous foodie activities across the borough as part of this celebration of food and drink, find out more and book some delicious treats below….
  1. Male and female couple at kitchen table with Tracey.  The male is pouring baking flour from bag into a bowl.
    Tracey's cottage is located only 30 minutes from Belfast in a Marine Nature Reserve on Strangford Lough. Join her to make Soda and Wheaten Breads and to enjoy a feast of homemade treats around the Farmhouse Kitchen table. A hands on experience.
    1. 1 Jan 202531 Dec 2025
  2. Tracey sitting with a couple enjoying bakes goods and tea
    Enjoy the beauty of Strangford Lough from your own canoe and relax in the serenity of your surroundings before tucking into tasty treats in an 18th century thatched cottage in an area of outstanding natural beauty just 40 minutes from Belfast.
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