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Gorgeous autumn weekend
Ironbridge will be getting Gorgeous this October with an exhibition of the region’s finest crafts and foods. The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust and The Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft are bringing together a mix of some of the finest craftspeople for the Gorgeous Exhibition which takes place over the weekend of October 9th and 10th. For the third year running there will also be a Food Hall filled with a range of delicacies from across Shropshire. The exhibition will be held at Enginuity, Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge, Shropshire and will include over 35 designers and makers from The Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft. The exhibitions’s food hall will feature Shrewsbury-based Bonbonniere Chocolates and Ironbridge-based Queenies Cupcakery. Melanie Fallon, who runs the organic gourmet chocolate company, Bonbonniere Chocolates, said: “Last year was our first time at Gorgeous. And it was fantastic for us.” Bonbonniere, who won the prestigious Heart of England Fine Foods (HEFF) Diamond Awards for 2009 with their cardamom chocolate will be selling their mouth-watering range of fresh, handmade chocolate including ginger, luxury champagne and aromatic orange. Queenies Cupcakery, from Ironbridge, are a new exhibitor at the fair this year. Queenies, run by niece and auntie duo Kaye and Claire Shaw opened their Ironbridge shop in April of this year and have been making between 100 -1,000 sumptuous cupcakes daily ever since. Kaye said: “We’ve been really busy since we opened, not only do we have the shop, but we also supply cupcakes as favours, as wedding cakes and we also offer a retro 1950s party service.” Other exhibitors at this year’s Gorgeous include The Green Cow Deli and Farm Shop, Bridgnorth, Heathers Harvest, Wil’s Smokehouse and Strefford Hall. Entrance to Gorgeous is £2.50 per person, under 12s go free. Further details are available from the Shropshire Guild’s website at: www.shropshireguild.co.uk or the Ironbridge Visitor Information Centre on
