Broughton Bakery from Nether Broughton has signed up as the 100th exhibitor at this year's annual Melton Mowbray Food Festival.

The Melton Mowbray Food Festival is one of the largest regional food festivals in the country, set in the heart of the town known as the UK's Rural Capital of Food. It will be held in the town's Cattle Market from 4-5 October 2014.

Broughton Bakery joins other food and drink producers from the East Midlands and beyond. At the Festival, visitors will be able to sample not only the local, traditional Melton Mowbray Pork Pies and Stilton Cheese, but also a range of delicious foods such as stunning new alcoholic ice creams, artisan cheeses, gold-infused bubbly, steamed puddings, chocolate kebabs, gourmet British game, locally-brewed ales and many more.

Laura Medhurst from Broughton Bakery said: “I am greatly looking forward to the Festival and seeing what the local producers have to offer.”

Tickets are priced at £6 on the day or £5 in advance from www.goleicestershire.com/foodfestival online or in person from Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe in Melton Mowbray.

For more details on the Festival, visit www.meltonmowbrayfoodfestival.co.uk. The Festival is organised by the Melton Mowbray Food Partnership, with support from Samworth Brothers, NFU Mutual, Bouverie Lodge and Melton Borough Council.