Saffron Walden Food Tour: Taste Award-Winning Local Delights

Food tasting and cultural tours of historic Saffron Walden with professional food guide. Taste award winning food and drinks, made in the town centre, enough for a satisfying meal! Meet the business owners and food producers. Explore Saffron Walden 900 year old market place and the history of the town named after the worlds most expensive Spice!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Saffron Walden - Explore a variety of independent food venues and shops, sampling unique food and drink products at each stop.

Learn about the culinary and retail history of our historic town center streets and view landmarks such as St. Mary’s Church, the 900-year-old market square, and the Grade 1 listed Sun Inn on Church Street.

What's Included
  • Snacks
  • Retail and food history of the town
Location
Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre
Market Street
The Tourist Information centre is located on the corner of the central market place next to the town hall. Look for the guide outside the information centre with navy bag and Hello Food Tour purple fork logo.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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838lesleyf
Oct 30, 2024
Walking food tour - Really informative walk around town with some great food as well. Saffron Walden is a great town with lovely independent retailers
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Sophid73
Sep 25, 2024
Fantastic food tour - a must do in Saffron Walden - This is a fantastic food tour. Rachel is very informative and knowledgeable about local foods. She has created a great tour. Our group loved it, and I highly recommend it!
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Primroseunited
Sep 21, 2024
Excellent food tour of Bishops Stortford - Had a fabulous tour with Hello food tours in Bishops Stortford. Rachel was a great guide. The restaurants and cafes we visited were friendly and welcoming and keen to talk us through what food we were going to taste. All were delicious and we had plenty of variety. I would recommend this is as a gift for friends and family or for a good day out to treat yourself!
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Relax23329789091
Sep 11, 2024
Bishops Stortford food tour - excellent - My lovely friends bought me this amazing tour for my birthday. Right from the start Rachel was very informative and friendly. The food stops were all independent and very individual. Loads of delicious food ( especially the burger at East 17) really enjoyed it Thoroughly recommend this tour , want to try the Saffron Waldron one now !! Won’t be eating again for at least 24 hours 😊
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Caroline
Sep 6, 2024
The best food tour in the UK. - The best food tour I’ve taken! Rachel is fabulous- informative, a huge gold mine of food knowledge and history. The food outlets were perfectly picked for us, all locally produced fresh food and drinks served with care and expertise.
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Liz76157
Jul 17, 2024
A must if you love your food. - Can’t recommend this tour enough! We visited 8 local businesses and had plenty of samples. Each venue was well picked and Rachel, our tour guide, or the owners explained about the origins of all the food we were tasting. Rachel also gave us really interesting information about the history of the town. It’s obviously something she loves as she was so enthusiastic which made it all very enjoyable and the time flew by. We also got a better rate as we booked direct and had a block booking for 7 of us.
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Meander13661215525
Jul 9, 2024
Yummy tour in Saffron Walden! - We had a wonderful time on the food tour with Rachel in the beautiful town of Saffron Walden! I would thoroughly recommend it, even if, like me, you are local! ( Our friends weren't). Rachel was a superb guide, telling us lots of interesting stories about the town, and how things had changed over the years. We must have visited 8 different establishments, where we met the owners, and sampled the fare. The food was all delicious, and portions were very very generous! We certainly did not need an evening meal! I would highly recommend this tour! Thank you Rachel!
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Joolsdares
Jun 19, 2024
Fabulous Food Tour - Rachel ran this tour for my parents on their 60th wedding anniversary, taking in the special nature of the occasion and the needs of a couple in their eighties! They absolutely loved all the people and places they visited, and how well they were looked after by Rachel. A great idea for a gift or a treat.
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543tamiw
Jun 19, 2024
A very enjoyable tour! - Such a great tour! So many interesting places that I had never been to in Saffron Walden. Interesting to meet some of the owners and hear about their businesses and loved all the delicious food! Highly recommend!
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Postcardcollector
Jun 19, 2024
Thoroughly enjoyable way to discover the Saffron Walden foodie scene! - A really fun, sociable and informative experience - even for a relatively local person. The guide (Rachel) is very knowledgeable and full of information about the town's history as well as all the food outlets. Our group tasted its way around about eight places with very different offerings, both in terms of food and ambience. The price was well worth it as everyone was very well fed and I didn't need supper that night let alone any further lunch!! This would be really fun to do as a group of friends but also a nice way for a solo traveller to eat in friendly company. NB. it's necessary to pre-book, you cant just turn up.
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