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Become a Friend of Hampshire Fare

Friends of Hampshire Fare is a membership club designed for food lovers and individuals who care about the future of Hampshire’s countryside.

As a Friend you'll get an exclusive membership card, top offers at Hampshire’s best restaurants and local producers (see current offers listed below) to enjoy year round and a quarterly e-newsletter with savings and the latest news and foodie events.

Special offer! Purchase Friends of Hampshire Fare membership at £25 per person before July 31st 2010 and claim a FREE bottle of wine worth £20 when you next dine at The Chesil Rectory in Winchester*.

With your membership card you can also claim reduced entry to many Hampshire Food Festival events, held in July.

You’ll be invited to the annual Hampshire Fare social event, receive a priority mailing of the 2010 Directory of Local Produce (published in January), and the Hampshire Food Festival programme (published in May).

Friends membership costs £25 per person per year and over the year you can recoup this cost many times over.

Friends can currently enjoy these savings until September 1st:

Dine at the Brasserie at Aviator for Sunday lunch and children eat complimentary (children up to the age of 12 years).
Bring 2 or more friends for lunch at the Brasserie at Aviator and the Friends of Hampshire Fare card holder eats for free. Valid Mon- Fri lunch time only.
20% discount when you eat at The National Trust Mottisfont's main cafe
Complimentary bottle of wine when 4 people dine at The Selborne Arms
Spend over £15 with Blackmoor Game and receive a free pack of sausages
10% off Lyburn Farm cheeses when you spend more than £6 (available direct from Lyburn Farm shop or Hampshire Farmers' Market stalls)
Free bottle of House wine when 4 people dine in the Richmond Restaurant at Lysses Hotel, Monday - Friday evening (excluding August when they offer a summer special 3 course, coffee and petit fours for £16.95)

Friends membership would make the ultimate gift for the foody in your family, or why not treat yourself!

Not only does Friends of Hampshire Fare membership make a great present, you’re also buying into the future success of local food production and farming here in Hampshire.

These offers are subject to availability and you must show your Friends of Hampshire Fare membership card to claim. Once these offers expire, we'll email our Friends the next choice of offers from August onwards.

To become a Friend of Hampshire Fare, simply send a cheque for £25 per Friend of Hampshire Fare, payable to 'Hampshire Fare 2009 CIC' to Hampshire Fare, c/o Hampshire County Council EDO Office, Elizabeth II Court, The Castle, Winchester SO23 8UJ. Please ensure you include name, address & postcode, email, and daytime telephone with payment.

Your membership card, welcoming letter and latest offers will be posted to you upon receipt of payment and your details. Any queries, please telephone Susie Carter at Hampshire Fare on 01962 847098, or email Susie.

*Chesil Rectory offer: bottle of wine offer redeemable until 31st October 2010. This offer applies only to Friends of Hampshire Fare membership that is purchased at the full price of £25 per person, regrettably not to Friends of Hampshire competition winners or with other offers.