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Home > Alternative Sport > What a Load of Scallops in Rye

What a Load of Scallops in Rye

By Caroline King - January 3, 2012Posted in : Alternative Sport, Festival, Food & Drink

Rye Bay Scallop Week: 25th February – 4th March 2012

Rye Bay Scallop Week: 25th February – 4th March. Photo by Clive Sawyer

When: 25th February – 4th March 2012

Where: Rye, East Sussex

What is it?

A mainly restaurant-based event when the local delicacy is at its plumpest and most succulent.  The festival features cookery schools, cooking and scallop shucking demos.  The week culminates on the final day with the hotly contested ‘What a Load of Scallops’ race with competitors racing barrows of scallops, through the cobbled streets of Rye, to win the coveted wooden scallop plaque.

More info: Rye Bay Scallop Week

Tagged With: Ambrette Restaurant, East Sussex events, Food Festival, Rye Bay Scallop Week, South East

Comments

  1. By GM on January 10, 2012

    Rye is a lovely town and it’s well worth visiting for the scallop festival or at any time.

    Camber Sands with its dunes and long golden beach is nearby.

    A pint in the bar of The Mermaid Hotel is a must.

    The boutique White Vine House in the High Street is the best place to stay and I’m hearing excellent reports about the new Ambrette restaurant.

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