A Modern Take on Historical Drinks: 'for the bold and curious'!

One of our most popular events from the 2020 Winchester Open Days Festival was a live streamed event with Eoghan, founder of Proudfoot & Co. We were therefore delighted Eoghan met up with food historian and HistBites podcaster, Emma Cornell-Stoffer and discussed our incredible British culinary heritage.

In this wonderful podcast they explore the history of the British pantry, and take us into the fascinating and innovative world of foraging, fermenting and barrel-ageing.



Proudfoot & Co are based on St Thomas Street in Winchester, and all of their creations are non-alcoholic for a more inclusive and unique drinking experience. Find out more here at www.proudfootco.uk

We preserve the past to innovate for the future. Whether foraging, fermenting, or barrel-aging, we combine rare ingredients with lost techniques to create one-of-a-kind drinks #fortheboldandcurious.
— Proudfoot & Co
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Eoghan Proudfoot is the founder of Proudfoot & Co., a British drinks innovator in the heart of historic Winchester.

Whether foraging, fermenting, or barrel-aging, Eoghan is constantly on a mission to resurrect lost British ingredients and techniques. He reinvents them for the 21st century, creating one-of-a-kind non-alcoholic drinks #fortheboldandcurious.

Eoghan also fights against the degradation of Britain's national cuisine. He scours the country to stock rare and endangered products, many sourced directly from Slow Food™ and Heritage Crafts Association™ artisans.'

Emma Cornell-Stoffer is a social historian and broadcaster based in Hampshire. Emma appears regularly on British television and radio and her numerous broadcast credits include: BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Discovery UK and That’s Solent TV. Emma also organizes heritage events including immersive food history experiences ranging from pop-up suffragette tea-rooms to wartime street parties.

Winchester Heritage Open Days

We aim to encourage local residents and visitors to be aware of and to cherish the incredible heritage within and around the city of Winchester, by providing accessible opportunities to discover and explore local history, architecture, culture and nature.

We do this by encouraging local organisations and individuals to open their buildings for free and to put on/host special tours, performances, and talks as part of Heritage Open Days, as well as organising our own events and exhibitions during the Heritage Open Days festival period and at other times throughout the year. Everything we promote and organise we do in partnership with others.

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