Master’s Summer Visit 30 May – 1 June. The Master will be hosting this year’s summer visit in his native Gloucestershire. See the Members Area for details.
Pan-Livery Cycle Ride
Pan-Livery Cycle Ride. Join us for a great family day out in rural Essex on 2 September 2023 – see https://gloriousgravel.com/product/gravel-sportives/wcof-gravel-ride-essex for details.
Court and Livery Lunch
The Court and Livery Lunch will be held at Farmers & Fletchers’ Hall at 12.15pm on Tuesday 7th March 2023. For more information, visit the members area.
Annual Banquet
Annual Banquet (evening dress) at Goldsmith’s Hall on 18th January 2023 from 6.15pm. For more information, visit the members area.
Inter-Livery Pancake Races
Inter-livery pancake races at 11.30am on 21st February, 2023, to be held at the Guildhall Yard. For more information, visit the members area.
Agricultural Lecture and Dinner
The Agricultural Lecture and Dinner (black tie) will take place at 6.00pm on 25th April, 2023, at Plaisterers’ Hall. The guest speaker will be Kathryn Bishop CBE on quality training and education. For more information, visit the members area.
Call My Wine Bluff
Call My Wine Bluff at the Lansdowne Club on 9th May 2023. For more information and to register, click here.
City Food and Drink Lecture
The City Food and Drink Lecture will take place on 15th May 2023.
The City Food & Drink Lecture is an annual, invitation-only high profile fixture in the City of London and international food industry calendars. The Lecture is delivered by a leading figure in the British food business who is invited to speak about the issues they regard as most important in shaping the way food is produced, distributed, marketed, sold and consumed.
An expert panel then debates and explores the subject as well as wider questions from the audience – see https://cityfooddrinklecture.com.
This year’s speaker is Sir Charles Godfray. Sir Charles has chaired the Lead Expert Group of the UK Government’s Foresight Project on the Future of Food and Farming and has recently stepped down as chair of the Science Advisory Council of the UK’s Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was knighted for services to scientific research and science advice to government in 2017. He is Director of the interdisciplinary Oxford Martin School at Oxford University, where his work examines how the global food system will need to change and adapt to the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.
Carol Service at St Bartholomew the Great
6pm Carol Service at St Bartholomew the Great followed by Dinner at Butchers’ Hall on 13th December 2022. For more information, visit the members area.
WCFA Learning Extension Days
Two Learning Extension Days for WCF education courses alumni will be taking place at Loughborough University on 29th and 30th November.