The eagerly anticipated Wells Food Festival is back, providing another day of free foodie adventures for the whole family.

This year's festival is set to be a jam-packed celebration of Somerset's artisan producers and rich food culture. In the Artisan Market, 200 producers and street food sellers use local ingredients to provide an exciting trip around the world including the flavours of Guyana, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Middle East, South Africa, Tibet, Australia, Thailand, Mexico – as well as the very best of the South West.

In a nod to how busy life can get, Charlie Bigham's is launching the world's first ever Plate Spinning Championship, with a range of prizes on the day including, a year's worth of Charlie Bigham's for two.

The championship is set to be quite the spectacle, with a series of demonstrations, workshops and competitions.

All ages and abilities can join in, starting with sessions for young children and older kids, moving all the way up to adult novices and professionals.

To give it a whirl, head down early to the Recreation Ground and check the schedule.

The festival is also dedicating an area to highlight current, food related social issues. The Food for Thought marquee will demonstrate what communities can achieve when they come together to tackle some of the challenges that face us through food poverty, food waste, high energy bills and family issues.

Find out more about growing produce yourself and maybe learn how to ferment vegetables. Investigate what a foodbank does, how to run a community fridge, who is feeding the homeless, and what you can do to help. Look out for the big orange food truck!

The Celebrating English Wine marquee makes a welcome return, this time situated on the Palace Green. For younger festival visitors, the Children's Zone in the Recreation Ground will feature innovative street food stalls for smaller appetites and provide a host of fun foodie activities, along with the popular interactive Children's Trail. Meanwhile, the Fun Kitchen pop-up school will hold four cookery sessions of 45 minutes for children to take part and create vegetable-packed 'Oodles of Noodles' to take home.

Sunday 8 October, 10.30am-4.30pm. Free Entry. For all the latest information, visit www.wellsfoodfestival.co.uk