The image shows a gin flight. Three gins are in the same short glass arrange on a wooden gin board with 3 holes carved in for the glasses and one for the tonic. Each glass has unique decoration. The nearest has dried orange peel, the second contains rosemary and the third is a pinkish coloured gin with pink peppercorns inside. The wall behind an ornate looking dark wood table surface is bare brick. These gins are part of Chester on a Plate's Upgraded Drinks Package on the food and drink tour in Chester

Upgraded Drinks Package

Read more about adding additional local drinks to your Chester food tour

Want to Upgrade Your Drinks Package?

Skip the tourist traps and discover Chester on a guided, walking food tour, which takes you to delicious, lesser-known independent food spots. You’ll enjoy local produce as well as dishes designed especially for our food tour.

Consider an upgraded drinks package to taste more Chester made, local beverages at our handpicked Chester restaurants and bars.

During your tour ALL FOOD is included plus two large alcoholic drinks (one unique to our venue and one made in Cheshire), a traditional Indian hot drink (or alternative) plus water provided at each stop.

Drinks already included on your Chester Food Tour

Both drinks are unique. one found only at our first food stop you will experience a drink that goes perfectly with the specially curated food at the venue. Enjoy a real taste of Cheshire at your last stop savouring a drink produced in the county of Cheshire.

As well as this a traditional hot or cold drink from one of our most popular venues, with everything made from scratch (including the drinks offered)

A group of people stand outside Huxleys cafe on the Chester walls in front of the ornate Chester Eastgate clock. The clock is from Victorian times, it is box shaped and towers above the rows on top of a metal framework designed by Chester arcitect John Douglas. The people are a group of 12 on a Chester food and drink tour. They are leaning some on the side of the wall of Huxleys and some on the tudor style wall of a small building. They are smiling and raising glasses of Huxleys craft ale. This is the Home Page for Chester on aPlate Food Tours UK

A line of wine glasses is photographed from behind sitting along a bar. The glasses are being filled by a chef in a red chefs outfit whilst a guest on a cheese and wine Chester on a Plate tour watches on. He wears a flatcap and a green jacket.

What’s Included in the Upgrade Drink Package

If you fancy a few more tipples alomng the way we have curated this drinks package to compliment your food and showcase the local distilleries and breweries in Chester and Cheshire.

♥ A pint of craft ale – This can either be to carry around Chester’s walls or served at a traditional English pub. Both offer a choice of ale.

A glass of red, white or rose wine served at a traditional English pub.

♥ A flight of 3 half-shot Cheshire gins served on a flight board also with a choice of mixer. This includes one of the venues own gins . You can also opt for a rum or whisky board with a Cheshire made option on each.

Upgrade your Chester Food Tour: Experience two drinks selections. You must be over 18 and have a valid ID. This upgrade can only be purchased in addition to the food tour

A Real Taste of Chester

Firstly, we now have a whole host of excellent craft ale breweries based in Chester. Secondly, we visit the only bar that produces it’s own gin. Experience an exceptional pint at one of the county’s best real ale pubs, There are always at least 6 of their own ales to choose from plus a great lager.

Or opt for one of two Chester beers from a micro brewery that continues to impress. This can be carried around the walls as we sightsee. This small batch craft ale is a very artisan affair and everyone we pass on the Chester walking food tour is jealous!

Get into the Spirit on a Chester Food Tour UK

Last stop is at one of Chester’s most beautiful buildings housing a selection of the counties most superb spirits.

The gin flight served with your upgraded drinks package are local to Cheshire. The venue produces it’s own range of smooth, silky textured gins with a balance of complex, natural fruits and botanicals.

If you choose a rum or whisky flight instead, Cheshire will be represented. You can even taste a wine or beer flight, but this will be more continental!

The scene is in a dimly lit bar. Gin and other spirits are stacked on the far wall behind a bearded mixologist dressed in black with a ponytail.

The image shows a man and woman side by side chinking beer glasses. They are both smiling at the camera. The man is on the right of the photo and wears a cap, he has a white beard and a jacket still zipped up in olive. Next to him his wife has long dark hair and wears a black cardigan with a white blouse with long collara. They sit at a wooden table in a pub ready to eat a mini pie and drink their craft ale on the Chester on a Plate food tour' Get a Taste for Chester' with the upgraded Drinks package. Above them there is a mirror with the word Chester engraved on it. The pub is CAMRA's 'Best Cheshire Pub' 2025 and is based in Chester UK

Dietary Requirements

Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements and we will always endeavor to accommodate them. Let us know even if it’s something like ‘Doesn’t eat red meat/fish etc’. We want to make sure you have the best experience possible.

Allergies

Please be sure to inform us if you have any allergies and if possible, email details separately so that we can ensure your safety on the tour, it’s our priority.