We are lucky to have the distinguished Beer Tutor and Master Trainer, Christine Cryne to lead the Food & Beer Pairing at the Maidenhead Beer & Cider Festival on Friday, 7th July at 2pm.

Come and experience a tasting menu of 5 foods and beers. CAMRA's Maidenhead Beer Festival is offering you an opportunity to indulge! This session starts at 2pm and will last about 90 minutes.

Come along and see how the complexities of the flavours in beer marry with five different foods, starting with snacks followed by charcuterie, then cheese and finishing with something sweet. This will be talked through by, Beer Tutor, British Guild of Beer Writers member and Master Trainer, Christine Cryne.

In addition to buying this ticket for the tasting, you will need to purchase an entrance ticket for the Festival (discount for CAMRA members). For more details on the Festival, including tickets and how to get there, go to: Maidenhead Festival Lunch Tasting

Sorry, not suitable for vegetarians.

Christine started her working life in the food industry, working for companies such as Unilever, Schweppes and Sharwood's. She attributes her love of beer to the genes she inherited. Her grandmother was a regular beer drinker. Christine loves educating people about beer, whether through tutored beer tastings or training, which covers both enthusiasts and the trade.

She is a Master Trainer and an accredited European Beer Consumers Union beer judge. Christine regularly judges at events and competitions such as for Wetherspoons and SIBA as well as chairing judging panels at CAMRA's Champion Beer of Britain Awards and the International Beer Challenge. She has also judged for the Free From Awards and is a judge for Beer Marketing Awards.

Her tutored tastings include venues as diverse as the Tower of London and the Farmers Club. In addition she has undertaken tailormade tastings for Accenture, Landsdowne Club and the National Liberal Club. She is also known for her food and beer matching having encouraged people to give it at go at events such as the BBC Good Food Show, Great British Beer Festival, Ludlow Food Festival, Danske's Copenhagen Beer Festival as well as a number of pubs and CAMRA beer festivals. Christine has served as a CAMRA Director and was the first woman to organise CAMRA's Great British Beer Festival. Christine regularly writes on beer and breweries and is a member of the British Guild of Beer Writers.

She also chairs CAMRA's London Tasting Panel, which provides the descriptions for CAMRA's Good Beer Guide on beers brewed in London, is the organiser of the London Drinker Beer & Cider Festival and one of the four beer writers who host a bar at Pub18 in February.