Tickets are put on sale for town’s festival of good taste
FOOD lovers are in for a treat – tickets are now on sale for cookery demonstrations in the festival kitchen at Rochdale Food and Drink Festival, being staged on Saturday 4 April in and around Rochdale Town Hall.
Five chefs will be cooking live during the event with six 40-minute demos scheduled packed with tips, techniques and the opportunity to ask questions.
Television presenter Chris Bavin will be hosting the day, introducing the chefs.
Chris, presenter of BBC1’s popular ‘Eat Well for Less?’ and currently starring in ‘Britain’s Best Home Cook’ alongside Mary Berry will be returning to town having appeared at Rochdale Feel Good Festival in 2016.
He will also be signing copies of his new book Fakeaway that features simple healthy recipes for takeaway-inspired meals.
Andrew Nutter, who owns Nutters restaurants and has won multiple awards include Rochdale Man of the Year and Restaurant of the Year will be first in the live-cooking lineup at 11.15am.
He will be followed by Austin Hopley from new Indian street food restaurant Bombay Brew, then Tom McNeeney, head chef at The Oxford, catering lecturer and host of his own Youtube cookery channel, Adolfus Lewis, chef at the Hare on the Hill gastropub in Littleborough, and Noo Meenan, a Thai chef from local street food specialists Issan Friends.
Over on the indoor Family Stage popular TV presenter and Gastronaut Stefan Gates will be performing 30 minute shows, engaging and educating both children and adults with spectacular experiments, explosions, rockets and edible chemical reactions.
Stefan has presented over 20 television series including the acclaimed CBBC series Incredible Edibles and Gastronuts.
Children will also be able to get involved in some foodie fun, with cooking classes perfect for little chefs.
The Festival Kitchen, sponsored by Bombay Brew, will be located inside Rochdale town hall along with plenty of stalls and activities.
There will be an outside food and drink village, an indoor seating area to watch chef demonstrations on a big screen, themed foodie workshops plus live music and activities – with lots to offer from nearby local pubs, bars and restaurants.
Spaces for traders in the outdoor Food and Drink Village have been taken but organisers would still like to hear from traders who are interested in a stall in the indoor Festival Market selling food to take home.
To apply, email foodfest@rochdale.gov.uk with details of your products.
To book tickets or find out more visit www. rochdale.gov.uk/events like the festival on Facebook www.facebook. com/ RochdaleFoodFestival and connect on twitter @ RochFoodFest