Wye Valley Diary Line-Up Of Top Chefs
Recognised as the Best Event in Wales in the National Tourism Awards 2013, this year’s Abergavenny Food Festival has attracted more than 50 of the brightest lights in the culinary world.
Over the weekend of September 20 and 21 September, join the masters, get inspired and take your skills in the kitchen to another level. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, one of the UK’s best-loved cooks, is first off the block on the evening of September 19, discussing his new book of healthy recipes for every day with journalist Joanna Blythman.
Award-winning chef Cyrus Todiwala will be taking to the stage with Tony Singh, his co-presenter on ‘The Incredible Spice Men’ (BBC2). Their mission is to wake up Britain to the power of
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
spices, so expect a high-octane demonstration as they conjure up dishes from their book and TV series.
Thomasina Miers also knows a thing or two about spices. She fell for the food of Mexico and cooked with some of the country’s top chefs before winning MasterChef in 2005 and opening the Mexican street-food chain ‘Wahaca’. She’ll be cooking from her latest book ‘Chilli Notes – recipes to warm the heart.’
The special events programme represents a real melting-pot of diverse food cultures and the line-up also includes Claudia Roden, the doyenne of cookery writing, with a demonstration on the food of Italy; Iranian-born rising culinary star Sabrina Ghayour, one of the strongest voices in Middle Eastern food today; and Sam and Sam Clark, the inspirational duo behind Moro restaurant and little sister Morito, with a focus on Spanish and Moorish cuisine.
Bringing tastes from closer to home, there’s Marcus Verberne, Head Chef at Roast, showcasing the glories of British cuisine; River Cottage’s Steven Lamb will demonstrate how to smoke and air-dry your own produce and Wales-based Illtud Llyr Dunsford - who raises Mangalitsa pigs with an Austro-Hungarian pedigree for his artisan company Charcutier Ltd - will be hosting a charcuterie tasting.
River Cottage’s Steven Lamb
James Swift of Trealy Farm
While the guests are performing live, the festival’s five main venues will also be buzzing, with more than 200 exhibitors, a children’s food academy, chef demonstrations and other entertainment. There’s a new Night Market on the Saturday and the Artisan Kitchen School is another new initiative for 2014. Sign up to hour-long classes throughout the weekend and create an artisan product to take home. You can, for instance, make bacon with James Swift from Trealy Farm, discover the world of home-made seasonal fruit liqueurs with Lindy Wildsmith or finesse the art of pasta-making with Abergavenny’s own Franco Taruschio.
For more details visit:
www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com. Buy tickets online or from the Borough Theatre on 01873 850805.
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