18/07/12…..Thame Food Festival set to be a record breaker!
?Britain is now re-connecting with its food culture? – Raymond Blanc Ambassador. THAME Food Festival 2012, looks like being even bigger and better that before with the organisers reporting a 50% increase in the number of stallholders already booked to take part in the event.
This, the fifth Thame Food Festival, will take place in the centre of Thame from 9am onwards in an expanded area across the High Street closed to traffic.
There will be up to 100 stallholders, with mouth-watering take-away food, a ?Pop-up-Pub? and a cookery theatre for food demos by an amazing line-up of celebrity chefs. Raymond Blanc will be signing copies of his cookery books at the ?Le Manoir aux Quat?Saisons? stall. Live entertainment will feature a concert band, a live music marquee and a tombola stall.
Food events in the stables of The James Figg public house include wine tasting for beginners and sausage making and there will be food demos, food talks and book signings in the AGA shop. Cream teas and posh kebabs will be served at The Spread Eagle Hotel with crepe and cocktail making demos. Beverley Glock will be hosting Whizz Bang Food: molecular gastronomy and food science classes for children in Thame Town Hall.
Smoothie Bike Hire, with their awesome custom built smoothie-making bicycle, will also be promoting healthy eating, exercise and sustainable energy for all the family http://www.smoothiebikehire.co.uk/
Festival ambassador Raymond Blanc will also perform a demo with Kush in the cookery theatre and may even stop for the finale cook-off between Mark and Adam of The Raymond Blanc Cookery School and Harding?s Restaurant at Aylesbury College.
To see the list of all the wonderful stallholders for the festival, with links, visit the website: LINK including the intriguing concept of the ?Oyster Meister? http://www.oystermeister.com
Raffle prizes will include a fabulous day at The Raymond Blanc Cookery School, one night?s Bed & Breakfast at The Spread Eagle Hotel, a set of professional Raymond Blanc by Anolon cookware kindly provided by Meyer Group Ltd, as used on the day in the cookery theatre, and a gorgeous food hamper from Thame?s own Harrison Catering.
The popular Thame Tart competition, where festival goers are invited to make their own version of the sophisticated classic jam tart recipe invented by John Fothergill owner of The Spread Eagle Hotel in central Thame in the 1930?s, will be judged by festival patron Lotte Duncan and the lucky winner will receive a signed copy of Lotte?s amazing book ?Lotte?s Country Kitchen?.
The star-studded line-up in the cookery theatre is as follows:-
10:00 ? 10:40 Beverley Glock: Splat Cooking
10:45 ? 11:25 Laurie Gear of The Artichoke Amersham
11:30 ? 12.10 Adam Simmonds of Adam Simmonds Danesfield House Marlow
12:15 ? 12.55 McCormick UK
13:00 ? 13:40 Raymond Blanc and Kush from Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
13:45 ? 14.25 Lotte Duncan
14:30 ? 15:10 Marcus Bean
15:15 ? 15:55 Katie & Giancarlo Caldesi Cucina Contadina
16:00 ? 16:25 Nigel Rumsey of Rumsey’s Chocolaterie
16:30 ? 17:15 Mark & Adam from The Raymond Blanc Cookery School v Hardings Restaurant
Radio Oxford will be broadcasting their early show from the event set-up, interviewing stallholders, organizers and attendees.
Thanks once again must go to our fantastic sponsors, headline sponsor McCormick UK, South Oxfordshire District Council, Rectory Homes, Aga, Sainsbury?s and The Thatch and The James Figg public houses.
Please do join us on the day for this wonderful regional celebration of artisan local food and drink produce, to see fabulous local food producers and great local food retailers and to enjoy a fantastic, free, fun packed, family day of food.
Contact Details:
www.thamefoodfestival.co.uk
alison@thamefoodfestival.co.uk
For PR contact: sally@marketingfoods.co.uk
