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Huge Three-Day Celebrity Chef Food Festival to Launch at Bluewater
Bluewater is set to host its first ever food and drink festival over the late May Bank Holiday weekend, in partnership with Scrumptious Food Festivals. The unmissable event – which at around 12,000 sq ft is set to be one of the biggest in the region – will take place around the Marquee, outside the centre’s Village.
Launching on Saturday 25th and running until Monday 27th May, guests will be spoiled for choice with street food vendors bringing tastes from across the globe to Bluewater for the festival’s debut event.
The bank holiday bonanza will include artisan stalls, a street food market, and a cookery stage with a host of celebrity chefs and TV stars which will be revealed in the coming weeks.
The festival’s artisan market will be filled with specially selected wares and delicacies to take away. Traders have already confirmed their spots for the weekend, including Kent’s very own Whitstable Oyster Trading Company, but spaces are still available for a limited time.
The centre piece of the festival will be the ‘Big Cookery Stage’, with a stellar lineup of celebrity chefs and bakers demonstrating their culinary skills. As well as food demonstrations, the stars will be signing their recipe books after their respective slots on the stage. Phase One of the line-up will be announced soon, with stars from The Great British Bake Off already confirmed for the not-to-be-missed event.
Scrumptious Food Festivals is owned and run by Jon Hackett and Lotte Duncan. Over the past 5 years they have organised the successful Bradford on Avon Food & Drink Festival and the Thame Food Festival. Lotte has worked across many areas of the food industry for forty years and is an experienced chef, broadcaster, food judge and food writer. Meanwhile, Jon has an extensive background in TV and film production and editing and is a specialist in shooting food.
Launching on Saturday 25th and running until Monday 27th May, guests will be spoiled for choice with street food vendors bringing tastes from across the globe to Bluewater for the festival’s debut event.
The bank holiday bonanza will include artisan stalls, a street food market, and a cookery stage with a host of celebrity chefs and TV stars which will be revealed in the coming weeks.
The festival’s artisan market will be filled with specially selected wares and delicacies to take away. Traders have already confirmed their spots for the weekend, including Kent’s very own Whitstable Oyster Trading Company, but spaces are still available for a limited time.
The centre piece of the festival will be the ‘Big Cookery Stage’, with a stellar lineup of celebrity chefs and bakers demonstrating their culinary skills. As well as food demonstrations, the stars will be signing their recipe books after their respective slots on the stage. Phase One of the line-up will be announced soon, with stars from The Great British Bake Off already confirmed for the not-to-be-missed event.
Scrumptious Food Festivals is owned and run by Jon Hackett and Lotte Duncan. Over the past 5 years they have organised the successful Bradford on Avon Food & Drink Festival and the Thame Food Festival. Lotte has worked across many areas of the food industry for forty years and is an experienced chef, broadcaster, food judge and food writer. Meanwhile, Jon has an extensive background in TV and film production and editing and is a specialist in shooting food.
Tickets from £5
Bluewater Shopping Centre, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9ST
Sat 25 May to Mon 27 May