NOTTINGHAM TO HOLD ITS FIRST ANNUAL FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER
Nottingham city is to host its first food and drink festival this September. Funded by the Nottingham Leisure Partnership and supported by the City Council and Greater Nottingham Partnership, the event will be held in the Market Square over 5 days commencing Wednesday 16th September.
The festival will play host to a chefs theatre in the Market Square in which celebrities and well known local chefs and personalities will entertain audiences with cookery demonstrations, challenges and competitions. Celebrity chef James Martin is confirmed for the opening day and further names will be announced shortly.
In and around the chefs theatre there will be 30-35 stalls for a local farmers market as well as gourmet competitions and food and drink events in the city's restaurants, bars and pubs. Complimentary booklets packed with special offers and discount vouchers for the city’s licensed venues will be handed out over the 5 days and visitors will have the chance to meet the celebrity chefs at book signing sessions.
Pat Parkes of the Nottingham Leisure Partnership commented: “The Nottingham Food and Drink Festival is being launched to celebrate the high quality and culturally diverse food and drink available in the city. With a wide range of fun activities for all ages from morning through to the evening, there’ll be something to suit everyone. Having received a huge amount of interest already we’re all looking forward to making the event a huge success, and one which can be continued every year.”
For more information visit food festival Nottingham (http://www.godine.co.uk/
