Raymond Blanc, Sophie Grigson, Stefan Gates and Annabel Karmel Head Celebrity Line-up at Children's Food Festival June 27 & 28
27 May 2009
Young people at The Children’s Food Festival will be able to rub shoulders - not to mention breadcrumbs - with their favourite chefs, including Stefan Gates from CBBC’s popular Gastronuts. Although whether they’ll be eating fat bellied ants as part of their culinary experience only Stefan knows – and he’s not telling, yet.
As well as demonstrating how food can be turned into an
adventure, Stefan will also be compering the Rangemaster Celebrity
Chef’s Cookery Theatre together with Sophie Grigson, who is a Patron of
the Festival. Ten chefs will be inviting children to join them on stage
and get their hands in the dough, and other ingredients. The line-up
also includes: Raymond Blanc (also a Festival Patron), Jane
Fearnley-Whittingstall, Amanda Grant, Alex Mackay, Manju Malhi, Nora
Sands and Sam Stern, the teenage cook. All will be taking turns
throughout the weekend to demonstrate and inspire children and families
to cook.
And then in the new Chocolate
Tent, you can find the UK’s top chocolatiers - including Sara Jayne Stanes, a
self-confessed ‘chocolate evangelist’ and the Chairman of the Academy of
Chocolate and Damian Allsop, The ‘Merlin of Chocolate’. Green and Blacks
will be giving demos on ‘how to taste chocolate’ and the Roald Dahl Museum team will be
doing Willy Wonka recipes.
Children will also have the chance to prepare all kinds of
food at the Kids’ Kitchen, run by Amanda Grant – from pastries and pizza
to spring rolls and sushi; and they’ll be able to put their noses to the
test at the herb table or identify vegetables blindfold as part of the
brilliant taste workshop run by the Academy of Culinary Arts, which
guides children through the four tastes and five senses.
For more information on these and scores of other fun
activities, see: www.childrensfoodfestival.com
Notes to editors:
About Oxford Inspires
For additional information on Oxford Inspires please visit www.oxfordinspires.org.
For further information on involvement with Oxford Inspires contact Kathelene Weiss 01865 816394 kathelene.weiss@oxfordinspires.org.
Oxford Inspires' corporate members are all playing a part in putting Oxfordshire's cultural life on the map, as well as gaining significant networking and promotional benefits for their companies and staff.
High res images of all chefs may be downloaded from www.childrensfoodfestival.com/press
Please contact Cath Nightingale to arrange interviews: 01865 513969 or 07798 665629. cat@studionightingale.com
The Children’s Food Festival is organised by the Northmoor Trust and takes place on its farm in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, ten miles south of Oxford.
Date and time: Saturday 27 (10am – 6pm) and Sunday 28 June (10am – 5pm)
Place: The Northmoor Trust Farm.
£10 per car on the gate
Shuttle Bus: £3 per adult from Didcot Parkway railway station
Cycle or Foot: £3 per adult.
All activities at the Festival are free!
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