Broadstairs Autumn Food Festival is one of the next notable steps on the county’s calendar.
The three-day event from October 3-5 will be an epicurean delight with a full festival marquee programme.
The festival draws thousands of food-lovers each year and promises an action-packed weekend full of immersive culinary theatre and some of the region’s top talent.
Almost 100 of Kent’s finest producers will be at the Victoria Gardens with local and regional products, ales and ciders, award winning bakery, confectionery, pickles, preserves and cheese.
Taking to the stage at the festival marquee throughout the three days will be a cast of exceptional chefs, including Michelin starred Stephen Harris of The Sportsman, Seasalter, Broadstairs newbies Tony and Becky Rodd of Fifteen Square Metres, and National Chef of the Year finalist, Craig Edgell of Buoy and Oyster, Margate.
Ale lovers will be offered a rare opportunity to meet local brewers and experience the unique taste of green hop ale. It is a limited-edition ale, particular to harvest time.
No festival would be complete without a wine tasting. This autumn, the festival will feature, not one but two taste sessions. Biddenden’s Tom Barnes will partner Steve Parker as they share their twin passions of cheese and wine and Alex Prymaka closes the weekend with a twist: a blind wine tasting session to tease palates. Tickets available through www.broadstairsfoodfestival.org.uk/whats-happening
A festival is not a festival without music and Broadstairs won’t be the exception to the rule. There is ample outdoor seating around the bandstand, with local musicians on Friday and Saturday , closing with Thanet Concert Band on Sunday. Music 2pm – 4pm.
Broadstairs Food Festivals are managed as a Community Interest Company, run by volunteers on a not-for-profit basis, and reliant on the traders, sponsors and public donations.
Festival opening times:
October 3-4, 10am to 6pm. October 5, 10am to 5pm.
The food festival is for rich people.. they sell bread £7 a loaf ! It’s a disgrace