Celebrity chef to headline Flavour Fest
Celebrity chef, Phil Vickery will be cooking up a storm at this year’s Flavour Fest in Plymouth’s City Centre, which takes place from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 August.
A regular on ITV’s This Morning, author of 14 cookbooks and former head chef at The Castle in Taunton Phil Vickery is headlining this year’s Flavour Fest. He will be appearing on the Flavour Fest Cookery Stage located under the Big Screen on the Piazza at 11am on Friday 14 August.
Throughout the weekend celebrity chefs will stand shoulder to shoulder with the best of regional culinary talent on the stage of Flavour Fest's Cookery Theatre, with a full programme of demonstrations over the three day festival. Phil Vickery will be joined by fellow chefs Chris Tanner, Peter Gorton, Dez Turland and Richard Hunt and many others for cooking demos in the main marquee.
BBC’s David Fitzgerald and Gordon Sparks are competing in the Ready, Steady, Cook challenge at Flavour Fest this year on the Piazza. BBC Spotlight presenter Natalie Cornah will take on her own challenge of keeping both teams in check and playing by the rules as she comperes the event on Friday 14 August from 1.30pm to 2.30pm.
Liz Lawson, Board Director of Plymouth City Centre Company said: “Plymouth City Centre Company is delighted to welcome back the hugely successful Flavour Fest, the South West’s leading food and drink festival. The celebrity chefs provide entertaining and creative cookery demonstrations for our visitors and we will also be featuring a number our top local chefs on the stage during the weekend. The chefs incorporate local produce within their dishes which is a great endorsement for local food. Visitors can expect a feast of culinary talent.”
Flavour Fest, sponsored by Boringdon Hall, will have over 120 food and drink traders lining the streets, tempting visitors with a range of local produce including fresh fish, cheese, home baked cakes, artisan bread and pastries and cider. There will be entertainment throughout the weekend and new Demo Marquee and Grow Share Cook areas on Guildhall Square.
