From l-r: MasterChef The Professionals finalists Adam Handling and Scott Davies, The Three Sister Bakers and Jacqueline O’Donnell
Foodies Festival brings MasterChef winners, top producers and award winning street food to Inverleith Park
Foodies Festival – Inverleith Park, Edinburgh – Friday 8th, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th August 2014
Foodies Festival, the UK’s largest celebration of food & drink returns to Edinburgh’s Inverleith Park on the 8th, 9th and 10th August for a weekend celebration of Scotland’s finest produce, international street food, and culinary masters.
Having started as a small event in Edinburgh eight years ago, the festival has now grown into Scotland’s food and drink event of the Summer, transforming Inverleith Park into a foodie paradise with over 200 artisan producers, pop-up restaurants, premium brands and the chance to watch your favorite chefs cooking live.
Festival Director Sue Hitchen said… “Edinburgh is where it all started for Foodies Festival, so it’s a very special event for me and our team. This year we are delighted to be the official partner of the MasterChef Dining Bus, which offers our visitors a unique onboard dining experience with the contestants and winners from the series cooking onboard and serving visitors top-notch dishes from the purpose built kitchen. “
MasterChef winner Mat Follas, finalist Jackie Kearney and the MasterChef Street Food Bus
Top chefs joining the festival this summer include MasterChef the Professionals runners-up Adam Handling and Scott Davies, Great British Menu’s Jacqueline O’Donnell of The Sisters, Mark Greenaway of Bistro Moderne, TV Chef Tony Singh, The Pompadour by Galvin Head Chef Craig Sandle, Café St Honore’s Neil Forbes and Glasgow’s The Three Sisters bakers Gillan, Nichola and Linsey, all of whom will cook their signature dishes live in the Chefs’ Theatre while explaining how home cooks can prepare the same dishes for friends and family.
MasterChef’s Adam Handling said… “I am delighted to be a part of the Foodies Festival in Edinburgh, I always love it when I can meet other foodies and share my love of cooking with them, and if I can help to inspire and encourage people in their kitchens, then that for me is an honour. Coming back to Scotland is always special for me, it was the where I undertook my first apprenticeship when I was 16, where I gained my first two AA rosettes at Fairmont St Andrews, and where I was awarded ’Scottish Young Chef of the Year 2011’. Being a part of the Edinburgh Foodies Festival will add to the many special memories that I have here.”
Exciting new features for 2014 include a spectacular Chocolate, Bake and Preserves Theatre, which will host top pastry chefs, chocolatiers, bakers and sugarcraft experts. This is complemented by the new Chocolate, Baking and Preserves Village, for those with a sweet tooth and who enjoy home baking, with a selection of stalls selling baking essentials and the latest gadgets.
A brand new outdoor BBQ Arena will appeal to lovers of al fresco dining. The purpose built BBQ stage will feature hourly BBQ cooking demonstrations and invite the audience to take part in BBQ challenges; meat-eating competitions and they can even learn how to make a ‘BBQ cake’!
A new Chilli Market spices things up with a range of chilli-growers and artisan producers of sauces, sweets and jams. For those who can handle the heat a Chilli Eating Challenge takes place at 5pm daily.
A new Feasting Tent at the heart of the festival becomes a social hub, where visitors can relax and enjoy their purchases in the company of chefs, friends and family at long banqueting tables.
Another exciting addition this year is the Vintage Tea Tent that will hold daily tea dances,alongside a Vintage Kitchen Market allowing visitors to pick up beautiful pieces to add to their own kitchens at home.
Returning features this year include the popular Drinks Theatre, where regular masterclasses and demonstrations allow visitors the chance to taste and learn about wine, champagne, sherry, ales and spirits with experts including TV’s Charles Metcalfe, beer expert Melissa Cole and champagne expert Neil Phillips. There is also a daily cocktail making competition to find the best cocktail in Edinburgh, judged by an audience of Foodies visitors.
Foodies Festivals are recognised for their focus on street food with the introduction of the Street Food Avenue in 2012. This year visitors can enjoy a huge selection of award winning hot and cold food from around the world including hog roasts, Vietnamese buns, exotic meats, tapas, churros, burritos, Moroccan tagines, South American prime beef, Jamaican and Thai street food.
There is plenty for little foodies to do as well with the Children’s Cookery Theatre hosting “Around the World” themed cookery classes. These workshops will help children find their taste buds and teach them basic cooking skills.
The entertainment stage features live music acts and fringe performers throughout the day until 7 pm.
Ticket Information
2014 Foodies Festivals tickets are now available from www.foodiesfestival.com or by calling 0844 995 1111.
Tickets:
1-day adult ticket for Friday £10.00
1-day adult ticket Saturday or Sunday £12.00 (£10.00 concession)
3-day adult ticket £18.00 (£15.00 concession)
1-day VIP ticket £38.00 (Friday VIP ticket £35)
Opening times: 10am until 6pm.
VIP tickets include a glass of Nyetimber English Sparkling Wine on arrival, access to the VIP tent throughout the day, a goody bag and priority entry to theatre and masterclass sessions as well as a private bar with refreshments throughout the day and great views of the entertainment stage.
All children aged 12 and under go free to all Foodies Festivals when accompanied by an adult.
Edinburgh Foodies Festival Ticket Giveaway
The Foodies Festival have offered Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary readers the opportunity to win one of five pairs of adult day tickets to the festival in Edinburgh this year! They have also offered a 2 for 1 discount. Simply quote FOODIES241 when booking tickets through the Foodies Festival website. This discount code is valid for adult and concession tickets until the festival ends on the 10th of August 2014.
How to Enter
For your chance to win one of five pairs of adult day tickets to the Edinburgh Foodies Festival enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Come back and tweet about the giveaway every day for more chances to win!
Terms & Conditions
This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winner will need to respond within 48 hours of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.
The prize is offered and provided by the Foodies Festival. The prize is one of five pairs of adult day tickets to the Edinburgh Foodies festival on the 8, 9 & 10th of August 2014. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.
If you need some help using Rafflecopter, here’s a quick clip to show you how. Rafflecopter will pick the five winners at random from all the entries received. I will be verifying entries and any automated entries or those who have said they have commented on the blog post and really haven’t will be disqualified.
Closing date is midnight on Monday 30 June 2014 and the five winners will be announced that day.
About Foodies – www.foodiesfestival.com
Foodies Festivals began with a single event at an Edinburgh hotel venue in 2007 as part of the festivals season in August. This successful inaugural event attracted 5,000 people and in 2009 Foodies expanded to Brighton and Hampton Court, with Oxford added in 2010. In 2011 a further 3 locations were included at Tatton Park, Bristol and Battersea Park, London, bringing the total number of annual events to 8 in 2012, including the Christmas Foodies Festival in Edinburgh. 2013 saw the introduction of Clapham Common and the launch of a new Battersea Park event Foodies Feast – a unique eating and drinking experience including London’s most talked about restaurants. 2014 welcomes a partnership with English Heritage and two new Foodies Festivals at two of the most prestigious English Heritage properties: Kenwood House and Marble Hill. To date, over 850,000 food-lovers have visited the events, making Foodies the biggest food festival in the UK.
Show sponsors include Jamie Magazine, Aga Rangemaster, AEG, Electrolux, Nyetimber, Nairns, Colgate, Palmolive, Wines of Germany and Wholefoods Markets.
Key exhibitors in 2014 include Walkers, Nairns, Discover the Origin, Pimms, Veuve Clicquot, Sipsmith, Martin Miller’s Gin and Chapel Down English wines.
Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary is hosting this giveaway on behalf of the Foodies Festival. All text and photos are theirs. This is not a paid post.
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Kelly Kirkhope says
We are new found foodies and moving to Edinburgh next month, this will be the perfect start!
Mirizma says
Went a few years ago, it was muddy but great fun!
kim manson says
Ive never been to a food festival but I would love to go with my OH and kids 🙂
RACHAEL JONES says
never been but would love to !
leanne williams says
No but I would like to!
Michelle McCulloch says
Ive never been, but Id love to !
Amy Warwick says
No i havent ever been to one! I got tickets for one in london but couldnt go due to work committments.. gutted!
nada wilson says
Not even once! Other half and I are new found foodies. x
tracy polland says
I have been to the Foodies Festival in Leith for the past two years and loved it! We live West of Glasgow so its a long way to come but definitely worth every mile! Can’t wait for this year. My kids love it too – always lots to see, do, taste and learn, with gadgets galore! (And the tastes are absolutely delicious). Great day for all the family.
Kerry Kirkwood says
I had tickets two years ago but couldn’t make it due to work commitments. Would love to go this year. 🙂
Talisa says
I haven’t yet, but i’d love to! I love visiting local Farmers and producers markets, so I think they’d be right up my street! 🙂
Lynda Brown says
Never had the chance to go to a festival and this would be a great starting place 🙂
elaine says
The last time I got tickets it did not go ahead due to the rain.Hope the sun is shining this time 🙂
Heather Simpson says
Never been to one before but would love to go.
Allan Mees says
Chicago a few years ago – Think its held every July. Some fantastic tastings from the windy city
Richard Randall says
I’ve been to a few in Europe but never to one in the U.K.
Ashleigh Allan says
Yes been to a few and love them!
Gillian Alexander says
Was at the BBC Good Food show in Glasgow a few years ago – it was great fun and very inspirational. My husband and I really loved all the free food and drink samples!
Amanda Richardson says
never been lucky enough to attend one – YET!!
emma falvi says
i have never been to one, but would love to
zaz says
it was awesome – went to foodies festival in Kenwood House on 1st June
David Munro says
Fantastic day out.
DAT says
great prize
Louisa says
I’d like to visit the vintage tent. I wish we lived closer!
Mark Cameron says
Would love to win this 🙂
Hester McQueen says
No – always wanted to. The times we have intended going something has come up and we’ve not been able to go.
Laura says
I’ve never been to a proper food festival before but I have been to the BBC Good Food show in Birmingham which was FANTASTIC!
Brilliant giveaway by the way, it sounds totally worth travelling to Edinburgh for.
Jed Harper says
No but I would like to!
Gill Gaffney says
Went to the Edinburgh one last year and loved it. So many new foods to discover!