FOODIES FESTIVAL – the UK’s biggest touring gourmet food and music festival series – returns to Brighton for a huge May Bank Holiday weekend from 29th April – 1st May. Featuring a star-studded line-up of celebrity chefs and chart-topping music stars, including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Scouting For Girls and Martin Kemp with his Ultimate 80s Party. And we have three sets of family tickets to give away!
What is the Brighton foodies festival?
Known as Gastro-Glastonbury, the festival will take place at Brighton’s Preston Park across the May Bank Holiday weekend. The three-day event features live cooking demonstrations from top chefs drawn from the ranks of TV’s MasterChef, Great British Bake Off and Great British Menu, plus top-rated Michelin-starred and award-winning chefs.
Star names appearing in the live cooking theatres include: MasterChef 2021 champion Tom Rhodes, Brighton-based 2018 MasterChef champion, Kenny Tutt, from Pitch restaurant in Worthing, MasterChef: The Professionals champions Alex Webb and Steven Edwards, from 3AA Rosette awarded Etch, in Hove and BBC bread expert, Jack Sturgess.
Also on the menu, Great British Menu winner Michael Bremner, from Michelin Bib Gourmand awarded 64 Degrees restaurant and Hove-based Great British Bake Off favourite, Juergen Krauss.
The musical feast is just as sumptuous with chart-topping disco diva, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, platinum-selling local festival favourites Scouting For Girls, and Spandau Ballet and Eastenders icon Martin Kemp, delivering the ultimate 80’s DJ party.
What can you expect over the weekend?
Throughout the 3 day weekend, visitors will enjoy a jam-packed schedule of TV cooking show champions and award-winning chefs in the interactive live theatres. In the Chefs Theatre, celebrities will create their signature dishes and share new tips and tricks, whilst in the Cake & Bake Theatre, star bakers whip up showstoppers and offer tempting sweet treats.
In The Kids Cookery School, Foodies SuperChefs make cooking fun, helping younger guests to prepare delicious food which they can take away and enjoy. Masterclasses in the Drinks Theatre include tutored Champagne, Beer, Cider, Cocktail and Wine-tasting, with experts including ITV’s Tom Surgey and BBC’s Joe Wadsack.
Visitors can browse the latest food trends in the Shopping Village, meet local producers in the Artisan Market and taste exotic and unusual new dishes in the Feasting Tent – which features a mouth-watering range of street food and delicacies from all four corners of the globe. Other attractions include a fairground, children’s activities, and family-friendly areas.
Where is the Brighton Foodies Festival and how to buy tickets?
To WIN
To WIN one of 3 family tickets to Brighton foodies festival, simply fill in the form below. Winners will be contacted Friday 21st of April and tickets can be collected from the box office.
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Terms and Conditions
Prize consists of family weekend tickets for Brighton Foodies Festival. 1 family weekend ticket per winner only. At least 1 adult must be present. No purchase necessary. Tickets are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. If the festival is cancelled for any reason, no alternative and no monetary concession will be given. The closing date for entries is Friday 21st April, entries received after this date will not be counted. Winners will be required to collect their tickets from the Foodies Festival box office on the day. Winners will be contacted at random, no alternative will be offered if the winner cannot make this date. If we don’t have your acceptance of the prize within 72 hours it will forfeit your prize and it will be given to someone else at random.
