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Bank Holiday food fandango
Food Connections is kicking off with a bumper weekend of Bank Holiday events in the city centre, with both free and ticketed events taking place from College Green to Queen Square.
The Orangery, Food Connections’ pop-up event hub on College Green, will host a number of events including a slow food banquet cooked by celebrity chefs Tom Hunt, Giorgio Locatelli and Thomasina Miers (whose restaurant Wahaca will be opening on the Triangle in July).
There will also be a huge ‘Eat-In’ where people from all walks of life will bring a dish to share around a communal table while exchanging ideas and opinions about Bristol’s local food system.
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As part of Food Connections’ partnership with the BBC, a series of food-themed talks and live recordings will take place in Bristol Aqauarium’s IMAX theatre. These free events will feature Rick Stein and Simon Hopkinson discussing their lives in food, a tribute to Jane Grigson, and many more.
On College Green and in Millennium Square, markets will offer a cornucopia of the very best produce Bristol and the West Country has to offer. A producers market on College Green will feature more than 40 stalls with everything from charcuterie to cheese, cider to chocolate.
On Sunday, May 3 in the Orangery, some of the West and Wales’ best producers will compete to win a £100,000 prize funded by The Seed Fund and supported by First Great Western. The event is open to the public, who will taste test the shortlisted produce and help the judging panel to pick a winner.
Over in Millennium Square, visitors will take a taste trip across the globe at a street food market, with award-winning street food from all over the world.
The Grow Festival, taking place on College Green from Saturday to Monday will be one of Food Connections’ biggest events, featuring an inspiring programme of talks, activities and workshops “designed to reconnect people and planet”.
For those keen to turn their passion for food into a career, there will be a series of talks and seminars in At-Bristol. The Business of Pleasure will cover everything from food writing to entrepreneurship, with advice from some of the best in the business.
Over at the Lab – the hub for Bristol 2015 European Green Capital – live cookery demonstrations will take place throughout the weekend with chefs covering a whole host of topics from filleting fish to cooking for health.
For more information, visit www.bristolfoodconnections.com.
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