The Newport Food Festival will once again bring the city centre to life for a day of food, drink and fun and it’s all happening today (Saturday 11th October).
With over 90 stalls lining High Street and surrounding areas, there will be entertainment and activities for all the family.
The chef demonstrations will bring together some of the best local culinary talent and this year will host not one but two celebrity chefs.
Headlining the fantastic line up at Newport Market will be Matt Tebbutt, TV chef and presenter. Matt will be joined by Cyrus Todiwala, Hywel Jones, Carl Cleghorn and Adam Whittle.
The demonstration programme starts at 10am with the Teenchef final, which will include Matt Tebbutt on the judging panel.
New for this year will be a dedicated street food and music area in John Frost Square. Visitors to the festival can sit back, sample some delicious street food and enjoy live music into the evening. You may recognise some of the artists who will be performing from the Newport Music Trail that took place in March, including the Eurekas, Josh Hicks and Ampersand.
To support Newport’s Age Friendly community status, the Mercure Hotel will be holding an age friendly community zone from 9am to 4pm.
Chefs:
10am: Teenchef Final, Newport Youth Academy
11am: Hywel Jones, Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa
12am: Matt Tebbutt, celebrity chef
1pm: Adam Whittle, Celtic Manor
2pm: Carl Cleghorn, TYME restaurant
3pm: Cyrus Todiwala, celebrity chef
Activities, workshops and entertainment
A food festival isn’t complete without activities, workshops and entertainment. There will be plenty going on throughout the day for all the whole family.
Mercure Hotel
9am : Drop in Community Coffee Day
Hosted by Newport council’s Age Friendly Communities team with free talks and activities taking place including:
A talk on Food Through the Ages, Presented by Past Port Tours.
Food Nostalgia Experience – Exploring how memory, identity and emotion are tied to food.
Global recipe swap – Share recipes from your culture and discover new ones.
There will also be free tea, coffee and cake provided.
Cook Stars
Free cookery workshops for ages 2 – 17 years.
10am-10.45am
11am -11.45am
12noon-12.45pm
1pm-1.45pm
Spaces are now fully booked but visit Cook Stars website to be added to the waiting list.
Newport Market
10am – 4pm: Free arts and crafts from Newport City Council’s youth and play service.
The Place
11am – 4pm: Cook Along Clwb (free).
11am – 4pm: Workshops including Foodie Clay Play , Pasta Jewellery and Cookie Decorating (free).
The Riverfront
11am – 4pm: Craft sessions (free)
Foodie movies (follow the links to book online):
10:30am: Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs (U) (1h30m) (£2.50 per ticket)
1:30pm: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (U) (1h40m) (£2.50 per ticket)
Fringe events
9:30am – 5pm: Exhibition ‘The Art of Food’, Gallery 57 (Upper Dock Street) (free).
10am – 5pm: Craft market, Kingsway Centre.
10am – 4pm: Live & Local pop-up market with stalls and live music, Market Arcade.
10am – 4pm: Independent market and live music, Newport Arcade.
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