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The dates
for the 2007 Chester Food and Drink Festival have been announced and
Festival chairman Stephen Wundke wants to know which celebrity chef
the public most want to meet next Easter.
Chester Food
and Drink Festival Taste Marquee is planned for April 7th to 9th
2007, Easter Saturday to Easter Monday. The Marquee will have
villages for produce from Cheshire and North Wales within it,
together with sections for national and international produce,
reflecting the cosmopolitan nature of Cheshire. The Marquee is larger
and surrounded by a small village of stalls and displays, with more
than 100 confirmed exhibitors already, as many as those who attended
last year.
A Food and
Drink Fringe Festival will also take place around the City from April
6 to 15, 2007 with restaurants, bars and hotels all helping to make
Chester the focus of food and drink within the UK, with theme nights,
special family offers and accommodation promotions.
February will
see the start of the Festival celebrations with preliminary judging
to find the four finalists for the Young Chef of the Year 'cook off'
that will take place during the Festival. Also the announcement of
the schools competition for Cheshire Junior Chef of the Year.
March will see
the staging of the annual Cheese Rolling competition on the 7th, with
increased teams, street stalls and live music, leading up to April
when the Festival begins. There will be a World Record Attempt on
March 26 and the Ale Assize and Medieval Banquet on April 21.
Stephen
Wundke, chairman of the Chester Food and Drink Festival, said:
"We are a
small city of just over 100,000 people and in the last 12 months I
have seen a determined, combined effort to put Chester and Cheshire
back in its rightful place as the 'must see' destination in the UK
and as THE county of food and drink within the UK. It is important
the people of Cheshire and the North West support the event. It will
be very exciting with something for everyone."
He added;
"Our
celebrity chefs have proved to be an important draw for visitors to
the Taste Marquee. With so many featured on TV and on bookstalls, we
are keen to find out who everyone would like to see in Chester.
Visitors to our web site can leave an email to tell us who they want
to see here during Easter 2007."
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