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Following a highly successful debut in 2007, Edinburgh Festival’s only dedicated food event, Foodies at the Festival, today announced an impressive line-up of producers taking a stall at this year’s outdoor market on Festival Square on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 August - the busiest weekend in the Festival calendar.
The Foodies office confirmed this morning that locally-supportive supermarket Waitrose, leading Spanish Tapas Restaurant La Tasca (who have over 70 restaurants nationwide), fine organic producer of food and spirits Godminster Vintage, locally produced fine rapeseed oil producers Oleifera and the Scottish independent Macleod Distillery will be among hundreds of the specially selected exhibitors who will be selling and demonstrating their wares, giving Festival-goers the opportunity to sample and learn more about the excellent food Scotland has to offer.
Moving the market outdoors allows more space for more stalls, and a larger arena for hot food preparation and café-style seating areas. Roy Brett, head Chef at Dakota in South Queensferry will also be launching a ‘Seafood Shack’ where wide ranges of fresh seafood will be available and prepared in front of the public.
One of the main attractions for gourmands is the demonstrations from top Scottish chefs in a purpose-built chefs’ theatre in the 5-star Sheraton Grand Hotel. The hour-long demonstrations focus on Scottish ingredients and aim to inspire visitors to recreate the dishes themselves; many of the ingredients used can be sourced at the outdoor market. Michelin-starred chefs Martin Wishart, Tom Kitchin and Liam Ginniane of Champany Inn are booked as well as award-winning Paul Tamburrini of Hotel du Vin in Glasgow and Roy Brett, Head Chef at Dakota, which recently won Scottish Restaurant of the Year and Scottish Hotel Restaurant of the Year 2008.
Sue Hitchen, Foodies Director, commented:
“We are delighted that Foodies has become a showcase for Michelin-starred and top Scottish chefs who come together over the weekend to show off their culinary skills under the spotlight of the chefs’ theatre and to cook their signature dishes. The idea is for members of the public visiting Foodies to be inspired by the eclectic mix of chefs who demonstrate every hour on the hour, and to select the freshest, seasonal ingredients at the extensive producers’ market.”
For more information on Foodies at the Festival please check their website:
www.foodiesfestival.com. The press release is dated 12th May 2008.
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