Nottingham's Five Day Food and Drink Festival will take over The Market Square and to kick off the celebrations for our 5th anniversary a little early, The Worm that Turned will be taking a stall at the festival to promote our 'Grow Your Own' range of Seeds, plug plants and gardening accessories . In addition we'll also be bringing along our food related gifts like our "Wild Food' range and Outdoor Cooking products.
Naturally as it's a festival we'll be bring some special offers to the table that will only be available at the fair - so come see us!
The five day event will see a free to enter chef’s theatre, a comprehensive local farmers market and many other attractions take over the Market Square from the 16th – 20th September.
There will also be specially arranged food and drink events across city centre restaurants, bars, pubs and hotels, such as a Gourmet Trail, beer and food matching in some of Nottingham’s most popular pubs, and much more.
Also headlining at this year’s event..
James Tanner – Thursday 17th September
James was brought up in Kent and was taught to cook by his mother. After finishing school he studied hotel management and then worked in the kitchens of several well-known restaurants, often with his older brother Chris. He worked his way up through the ranks and has worked for the Roux brothers and, much later, Martin Blunos at the two Michelin-starred restaurant Lettonie in Bath. In 1999, aged 23, James and his brother Chris opened Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth.
James' television career began in 2001 when he and Chris made their first TV appearance. From there, he’s been a regular on Ready Steady Cook, Saturday Morning Kitchen and, more recently, Step Up to the Plate.
Brian Turner – Friday 18th September
This popular TV chef has worked at many prestigious restaurants, including Simpson's-in-the-Strand and Claridge's, in London. Brian launched The Greenhouse restaurant in Mayfair (where both Gary Rhodes, Shaun Hill and Paul Merrett were chefs) and the Metro Wine Bar in Basil Street. In 2002, Brian was awarded a CBE for his services to the catering industry.
Brian appeared regularly on Food and Drink and was resident chef for many years on Granada's This Morning. He's also presented his own TV series, Out to Lunch and Anything You Can Cook. He’s a regular on Ready Steady Cook.
Simon Rimmer – Saturday 19th September
Chef, presenter and author, Simon Rimmer is a popular TV personality. He is a recognised and experienced television and radio broadcaster with his own unique and warm style of presenting. Simon has captured the public’s interest during his weekly present/chef role on BBC2’s Something for the Weekend. In 2008 Simon presented programmes including Breaking into Tesco- Five, Recipe for Success, Grubs Up and Local Food Heroes..
Simon is chef patron of two award winning restaurants in Manchester, Greens and Earle and has written four books. An ability to mix his natural flair for business with his passion for food keeps Simon connected to the energy of the UK restaurant scene and changing trends and demands of the UK consumer.
Simon is married, has two children and lives in Manchester.
Sat Bains – throughout the festival
Sat Bains and his wife, Amanda, run Nottingham’s Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms, which in 2003 was awarded the city’s first ever Michelin star.
After passing his City and Guilds qualification, Sat got his big break when he became part of the team helping to open the first of Raymond Blanc’s brasseries, Le Petit Blanc in Oxford in 1996. A spell at L’Escargot in London followed shortly afterwards, before he returned to Nottingham to take the head chef position at the Martins Arms in Colston Basset.
After working with the restaurant of The Ashbourne Gallery in Derbyshire, Sat won the Roux Scholarship in 1999, which gave him the chance to work at the three Michelin-starred Restaurant Le Jardin des Sens in the south of France. On his return he secured the position of head chef at the Hotel des Clos in Nottingham, which was relaunched and renamed Restaurant Sat Bains at Hotel des Clos in November 2002.
Sat has made many television appearances, including the BBC’s Great British Menu when, in spring 2007, he won the chance to cook the starter at the ambassador's banquet.
Sat continues to appear on the Great British Menu.
Richard Fox
As part of an exciting schedule which sees the Market Square play host to a celebrity chefs theatre and a local speciality food and drink market, there are numerous events taking place in venues in and around the city centre.
With the emphasis on drink, we’ve pulled together a host of beer tasting related events which will take place during the festival period.
We’re delighted to announce the presence of celebrity chef, Richard Fox. Richard is a TV chef, with specialty knowledge of beer. He was last year's winner of The British Guild of Beer Writers awards for Food and Beer writing. He‘s also had his own cooking slot on BBC1 Regional Look North and is a regular chef on BBC 2's Food Poker.
His first book, The Food and Beer Cook Book was published by Senate in 2006, and was launched in Australia by Marshal Cavendish this year. Richard co-wrote Morrissey's Perfect Pint with Neil Morrissey which was published by Collins in September 2008. Channel 4 then commissioned a three part series based on the book, which aired in October.
His expertise in the world of beer make him a favourite personality for hosting gourmet beer and food events and there’s no doubt he’ll be one of the stars of this year’s festival.
For more information and to reserve tickets for the chef demonstrations see http://www.gotonottingham.co.uk/foodanddrinkfestival