Festivals / Further afield

Citywide food festival coming to Bristol

By Martin Booth  Wednesday Sep 24, 2014

Details have been announced of Bristol Food Connections, a citywide food festival in May.

The prestigious BBC Food and Farming Awards will be held at St George’s to launch the festival, which will encompass the return of Eat Drink Bristol Fashion to Queen Square, see a large celebration in Millennium Square, alongside many other events over 11 days between May 1 and 11.

The festival has been broken down into the categories of markets, demonstrations, bread, children, beer and brewing, conversations, restaurants, growing, young people, learning and cider.

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Producer markets, bread trails, debates, good food walks and cookery classes and demos are just some examples of what to expect.

“Bristol has a vibrant food community and unique food culture and that needs to be seen and celebrated,” said festival curator Lorna Knapman.

“Food Connections is the perfect opportunity to join the dots and work together as a city to inspire and get people excited about good food.”

Clare McGinn, head of BBC radio and music production in Bristol and one of the key drivers of the festival, added: “Bristol is a creative city with a can do attitude and you can really see that in the inventive way people relate to food.

“We are delighted to be a partner in this exciting festival that, we hope, will get people across the whole of Bristol and beyond sharing their stories, opinions and food knowledge with each other.”

www.bristolfoodconnections.com

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