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Green Capital 2015: A taste of things to come
Bristol Food Connections festival – the flagship food event for the Green Capital year, has released initial details of its May 2015 programme, which include cookery demos with celebrity chefs Rick Stein and Sophie Grigson.
The festival will take place at locations across Bristol on 1-9 May 2015.
“Food Connections aims to connect people with all aspects of their food,” said Food Connections Director, Lorna Knapman.
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“From how and where it was grown, to the people who serve it to you, how it tastes, makes you feel and bring you together with neighbours, friends and family.”
Organised with support from First Great Western – who have committed to stocking regional food-producers across their train services – Food Connections will help the people of Bristol to connect with good food by offering inspiration and experiences to help change the way we think and eat.
Themed events
The programme of events is divided into six themes: land and growing, feasting and festivities, get cooking, brain food, families and wellbeing.
Many of the events will address the serious social, environmental and economic challenges we face in feeding our growing population against a backdrop of depleting resources.
BBC Food and Farming Awards
Kicking off with the BBC Food and Farming Awards on 30 April, celebrity chefs like Cyrus Todiwala, Richard Corrigan and Angela Hartnett will be in town to celebrate the best of British food and the people who grow, make and supply it.
Events to inspire people to ‘get cooking’ will take place in demo kitchens around the city, including talks with household names, such as Rick Stein, Sophie Grigson and Thomasina Miers.
The Connected Kitchen – the event’s demo kitchen at Bristol’s harbourside – will be situated next to the ‘Best of the West’ producers market, with chefs making the best of fresh, local produce.
Food Connections’ ‘land and growing’ events will dig deep to discover how food is grown, why soil is important, and the impacts of our food production on the natural environment.
Food Connections will celebrate the produce available on our doorstep while offering plenty of practical advice to help people grow their own food at home.
Growing trails
The GROW Festival, supported by Riverford, will be popping-up in the city-centre over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Linking people and planet, The GROW Festival will offer a wide range of activities, talks and workshops on topics such as: growing plants in small spaces, urban bee keeping, guerrilla gardening and much more.
As part of the ‘land and growing’ programme, Food Connections has also teamed up with Incredible Edible to inspire the people of Bristol to transform their front gardens with edible plants and flowers.
The BBC will have a big presence at the festival again this year, with a programme of special events over the May Bank Holiday weekend in the IMAX theatre.
Lorna Knapman adds: “With hundreds of events taking place all over the city, you’ll do more than just sit back and observe, Food Connections is all about rolling your sleeves up and getting hands on with the food we eat!”
Food Connections is the flagship food event in Bristol’s year as European Green Capital. Find out more about the festival programme for 2015 on the Food Connections website.
