A wide range of local talent will feature on the ‘Retreat Demo Stage’ at Burnham-On-Sea’s food festival this Saturday (27th October).
The stage will open at 11am in Burnham’s Baptist Church in College Street and will include several demonstrations from chefs through the day.
Festival co-organiser Sarah Milner Simonds said: “This October we are talking about game; including the ethics and sourcing.”
“We have a fantastic range of game dealers at the festival including Robert Hawker Venison, The Real Veal Company and Stanbury Game Dealer. Game can be an affordable and healthy choice for those that choose to eat meat, our carefully chosen cooks will be showing us all how to cook quick, affordable meals that taste great. Our demo stage is made possible by the sponsorship of The Retreat Caravan Park.”
11am: The Dunstan House Inn has been championing local and seasonal ingredients and their Head Chef Mark showcasing their autumn and winter dishes.
12noon: Steve Fowell, School Chef of the Year SW regional winner 2017, will be sharing his ability to create inspiring food for just over £1 a portion. Steve wants to reignite a passion for cooking with the family. In his fast-paced, high energy demo Steve will create an awesome dish using meat from Robert Hawker Venison
1pm: Brad Edrich, Junior Sous Chef at the new Marco Pierre White restaurant in Bridgwater. Brad will be putting all his local knowledge to the test with a time limited challenge. Brad will be sourocing all the ingredients for his demo from the festival that morning – developing a dish from scratch to cook for you live at 1pm.
2pm: Stefano Salvati, Stefano’s Food. Stefano brings his Italian passion to his cooking and he will be preparing pheasant & chorizo polpette. Stefano uses wild food in many of his recipe’s and hates the waste in the game shooting industry.
3pm: Maureen Suan-Neo, founder of Nonya Secrets. Maureen will be raising the temperature with south east Asia flavours. She will be cooking venison – but the exact spicing may remain a secret!
Pictured: Several of the chefs who will be showing their culinary skills (Faydit Photography, Ian Freeth)
