BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23316@xyzbrighton.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250503T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250505T210000 DTSTAMP:20250301T100336Z URL:https://xyzbrighton.com/events/foodies-festival-preston-park/ SUMMARY:Foodies Festival @ Preston Park DESCRIPTION:FOODIES FESTIVAL – the UK’s biggest touring celebrity food and music festival series – returns to Brighton with a high profile line -up and new features! May Bank Holiday weekend\n\n\n\nFOODIES FESTIVAL wi ll visit Preston Park\, Brighton\, from 3rd – 5th May across the Bank Ho liday Weekend\, serving up a star-studded line-up of TV\, celebrity and award-winning chefs\, and chart-topping music stars\, including Pixie Lo tt\, Scouting For Girls and The Wanted 2.0 with Max George and Siva Kaneswaren\n\nKnown as Gastro-Glastonbury\, the three-day event will featu re live cooking demonstrations from TV celebrities and chefs drawn from th e ranks of MasterChef\, Great British Bake Off and Great British Menu\ , plus many of the regions most-highly acclaimed Michelin and award-winni ng chefs. \n\nEarly star announcements in the live theatres include: Grea t British Bake Off winner\, Matty Edgell\, MasterChef champions\, Chariy a Khattiyot\, Tom Rhodes and Dhruv Baker\, MasterChef: The Professional s winner\, Steven Edwards and 2024 finalist\, Ritchie Stainsby\, televi sion personality and Michelin starred chef\, Atul Kochhar\, and Channel 4 bread expert\, Jack Sturgess.\n \;\n\nHighly acclaimed award-winning regional chefs\, include: Will Dennard and Jack Southern from Med\, n amed Best Local Restaurant in the South East\, Head Chef\, Peter Dantanus \, from Burnt Orange Restaurant\, Head Chef Mark Charker\, from The Jolly Tanners\, Chef-Patron Johnny Stanford\, from Tern in Worthing\, Head Che f\, Oscar Kirkpatrick\, from Riddle and Finns and Chef-Patron\, Lee Pars ons\, from The Parsons Table\, Arundel.\nHeadlining the music stage: Multi -platinum selling festival favourites\, Scouting For Girls\, performing a set full of their many top 40 hits. The Wanted 2.0 with Max George an d Siva Kaneswaren present the next chapter in the history of The Wanted\ , one of Britain’s biggest ever pop bands\, achieving over 20 million re cord sales worldwide and topping the charts multiple times. And\, Pixie L ott\, who’s notched up 3 number 1 hits\, secured four Brit nominations a nd won two MTV EMA awards. Pixie has also judged The Voice Kids and appear ed as a guest judge on The X Factor.\nPixie Lott\, said: "Summer festival season\, food heaven\, music and sunshine - what’s not to love! It’s m y first year joining the Foodis Festival tour\; I’m so excited to experi ence the festival and visit Brighton with my band. Brighton is one of my f avourite ciies and I love family days out at festivals\, and this one tick s all the boxes!"\nVisitors will enjoy a jam-packed schedule in the intera ctive live theatres. In the Chefs Theatre\, celebrities will create their signature dishes and share new tips and tricks\, whilst in the Cake & \; Desserts Theatre\, patisserie chefs and star bakers whip up showstopper s and offer tempting sweet treats.  In the Kids Cookery School\, Foodies SuperChefs make cooking fun\, helping younger guests to prepare delicious food which they can take away and enjoy.\n\nMasterclasses in the Drinks Theatre include tutored Champagne\, Beer\, Cider\, Cocktail and Wine-tast ing with experts including BBC and ITV presenters\, Tom Surgey and Joe Wadsack\n\nBrowse the latest food trends in the Shopping Village\, meet l ocal producers in the Artisan Market and taste exotic and unusual new di shes in the Feasting Tent – which features a mouth-watering range of s treet food and delicacies from all four corners of the globe.\nNew feature s this year include Great Taste Market\, courtesty of Great Taste\, wher e people can come together to discover new tastes and celebrate the art of good food.\nThe Tasting Theatre - where visitors can explore a variety of themed tastings\, from hot and spicy adventures to mystery sweet and sa voury pairings.\nAnd International Cook School\, where festival goers can learn new techniques and cook a dish to take away\, with lessons from top chefs.\n\n\nOther activities include: Flaming hot action at the Fire Stag e\, Chilli eating competitions\,Silent Disco\, fairground rides\, children ’s activities and family-friendly areas.\n\nPreston Park\, Brighton\n\n3 rd\, 4th\, 5th May 2025\n\nEarlybird tickets from £6 (child) and £21 (ad ult). Under 6 go free\n\nwww.foodiesfestival.com\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://xyzbrighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 02/FF25_Site-Headliners_Brighton.jpg CATEGORIES:Festivals LOCATION:Preston Park\, Preston Park\, Preston Rd\, Brighton BN1 6SD\, Brig hton and Hove\, England\, BN1 6SD\, United Kingdom GEO:50.840365;-0.147972 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Park\, Preston Rd\, Brighton BN1 6SD\, Brighton and Hove\, England\, BN1 6SD\, United Kingdom ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Preston Park:geo:50.840365,-0.147972 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR