IF you haven’t already made plans for the Bank Holiday weekend, visiting the Bolton Food and Drink Festival could be the most satisfyingly spontaneous venture you make.
Double Michelin starred chef Michael Caines will provide two free demonstrations, the first in the Festival Marquee, Victoria Square at 12.30pm and the second in The Market Place, Knowsley Street at 2.30pm
From 23-26 August a feast of top class cookery demonstrations by celebrity chefs will be dished up, including Michael Caines MBE, Aldo Zilli, Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry.
After helping to officially launch the festival on Friday, double Michelin starred chef Michael Caines will provide two free demonstrations, the first in the Festival Marquee, Victoria Square at 12.30pm and the second in The Market Place, Knowsley Street at 2.30pm
Michael Caines
In addition, a host of regional, high profile chefs, who are passionate about food, will delight visitors for free, with cooking demonstrations over the four days at Bolton Market, on Ashburner Street, the Market Place Shopping Centre and in Victoria Square.
Delivering free demos on Friday will be Aazam Ahmad, BBC Fusion Chef of the Year, who will be creating his signature Asian fusion dishes at Bolton Market at 10am and then at the Festival Marquee, Victoria Square at 2.30pm. Born and bred in Manchester, Aazam has a passion for his city and world cuisine. He has spent time in the Far East, including China and Hong Kong, where he cooked regional delicacies. Aazam fuses English with Far Eastern styles.
On Saturday 24, Sean Wilson from Channel 5’s Great Northern Cookbook will be on hand to delight onlookers with some of his exciting recipes and top cooking tips. Sean has cooked in several Michelin starred restaurants and is also a cheesemaker, with his own cheese company. Sean will be at Market Place Shopping Centre at 12 noon. He will also be performing two live demonstrations at Bolton Market, Ashburner Street at 10am and 2pm.
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Justine Forrest from Longridge in Lancashire, won the top spot in ITV’s Michael Winner’s Dining Stars in 2010. She is renowned for her cakes and puddings, especially her warm chocolate brownies which Michael Winner declared were the best he had ever tasted. She now has a successful online business. Justine will be demonstrating her baking techniques at 2pm on Saturday, then again at 4pm on Monday, both in the Market Place Shopping Centre.
Bolton's Anjali Pathak returns to the festival on Sunday 25. Anjali is part of the Indian food dynasty, Patak's. Anjali is a respected chef with a qualification from the prestigious Leiths School of Food and Wine. She has also been shortlisted for a number of awards for her work with Indian food and flavours. She spends her time hosting cookery classes and developing recipes that suit Patak’s pastes, sauces and chutneys. Anjali will be performing twice in the Market Place Shopping Centre at 1pm and then 3pm.
Finally, on Monday, Andrew Nutter from Nutters Restaurant in Rochdale will be in the Market Place Shopping Centre at 11am and again at 3pm. Andrew is one of the most innovative of the new breed of celebrity chefs. He opened the Nutters restaurant at the age of 21. The restaurant is hugely successful and sits on the site of an 18th century manor house in six and a half acres of parkland. You can read all about him in our recent Out Of The Frying Pan interview here.
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Timetable for chef demonstrations on Victoria Square:
Friday 23 August:
12.30pm Michael Caines to launch Food & Drink Festival in main marquee on Victoria Square followed by cooking demo
2.30pm Aazam Ahmad
N.B. All tickets for the following demonstrations are £5 per person:-
Saturday 24 August:
11am Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
2pm Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
4pm Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
Sunday 25 August:
11am Aldo Zilli
1pm Aldo Zilli
3pm Aldo Zilli
Monday 26 August:
11am James Martin
1pm James Martin
3pm James Martin
FREE demos
Regional Chefs Schedule at Market Place Shopping Centre:
Friday 23 August:
2.30pm Michael Caines
Saturday 24 August:
10am Natasha Garnett, Chef de Partie at Holiday Inn Bolton
11am Chris Marshall, Executive Chef at Worsley Marriott
12pm Sean Wilson from Channel 5's Great Northern Cookbook
1pm Chris Marshall
2pm Justine Forrest, winner of Michael Winner’s Dining Stars 2010
3pm Chris Marshall
4pm Michael Harrison, from Chef To Go fine dining and lobster cook off with Yang Sing
Sunday 25 August:
11am Joss and Anthony, from Oyster & Otter Restaurant, Feniscowles
12pm Chris Yates, Head Chef at Shoulder of Mutton, Ramsbottom
1pm Anjali Pathak
2pm Paul Riley, Head Chef at Kaleido Restaurant, National Museum of Football, Manchester
3pm Anjali Pathak
Monday 26 August:
10am Jon Jones from Farmers Arms
11am Andrew Nutter, Nutters Restaurant, Rochdale
12pm Ernst Van Zyl, Etrop Grange Hotel, Manchester
1pm Andrew Nutter
2pm Don Howcroft, Bolton finalist in ITV’s Food Glorious Food
3pm Andrew Nutter,
4pm Justine Forrest
Regional Chefs Schedule at Bolton Market, Ashburner Street:
Friday 23 August:
10am Aazam Ahmad, BBC Fusion Chef – (also in Festival Marquee at 2.30pm)
Saturday 24 August:
10am Sean Wilson from Channel 5's Great Northern Cookbook
1pm Yang Sing dim sum demo
2pm Sean Wilson
