Broadstairs Food Festival – a three-day feast for foodies

This annual event takes place from Friday 27^th to Sunday 29^th September 2024, (10am – 6pm.) on Broadstairs’ Victoria Gardens, with their unique cliff top position, overlooking the beautiful Blue Flag beach of Viking Bay.

This three-day ‘feastival’ highlights Kent’s rich heritage of great food and drink, featuring carefully chosen and sustainably focused growers and producers. Food and drink lovers can explore a broad range of almost 100 exhibitors, stock up on ingredients and take inspiration from the industry experts.

2024 Festival Theatre is bigger than ever before. Festival goers can enjoy free demonstrations from two of the county celebrated chefs making much welcomed return visits: Matt Sworder of the Corner House, Canterbury and Michelin starred chef Stephen Harris from The Sportsman, Seasalter, both appearing Saturday 28^th .

Ticketed events include Taste of Tuscany with Heritage Cheese/Il Palagiacco; Ryan Jacovides, creating small plates from Pomus, Margate and a ‘blind wine tasting with Alex and Jake, formerly of No.1 Oscar Road, Broadstairs.

Local pubs and restaurants will be in festival spirit in the run up to the weekend. On Wednesday 26^th , listen to some amusing tales of the festival served with a cream tea at The Royal Albion Hotel, or enjoy a four course gastro supper in the seaview dining room of The Charles Dickens pub. Twenty-Seven Harbour Street rounds off the town events with a six-course menu served on 27^th Sept. (These events book directly with the venue.)

Dining continues at the festival with two imaginative supper evenings, held in the Festival Theatre. “The Perfect Place to Grow” is a training kitchen created to support 18-24-year-olds not in education. This innovative Margate-based charity will host a four-course menu, filled with passion, prepared and served by the trainees in collaboration with a guest chef.

(Friday 27^th Sept, 7.30pm. Tickets £50. On sale - 1^st Sept; theperfectplacetogrow.org.uk.).

On Saturday 28^th , ‘The Foreign Embassy’ make their debut at the festival. Known for its

inventive one-off banquets in heritage locations from Dickens’ Bleak House to the

Home for Smack Boys and the Italianate Glasshouse, each one bringing people and

appetites together around a single table. Their menu remains a secret but will be based around local seafood and seasonal produce.

(Saturday 28^th 8pm Tickets £75. On sale - 1^st Sept: theforeignembassy.co.uk)

For details of all events, timings please visit: broadstairsfoodfestival.org.uk/Events