Foodies Festival – Guildford

The UK’s biggest touring celebrity food and music festival comes to Guildford for spectacular first time visit!

Foodies Festival launched in 2005 as a single event and is now the largest food and drink festival in the UK. To date, Foodies has welcomed over 3 million visitors, helped launch hundreds of new businesses and supported thousands of small producers. Foodies Festival proudly celebrates local produce in each festival region and showcases the most exciting and talented chefs, bakers and producers in the UK.

Foodies Festival will visit Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey, from 30th August – 1st September 2024, serving up a star-studded line-up of celebrity and award-winning local chefs, and chart-topping music stars, including: Blue, Sister Sledge and the exhilarating Symphonic Ibiza Orchestra with live vocals and DJ.

Known as Gastro-Glastonbury, the three-day event will feature live cooking demonstrations from TV celebrities and chefs drawn from the ranks of MasterChef, Great British Bake Off and Great British Menu.

Star announcements, include:

• MasterChef champions, Tom Rhodes and Dhruv Baker
• MasterChef: The Professionals champion, Alex Webb, MasterChef 2023 finalist, Anurag Aggarwal
• Gordon Ramsey’s Next Level Chef star, Ian Golding
• Channel 5 and BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter, Sian Anderson
• Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch bread expert, Jack Sturgess
• Channel 4 Beat The Chef, MasterChef contestant and author, Yui Miles
• ITV This Morning wine experts, Tom Surgey and Joe Wadsack

Alex Webb, said: “I’m really looking forward to the Foodies Festival tour, it’s my 3rd year in a row, and I’m glad to be returning! I can’t wait to celebrate the local food and drink in the region. I’ll be cooking some of my favourite dishes, such as Lobster Toast and Chilli Jam, as well as some classics from MasterChef!” 

Duncan James from Blue, said: “We’re all looking forward to joining the Foodies Festival tour again this year. The crowd is always buzzing and up for a great day and night out! A definite highlight is the lovely food from around the world. We’ve enjoyed some amazing dishes on previous visits and can’t wait to try some more!”

Showcasing the best of Surrey and beyond, many of the region’s most-highly acclaimed Michelin and multi-award-winning chefs will also appear, including: Chef-Patron, Steve Drake, from Michelin-starred and 4AA Rosette awarded Sorrel, Dorking, Executive Chef, Alex Payne, from Michelin-starred and 3AA Rosette awarded The Tudor Pass, Great Fosters, and Chef-Patron, Ben Piette, from Michelin recommended Maison, Wrecclesham.

WHAT TO EXPECT?

Throughout the 3-day weekend, enjoy a jam-packed schedule of TV cooking show champions and award-winning chefs in the interactive live theatres:

• Chefs Theatre – chefs will create their signature dishes and share new tips and tricks, whilst in the Cake & Desserts Theatre, patisserie chefs and star bakers whip up showstoppers and offer tempting sweet treats.
• Kids Cookery School – Foodies Super Chefs make cooking fun, helping younger guests to prepare delicious food that they can take away and enjoy.
• Masterclasses in the Drinks Theatre include tutored Champagne, Beer, Cider, Cocktail and Wine-tasting – presenters include BBC, ITV and Channel 4 drinks experts as well as local favourites.
• Shopping village – browse the latest food trends, meet local producers in the Artisan Market and taste exotic and unusual new dishes in the Feasting Tent – which features a mouth-watering range of street food and delicacies from all four corners of the globe.