This year’s Bolton Food and Drink Festival has broken records, with a whopping 267,000 visitors making Bolton their destination of choice over the August bank holiday. Visitors came from across the UK to sample food and drink from more than 200 traders, watch top chefs in action and enjoy live music and entertainment. New this year was the addition of a music…
TV chef Simon Rimmer will swap Sunday Brunch for Saturday brunch as part of three special events topping the bill at this year’s Bolton Food and Drink Festival. And there is also the chance to drink wine with Strictly Come Dancing star Ainsley Harriott and match your pint to your pasty with beer expert Annabelle Smith. This is of special…
The award-winning Bolton Food and Drink Festival is back with news to make even the staunchest of foodies faint in a glorious amalgam of glee and excitement. But first a little foodie teaser. What do you get when you take a dash of Ainsley Harriott, a pinch of Simon Rimmer, a sprinkling of James Martin, then stir together with Michael Caines? The…
The Bolton Food and Drink Festival is less than three weeks’ away, which is a must visit event for any self-respecting foodie. The final touches are being made to one of the festival’s most exciting schedules ever, with a host of regional and celebrity chefs rocking into Bolton for the bank holiday weekend. Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine will appear…
Hi all, with just over three months to go, the Bolton Food and Drink Festival’s chef line-up has just been revealed. I’m a keen #BoltonFoodFest fan. I usually count down the days to this wonderful festival (it is EXACTLY 15 weeks away!). I’m really looking forward to reporting from it as I do every year, all the while enjoying the carnival atmosphere…
I can’t believe it’s been a week since the Bolton Food Fest. It’s one of the biggest food festivals in the country. Latest figures show over a whopping 200,000 people were in attendance (THAT’s why it was so crowded), with many making the trans-atlantic foodie pilgrimage from far afield as Cyprus and Australia. So, what’s so great about the Bolton…
Hey guys, what were you up to this lovely Bank Holiday weekend? I had the best time ever. I was one of hundreds of thousands of foodies who flocked to Bolton for the town’s biggest and best food and drink festival yet. Organisers are still calculating visitor figures but early indications suggest they are set to top last year’s 152,000, with…
Hi all, how’s it going? This foodie cannot wait for the Bolton Food and Drink Festival, which is just around the corner. I have interviews lined up with a whole bunch of beyond cool chefs, including restaurant reviews in Bolton so watch this space and I promise you won’t be disappointed. What have you got planned for the upcoming bank…
This is one of the highlights of my year and it’s just around the corner. Yes, details of this year’s Bolton Food & Drink Festival have just been confirmed, with an all-star chef line-up and a packed menu of birthday treats to celebrate Bolton’s 10th outing. I think John Torode must have waxed lyrical to his pretty witty girlfriend,…
Hello People, How are you? Hope the weather isn’t misbehaving too much where you are. Hope you had a lovely long weekend. What did I get up to? I spent a glorious four days immersed in northern loveliness, where exotic foods were cooked up by a stellar roster of chefs and European beer and artisan wine was a-flowing. Oh, and…