Chefs from some of the county’s top hospitality venues are amongst the highlights at an upcoming festival.
The 2023 Stone Food and Drink Festival aims to celebrate Staffordshire as a foodie destination and a host of names have been lined up for the Demonstration Kitchen.
Heading up the bill is the youngest-ever two Michelin star chef and 2020 Great British Menu champion Niall Keating, who will be joined on stage by the Head Chef from his flagship Lunar Wedgwood restaurant, in Barlaston, Craig Lunn.
The event takes place on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 July, and will be held at Kibblestone Scout Camp this year due to development taking place at its usual home of Westbridge Park.
Also taking to the stage on the Saturday is Adam Smith, from the Dog & Doublet Inn at Sandon; Ben Manifold, Senior Sous Chef at No.26, Aston Marina; Jake Lowndes of Stone’s Michelin Guide-listed Little Seeds and BANT Registered Nutritionist Eva Humphries, otherwise known as the Wholefood Warrior.
Sunday’s line-up includes James Cracknell, Head Chef at The Moat House in Acton Trussell; Head Chef at Aston Marina’s No.26 Lee Lawson; Sous Chef Stuart Bruce from The Woodlands Restaurant at The Chase Golf & Country Club; Amarpal Harrar of iCookIndian and Oksana Harris from COOK! Ukraine.
All cookery demonstrations are included within the festival’s gate price, with no need to pre-book.
The festival will also be attended by various local businesses spread across a Talks and Tastings Tent, street food stalls, a Gourmet Marquee, a new Home and Garden Marquee and a Little Foodies’ Zone with entertainment and activities for children. Live music will also feature.
Free shuttle buses will ferry visitors from several stops around Stone town centre to Kibblestone, while on-site parking and a nearby Park and Ride service are also on offer.
Tickets cost £12 per person, per day or £20 per person for a two-day pass. Accompanied under 16s get in free.
For tickets and more information about what is on when, click here.
