London’s premier Food Festival, held each May in Earls Court, introduces The Real Food Harvest Festival, an all-new FREE event celebrating the abundance of British autumnal produce.
London’s Southbank Centre will play host to the first Real Food Harvest Festival from 23rd – 25th September 2011.
Bringing together around 120 producers (see notes to editors), a top line-up of chefs including – Arthur Potts Dawson, Mickael Weiss of Coq D’Argent, The Hinds Head’s Kevin Love and Vivek Singh.
The festival will also feature livestock from Laverstoke Park Farm, the sheep show – complete with dancing sheep and lots more entertainment to an expected 50,000 people, The Real Food Harvest Festival offers a fantastic opportunity to taste and buy the very best the UK has to offer, at this exceptional time of the year.
Founder of Real Food Festivals Philip Lowery commented, “Autumn is an exciting time to be staging a food festival and to be able to bring the best of what we do in Earls Court to such a wonderful outdoor setting is a real bonus.
Harvest Festivals are celebrated throughout the British countryside and we really want to bring that energy and celebration to the capital and continue our goal of reconnecting people back to where their food comes from.
We are also delighted that we can create a free Festival for Londoners”
Since Pagan times in Britain harvest festivals have taken place at the end of September when the full moon nearest to the autumn equinox falls – the harvest moon. It is a festival of feasting, merriment and romance.
With this in mind The Real Food Harvest Festival will be much more than just a food market. There will be livestock, chef demos, taste workshops and loads of interactive activities for kids (and their parents too…) including butter-making, bread kneading and even butchery classes.
With plenty to eat and drink while you are there and all sorts of music and street theatre, the Real Food Harvest Festival offers a great day out for all the family.
GET SET FOR FOOD LOVERS MOST ABUNDANT TIME OF THE YEAR,
CELEBRATE BRITISH HARVEST TIME AT THE REAL FOOD HARVEST FESTIVAL- SOUTHBANK CENTRE 23-25 SEPTEMBER.
About Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre, occupying a 21-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Southbank Centre is home to the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and the Hayward Gallery as well as The Saison Poetry Library and the Arts Council Collection.
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What’s On at the Festival:
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Chefs Demos Our demo kitchen is sizzling hot, take a look at our world class line up of chefs.
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The Sheep Show Meet Nobby the Norfolk, Susie Southdown and their friends in a combination of education and entertainment.
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Kids Taste Experience Specially designed to engage and delight kids with food, there will be workshops giving younger visitors the chance to learn how to make butter and bread or shuck oysters.
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Featured Producers Check out some of the amazing producers that are going to be at the Southbank
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