The Great Belfast Food Week
The Great Belfast Food
Week
Date: 24 - 27 March
2010
Tickets: Some events available online at http://www.gotobelfast.com/ or
phone 028 9024 6609 for further information.
The Great Belfast Food Week is
a four-day food festival which will celebrate and showcase the best
of Northern Ireland food produce.
Run by Belfast City Council and supported by
the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's Regional Food
Programme, the festival will be headlined by some of the best known
national chefs:
- Saturday Kitchen star James
Martin
- King of the Jungle, Gino
D’Acampo
- The Good Food Programme’s host Sheila Dillon
- local food heroes Paul
Rankin and Nick
Price.
The festival aims to raise awareness of Northern
Ireland’s unique food culture and history and will feature local
food producers with demonstrations and opportunities for the
hospitality trade and public to sample top notch cuisine prepared
by top notch chefs.
Belfast
Kitchen
Date: Wednesday 24 March 2010
Venue: Ulster Museum, 9.30am -
12 noon
Tickets: £20 - available from
the Belfast Welcome Centre
Events at the museum include:
- Belfast Kitchen with James Martin, Nick Price, Paul Rankin and
Jason More
- Our Food History with Nick Price
- Belfast Dishes prepared by Paul Rankin and Jason More with
James Martin.
Gino Cooks the Great Belfast Menu
Date:Thursday 25 March 2010
Location:
Connswater Shopping Centre at 12.30pm - 1.30pm
and Victoria Square from 7pm
Tickets:
No ticket required
See Gino D’Acampo's twist on the Great Belfast
Menu at Connswater Shopping Centre and Victoria Square. Paul Rankin
and other local chefs will also be there.
Gino D'Acampo –
signing his latest cookbook
Date:Thursday 25 March 2010
Venue: Waterstones, Fountain Street, Belfast, 5pm - 6pm
Gino Cooks Lunch at St George’s Market
Date:Friday
26 March
Venue: St George’s Bar and Grill, 11.30am - 1pm
Tickets:
£35 - available at St George’s Bar and Grill
(telephone: 028 9024 0014)
Sample a delicious four course lunch cooked by
Gino D'Acampo using fresh ingredients sourced directly from St
George’s Market at the St George’s Bar and Grill.
Sheila Dillon with Nick Price
– a presentation on The Slow Food Movement
Date: Friday 26 March
Venue: Baby Grand, Grand Opera House, 2.30pm - 5pm
Tickets:
£10 – available from Belfast Welcome
Centre
Belfast
Bred: A dramatic tour of the city's cuisine from past to
present
Date: Saturday 27 March
(SOLD OUT)
Venue: Local Belfast
restaurants, 10am - 12 noon
Tickets: £15 – available from
the Belfast Welcome Centre
Belfast Bred: A dramatic tour of the city’s
cuisine from past to present. Presented by Belfast City Council and
Kabosh Theatre Company. Sample the delights of Belfast food and
discover the city’s fascinating culinary history in the company of
Barney, a chef from RMS Titanic.
Duration 2 hours
Starts: 10am Sawyer’s Delicatessen, Fountain Street Ends: 12 noon
St George’s Market
St George’s Chocolate Festival (with Sheila
Dillon)
Date: Saturday 27 March
Venue: St George’s Market, 12 noon - 3pm
Do you love chocolate? Celebrate and indulge at
our Chocolate Festival at St George's Market. Enjoy special events,
demonstrations and delicious free samples!
