Please check the website www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com for further details and to sign up to the festival newsletter to receive updates. Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver: Photo Credit: Jason Lowe. An upgrade to the retail park will see new leisure uses introduced such as a cinema, hotel and a wider food and drink offer. “To have a programme that is such a reflection of the dynamic change and creativity we are seeing across UK food and farming is massively exciting. ABERGAVENNY Food Festival has announced a raft of new events and speakers joining the line-up at this year’s event, taking place over the weekend of September 21-22. Abergavenny Food Festival is excited to welcome returning sponsors: Triodos Bank, Griffith Construction, Chase Distillery, Belazu, Riverford Organic, Real Kombucha, Seedlip, Heritage Cheese, Willy’s Apple Cider Vinegar, Kadai Firebowls, Pipers Farm, Cooks School and Rougemont Independent School, plus new sponsors Aecorn Aperitifs Unearthed and Maple From Canada. The festival will welcome some of the most influential figures in British cooking, as Fergus Henderson and St. JOHN co-founder Trevor Gulliver (above) return to Abergavenny. A programme of culinary events are spread out across a number of venues in the town, with demonstrations from top chefs, specialist exhibitors and various entertainments. Please check the website for more details. Joining hosts Sam & Shauna of Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, will be James Golding, Chef Director at a major UK hotel group and member of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ sustainability committee, Georgina Hayden and Great British Bake Off finalist and founder of ‘Manon’s Little Kitchen’, Manon Lagrève. Photo Gallery 2019 2019 Programme Essential Info Contact Us Press Blog The Festival STOP PRESS – #VAFF2020 – Alas, Abergavenny Food Festival 2020 Live was not meant to be. From the Rotary Club’s Young Chef of the Year competition hosted by José Pizarro and Franco Taruschio, to a kids takeover of the Festival Farmyard every morning. Smoking Goat chef Ali Borer has also joined the line-up for cooking over fire at the Castle as have Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes from restaurant Native who will also be taking a group for a ‘Wild and Foraged’ event. The shopping centre opened five years after the final National Garden Festival of Wales in 1992. Foraging tours Children can also get hands on with their food, learning how to plant seeds and churn butter. Abergavenny Food Festival (“the Festival” or “we” or “us”) is a not for profit company … The festival … Abergavenny Food Festival has announced a raft of new events and speakers joining the line-up at this year’s event, taking place over the weekend of 21stAbergavenny Food Festival has announced a raft of new events and speakers joining the line-up at this year’s event, taking place over the weekend of 21st-22nd September. Please go to www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com for more details. Abergavenny Food Festival is excited to welcome returning sponsors Triodos Bank, Chase Distillery, Belazu, Riverford Organic, Real Kombucha, Seedlip and Pipers Farm. For the last 21 years, Abergavenny Food Festival has highlighted and celebrated Wales’ thriving food scene, and the chefs, producers, farmers, and growers who all work so hard to make it what it is. The festival's street food area was a big hit with visitors and provided a real assault on the senses. Five courses with wine to match. Fergus and Trevor, the team behind St. […] More details to be released soon. Twitter: @afoodfestival Abergavenny Food Festival has announced the first highlights from the 2019 festival programme and following on from last year’s 20th anniversary edition, the ... By Rhys Gregory March 19, 2019 0 Popular News A merry band of chefs, cooks, wine merchants and hospitality pros are set to whip up a storm for the food fest’s annual Saturday night feast One More, No More. Younger visitors will be able to meet and interact with rare breed animals, climb the tractors, hear talks on keeping animals from Little Bo Sheep and Pig Tails, and join Wild Tots Abergavenny for nature play and creative connections. Indeed, the annual Abergavenny Food Festival, from 21-22 September this year, attracts some of the biggest names from the culinary world to take part in tastings, discussions and demonstrations. Fergus and Trevor, the team behind St. JOHN (and its sister establishments) as well as owners of a winery in Minervois in France, will be discussing their new book, The Book of St John (Ebury Press).