Chop-chop... don't miss out on food celebration

ONE of the region's most prestigious food festivals is promising to welcome 'even more top chefs and food and drink producers' as it returns this month.

- ATHWENNA IRONS

After celebrating its 20th anniversary last year, the Dartmouth Food Festival prides itself on an 'unrivalled lineup of chef talent and a feast of entertainment'.

Returning to the South Devon town from Friday, October 24 to Sunday, October 26, culinary celebrity guests will include Saturday Kitchen's Matt Tebbutt, Angela Hartnett, Nieves Barragan, and Richard Bertinet. Flying the flag for local talent are festival patron Mitch Tonks, Nathan Outlaw, and Jane Baxter.

Festival ambassador, Orlando Murrin, said: "The Dartmouth Food Festival was an ambitious event from the start that grew from a cluster of stalls manned by local artisans and volunteers in the market square. Over 20 years later, it's a phenomenal event that embraces the entire riverside town and draws over 20,000 food-loving visitors from far and wide."