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| 19.09.08 at 8am, 1.30pm & 3pm |
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Young Chef's Competition |
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Guildhall |
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A popular annual event, this competition is aimed at young professional Chefs (21 and under) who are keen to demonstrate their abilities. There will be three heats of chefs cooking two courses in 1.5 hour sessions.
One winner from each heat will be invited back for the final on Sunday 28th at 10am. Apart from the title, Young Chef of the Year, the winner will hold the coveted Jamie Parker Trophy for the year. |
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| 19.09.08 at 10.30am |
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The Stockbridge Challenge |
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Guildhall |
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Children in schools around York have worked with Julian Davies of Stockbridge, to learn about the environment and grow their own vegetables. Today, together with Chef and Festival Director, Michael Hjort, the children will be shown how to transform their home grown veg into a tasty meal. |
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| 20.09.08 at 10.30am |
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Peter Sidwell's 1st Cookery Workshop (for Adults) |
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Guildhall |
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£7.50
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In this special 1.5hr workshop, Peter will explain how to prepare fish from beginning to end. You will make a parcel of Pickering trout with fennel and filo pastry.
All the ingredients will be provided for you and you will take home a fresh fish-all prepared and ready to cook for your lunch or evening meal-and a recipe to follow.
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| 20.09.08 at 11am |
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Children's Workshop |
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York Designer Outlet |
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FREE |
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Join Dawn Carvey for a Children's 15 minute workshop at anytime between 11am and 4pm. Dawn will be talking about healthy snacks and decorating carrot cake and biscuits.
Why not take the children along to York Designer Outlet and let them 'play with their food' before you do some 'Guilt Free Shopping'? |
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| 20.09.08 at 1.30pm |
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Peter Sidwell's 2nd Cookery Workshop (for Adults) |
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Guildhall |
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£7.50
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In this 2nd special 1.5hr workshop, Peter will explain how to prepare fish from beginning to end along with a tarragon, rocket and lime pesto.
All the ingredients will be provided for you and you will take home a fresh fish -all prepared and ready to cook for your lunch or evening meal-and a recipe to follow.
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| 21.09.08 at 10.30am |
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Sharmini Thomas's Children's (1st) Cookery Workshop |
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Guildhall |
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£5.00 |
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Chapathi Wrap
Active participation in preparing a delicious (potato and pea) wrap.
Menu (with health benefits):
Potato with pea chapathi (made from wheat flour), salads (contain vitamins, minerals, and fibre)
Children will learn:
How to make chapathi, make delicious filling, transform them to a wonderful mouth watering wrap
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| 21.09.08 at 1pm |
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Sharmini Thomas's Children's (2nd) Cookery Workshop |
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Guildhall |
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£5.00 |
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Poppadum and dips
Create a wonderful starter with mouth watering dips you always relished
Menu (with Health benefits)
Poppadums
Cucumber raita - (very cooling and nutritious containing calcium and vitamins) Mango chutney - vitamin A and fibre contents are high, thus helps in preventing constipation)
Children will learn
How to freshly fry poppadum
Prepare Cucumber raita & Mango chutney
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| 23.09.08 (and 24.09.08) |
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School's Workshops with Fi Bird of Stirrin'-Stuff |
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Guildhall |
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Fi Brid of Stirrin' Stuff is a firm favourtie with school's at York Food Festival. Fi teaches about healthy eating in all of her demonstrations and points out, in language that the children understand, just why it is so important to at least try and eat the 'icky green stuff'
Over 200 Chilren will cook with Fi in the Guildhall today. |
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| 23.09.08 |
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Un-Fairtrade Game |
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York MInster |
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Students from York and North Yorkshire Secondary schools have been invited to York Minster to play the Unfairtrade Business Game.
The game is designed to introduce students to the concept of trading in a world-wide market. They will learn first hand that through no fault of their own, the rules of the game can change and they can be in an unfair and unsustainable business position - like many third worls countries. |
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| 23.09.08 at 7.30pm |
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Faritrade Wine Tasting |
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York Minster |
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£5.00 |
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| 24.09.08 |
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School's Workshops with Fi Bird of Stirrin'-Stuff |
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Guildhall |
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Please see write up for 23.09.08 (above)
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| 24.09.08 |
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School's Workshops with a variety of Chefs |
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National Railway Museum |
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In Association with the NRM, NYBEP have organised a series of practical workshops so that young Primary School children can have a carousel of hands on Science with Cooking. |
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| 25.09.08 |
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School's Workshops with a variety of Chefs |
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National Railway Museum |
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Please see write up for 24.09.08 (above) |
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| 25.09.08 6pm-8pm |
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York Designer Outlet Cocktail Demo |
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York Designer Outlet |
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Visit York Designer Outlet between 6pm and 8pm and be dazzled by a cocktail demonstration produced by the LivingRoom.
Firm favourites with York Food Festival the Living Room provide a daily demo of different cocktails but for those of us who are normally working through the day, this is the perfect opportunity to taste the fun! |
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| 25.09.08 and 26.09.08 |
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School's / College Workshops with Army Chefs |
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Guildhall |
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With so many workshops aimed at young children, the Festival felt it was time to have workshops for our teenagers and the Army, based at Imphal Barracks, have kindly agreed to come a second year running and run two consecutuve days of Workshops for students. |
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| 26.09.08, 9.30am start |
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World's Biggest Coffee Morning |
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Festival Beer Tent |
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One of the biggest fundraising events in the UK, with an estimated 2 million people raising their mugs for Macmillan last year and with your help we aim to raise over £8.5 million for people affected by cancer.
Please come and join us at the York Food and Drink Festival between 09:30 and 12:30, where there will be tea and coffee served by Macmillan Staff, as well as scrumptious home made cakes to buy.
Alternatively, if you would like to hold your own coffee morning then please register for your World's Biggest Coffee Morning pack by calling us on 0845 602 1246 or register online at www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee.
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