British Food Fortnight 17 September - 2 October 2016

There are a number of exciting foodie events taking place locally during British Food Fortnight. The biggie being the Abergavenny Food Festival, which I've recently heard described as "the Glastonbury of food festivals". This is being held on the 17th and 18th September. 
Abergavenny Food Festival. 

With lots of top chefs holding masterclasses, tutored tastings and cookery demonstrations, it should be a great event. Participating chefs include

Naomi Devlin

Cyrus Todiwala

Alice Hart

Zuza Zak

Valentine Warner

                                                                      



                                                         

For fans of the Great British Bake Off, two contestants from the 2014 series will be holding masterclasses.

Richard Burr, builder turned baker, was a finalist and star baker a record 5 times. He will demonstrate how to be a star baker with recipes from his debut cookbook, BIY - Bake it Yourself. 

Martha Collison at just 17 was the Bake Off's youngest ever contestant and still only 19, she has baked cakes for the Queen. Martha will show just how much she loves cake with her favourite brownie ice-cream sandwiches from her first cookbook, Twist - Creative Ideas to Reinvent Your Baking.

All the cookbooks shown are available from Torfaen Libraries. 
Check the Library catalogue

Other local foodie events taking place during the fortnight include:

• Sunday 18 September - Riverside Farmers Market, Cardiff. Held every Sunday on the Fitzhamon Embankment opposite the Principality Stadium (formerly, Millenium Stadium). Riverside Farmers Market
• Sunday 25 September - Llanyrafon Manor Food and Craft Market. Products range from farm fresh fruit and veg, meat and eggs to homemade bread fresh from the oven. Llanyrafon Manor Food and Craft Market
• Saturday 1 October - Newport Food Festival. Newport City Centre High Street and surrounding areas will be buzzing with great food and drink. Newport Food Festival