Woking Food & Drink Festival 2016

Last year’s Woking Food & Drink Festival was a triumph, and no I am not just saying that because I met John Whaite!! Spread over three days Woking decided to bring back the festival this year and this weekend saw its return.  Like last year there were a whole host of celebrity and top chefs gracing the Tante Marie Culinary Theatre and giving us a demo dish. On the chopping block we had The Baker Brothers, Antonio Carluccio OBE, Fernando Stovell, Masterchef Champion Jane Devonshire and Steven Drake to name a few. Sadly GBBO winner Nadia Hussain had to drop out at…

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Woking Food & Drink Festival 2015

It’s that time of year again. Woking Food & Drink Festival was back for another year and was bigger than ever. Stretching over 3 days, there was an abundance of food and drink stalls, book signings, masterclasses at Tante Marie, BBQ Demonstrations, and live cookery demos from the well known Daniel Britten and Monica Galetti, to the chefs from restaurants around Surrey.  For me Sunday is where it was at. Why? John Whaite of course! I am a humongous Bake Off fan, like super fan, into the fact I am devastated I am going to miss the finale this year (it is…

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