Line up announced for Penzance Food Festival 2024

The highly anticipated first ever Penzance Food Festival is fast approaching. Set to take place from September 13th to 15th, 2024 in Penlee Park, Penzance, it is a must-visit for food lovers, families, and anyone looking to enjoy the best of Cornwall’s culinary scene. With FREE ENTRY and a packed schedule of activities over the three days.

Penzance Food Festival will feature a diverse range of food and drink offerings from more than 50 local vendors, chefs, and artisans. Attendees can explore a mouth-watering variety of dishes, including:

• Fat Monday’s: Backyard style burgers. Dry aged beef. Hand cut beef tallow fries. Buns, pickles, sauces all made in-house. 
• Mackerel Sky: Homemade Newlyn crab nachos and their famous crab mayo sandwiches on St Ives Bakery Turkish bread. 
• Cape Cornwall Club: Indulgent lobster rolls and crispy pork belly tacos.
• Pizza Plz Handmade Pizza: Authentic Neapolitan pizzas 

Celebrity Chefs and Live Demonstrations in the Taste Theatre from some of Cornwall’s most celebrated chefs, including:

• Jude Kereama, Kota & Kota Kai: Known for his creative fusion of Cornish and Asian/Pacific flavours.
• Jeffrey Robinson, St Ives Cookery School: One of the first chefs in the world to be awarded a green Michelin star
• Annie Seaborne, My Fish Kitchen: A champion of sustainable, sea-to-table cooking.
• Rose Cant, Mum on a Muddy Lane: Unpretentious & hilarious foodie influencer with a cookbook in the pipeline.
• Adam Kesakoff, The Aussie Smoker: the BBQ master cooking up a Great Aussie Steak Sanga (sandwich) with a Cornish Twist.

The festival will also feature a dynamic lineup of live music each day from the stage set against the majestic trees in Penlee Park, including:

• The Odd Folk: A ramshackle quintet mixing folk, gypsy, and indie influences.
• Wild Oyo: Delivering vibrant afro beat, post punk and upbeat rhythms 
• King Dinosaur: Speakeasy meets Dick Dale in this awesome, raucous Spaghetti Western Swing Band

There will be a wellness area in the top field giving a summer festival vibe with Rising Embers woodfired sauna sessions available to book on their website, and local wellness practitioners offering free yoga and breathwork classes from 10am. 

Event organiser Oona Burch said, “We have been overwhelmed by the community’s enthusiastic response to the event, it’s clearly something that people are keen to support and get involved with.”

Event organiser Harry James-Mills added “We hope people will want to spend the whole day with us. Classes start at 10am in the wellness area followed by Yallah coffee and baked goods from micro bakeries Rosewall and the Magic Whisk. Moving onto lunch from our amazing range of hot food vendors and shopping in the Producer Tent, followed by watching some world class cookery demos in our Taste Theatre and then finishing the day off with drinks and dancing in the main bar and stage area.”

Event organiser Barney Farnworth added :“Penzance has a rich food and produce community, and we are honoured to be starting a food festival here. In alignment with our Cornish heritage values, we aim to work with, support, and promote the farmers, fishermen, producers, and chefs behind the scenes who make Penzance and Cornwall such special places to live. What better place to do this than beneath the canopies of ancient trees in Penlee Park”

There will be three bars across the site:

• A well stocked main bar featuring beers from event sponsor St Ives Brewery and slushie cocktails from Crusty Juggler Rum. 
• Wine Tasting Bar hosted by ELIXR Wine, offering a curated selection of organic and low intervention wines.
• Gin Garden hosted by Silco Drinks, providing a refreshing outdoor gin experience.

Sarah Shaw, Penzance BID Manager, said “We are delighted to support Penzance's very first Food Festival, a celebration of our town's rich culinary heritage and vibrant local produce. This event is a fantastic opportunity to bring our community together, showcase the incredible talent of our local chefs and food artisans, and put Penzance on the map as a must-visit destination for food lovers. We look forward to welcoming everyone this September.”

Penzance Food Festival is proudly supported by:

• Penzance BID
• St Ives Brewery
• Crusty Juggler
• Cornwall College
• PDTA (Penzance Accommodation Group)
• Penzance Council
• Silco Drinks
• Trink Dairy

Visitors are encouraged to follow the social media accounts for line-up competitions and schedule announcements.

ENDS

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Penzance Food Festival Poster designed by Caio Wheelhouse

 

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