Bamford & Norden March 2020

Rochdale Food & Drink Festival is on
Saturday 4 April, open from 11am to 6pm.
For more visit www.rochdale.gov.uk/events
like the festival on Facebook www.facebook.com/
RochdaleFoodFestival and connect on twitter
@RochFoodFest
FAMILY: Gastronaut Stefan Gates will be performing on
the family stage. He blends food with science and laughter,
engaging and educating both children and adults with
spectacular experiments, explosions, rockets and edible
chemical reactions!
Austin Hopley, formerly of Rochdale’s multi-award
winning pub The Baum and now head chef at
new Indian street food restaurant and craft ale
pub - Bombay Brew will be cooking in the festival
kitchen for the second year in a row.
Adolfus Lewis went down a storm at this year’s
festival and will be back for 2020. He had 26
years’ experience as a chef before joining the
team at the Hare on the Hill in Littleborough
when it opened a year ago.
The festival kitchen will be located inside the
gothic splendour of Rochdale town hall along
with plenty of stalls and activities. There’ll be an
outside food and drink village, an indoor
seating area to watch chef demonstrations on a
big screen, themed foodie workshops plus live
music and activities – with lots to offer from
nearby local pubs, bars and restaurants.
Tickets for chef demonstrations and Stefan Gates
go on sale are available at www.rochdale.gov.uk/
events.
The festival is organised by the council in
partnership with Premier Kia and Bombay Brew.
Councillor Janet Emsley, cabinet member for
neighbourhoods, community and culture at
Rochdale Borough Council said:
NUTTER: Local star chef Andrew Nutter will be in the
kitchen at Rochdale Food & Drink Festival.
RETURN: Tom McNeeney, head chef at local family pub The
Oxford will be cooking at Rochdale Food & Drink Festival for
the second time.
“I’m very pleased to see this event back on our
2020 calendar. We have another exciting line-up
DEMONSTRATIONS: Austin Hopley, head chef at Rochdale’s
and as well as the chef demonstrations we will
new Indian street food restaurant and craft ale pub -
have a tempting range of food and drink stalls Bombay Brew, (left) and Adolfus Lewis from the Hare on the
and a full programme of fabulous entertainment.” Hill in Littleborough will be back for 2020.
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