Truly Scrumptious - A Food Festival Podcast

In June, Jon and I flew over to Northern Ireland. I had been asked to host the “Meet the Producers’ Stage at the Comber Earlies Potato Festival in Comber which sits on Strangford Loch.It is a beautiful town, in a stunning part of the country and we were treated to a joyful festival of food and lovely people.My fab friend Paula McIntyre (more from her later) who you would have heard on a previous podcast - put me forward and introduced me to Heather Shields from Ards and North Down Council.Together with her team they put on a truly wonderful event. The sun shone that day, the food, drink, music and laughter flowed.www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.ukhttps://www.instagram.com/truly_scrumptious_podcast/https://paulamcintyre.co.uk/https://www.visitardsandnorthdown.com/whats-on/summer-food-festival/comber-earlies-food-festival

Welcome to another of our special summer podcasts!A month or so ago I spoke with the utterly delightful Dr Neil Buttery when his brand new book was launched. I happened upon Neil (as you do!) when scrolling through instagram and I saw that he had written a book about one of my all time culinary heroines.Now…You might be thinking Mary Berry (yes I love Mary, have worked with Mary and I think she is fabulous) … but it’s not her. Neither is it Delia or …tum tum tum Nigella! This lady lived about three hundred years ago in Manchester. She was forthright, intelligent, canny and with a fabulous business head. At a time when women weren’t allowed opinion or property.So….. make a cup of tea, get comfy and slice some of your favourite cake… Settle down in your best chair and let me introduce you to Elizabeth Raffald and her biographer the fabulous Neil Buttery. https://britishfoodhistory.com/about/

In May, Jon and I were invited by the British Trout Association to spend a day in the sunny Cotswolds learning to fish Trout. Having never fished a day in my life I thought this was a great opportunity and a lovely way to spend a day.We arrived at Lechlade Trout Fishery, met our other fellow fisher folk, had a coffee and welcome biscuit…. then rod in hand walked towards a huge pond full to the brim with Trout.It’s a bit more complicated than just tossing a rod and line into the water, there is a bit of flicking, drawing of the line, a good eye to spot the trout…and patience. Not my strongest quality - but definitely Jons. Who caught four…. I managed to land three! But that was in the easy pond….after lunch we went to the large lake where our quarry was a little harder to net!We were in the expert hands of Tim from Lechlade Fishery and learnt so much from Oliver, the CEO of the British Trout Association.

Oh we have a Bake-tastic episode for you all this week!A tangy, toasty, squishy, warm and spongy whopper of an hour with four amazing women who also happen to have competed on the Great British Bake Off. And one - who WON!And we are happy to say that they are all joining us at our Festivals this year too!This is the last episode in the current series.....but we'll be back at the end of June with lots more Festival chat - with interviews recorded at our event in Bradford on Avon! And more......In the meantime, watch out for a couple of 'one off' episodes....www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.ukwww.thamefoodfestivals.co.ukSyabira - https://www.instagram.com/syabira_bakes/Val - https://www.instagram.com/valcake.walks/Carole - https://www.instagram.com/compostcarole/Dawn - https://www.instagram.com/thebakerdawn/

Welcome to another squidgy, chewy, light and bouncy episode. And this week we are all over the place!We take a trip to Cornwall for a catch up with the lovely LoveDay Gin Girls, Daisy and Chloe. We’re also chatting with another gorgeous lady there - Deb Porter, our fabulous Festival Photographer!Then we’re up to Gloucestershire to speak with one of our favourite and longest attending producers - Beccy Whittal and her award winning and bloomin' delicious fudge.But first first of all we zoom over to Sweden to speak to Jane Sandstrom who we first met last year on Midsummer in the land of the midnight sun!Daisy and Chloe, Loveday Distilling - https://lovedaydistilling.com/Deb Porter - https://www.debporterphotography.com/Beccy Whittal - https://whittals.co.uk/Jane Sandstrom - https://www.instagram.com/janesandstrom/Truly Scrumptious - https://www.instagram.com/truly_scrumptious_podcast/www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.ukwww.thamefoodfestival.co.uk

Hello and welcome to another squishy, whopper of a lightly toasted episode.This week I am chatting with my old matey Tristan Welch - not only an incredible chef, thoroughly nice chap but also my culinary boyfriend. Yes, it’s a thing!We go back a few years, when we competed together in New York, on Food Network’s bonkers tv show - Chopped!It was a crazy few days and the best experience - you’ll find out more in a moment…And let us introducer you to two more lovely men that I had the joy to chat to recently - Ben and Will from True Story Brewing. They have gone from video production to Beer production and they are joining us at Bradford on Avon Food Festival this year.TRISTAN WELCH - https://www.instagram.com/chef_tristan_welch/WILL AND BEN FROM TRUE STORY BREWING - https://truestorybrewing.com/LOTTE DUNCAN - https://www.instagram.com/lotte_duncan/THAME FOOD FESTIVAL - www.thamefoodfestival.co.ukBRADFORD ON AVON FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL - www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.uk