Cornwall Food and Drink Festival

Festival Marquee, Lemon Quay, Truro

Celebrating the very best of Cornish food and drink

Three exciting special events

This year sees old favourites returning to join us alongside some new and exciting additions. Over the three days, watch HMS Raleigh rustle up a feast with military precision, see The Magnificent Seven join forces to create a one-off bespoke menu and observe the cook-off to end all cook-offs in the Battle of the Schools.

HMS Raleigh
Friday 11.30am
Led by instructor Bill Ferguson and leading logistician ‘Woody’
Conway, the team of trainee chefs from the Defence Maritime
Logistics School based at HMS Raleigh will cook up a sumptuous meal for a table of top bidders
to raise funds for the Children’s Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal. This will be the third year Bill has taken part in the Cornwall Food and Drink Festival. Bill is a former Navy chef, who now works for VT
Flagship, a commercial company that has a partnering arrangement with the Royal Navy. Bill is now responsible for passing on his extensive knowledge of cooking to the current generation of sailors.

HMS Raleigh

The Magnificent Seven
Saturday 11.30am
Seven of Cornwall’s top chefs join forces to
create a bespoke four course lunch for 12. In teams, Kevin Viner, Neil Haydock, Ben Tunnicliffe, Nathan Outlaw, David Sharland, Paul Ripley and Chris Eden will create a starter, main course, dessert and a surprise
fourth dish. Come and observe these seven
talented chefs in action. See them as you have never seen them before - united in one kitchen!

Battle of the Schools
Sunday 10am
Neil Haydock and Nik Boyle bring together
pupils from local schools and trainee chefs from Fifteen Cornwall for the ultimate
cooking challenge. Don’t miss this showdown on Sunday 28th at 10am with live
coverage on BBC Radio Cornwall.