Highcliffe Food Festival to hit village streets 10th and 11th June

Two music stages will keep the toes tapping this weekend when Highcliffe Food and Arts Festival returns to fill the village centre.

Sponsored by the Chewton Glen, the stages will host festival favourites the Swing Unlimited Big Band, Sarah Bolter and Not Just Sax, along with The Fifinellas and Highcliffe Charity Players will be there.

Also taking part are the Sweet Charity choir, Celtic Confusion and Highcliffe School, together with a range of soloists including Soldoro latin band with Sara Harris.

Chef Lesley Waters will feature on Saturday along with locally born James Golding, of the Pig Group of hotels. Multi-award-winning Cyrus Todiwala will have a starring role in the demonstration marquee on Sunday.

A huge range of food, drink and craft stalls curated by the Little Craft Shack will be offered to visitors for the free-to-enter festival which will be stacked with entertainment for whole family.

New for this year is a Kids Zone which will include free sessions on fitness, yoga, nature quizzes and crafts, and a ticketed workshop on biscuit decoration from Biscuits by Sarah, sponsored by Highcliffe Residents Association in the Old School.

With the addition of the ever-popular ‘grow your own’ sessions sponsored by CGO Ecology, there will be plenty to keep the younger ones happy.

The always popular Luke Matthews – executive chef from multi-award-winning Chewton Glen – will be there, as well as Alex Aitken from the Jetty and Harbour group.

Other demonstrations feature vegan foods from the new cookery school at The Retreat, and plant-based recipes from Chile. Private chefs The Frenchman in the Kitchen and Christian Orner will be at the festival for the first time.

For regular programme updates visit www.highcliffefoodandartsfestival.co.uk