Chester Food & Drink Festival

Tantalise your taste buds next week with The Easter Taste Weekend as part of Chester Food and Drink Festival.

The Taste Weekend, which will take place at Chester Racecourse from the 11^th - 13^th April, will include a large Producers` Market, showcasing the district's impressive variety of top quality produce, from cheeses, meat products, fruit, vegetables, ice-cream, shrimps, salmon and cider to homemade chocolates and preserves.

The new Pavilion is housing the exhibitors and will be surrounded by a food court taking in the centre of the racetrack and featuring a selection of Cheshire restaurants as well as children's entertainment and music. The Roodee Bar & Grill Pavilion will host the auditorium for a selection of seminars and cooking demonstrations.

In addition, there will be a whole host of celebrity chefs who will bring their culinary excellence and expertise to the festival, these include; Simon Rimmer, Alan Coxon, Andrew Nutter and Paul Askew. Their line up includes live cookery demonstrations as well as giving tips and advice on anything from how to select the best produce to how to cook simply fantastic food for friends and family.

Chester Food and Drink festival Chairman, Stephen Wundke, says: "Chester Food & Drink festival is in its eighth year and this year aims to be bigger and better than before. We have added more celebrity chefs, cookery demonstrations and producers to the line up to give those living in the North West a festival that they will have huge enjoyment visiting and will be proud of."

The Festival started on Saturday and runs until the 18^th April. There will be free all-day parking for visitors to the Festival at Chester Racecourse over the Easter weekend. Tickets are £5 for adults and £3.50 for concessions and children for the Taste Weekend.