First TV Chef Appearance announced for 2025! More to be announced soon!

John Torode will be taking to the stage on Sunday (3 August), to prepare delicious dishes for visitors from the festival’s cookery theatre.

As well as being known for co-hosting and judging BBC One’s MasterChef and Celebrity MasterChef, John is also a regular guest chef on ITV’s This Morning, where he appears both in the studio and out and about on location with Torode on the Road.

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OUR SPECTACULAR TV CHEF GUESTS

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John Torode,
Chef & Author
Appearing Sunday 3rd

A hugely popular and influential figure on the UK culinary circuit, John Torode MBE is best known as the straight-talking co-host presenter and judge of MasterChef and Celebrity MasterChef (the world’s most successful cookery TV format). A regular guest chef on This Morning, John also appears with his wife Lisa Faulkner co-hosting John & Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen on ITV, a hugely successful series, now in it’s 9th series.

John Torode

Enjoy a jam-packed weekend -
why not plan ahead?

The food festival brings together traders and producers from across the region to sell their delicious treats. Soak up the atmosphere with live music and attractions and buy lots of goodies to take home too.

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