SOUTHPORT Food and Drink Festival starts today - and like many people in Southport, staff at the Southport Visiter are certainly looking forward to it!
In most jobs people hate working late. I guess we are lucky being journalists though. On Tuesday night I saw the start of the flare competition in Maloneys bar in the Scarisbrick Hotel, which was great to watch! Later I was at the pre-event launch of the food festival at Wayfarers Arcade, a stunning setting for it.
From the food and drinks on display, the festival, our town's second, promises much. Great tomoatoes as ever from Flavour Fresh, sumptuous black pudding spring rolls and sweet potato soup from The Dining Rooms - surely one of Southport's best kept secrets - great cocktails from Chiquito's and excellent beer from the Scarisbrick Hotel, which is holding its annual Beer Festival at the moment. Apparently they have been selling out at an astonishing rate - Paul Bardsley's superb Southport Brewery creations are due to feature next week, so anyone heading down had better aim to arrive early.
Southport is buzzing when the food festival's on. We are fortunate to have such a wide range of venues here - you really can eat around the world in Southport - and what a superb way to celebrate what we have, as well as showcase to visitors what they should be enjoying and where.
Celebrity chef Michael Caines is due to arrive at the marquee in the town hall gardens at 1pm, and his demonstration promises to be among many highlights of this year's event.
I am looking forward to enjoying the food on offer over the next four days, and taking home the best local produce each night.
The diet can start again next week.....
Bon appetit!
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