Foodies Festival at Clapham Common

Foodies Festival returns to Clapham Common for London’s biggest feast on 24,25,26th July, celebrating its 10th anniversary with celebrity chefs, new food and drink theatres, artisan producers and more street food than you can shake a satay stick at. After launching at Clapham Common in 2013, the South London event is now the flagship festival in Foodies’ series of summer festivals, last year attracting over 33,000 visitors.

To toast Foodies’ big year, a Wine and Champagne Theatre hosts tutored tastings with experts Neil Phillips and Charles Metcalfe who will guide visitors through this season’s best British bubblies from the UK and around the world, and beer expert Melissa Cole hosts masterclasses in the New Craft Beer Theatre, matching foods with locally produced craft beers.

A New Tasting Theatre has also been added to the festival’s culinary line-up, offering masterclasses with local experts and inviting visitors to try the latest foods and learn new skills including Oyster Shucking, Bee Keeping, Cheese Selecting, Foraging, Raw and Vegan foods, and Herb Cocktail Making.

Summer cooking inspiration comes from the Aga Rangemaster Chefs Theatre with Michelin-starred and celebrity chefs cooking favourite dishes from their summer menus, inspiring the audience to recreate these dishes at home for friends and family and experiment with new flavours and ingredients. Confirmed chefs include:

- Ping Coombes – MasterChef champion 2014
- John Whaite – Great British Bake Off winner 2012
- Adam Handling – MasterChef: The Professionals finalist 2013
- Ben Tish – Saltyard
- Anna Haugh – London House
- Paul Shearing - Bread Street Kitchen
- Owen Sullivan - Maze Grill Park Walk
- Aldo Zilli – TV Chef
- Jacques Fourie - Ember Yard
- Jesse Dunford Wood - PARLOUR
- Saira Hamilton - Small Aubergine

Chocolate addicts should head to the Chocolate Theatre for an instant hit of coco in ‘How to Sniff Chocolate like a Rockstar’ masterclasses with Coeur de Xocolat, while the Cake & Bake Theatre offers masterclasses in 3D cake modelling, Pastry, Chocolate Making and Sugar-Craft with London’s best bakers and pâtissiers. A complementing Chocolate, Cake and Bake Village sells bakes, jams, gadgets and baking essentials.

Delicious smells wafting from The Street Food Avenue will tantalise visitors to feast on the huge selection of hot and cold dishes from around the world, including Gourmet Griffin, Boy Meats Grill, Gone Burger and Madame Gautier. Japanese, Thai, Brazilian, Argentinian, Vegetarian and Vegan, Mexican, French and African cuisines are also served for visitors to tuck into at communal tables in the Feasting Tent.

Little Jack Horner’s, Ecopeace, Coconut Merchant and Eat Stoats join the Artisan Producers Market, where visitors can meet and stock-up from over 200 producers selling award winning cheeses and wines, breads and bakes, jams and condiments, cured meats and more to take home and enjoy.

Little foodies can explore their taste buds and learn basic skills with Picnic in the Park themed masterclasses in the Childrens Cookery Theatre, where Kiddy Cook will show them how to make finger sandwiches, jellies and chocolate bugs.

After a day of feasting and fun, foodies can relax with a spot on the grass and soak in the atmosphere with live music from the entertainment stage and a refreshing cocktail, glass of bubbly or a Pimms from the Giant Pimms Teapot and Galleon Mojito bars.