Real Food Festival

A celebration of extraordinary food and drink that has been sustainably and ethically produced, the Real Food Festival will again be packed with 500 of the finest artisan food producers and so much more. New for 2011, alongside the chef theatre and cookery school, visitors will be able to get more hands-on experience at butchery and artisan food workshops, pick their own tea in a Cornish botanical garden, keep the kids entertained in the Taste Experience tent, learn more about cheese, wine and chocolate with special talks, demos and tastings.

Held each May at Earls Court the Real Food Festival gives visitors the chance to see, smell, taste and buy the most wonderful food directly from the producers who make it, as well as learn from experts and professionals about the food they eat. The ever-popular Real Food Theatre will again be packed with top chefs including Giorgio Locatelli, Jason Atherton and Valentine Warner and the Real Food Cookery-school offers both children and adults the chance to hone their skills in the kitchen.

Jo Wood and Arthur Potts Dawson will be opening the doors of their lavish pop-up restaurant Mrs Paisley’s Lashings at the Real Food Festival this year for a special night-time dining experience. The duo’s aim is to highlight the importance of eating in a more eco-conscious and sustainable way - but, of course, with a generous helping of glamour, style and rock ‘n’ roll. The combination of Jo, Arthur and the Real Food Festival is a natural one. Arthur is a familiar face on the chef-demo theatre at the festival and contributor to the - brand new this year - Real Food Cook Book; Jo is a convert to an organic way of life as a result of illness which led her to making everything in her and her family’s life organic, ecologically attentive and as sustainable as possible.