Northmoor Trust
Land, people, ecology
The Children's Food Festival 2009
A celebration of food and cooking
'The food festival was more than fabulous. Amazing! We all had such fun and my boys took away loads of goodies for their vegetable patch. Thank you beyond words - chocolate heaven as well. We're making one of the recipes now – we're so inspired!'
Zita Hajdu, 33, Oxford
Glorious sunshine, a stunning location and the promise of a huge variety of gastronomic treats brought over 14,000 families flocking to the 2009 Children’s Food Festival on June 27 and 28.
Possibly the most popular attraction was The Chocolate Tent - where leading chocolatiers dazzled audiences with their artistry.
More than 20 top chefs and cookery writers – including Patrons Raymond Blanc and Sophie Grigson – gave talks and hands-on demos. TV’s Stefan Gates even got children eating fried grasshoppers.
Amongst the other original offerings were: The Vegetable Orchestra, the Pizza Midwife, the Eat a Rainbow Every Day drama and a chance for children to be filmed by the BBC as pretend celebrity chefs.
Film actress Greta Scacchi, BBC Radio 4’s Food Programme’s Sheila Dillon and teenagers took part in a lively debate about whether celebrities should promote junk food.
Festival Director Eka Morgan said, 'We have been overwhelmed with highly positive feedback from happy parents. Our hope was that whichever way you looked in the Festival fields there would be something compelling to do –and that really was how it turned out.'
Photo Gallery
To see some of the fun – in the stunning setting of the Northmoor Trust estate – visit our photo gallery >>
Visitors' Survey
It would be great to hear all your comments about the Festival. It will only take a few minutes to complete our Visitors' Survey >>
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