Pembrokeshire Fish Week Voted Best Food Festival in Britain

Attracting 25,000 visitors last year with over a third visiting from outside West Wales, the 2011 festival pumped more than £1.3 million into the local economy. The 2012 festival runs from 23^rd June to 1^st July and there will be more than 250 activites throughout the county; from beach and river walks to snorkel safaris, harbour fun days and seafood extravaganzas.

Leading chefs including Bryn Williams, a winner of the BBC’s Great British Menu; Alyn Williams, Michelin-acclaimed proprietor of The Westbury in Mayfair; and Anthony Evans, presenter of a number of cookery programmes, will be taking part in the Festival. The chefs will be fishing and diving for sustainable seafood off the Pembrokeshire coast, and transforming it later that day into inspiring recipes in the masterclass at the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. ‘A fair fish for a fare dish’, the evening will be presented by food writer and broadcaster Simon Wright.

Also new this year is the chance to learn about Indian fish cookery from acclaimed Kerala-born cookery star Anand George, founder of Cardiff’s New Purple Poppadom.

Anand will be holding two Indian fish curry masterclasses, and presenting an Indian fish cookery demonstration at Pembrokeshire Fish Week’s opening day at Milford Haven Marina.

Pembrokeshire Fish Week opens with a day for families and food-lovers at Milford Haven Marina on Saturday, June 23rd, with lots of activities, demonstrations, food, craft and produce stalls, and guided tours aboard the heritage tug ‘Brocklebank’ from Merseyside. New features this year include a pop up restaurant featuring a selection of top local restaurants, and a live music stage.

Pembrokeshire Fish Week will close with a new ‘Festival of the Sea’ at Saundersfoot Harbour on Sunday, July 1st.

Posted on the 20th February, 2012

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