Ludlow Food Festival

Five Minutes with Lee Watson

Five Minutes with Lee Watson

Lee is the author of the vegan cookbook 'Peace and Parsnips' and one half of the presenting team of 24 Hour Kitchen's 'Meat vs Veg'. A food adventurer who travels the world 'veganizing' local dishes, combining two of his main passions, travel and cooking. Based in rural North Wales, Lee cooks at Trigonos, an idyllic retreat centre and organic vegetable farm. Home is with his partner Jane in the Beach House, from where he writes the blog 'The Beach House Kitchen,' focusing on local, seasonal produce given a regular global twist. Take five minutes with Lee as look forward to the weekend

Five Minutes with Elly Curshen

Five Minutes with Elly Curshen

We can't wait to welcome Elly Pear to the Wots Cooking stage at this year's Ludlow Food Festival. Elly is owner of Bristol’s 'Pear Café,' better known as Elly Pear and author of Sunday Times bestseller, 'Fast Days and Feast Days.' Take five minutes with Elly as we look forward to the Festival. 

Five Minutes With Rachel Roddy

Five Minutes With Rachel Roddy

Rachel Roddy is from near London, but has lived in Rome, in Testaccio, for nearly 13 years now, with her Sicilian partner and little boy. She writes a weekly column for The Guardian called Kitchen sink tales. She has also written for the The Financial Times, Olive magazine, The Telegraph, Food52, Food and Wine and The Spectator.  Her first book Five Quarters: Recipes and notes from a Kitchen in Rome was published by Saltyard Books and was awarded the Andrè Simon Memorial fund food book award 2105. Her second book is called Two Kitchens; she is currently working on her third book. Take 5 minutes with Rachel as we countdown to the Festival this weekend. 

 

Five Minutes with Hanna Sillitoe

Five Minutes with Hanna Sillitoe

We can't wait to welcome Hanna Sillitoe - Radiant of My Goodness Recipes to the Food Festival on 8th September. Hanna cooks with a huge variety of plant based foods, and focusses on healing skin from within. Learn more about her inspirational journey on her website, My Goodness Recipes. Take five minutes with Hanna as we look forward to the Food Festival.

Five Minutes with Thomasina Myers

Five Minutes with Thomasina Myers

Thomasina was winner of BBC MasterChef in 2005. She is a cook and food writer whose work has ranged from cheese-making and running market stalls in Ireland, cheffing with Skye Gyngell at Petersham Nurseries to co-founding the restaurant group Wahaca, winner of numerous awards including OFM’s cheap eats, SRA’s most sustainable restaurant group three years running and her most recent accolade, Tommi was named the Peach 2020 icon of 2017. Take 5 minutes with Thomasina as we look forward to the Ludlow Food Festival.

Five Minutes with Romy Gill

Five Minutes with Romy Gill

Romy opened her 'Romy’s Kitchen' in Thornbury, Bristol in 2013 - one of the few female Indian Chef/Owners on the UK restaurant scene, and was appointed an MBE in the Queen’s 90th birthday honours list in 2016. Discover more in our 'Five Minutes With' blog series.

5 minutes with Allan Jenkins

5 minutes with Allan Jenkins

Allan Jenkins is editor of Observer Food Monthly. He was previously editor of the Observer Magazine, food and drink editor on the Independent newspaper and once lived in an experimental eco-community on Anglesey, growing organic food on the edge of the Irish sea. Find out more in the first of our 5 minutes with.... series. 

Chef Spotlight: Elisabeth Luard

Chef Spotlight: Elisabeth Luard

Join us for our Wots Cooking Chef Spotlight on Elisabeth Luard who is joining us on Friday 8th September.