Manchester Eats Food Festival - THIS WEEKEND

If you didn't know, I'm based in Manchester and that means I'm usually unable to attend so many exciting blogger events as they're always in London *cries* which is so frustrating especially at this time of the year when the Christmas in July event invites are starting to come through. However, there is a very exciting event in Manchester, basically around the corner from me, this weekend!

The Manchester Eats food festival is taking place on the 7th and 8th July, this weekend, from 10:30 to 19:30 on Saturday and 10:30 to 17:30 on Sunday. There are full prices on the Manchester Eats website but tickets on the day for adults are £9, a weekend pass on the day will be £13.50 and children under 14 go free. You can book tickets online and they'll be a little cheaper. As well as the food festival, there will be so many activities for children in the kids village including face painting, fair ground, exotic animals, cooking classes and more.

The part of the food festival that I'm most interested in and excited for are the celebrity chefs that will be there including: Matt Tebbutt, Ed Baines, Adam Reid and last but not least....Marco Pierre White! Unlike most food festivals the cooking demonstrations will be free and the celebrity chefs will be providing cooking demos throughout the day as well as book signings and Q&As - you can find the full schedule for each day on the Manchester Eats website.

As well as the extensive kids village and the celerity chef demonstrations, there will be cooking demonstrations from the vegetarian society cookery school, chocolate workshops, BBQ demos and many stalls, gin garden, prosecco tent and a global food court. I'll be attending the event on the Saturday from 12ish and I cannot wait!

Will you be attending the event this weekend? Have you been to a food festival?