206371 Designed and Produced by Wakefield Council, Communications 01/19 DRINK WAKEFIELD FESTIVAL F O O D 2019 RHUBARB Friday 22 to Sunday 24 February Celebrity Chefs Katie Rushworth One of the stars from successful ITV series ‘Love Your Garden’ and ‘Love Your Home and Garden’, Katie is returning to her Yorkshire roots by joining the demonstration marquee on Friday 22 February, making delicious rhubarb preserves & pickles. Katie’s passion and skill for gardening came when she first did garden maintenance locally in Yorkshire. She turned her love affair with gardening into a career, studying horticulture at night school and working part-time at her local garden centre. Chris Bavin Chris is an award-winning greengrocer and co-presenter of BBC1’s hugely successful series ‘Eat Well For Less’, teaching families how to reduce their shopping budgets without compromising on quality. Chris is on a mission to get the nation eating better food without blowing the budget. He is passionate about encouraging families to learn how to increase their consumption of fruit and veg, helping to make healthy eating cheap and easy to achieve. Chris will be demonstrating his delicious and cost- effective dishes on Saturday 23 February, as well as meeting fellow ‘foodies’. free Fun for the kids The Food, Drink and Rhubarb festival is a fantastic day out for all the family, with lots of activities and have-a-go sessions for the kids! Take a look at what activities you and your children can get involved in. Face Painting 11am- 4pm What will you choose? A beautiful butterfly, a stripey tiger or perhaps you’d like your face painted vibrant rhubarb pink? Vegetable Critter Workshop 10am – 5pm (4pm Sunday) Make and create your own unique character out of vegetables. Chef Hat making 10am – 5pm (4pm Sunday) Everyone knows that every top chef has a special hat! Use your best design skills to create your own chef hat with a difference. There will also be balloon modellers and stilt walker entertainers around the festival throughout the weekend. Library Free badge making at Wakefield Library Friday 22 and Saturday 23 Feb 10am-2pm Colour and create your own personal souvenir badge to celebrate your visit to the festival. Suitable for all ages, but particularly aimed at children. Wakefield Museum Pop into the Museum on Burton Street to see the rhubarb exhibition, where you can learn the history of everyone’s favourite pink vegetable and hear the sound it makes as it grows in the darkness. Rhubarb Rocks Fernandes Brewery Tap Avison Yard, off Lower Kirkgate Saturday 23 February Rhubarb Rocks features live indie and Britpop music from 9pm onwards. The gig is free entry, with rhubarb-based beers served throughout the weekend. Rhubarb Jam @ Jolly Tap Jolly Boys, 43 Northgate Saturday 23 February 3.30pm - 5.30pm Featuring Diamond Dac Duo, courtesy of Wakefield Music Collective. Cathedral Rhubarb Trail Join a special rhubarb trail to see if you can find the Cathedral’s very own bundle of rhubarb. While you’re visiting, try the Cathedral Kitchen’s Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle-inspired menu. The Cathedral Kitchen is open from 10am until 3pm. Tour of Rhubarb Sheds Oldroyd’s Farm, Carlton Village A whole festival about rhubarb – but why? Enter the mysterious rhubarb triangle to find out more. Tours must be pre-booked, and it is advisable to book early to avoid disappointment. To book, telephone 0113 2822245. Visit www.yorkshirerhubarb.co.uk for details. (Please note the farm is five miles away from the festival). Fringe Activities • Tour de Yorkshire, Friday 3 May Hub events to be held in Pontefract and Castleford • Castleford Roman Festival Saturday 1 June • Pontefract Liquorice Festival Sunday 7 July • Seaside in Castleford Saturday 10 August • Seaside in the City Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August save the date Karen Wright Karen Wright was one of the 12 contestants in the 2018 series of ‘The Great British Bake Off’. Local girl Karen was brought up in Featherstone and attended Pontefract Girls High School, and introduced little bits of Wakefield to her baking throughout the show. She used liquorice whilst making her biscuit chandelier as a dedication to her school, and most importantly she created a rhubarb tray bake in Week 2 - which she’ll be making in the demo marquee on Sunday 24 February.