Feast East 2010 will be welcoming an array of some of the best chefs in the East of England. Opening the show will be celebrity chef Anton Edelmann of Anton’s Restaurant at Great Hallingbury Manor in the Cookery Theatre on Fri 5 March at 10.30am, followed by one of his entertaining culinary demonstrations. Later in the afternoon at 2.30pm one of the region’s best known names, star of UKTV Food’s Market Kitchen and BBC2’s Great British Menu, Galton Blackiston, chef/proprietor of Morston Hall in North Norfolk will be welcomed. Other first class chefs on Friday’s itinerary include Mark Jones of Down Hall country hotel in Bishop’s Stortford, East Herts; Tine Roche of Cambridge Cookery School; and Mark Poynton of Cambridge’s Restaurant Alimentum.

Sat 6 March will see Emma Crowhurst of BBC2 Food and Drink fame take the stage at 11.30am; Jay Scrimshaw of the Pheasant at Keyston, Cambs and losing finalist in Channel 4 Gordon Ramsay’s F Word programme ‘Best Local Restaurant’ competition is on stage at 3.30pm; Feast East regular faces Peter Friskey of the Red Lion at Hinxton, Cambs; and Franck Pontais of Food Creation as well as newcomers Russell Bateman from Colette’s Restaurant at the Grove, Watford, Herts; and Carl Shillingford of the Anchor at Nayland, Essex will also be appearing.

Informative Masterclasses in the Foodie Skills Area:

New for 2010 is the entertaining and educational programme in the Foodie Skills Area where experts and producers will be leading tastings and masterclasses for the audience:

Breadmaking and cakebaking with Marriage’s Flour

Game with the Wild Meat Company

Pastry Skills with Emma Crowhurst

Spices with Badu Thobani

Healthy Eating with Carole Seaman

Beef with EBLEX

Cheese with Parkview Foods

Chicken Keeping and Eggs with Archie’s Little Gems

New Producers and Innovative Products:

Appearing at Feast East for the first time this year will be:

The Cake Shop from Woodbridge, Suffolk - winners of Suffolk Best Baker Award

Wood Berry Farm of Wicklewood, Norfolk – high fruit handmade conserves and chutneys

Colne Valley Tea Company of Colchester, Essex – finest traditional loose leaf teas

Seymours of Norwich, Norfolk – quality oils, vinegars, dressings and sauces

Sponge Cakes Ltd of Holt, Norfolk – brand new company specialising in great cakes

P E Mead and Sons of Wilstone near Tring, Herts – healthy local Chiltern cold pressed rape seed oil

The Chilli Company of Mendlesham, Suffolk – chillies, plants, hot ice creams, sorbets and preserves

Riverbank Bakery of Kings Lynn, Norfolk – fruit loaf cakes and other fine traditional bakery

Glebe Farm Foods of Kings Ripton, Cambs – organic and gluten-free flour and bread mixes

Revive East of Saxmundham, Suffolk – high quality Indian specialities with a difference

Thursday Cottage of Tiptree, Essex – forty years of expertise in preserves, marmalades and jellies

Yum Yum Tree Fudge of Thurston near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk – gourmet fudge in contemporary flavours

Bhajiman of Great Hockham in Norfolk will be launching 4 new curry kits - Goan Pork Vindaloo

Chicken Korma, Thai Green Chicken and Thai Red Chicken

Square Orange Foods will be launching their Beanies flavoured coffees and tea sticks