Posts Tagged ‘Mark Deakin’
Proper Food and Drink returns to Whitley Bay
One of the summer’s most popular events returns to North Tyneside later this month. The Proper Food and Drink Festival is coming to the Spanish City Plaza on the weekend of 15 and 16 June. It will provide a showcase for dozens of artisan chefs, bakers, brewers, crafts people and musicians and is expected to…
Read MoreInternational flavour for North Shields Bank Holiday festival
North East chefs and producers brought an international flavour to this year’s North Shields Proper Food and Drink Festival. The Bank Holiday weekend event – held in Northumberland Square for the eighth year – offered visitors tastes to try from India, the Middle East, Greece, Germany, Spain, South America and Italy. The festival also provided…
Read MoreFeast by the Sea coming to Whitley Bay this summer
Details have been released of a new series of free pop up street food events coming to Whitley Bay this summer. Over three weekends the Spanish City Plaza will be transformed – with giant yurts, stretch tents, street food trucks, bars and stalls – to become home to a Feast by the Sea, each event…
Read MoreCompanies praised for festival success
The organiser of some of the summer’s most popular festivals has praised companies in South East Northumberland for helping to make them such a success. The Cramlington Proper Food and Drink Festival took place at the weekend and later this month (11 and 12 August) visits Blyth. The team behind the events – lead by…
Read MoreProper Food and Drink Festival returns to Cramlington at weekend
The highly popular Proper Food and Drink Festival returns to Cramlington next weekend. It runs from 10am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday (28 and 29 July) at Seven Oaks Park – opposite Manor Walks – and admission is free. This is the third year the festival has come to Cramlington. In 2018 it has…
Read MoreChilli Fest organiser looks forward to return to Blyth
The organiser of the North East Chilli Fest, which attracted thousands of visitors over the weekend, said he is looking forward to bringing it back to Blyth next year. The Chilli Fest took place for the first time at Meggies Burn Fields at South Beach, and Mark Deakin – who, with his wife Shelley, started…
Read MoreThousands expected at tasty Whitley Bay festival
Thousands of people are expected to visit The Proper Food and Drink Festival when it returns to Whitley Bay this weekend. They will be able to buy the very best in local produce from dozens of stalls, and try drinks and freshly cooked food which take their inspiration from all corners of the globe. The…
Read MoreAll roads lead to South Shields for proper food and drink
The biggest South Shields Proper Food and Drink Festival saw the return to the town of a local couple who are starting to make a splash in the world of spirits. Steven and Sally Green grew up in South Shields before moving to London and successful careers in the television industry. Five years ago they…
Read MoreNorth Shields Proper Food and Drink Festival to provide a showcase for local suppliers
A showcase for the very best locally produced food and drink returns to North Shields over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Proper Food and Drink Festival is coming to Northumberland Square for the seventh time and promises to again delight visitors with its winning combination of tasty treats and entertainment. The festival is open from…
Read MoreGreat North Feast planning second course in South Shields
Organisers have thanked the thousands of people who flocked to the first Great North Feast. The festival was a celebration of the best food and drink produced in the North East as well as throughout the world. It took place in South Shields’ Bents Park over all three days of the Bank Holiday weekend and…
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