A barbeque food festival focused around live fire cooking is coming to Walmer Bridge Village Hall this spring.

Flame and Food Festival is a two day event taking place on Saturday 20 May and Sunday 21 May.

The family-friendly event will feature BBQ brands from all over the world including Weber, Arteflame and Spanglish Asadero along with local food vendors and suppliers.

All event goers will have the chance to sample various foods and watch live cooking demonstrations and tutorials.

There will also be live music, DJs and several competitions taking place throughout the day, and a full bar until 11PM. 

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The festival director of Flame and Food told Blog Preston how there is a gap in the market when it comes to outdoor cooking in the North West.

Nick Perry said: “As keen bbqers and food fanatics we already own two BBQ businesses supplying locally and nationally based from Preston.

“Part of a larger BBQ community we recognised a gap in all things outdoor cooking here in the North West.

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“With events such as this predominantly taking place down South we thought why don’t we have something like this up North.”

Nick continued: “We are excited for the first event of its kind to be taking place in our home town of Preston.

“Initial ticket sales have gone well with over 500 tickets already sold, with people attending not just locally but from all over the country, some from as far as Scotland.”

Ticket sales are live and currently on offer on the Flame and Food Festival website for the early bird sale.

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