QUEEN'S PLATINUM JUBILEE WEEKEND AT BLENHEIM PALACE FOOD FESTIVAL
Blenheim Palace Food Festival in Oxfordshire is hosting an exciting celebration in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend, from 2nd - 5th June 2022. For the 8th year running, Fantastic Food Festivals will descend on the palace for a a Jubilee-themed food festival for everyone, with celebrity masterclasses, a new tasting tent for extensive sampling, entertainment for the children and high quality local and national stallholders.
Angus Chilvers, Managing Director of Fantastic Food Festivals comments: “What a venue to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! We’re thrilled to be working with Blenheim Palace again this year and welcoming such a diverse range of stallholders, chef royalty, Raymond Blanc OBE, who will be conducting a Q&A and Italian legend Gennaro Contaldo, together with a wealth of food and drink experts. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn new skills and get ‘hands on’ at the celebrity masterclasses and don’t forget to book your seats in the tasting tent to ‘meet the producer’ and try a plethora of treats!”
Masterclasses and experiences will include the return of the Pasta Making Experience with Federico from Pasta Uliana, featuring a very special session with Gennaro Contaldo. Join The Great British Bake Off’s Karen Wright for a Baking Masterclass, Top Nutritionist Eva Humphries is on hand to help you whip up an indulgent healthy treat or two and it’s definitely shaken not stirred in TV’s Andy Clarke’s Cocktail Class! Further experiences will be announced nearer the time.
The Festival Kitchen returns this year with some exciting new features - visitors will have the opportunity to win a place at the tasting table at selected demos, or win some great giveaways including a hamper featuring a range of delicious produce from stallholders. New for 2022 – pre-book seats at the front to see your favourite chef.
The brand new Tasting Tent gives visitors the opportunity to join in with a variety of experiences with celebrities, experts and stallholders including taking part in a Taste Challenge or sampling new and exciting products.
Family friendly shows, activities and entertainment run throughout all of the Fantastic Food Festivals and include children’s favourite, The Gastronaut Stefan Gates with the ‘Mindblowing Food & Science Show’ and something very special for our four-legged friends – Dogology! Not to mention some splendid Jubilee celebrations throughout the festival including a leading female vintage vocal trio, The Lollipops.
Blenheim Palace Food Festival General Admission
Please click here to purchase tickets. Earlybird prices until 31st March 2022 - £6.50 per child, £16.50 per adult and £42.50 for a family (2 adults and 2 children) which includes full access to the park and gardens. After 1st April - £9.50 per child and £19.50 per adult.
