CHEF DEMONSTRATIONS
Chef demonstrations take place on the Robert Price Kitchen Stage in the Market Hall.
Saturday 20 September
11.00am
The Chart House –
Mark Peters
Meet Mark Peters who heads up the kitchen at the newly refurbished Chart House. Under its new proprietors The Chart House is offering stylish bistro cooking in bright and relaxed surroundings.
12.00pm
Glen-Yr-Afon –
Clarke’s Restaurant
The senior chefs at Glen-yr-Afon have been in fierce competition (male chefs vs female chefs) to decide who should represent the restaurant at the Festival. Will it be the ladies led by Head Chef Julie Carey? Or will it be the men? Come and find out.
1.00pm
All Things Fishy –
Iain Sampson & Nick Henry
Now at The Barn at Brynich, local favourite Iain Sampson is enjoying the great quality Welsh Black beef and Breconshire lamb. But here he focuses on fish with Nick Henry of Moby Nick’s, the Plymouth-based fish merchants who supplied John Burton Race and Michael Caines for The Great British Menu.
2.00pm
The Culinary Cottage – Penny Lewis
After many years travelling the globe cooking for dignitaries, celebrities and royalty, Penny Lewis has returned home to open her own cookery school at Pandy where she is offering one-day and residential courses for cooks of all abilities from 16yrs upwards.
Penny will be running a Game cookery course in association with Waitrose on Wed 17 and Thur 18 September. For more details click here
3.00pm
The Finals of the CIEH Primary Schools’
Cookery Competition
The three finalists are once again supported by local mentors Franco Taruschio and Iain Sampson and are joined by guest judge and compere Cyrus Todiwala MBE and Julie Barratt from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.
4.00pm
1861 – Simon King
Simon King learned his trade alongside top chefs such as Martin Blunos and the Roux Brothers. After a spell as Head Chef at the Llansantffraed Court, he and his wife Kate have struck out on their own and are getting great reviews at their Cross Ash restaurant, 1861. Simon will be using the best of the season’s hedgerows to demonstrate a bramble sauce with loin of Veal, with a dessert of bramble mousse.
Sunday 21 September
11.00am
Microwave magic –
Jennipher Marshall-Jenkinson
How to save energy and preserve nutrients by cooking with your microwave. Jennipher Marshall-Jenkinson is Chairman of The Microwave 
Technologies Association and the author of Microwave Magic - The Art
of 21st Century Cooking.
12.00pm
The Crown at Whitebrook –
James Sommerin
In a tremendous year James and his team have brought a Michelin Star to the Crown at Whitebrook and have been invited to take charge of the flagship restaurant at Celtic Manor, The Crown at Celtic Manor.
1.00pm
The Culinary Cottage – Penny Lewis
After many years travelling the globe cooking for dignitaries, celebrities and royalty, Penny Lewis has returned home to open her own cookery school at Pandy where she is offering one-day and residential courses for cooks of all abilities from 16yrs upwards.
Penny will be running a Game cookery course in association with Waitrose on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 September. For more details click here
2.00pm
Bistro Prego – Steve Robbins
Head chef Steve Robbins’ training under Franco Taruschio is evident in a menu that features modern british food with some rustic Italian flourishes. Bistro Prego was Metro magazine’s Newcomer of the Year 2007.
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3.00pm
Three Salmons – Nick Seward
Nick Seward and his team have been focussing on great local ingredients alongside the fresh fish which is brought in daily at this classic 17th century town-centre coaching inn. He joins forces with Kingfisher Fisheries (Brixham) Ltd.
4.00pm
The Crown at Pantygelli –
Gary Nugent
Locally-sourced ingredients skilfully prepared, real ales, quality wines, and good service in a relaxed atmosphere make The Crown a positive addition to Abergavenny’s reputation for food and drink.