Valentine Warner Announced as Celebrity Chef for Falmouth Oyster Festival 2010
20 July 2010
Valentine Warner, food writer and star of BBC Two’s ‘What To Eat Now’ series will be the Celebrity Chef at this year’s Falmouth Oyster Festival... [click for full story...]
Chefs Line-up Announced for 2010
4 May 2010
The festival, celebrates the start of the native oyster dredging season and showcases leading local chefs in a cookery demonstration programme throughout the four days – and best of all - the cookery shows by local chefs are all free!... [click for full story...]
2009
Perfect Partners - St Michael's Hotel & Spa and Falmouth Oyster Festival
28 May 2009
The organisers of Falmouth Oyster Festival are extremely pleased to announce that St Michael's Hotel & Spa is to be the major sponsor for the festival, which takes place from the 15th to 18th October this year... [click for full story...]
Mat Follas, 2009 MasterChef Winner - to Open Falmouth Oyster Festival
26 June 2009
Viewers of the BBC television series - MasterChef will immediately recognise the name of Mat Follas, winner of the 2009 amateur competition. Mat will be the Celebrity Chef at this year’s Falmouth Oyster Festival... [click for full story...]
New Look Falmouth Oyster Festival Flyer
and Website Now Available!
17 August 2009
The new look Falmouth Oyster Festival flyer is now widely available from Tourist Information Centres, shops, pubs and restaurants, sailing clubs, attractions and other outlets throughout the area.... [click for full story...]
Spotlight on Chefs!
21 September 2009
Falmouth Oyster Festival has cookery at its heart... [click for full story...]
The Oyster Ball is Back!
21 September 2009
The Oyster Ball celebrating the Falmouth Oyster Festival is back this year and is sure to be bigger and better than ever. The festival main sponsors, St Michael’s Hotel & Spa, will be hosting the ball on Saturday 17th October in the Regatta Suite... [click for full story...]
Fantastic Music Line up!
29th September 2009
A feast for the senses awaits festival-goers at Falmouth Oyster Festival this year. The festival which runs from 15th to 18th October at Events Square, celebrates the start of the native oyster dredging season and features a lively and varied line up of local bands alongside the daily cookery demonstrations... [click for full story...]
Falmouth Schools Join in Oyster Festival Fun!
5th October 2009
Falmouth Schools will feature even more widely in the 2009 Falmouth Oyster Festival which takes place at Events Square from Thursday to Sunday next week... [click for full story...]
Falmouth Prepares for Oyster Festival Opening on Thursday!
5th October 2009
Final preparations are being made for the four day Oyster Festival which starts this Thursday at Events Square in Falmouth. The festival celebrates the start of the native oyster dredging season... [click for full story...]
Falmouth Oyster Festival – Best Ever!
20th October 2009
Over 28,000 people flocked to the town over the four day event to experience the unique atmosphere of Falmouth Oyster Festival.... [click for full story...]
Falmouth Prepares for Oyster Festival Opening on Thursday!
Final preparations are being made for the four day Oyster Festival which starts this Thursday at Events Square in Falmouth. The festival celebrates the start of the native oyster dredging season.
Mat Follas, winner of BBC MasterChef 2009 this years celebrity chef, will be opening the festival on Thursday. Mat will arrive by boat after viewing the Falmouth Working Boats dredging for oysters, and will take to the cookery stage for a masterclass demonstrating his fish cookery techniques. Tickets for the Opening Ceremony are £3 and are available from the Maritime Museum or Falmouth Tourist Information Centre in advance, or at reception on the day. The rest of the festival is free throughout for the four days at the festival marquee at Events Square.
The festival will follow a tried and tested recipe with the ingredients that make this festival one of the top events in Cornwall, with daily cookery demonstrations, oysters, seafood and hot and cold dishes, Skinners ales, wines and champagne from Walter Hicks, Cornish food and craft stalls, all sprinkled with the Oyster Festival special atmosphere.
Live music will entertain festival goers between the cookery demonstration programme with The Tinners, Bragatanga, Just Ken, Dalla, Black Rock Jazz, The Cornish Wurzells, Falmouth Shout and a rumoured visit from Falmouth Marine band. Music on Friday and Saturday will carry the festival through to the evening with Viper’s Dream, following on from the Hot Chef’s Challenge on Friday and Falmouth Soul Sensations on Saturday.
The cookery and music entertainement programme is relayed to a large screen in the main marquee, giving the audience a close up of the action. Last year the Working Boat Race was also transmitted for the enjoyment of visitors to the festival.
"University College Falmouth's School of Media is delighted to be supporting Falmouth's annual Oyster Festival by filming the cookery demonstrations throughout the event," said Director of the School of Media, Paul Inman. "Led by Head of Media Centre, Alan Barnes, students from a range of courses will be operating cameras, mixing sound and working as a production team to bring Falmouth's showcase culinary event to the big screen, which provides them with invaluable experience of a live outside broadcast."
Falmouth Oyster Festival will be embracing sustainability again this year, continuing with the initiative to return the empty oyster shells to the oyster beds around the River Fal. The shells will form the ‘culch’ or base on which the young oysters will grow and visitors to the festival will be encouraged to put their shells in the recycling containers provided. Falmouth Oyster Festival celebrates the traditional methods of dredging for oysters and the conservation practices used by the oystermen gathering the oysters with sail power and hand-pulled dredges used to gather the oysters.
Daytime and evening activities will also be offered at the Moor this year organised by Pubs United Falmouth, and supported by Falmouth pubs. There will be a marquee with children’s activities including face painting, games and entertainment, hot and cold food and BBQ, whilst the Royal Marines will provide cookery demonstrations. There will be a mini beer festival with Cornish ales and cider. Evening music will include The Seagulls, Jonah’s Lift Ceilidh music and dancing, The Shirts. Sunday afternoon will be the turn of the bands with Falmouth School Jazz Band and Pendennis Brass Band.
St Michael’s Hotel & Spa, is the main festival sponsor for this year, will be hosting special events at the hotel to compliment activities at the festival marquee, these include The Oyster Ball, and Gourmet Evening and Oyster Jazz Lunch. The festival can truly be said to have something for everyone
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