Festivals with chef demonstrations in the UK

The centre of Bushmills village with its stone clock tower, strung with bunting under a blue sky

A Giant Taste of the Causeway Coast & Glens

Various towns across the Causeway Coast and Glens, County Antrim / County Londonderry · Northern Ireland

Thu 1 – Sat 31 Oct 2026

London Restaurant Festival

London, Greater London · London

Thu 1 – Sat 31 Oct 2026

The modern angular Glasshouse at RHS Garden Wisley reflected in a lake, beyond a sloping lawn

Flavours of Autumn at RHS Garden Wisley

Wisley, Surrey · South East England

Wed 7 – Sun 11 Oct 2026

Paper plates of freshly opened oysters with lemon wedges laid out on a table

Falmouth Oyster Festival

Falmouth, Cornwall · South West England

Thu 8 – Sun 11 Oct 2026

Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival

Various venues across the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Fri 9 – Sun 18 Oct 2026

Small boats moored on calm blue water in the wooded inlet of Lower Fishguard harbour

Fishguard Bay Food Festival

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire · Wales

Usually a Saturday in October — no future dates yet

Llangollen's riverside railway station and town buildings above the rocky River Dee, with wooded hills behind

Llangollen Food Festival

Llangollen, Denbighshire · Wales

Sat 10 – Sun 11 Oct 2026

Small boats moored in the Boat Float harbour basin, with colourful townhouses and shops behind under a sunny sky

Dartmouth Food Festival

Dartmouth, Devon · South West England

Fri 23 – Sun 25 Oct 2026

Taste of Christmas

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire · Scotland

Usually A Sunday in early-to-mid November — no future dates yet

Birmingham Vegan Festival

Birmingham, West Midlands · West Midlands

Usually November — no future dates yet

The long brick-and-iron colonnade of the historic Tobacco Dock warehouse in Wapping, with timber roof trusses overhead

Waitrose Food & Drink Festival

London, Greater London · London

Fri 20 – Sun 22 Nov 2026

The arched glass roof and brick frontage of the Olympia exhibition centre in Kensington

Eat & Drink Festival Christmas

London, Greater London · London

Thu 26 – Sun 29 Nov 2026

Festive Good Food Show

Birmingham, West Midlands · West Midlands

Thu 26 – Sun 29 Nov 2026

Lincolnshire Food & Gift

Lincoln, Lincolnshire · East Midlands

Sat 28 – Sun 29 Nov 2026

Fishing boats moored in Padstow's harbour, with quayside buildings and the Camel estuary beyond

Padstow Christmas Fayre

Padstow, Cornwall · South West England

Thu 3 – Sun 6 Dec 2026

A wide, tree-lined Main Street in Cockermouth with colourful painted shopfronts under a blue sky

Taste Cumbria Christmas

Cockermouth, Cumbria · North West England

Sat 5 – Sun 6 Dec 2026

Free From Festival Manchester

Trafford Park, Greater Manchester · North West England

Sat 12 – Sun 13 Dec 2026

Bundles of bright pink forced rhubarb stalks wrapped in Union Jack-printed cellophane

Rhubarb Festival

Wakefield, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Fri 19 – Sun 21 Feb 2027

Free From Festival Bristol

Bristol · South West England

Sat 20 – Sun 21 Mar 2027

The sandy curve of Viking Bay in Broadstairs crowded with beachgoers, with the harbour pier and blue sea beyond

Broadstairs Food Festival - Easter

Broadstairs, Kent · South East England

Fri 26 – Sun 28 Mar 2027

Wide green lawns and trees in Preston Park, Brighton

Foodies Festival Brighton

Brighton, East Sussex · South East England

Sat 1 – Mon 3 May 2027

Small boats and pontoons at Whitestrand Quay in Salcombe, with wooded hills across the estuary

Salcombe Crabfest

Salcombe, Devon · South West England

Usually first Sunday in May — no future dates yet

The open lawns of Westbridge Park in Stone, with the town and a church tower beyond under a blue sky

Stone Food & Drink Festival

Stone, Staffordshire · West Midlands

Fri 7 – Sun 9 May 2027

Mature trees on the open lawns of Higginson Park in Marlow, with a church spire beyond

Pub in the Park Marlow

Marlow, Buckinghamshire · South East England

Fri 14 – Sun 16 May 2027

Alresford Watercress Festival

New Alresford, Hampshire · South East England

Usually Third Sunday in May — no future dates yet

Cromer's Victorian pier and pavilion stretching out to sea, seen from the clifftop promenade

Cromer Crab & Lobster Festival

Cromer, Norfolk · East of England

Fri 21 – Sun 23 May 2027

Mature trees in autumn colours, including a purple-leaved tree, beside a lawn in Bute Park

Feast On Cardiff

Cardiff · Wales

Fri 21 – Sun 23 May 2027

The sweeping Georgian terrace of the Royal Crescent seen across long grass in Royal Victoria Park

Foodies Festival Bath

Bath, Somerset · South West England

Fri 21 – Sun 23 May 2027

The curved, shell-like roof of the SEC Armadillo reflected in the calm River Clyde under a blue sky

Eat & Drink Festival Scotland

Glasgow, Glasgow City · Scotland

Fri 28 – Mon 31 May 2027

Crowds relaxing on the grass and on straw bales beneath large trees, with white food-stall gazebos behind

Blenheim Palace Food Festival

Woodstock, Oxfordshire · South East England

Sat 29 – Mon 31 May 2027

The castellated stone front of Syon House beyond a neatly striped lawn under a blue sky

Foodies Festival Syon Park, London

Brentford, Greater London · London

Sat 29 – Mon 31 May 2027

Free From Festival London

Woolwich, Greater London · London

Sat 29 – Sun 30 May 2027

Foodies Festival St Albans

St Albans, Hertfordshire · East of England

Fri 4 – Sun 6 Jun 2027

Good Food Festival (formerly Good Food Show Summer)

Meriden, Warwickshire · West Midlands

Thu 17 – Sun 20 Jun 2027

An ornate Victorian bandstand with a striped canopy in a park, with Regency terraces behind under a blue sky

Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · South West England

Fri 25 – Sun 27 Jun 2027

A white ornamental fountain surrounded by colourful flower beds in the Dingle garden

Shrewsbury Food Festival

Shrewsbury, Shropshire · West Midlands

Sat 26 – Sun 27 Jun 2027

Birmingham's Victoria Square with the domed Council House and the colonnaded Town Hall under a blue sky

Colmore Food Festival

Birmingham, West Midlands · West Midlands

Fri 2 – Sat 3 Jul 2027

The pale stone neoclassical front of Tatton Hall above formal gardens with a fountain and flower beds

Foodies Festival – Tatton Park

Knutsford, Cheshire · North West England

Fri 9 – Sun 11 Jul 2027

Rows of yachts moored in Lymington harbour on calm blue water

Lymington Seafood Festival

Lymington, Hampshire · South East England

Fri 9 – Sun 11 Jul 2027

Foodies Festival Winchester

Winchester, Hampshire · South East England

Fri 16 – Sun 18 Jul 2027

Open grassland on Durdham Down in Bristol, with a few trees under a cloudy sky

Feast On Bristol

Bristol · South West England

Fri 30 Jul – Sun 1 Aug 2027

Boats in Brixham harbour beside a slipway, with colourful hillside houses rising behind

South West Sardine Festival

Brixham, Devon · South West England

Usually a Sunday in early August — no future dates yet

Visitors sitting at tables on the grass in sunshine, with marquees, food stalls and trees behind

Edinburgh Foodies Festival

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Fri 6 – Sun 8 Aug 2027

Sunlit lawns and mature trees in Rouken Glen Park

Glasgow Foodies Festival

Glasgow (Giffnock), East Renfrewshire · Scotland

Fri 13 – Sun 15 Aug 2027

Large 'Garlic Festival' letters standing on a grassy field, with white marquees and a wide cloudy sky behind

The Isle of Wight Garlic Festival

Newchurch, Isle of Wight · South East England

Sat 21 – Sun 22 Aug 2027

A walkway under strings of colourful bunting leading into a festival site on a sunny day, with tall trees and a few visitors

Big Feastival

Kingham, Oxfordshire · South East England

Fri 27 – Sun 29 Aug 2027

Foodies Festival Oxford

Oxford, Oxfordshire · South East England

Sat 28 – Mon 30 Aug 2027

Free From Festival Birmingham

Birmingham, West Midlands · West Midlands

Sat 11 – Sun 12 Sep 2027

Boats and harbourside buildings reflected in the still water of Peterhead harbour

SeaFest

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire · Scotland

Usually A Saturday in mid-September; recent editions have been every other year (2025, 2027) — no future dates yet

A wooden sailing boat and yachts moored in Stranraer Marina in low winter sunlight

Stranraer Oyster Festival

Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland

Fri 17 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

White marquees being put up on the lawn beside the ruined stone walls of Abergavenny Castle under a blue sky

Abergavenny Food Festival

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire · Wales

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

Ornate Victorian stone turrets and chimneys of Thoresby Hall against a blue sky

Festival of Food and Drink

Thoresby Park (near Ollerton), Nottinghamshire · East Midlands

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

Mold's wide High Street lined with shops and trees, leading up to the tower of St Mary's Church

Mold Food & Drink Festival

Mold, Flintshire · Wales

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

Kirkwall's harbour front with stone buildings and moored boats under a blue sky

Orkney Food & Drink Festival

Kirkwall, Orkney · Scotland

Sat 18 – Sun 19 Sep 2027

The long brick Snape Maltings concert hall with its distinctive roof vents, beyond golden reeds under a blue sky

Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival

Snape, Suffolk · East of England

Sat 25 – Sun 26 Sep 2027

The red sandstone Guildhall in Derry~Londonderry with its clock tower, under a clear blue sky

Love LegenDerry Food Month

Derry~Londonderry, County Londonderry · Northern Ireland

Usually Throughout February — next dates to be confirmed

An elevated view along Bishop Auckland's Market Place at sunset, with stone buildings, a church spire and a golden sky

Bishop Auckland Food Festival

Bishop Auckland, County Durham · North East England

Usually a weekend in mid-April — next dates to be confirmed

The green turf of Chester Racecourse with white rails and the grandstands under a blue sky

Cheshire & North Wales Food and Drink Festival

Chester, Cheshire · North West England

Usually Easter weekend (Good Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Boats resting at low tide in Porthleven's inner harbour, with houses and the clock tower around the harbour

Porthleven Food Festival

Porthleven, Cornwall · South West England

Usually last weekend in April (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Cheese & Chilli Festival Christchurch

Christchurch, Dorset · South West England

Usually mid-May weekend — next dates to be confirmed

A meadow of wildflowers in Priory Park, Reigate, with the white Reigate Priory house beyond

Cheese & Chilli Festival Reigate

Reigate, Surrey · South East England

Usually end of May weekend — next dates to be confirmed

Boats and swans on the sparkling water of the River Stour beside Christchurch Quay under a blue sky

Christchurch Food Festival

Christchurch, Dorset · South West England

Usually late May bank holiday weekend (Saturday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

Crowds browsing street-food stalls in front of the turreted stone gatehouse of Eastnor Castle

Eastnor ChilliFest

Eastnor, Herefordshire · West Midlands

Usually May — next dates to be confirmed

A replica sailing ship in Whitby harbour, with red-roofed houses climbing the East Cliff towards St Mary's Church

Fish and Ships Festival

Whitby, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in mid-May — next dates to be confirmed

The ornate Italianate stone clock tower and arcaded wing that survive from Trentham Hall, beside a lawn

Great British Food Festival - Trentham Gardens

Trentham, Staffordshire · West Midlands

Usually early May bank holiday weekend (Saturday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

The red-brick Victorian front of Arley Hall, with gables and tall chimneys, behind a gravel forecourt

Great British Food Festival – Arley Hall

Northwich, Cheshire · North West England

Usually a weekend in early-to-mid May — next dates to be confirmed

The long classical stone front of Harewood House seen across its formal terrace garden under a blue sky

Great British Food Festival – Harewood House

Harewood, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually late May bank holiday weekend — next dates to be confirmed

The open grass of Leith Links lined with tall trees, with a church spire beyond

Leith Food Festival

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Scotland

Usually May — next dates to be confirmed

A restored Victorian bandstand with a domed roof among trees and flower beds in Exhibition Park

Newcastle Food Festival

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear · North East England

Usually early May bank holiday weekend (Saturday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

The black-and-white timber-framed Wythenshawe Hall beyond a lawn, with a statue of Oliver Cromwell on a plinth

South Manchester Food Festival

Manchester, Greater Manchester · North West England

Usually a weekend in mid-May — next dates to be confirmed

Turquoise sea and a curving sandy beach backed by wooded slopes and white houses

St Ives Food & Drink Festival

St Ives, Cornwall · South West England

Usually mid-May weekend (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

A fountain playing on a tree-fringed lake in Roundhay Park

The North Leeds Food Festival

Leeds, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in early-to-mid May — next dates to be confirmed

Shoppers browsing market stalls along South Street in Bridport, lined with stone and brick buildings

Bridport Food Festival

Bridport, Dorset · South West England

Usually a Saturday in mid-June, with evening feasts and a beer festival on the Friday and Saturday — next dates to be confirmed

The angular 1960s Chichester Festival Theatre beside the lawns of Oaklands Park

Cheese & Chilli Festival Chichester

Chichester, West Sussex · South East England

Usually third weekend in June — next dates to be confirmed

Cheese & Chilli Festival Winchester

Winchester, Hampshire · South East England

Usually early June weekend — next dates to be confirmed

The Square in Comber with its tall stone memorial column, flower beds and whitewashed buildings

Comber Earlies Food Festival

Comber, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually June — next dates to be confirmed

A wide lake fringed with reeds and trees under a cloudy sky

Great British Food Festival - Dinton Pastures

Hurst, Berkshire · South East England

Usually A weekend in early June — next dates to be confirmed

Sunlit grassland dotted with mature trees on The Stray in Harrogate

Harrogate Food & Drink Festival – The Stray

Harrogate, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in late June — next dates to be confirmed

Stone Victorian buildings and shops in Ilkley town centre, with flower beds in the foreground under a blue sky

Ilkley Food & Drink Festival

Ilkley, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in mid-June — next dates to be confirmed

Meatopia Glasgow

Glasgow, Glasgow City · Scotland

Usually June — next dates to be confirmed

Taste Mid Ulster

Fivemiletown, County Tyrone · Northern Ireland

Usually June — next dates to be confirmed

Crowds of visitors walking along a coloured walkway between white marquees and stalls under trees

Taste of London

London, Greater London · London

Usually Five days (Wednesday to Sunday) in mid-June — next dates to be confirmed

Trees in golden autumn colour on a sunny lawn in Mote Park

Taste of the Caribbean - Maidstone

Maidstone, Kent · South East England

Usually A Saturday in late June — next dates to be confirmed

The open grass of Shalford Park with trees and wooded hillside houses beyond

Cheese & Chilli Festival Guildford

Shalford, Surrey · South East England

Usually mid-July weekend — next dates to be confirmed

Weymouth's harbour lined with moored boats and colourful quayside buildings under a clear blue sky

Dorset Seafood Festival

Weymouth, Dorset · South West England

Usually a weekend in early July — next dates to be confirmed

The long pale stone front of Compton Verney house on a lawn under a deep blue sky

Great British Food Festival - Compton Verney

Compton Verney (near Wellesbourne), Warwickshire · West Midlands

Usually July — next dates to be confirmed

The gabled honey-coloured stone front of Holdenby House behind a lawn and flower borders

Great British Food Festival - Holdenby House

Holdenby (near Northampton), Northamptonshire · East Midlands

Usually July — next dates to be confirmed

A broad sunny lawn in Hove Park framed by trees under a blue sky

Taste of the Caribbean - Brighton

Hove, East Sussex · South East England

Usually A Saturday in July — next dates to be confirmed

Taste of the Caribbean - Guildford

Guildford, Surrey · South East England

Usually A Saturday in July — next dates to be confirmed

A row of black-canopied food stalls along a paved town-centre street, with flower planters and a large classical stone building behind

Bolton Food and Drink Festival

Bolton, Greater Manchester · North West England

Usually August bank holiday weekend (Friday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

The tall medieval stone Abbey Gate in Bury St Edmunds facing the open square of Angel Hill under a blue sky

Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk · East of England

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

The Palladian front of Lydiard House beyond a mown lawn, framed by trees under a blue sky

Great British Food Festival - Lydiard Park

Swindon, Wiltshire · South West England

Usually first weekend in August — next dates to be confirmed

The towered Tudor Gothic front of Margam Castle above a sunny lawn, with wooded hills behind

Great British Food Festival - Margam Park

Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot · Wales

Usually August bank holiday weekend — next dates to be confirmed

The long red-brick front of West Horsley Place seen across a sheep-grazed meadow

Great British Food Festival - West Horsley Place

West Horsley, Surrey · South East England

Usually A weekend in late August — next dates to be confirmed

The vast Georgian front of Wentworth Woodhouse beyond a wide green lawn

Great British Food Festival – Wentworth Woodhouse

Wentworth, South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in mid-August — next dates to be confirmed

The battlemented stone front of Ripley Castle beyond a broad green lawn under a blue sky with white clouds

Harrogate Food & Drink Festival – Ripley Castle

Ripley, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in late August — next dates to be confirmed

The pale neoclassical Heaton Hall beyond a curving path and lawn, under dark clouds with patches of blue sky

Heaton Park Food & Drink Festival

Manchester, Greater Manchester · North West England

Usually a weekend in early August — next dates to be confirmed

Hereford Indie Food Fest

Hereford, Herefordshire · West Midlands

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

Moira Speciality Food Fair

Moira, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually August — next dates to be confirmed

The tall Gothic tower of Pershore Abbey beside trees and a lawn under a cloudy blue sky

Pershore Plum Festival

Pershore, Worcestershire · West Midlands

Usually through August, culminating on the August bank holiday weekend — next dates to be confirmed

The large rusted-steel 'Tommy' statue of a seated First World War soldier on Terrace Green above the sea at Seaham

Seaham Food Festival

Seaham, County Durham · North East England

Usually a weekend in early August — next dates to be confirmed

Maryport's harbour channel at low tide, with the town's houses and a church spire beyond

Taste Cumbria Maryport (Taste of the Sea)

Maryport, Cumbria · North West England

Usually a weekend in early-to-mid August — next dates to be confirmed

Pink cherry blossom and evergreen trees beside a pond in Ravenscourt Park

Taste of the Caribbean - Hammersmith

London, Greater London · London

Usually A Saturday in August — next dates to be confirmed

A lone leafless tree on open green parkland under a clear blue sky

The Graves Park Food Festival

Sheffield, South Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually August bank holiday weekend (Saturday to Monday) — next dates to be confirmed

The long red-brick Tudor-Jacobean front of Temple Newsam House above a sloping green lawn

The Temple Newsam Food Festival

Leeds, West Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually a weekend in mid-August — next dates to be confirmed

People eating at picnic tables on the grass of a park under a blue sky, with festival stalls and trees behind

Eats & Beats

Newcastle, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

A Victorian stone drinking fountain in the middle of Huntly's town square, surrounded by granite buildings under a blue sky

Huntly Hairst

Huntly, Aberdeenshire · Scotland

Usually First weekend in September, with the main market day on the Saturday — next dates to be confirmed

Crowds of visitors on the lawns among festival stalls and gazebos in a town park, with trees and buildings behind

Leamington Food and Drink Festival

Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire · West Midlands

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

A jetty and the round Drumkinnon Tower on the shore of Loch Lomond at Balloch

Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival

Balloch, West Dunbartonshire · Scotland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Visitors and food stalls on the lawn inside Ludlow Castle, with the round stone tower and castle walls behind

Ludlow Food Festival

Ludlow, Shropshire · West Midlands

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Visitors at tables on a lawn beside a row of white festival marquees, with brick town buildings and a blue sky behind

Nantwich Food Festival

Nantwich, Cheshire · North West England

Usually first weekend in September (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Narberth's High Street hung with bunting, with the small town hall and its clock turret in the middle

Narberth Food Festival

Narberth, Pembrokeshire · Wales

Usually last weekend in September — next dates to be confirmed

Newtown's High Street hung with bunting, leading to a red-brick Victorian clock tower building

Newtown Food Festival

Newtown, Powys · Wales

Usually first weekend in September — next dates to be confirmed

The long Palladian south front of Holkham Hall beyond a lawn and a large fountain under a blue sky

North Norfolk Food and Drink Festival

Holkham, Norfolk · East of England

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Fishing boats in Arbroath harbour with the white Signal Tower and harbourside buildings behind

SmokieFest

Arbroath, Angus · Scotland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

The gabled Victorian stone mansion of Bangor Castle, now the town hall, beside a sunny lawn

Taste Ards and North Down at Bangor Castle

Bangor, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

Taste Cumbria Cockermouth

Cockermouth, Cumbria · North West England

Usually last weekend of September — next dates to be confirmed

Thame's broad High Street lined with timber-framed and brick buildings, with parked cars and a bus

Thame Food Festival

Thame, Oxfordshire · South East England

Usually A weekend in late September — next dates to be confirmed

Fishing trawlers moored side by side in Portavogie harbour on a sunny day

Tide and Turf Food Festival

Portavogie, County Down · Northern Ireland

Usually September — next dates to be confirmed

The twin-towered stone gatehouse of Tonbridge Castle beside a Georgian house, above a lawn under a blue sky

Tonbridge Food and Drink Festival

Tonbridge, Kent · South East England

Usually A weekend in early September — next dates to be confirmed

Festival marquees and food stalls under trees in a paved city square, with visitors walking past

York Food and Drink Festival

York, North Yorkshire · Yorkshire and the Humber

Usually ten days in the second half of September — next dates to be confirmed

Stalls under strings of bunting and Welsh flags inside the Market Hall in Brecon, seen through its signed entrance

Brecon Beacons Food Festival

Brecon, Powys · Wales

Usually a Saturday in early October — next dates to be confirmed

The paved shared-space street of New Road in Brighton, with bicycles, benches and Regency buildings

BrightonFoodStory

Brighton, East Sussex · South East England

Usually First weekend of October — next dates to be confirmed

Broadstairs Food Festival - Autumn

Broadstairs, Kent · South East England

Usually First weekend of October (Friday to Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Melton Mowbray's Market Place with brick and rendered shopfronts and a church tower behind, under a blue sky with clouds

East Midlands Food Festival

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire · East Midlands

Usually first weekend of October (Saturday and Sunday) — next dates to be confirmed

Shoppers walking between rows of canopied food stalls along a city-centre street lined with Victorian buildings

Newport Food Festival

Newport · Wales

Usually a Saturday in early October — next dates to be confirmed