2024 Festival Opening Times: Saturday 20th – 10am to 5pm, Sunday 21st – 10am to 4pm
Get ready for our fantastic 2024 festival - A weekend of incredible
celebrity chef demonstrations, regional food & drink traders & local entertainers.
Festival Opening Times: Saturday 20th - 10am to 5pm, Sunday 21st - 10am to 4pm
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Who will be appearing on our live cookery theatre stage in 2024
Take a look at our exciting celebrity chefs who will be making star appearances at the festival. This is a stella line up, we are delighted to announce our Saturday guests as Henry Firth & Ian Theasby, the visionary duo of Pioneering Plant Based Food – BOSH TV. TV Chef & Author Marcus Bean whose passion for cooking drove him to win Iron chef UK in 2010. Dan Hunter – Bake Off Finalist 2023 and TV Chef & Author Chris Bavin will be joining us as our weekend cookery theatre host.
Our Sunday line-up has TV presenter, author, food writer and award-winning restaurateur, Matt Tebbutt. Chef, author and entrepreneur, Cyrus Todiwala and food content creator, bestselling author and presenter, Meliz Berg.
With over 150 local and regional food & drink traders, you will be spoilt for choice
We have some amazing traders showcasing at Bishop Auckland Food Festival 2024. We have a range of fantastic street food traders and artisan food producers. Take a look at who will be trading at the festival.
Live music and performances from some of the region’s finest
Take a look at our amazing line up. Dancing ‘grannies’, performing chefs, steel bands, and theatre acts are among the free family acts performing at the festival.
Latest festival news
More than 150 traders confirmed for Bishop Auckland Food Festival
Curries, crepes, cocktails and mocktails will be among the mouthwatering delights on offer at next weekend’s Bishop Auckland Food Festival. Durham County Council, which organises the
Live music, theatre and comedy to fill the streets at Bishop Auckland Food Festival
A feast of free family fun lies in wait for visitors to this year’s Bishop Auckland Food Festival. The festival will bring delicious food and drink
Three more celebrity chefs confirmed for Bishop Auckland Food Festival
A BBC Saturday Kitchen presenter, an award-winning chef and a food content creator with millions of TikTok views will headline the Sunday cookery demonstration slots at
BOSH! First three celebrity chefs revealed for this year’s Bishop Auckland Food Festival
A duo billed as “the world’s biggest vegan and plant-based chefs” are among the headliners at this year’s Bishop Auckland Food Festival, organisers have revealed. Henry