Free Fun Tasty Event for the Family.

Bournemouth will be hosting its first world food and music festival on the 12th and 13th of July 2008.

This event focuses on regional and national food and music.

It is scheduled to take place at the Winton Recreational Center from 10 am to 10 pm . With a parade through Charminster road on Sunday the 13th of July 2008.

Every one is invited from near and far.

Food and Music is one of its main focuses and will comprise of local  and world cuisine.

Please do not miss this opportunity of taking part in the first launch of the event.

Bournemouth will be having its first world food and music festival on the 12th and 13th of July at Winton Recreation Centre, with a parade through Charminster road on Sunday, 13th July starting at 11:30 am.   The festival will pack in a wide range of activities, including food and non food stalls from around the globe, an eclectic mix of music, dancing, cookery demonstrations, a Junior Chef Competition, storytelling and workshop for children, mini train and fun rides.  It is indeed an event for the whole family.

Eugene Cartwright, Executive Head Chef at the Highcliff Marriott hotel will do something special, no hints; it will be a spectacular surprise.  In the culinary world Eugene is an A star chef, having won Silver and Bronze medals at Culinary Olympics in Germany he went on to win the Norwegian Seafood Challenge beating 150 top chefs for that award.  He has cooked for the Royal family, the King of Jordan and Bill Clinton.  Sayma Ahmed who opened the first Indian restaurant in Bournemouth will do a demonstration of food from the Sylhet region in her native Bangladesh.

Marquees will offer an array of food including the best of English dishes with local organic ingredients, mouth watering Japanese Sushi and Bento boxes, locally produced organic vegetables, Dorset hog roast. Edeli will offer a taste of Andalucía, one of the first melting pots, a mating of East and West which is reflected in the food, music and art of that region.  Spicy West African Jollof rice and Okra stew will introduce the uninitiated to West African cuisine.  Revellers will be offered a Caribbean carnival special involving treats from the various Islands.  Dorset based market garden, Peppers by the Post is in the forefront of efforts by growers in this country to cater to the changing taste of the British public by producing chillies from seeds in peppers they found in ethnic shops throughout the UK.  Their Dorset Naga was declared one of the hottest chillies in the world in 2005.

Performing artists include Bournemouth Community Choir doing music from all the world’s continents, which went to the second round of the Last Choir Standing competition. Straight from Gambia the land of Kora, Bajaly Susso will work the crowd with his fast and furious music, reminiscent of the ancient battles he sings about. While firmly based in his roots in Gambia, Bajaly who is on a UK tour has captivated audiences in Germany, Holland and Australia.  .Dance Crazy one of the most dynamic dance schools in Bournemouth will hit the audience with their magnetic force rolling on their full repertoire of Disco, Latin America, Ballroom, Street and Salsa.  Other acts include a Classical Indian dance duo, Morris dancers, Samba, an English Folk duo, Latin American fusion, Gypsy Jazz, a Classical Jazz Quartet and Steel Drums. For kids Noah Messono will take children on a journey through Africa. Treehouse Theatre have a story box session, The Dancing Turtle, the only clue is that it is about an Amazonian family.

The idea of the festival was aptly born over dinner involving three of the trustees. A true grassroots initiative has galvanized support within the community including the local council and corporate sponsors such as By Design, Transdev Yellow Buses and J P Morgan.