{"id":293491,"date":"2025-06-14T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/seaham-food-festival-chef-lineup-announced-ahead-of-event\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T21:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T21:06:00","slug":"seaham-food-festival-chef-lineup-announced-ahead-of-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=293491","title":{"rendered":"Seaham Food Festival chef lineup announced ahead of event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Two star bakers, top television presenters and the BBC MasterChef Champion of Champions are among the famous faces heading to this year\u2019s Seaham Food Festival.<\/h3>\n<p>Durham County Council has announced the full chef lineup which will be joining headliner John Torode at this year\u2019s festival \u2013 which returns on Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3.<\/p>\n<p>BBC MasterChef co-host, chef and culinary author John will be demonstrating how to make a selection of dishes at the festival\u2019s open-air cookery theatre on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Festivalgoers can also look forward to demonstrations from TV personality Dean Edwards, 2016 Yes Chef winner Chris Baber, and Great British Bake Off 2024 contestant Nelly Ghaffar on Saturday,<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the lineup includes reigning Great British Bake Off champion Georgie Grasso, and 2022 MasterChef Champion of Champions winner Ping Coombes.<\/p>\n<p>Festival favourite and TV presenter Chris Bavin will also be returning to host the cookery theatre across the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Lyndsey Fox, Durham County Council\u2019s cabinet member for economy and partnerships, said: \u201cSeaham Food Festival has become one of the region\u2019s best-loved food events, drawing crowds from far and wide and shining a spotlight on County Durham\u2019s spectacular coastline. The cookery demonstrations are always a festival highlight and this year\u2019s line-up is certainly one of the best to-date. We can\u2019t wait to welcome them all to County Durham and provide an opportunity for residents and visitors to be entertained and inspired by their considerable cooking talents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To stay up to date with the latest festival news, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seahamfoodfestival.co.uk\">www.seahamfoodfestival.co.uk<\/a> and follow SeahamFoodFest on Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded\" id=\"like-post-wrapper-222683662-20814-684abfb9e03ec\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/?ver=14.6#blog_id=222683662&amp;post_id=20814&amp;origin=www.appetitemag.co.uk&amp;obj_id=222683662-20814-684abfb9e03ec\" data-name=\"like-post-frame-222683662-20814-684abfb9e03ec\" data-title=\"Like or Reblog\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Like this:<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sd-text-color\"\/><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two star bakers, top television presenters and the BBC MasterChef Champion of Champions are among the famous faces heading to this year\u2019s Seaham Food Festival. 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