Bristol Food Conections

Bristol was recently voted the best city in the UK for its great shopping, great scenery and great social scene. But what about the fourth, and arguably most important great: its food?

Bristol food conections festival involving over 200 different organisations, running from 1-11 May. Several key players are helping to shape Bristol`s food culture into one that not only provides delicious artisian produce and top dining opportunities, but also possesses remarkable integrity.

Special guest from Slow Food International are opening a pop-up pizzeria on College Green where Italy`s top pizza chefs created real artisanal pizza with authentic igredients. The adjacent Forgotten Foods Market showcase 25 artisan producers from the UK, selected by Slow Food for their regional representation of endangered to learn about and taste some of the UK`s best and hidden produce.

slow food market

Slow Food Pop-Up Pizza. Gianfranco Iervolino (Pizzeria Villa Giovanna, Napoli - Italy

BBC Stars Kitchen.
See your favourite TV chefs in actions across the two weekends of Bristol Food Conections with cookery demos from Lisa Faulkner, Donal Skehan and Mr Bloom (Stefan Gates).

Lisa Faulkner.
The Celebrity MasterChef winner knows to produce crowd-pleasing plates of food to win over the toughest judges of all - kids! In this demo she share some of her most successful tips for diners that gurantee to get everyone round the table!