BOLTON Food Festival has detached itself from big brother Manchester and offers a tasty line-up this weekend.

Victoria Square, in the centre of town, is at the heart of the action, which starts today, and will be packed with free events including food demos from top-flight local chefs and food tastings and sampling from some of Bolton’s finest food and drink producers and suppliers.

Celebrity chef Simon Rimmer launches the three-day festival today by cooking up the kind of quality food to be found at his twin restaurants Greens in Didsbury and Earle in Hale. La Tasca’s Marco Araujo will provide a Spanish cooking demo in the tent. Look out for salsa dancing and singing waiters from Shifting Sands Theatre.

Other added ingredients include first-class entertainment, speciality markets, offers galore at cafés, restaurants and bars across Bolton plus the annual evening Ale Trail.

Victoria Square

On Saturday ‘Bolton goes Bollywood!’ with Indian music, dancing, food and much more. Victoria Square will be alive with the sounds and sparkle of Bollywood dancers. Chefs from Bolton’s Spice Valley will add flavour to the cooking demonstrations on the Cookery Theatre.

Continuing the spice theme, the festival special at Farnworth’s Royal Balti House is a giant Bangladeshi tiger fish. The Royal chefs have marinated the 56kg monster in spice for hours and will be serving portions of it throughout the three days.

Sunday features a special farmer’s market and chef James Holden from the North West Academy of Culinary Arts doing hands-on cookery workshops showing children how to prepare healthy food.

For full details of the festival call 01204 334321 or go to visitbolton.com/foodanddrinkfestival.

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