As things heat up ahead of Scotland’s biggest one day food and drink festival, Taste of Grampian organisers have released 600 additional tickets for the celebrity demonstrations due to demand.
Both James Martin’s and The Hairy Bikers’ cookery demos sold out within days when they first went on sale earlier this year.
Just 250 tickets were available to each of their three sessions on Saturday June 4 at P&J Live in Aberdeen, however, due to demand an additional 100 per session have been added, giving more fans of the celebrities the chance to see them cook up a storm.
James Martin’s sessions will take place at 9.30am, noon and 2.30pm.
Si King from The Hairy Bikers will represent the duo at the festival after Dave Myers announced last week that he is unable to attend most of the events he had planned this year due to poor health.
The chef is currently undergoing chemotherapy, however, Si, the other half of the duo, is very much looking forward to making the return north and will be in the celebrity demo kitchen at 10.45am, 1.15pm and 3.45pm.
In total there will be 300 additional tickets available across James’ shows and the same across Si’s. Each demonstration is priced at £15 each.
What else is lined up at Taste of Grampian?
This year’s Taste of Grampian sees the festival move away from its original home at Thaistone, Inverurie and will take place for the first time at state-of-the-art venue, P&J Live in Dyce, Aberdeen.
The venue has a capacity of around 15,000 and organisers hope to welcome record numbers at the event which takes place from 9am to 6pm.
Festivalgoers can pick up an array of food and drink products from Scottish producers who come from Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, the Highlands and Islands and further afield.
There will also be a children’s zone, live music on the main stage, buskers, children’s entertainers, street food, drinks tasting events and more.
Five chefs from across the north-east will also be cooking in the local kitchen. They include Ross Cochrane of Rothesay Rooms, Craig Wilson of Eat on the Green, owner of O’Caykx, Oyin Adekola, Graham Mitchell of The Newmachar Hotel and Kevin Dalgleish of Amuse by Kevin Dalgleish.
This year the festival has teamed up with Community Food Initiatives North East (Cfine) in Aberdeen as the dedicated charity. Its theme is also centered around sustainability.
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is the headline sponsor, and the festival will be further supported by Opportunity North East, ANM Group, Aberdeenshire Council, The Press and Journal and The Evening Express.
Tickets to the festival are £12 and children under 12 go free.
Parking at P&J Live is also free and you can find out more about transportation options here.
