SAUCE LOVES… SUMMER FOODIE FESTIVALS
Where to find the perfect foodie fix at this summer’s festivals…
The Vurger Co
Make sure you don’t miss the artisan veggie burger company, The Vurger Co this year at Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire. The Vurger Co is a revolution in fast food, using the very best of vegetables, seeds, nuts and legumes all combined to create the ultimate plant-based burger. During the festival The Vurger Co will be serving their three core burgers The Classic, The MLT, The Mexican and The Auburger as well as an off the menu special to refuel all festival goers.
Wilderness Festival (3rd August-6th August)
Frenchie
Gregory Marchand’s smash-hit 2016 opening Frenchie Covent Garden will be setting up camp at Wilderness Festival in Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire this year. Taking a spot in the foodie festival’s Dining Room, Frenchie will be serving up its classic dishes, including Bacon scones with maple syrup and clotted cream (£6), Slow-cooked pork belly, with homemade harissa, brown butter and summer herbs (£12) and Grilled peaches with lemon verbena (£7).
Wilderness Festival (3rd August-6th August)
Burger & Beyond
Street food favourites Burger & Beyond are heading to Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival this year for the first time. The regulars from Dinerama will be bringing their signature aged rare breed patties to the Cotswolds serving cheese and bacon burgers with a side of crispy waffle fries.
Big Feastival (Friday 25th – Sunday 27th August)
Mirabeau en Provence
Enjoy Waitrose Summer Festival with a crisp, light award-winning rose. Mirabeau en Provence will offer three cuvees including; Mirabeau Classic, a vibrant pink coloured Côtes de Provence, Mirabeau Pure, a very pale, delicate rosé made from some of the highest vineyards in the region and Mirabeau La Folie, a delicately effervescent sparkling rosé which will launch at Waitrose in August.
Waitrose Summer Festival (Friday 18th – Sunday 20th August)
Jude’s Ice Cream
Knock your socks off while soaking up the sun at Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival and Waitrose Summer Festival this summer with utterly delicious ice cream from Jude’s. Flavours include Jude’s Salted Caramel, Jude’s Caramel Pecan and Instagram sensation Jude’s Black Coconut.
Big Feastival (Friday 25th – Sunday 27th August)
Waitrose Summer Festival (Friday 18th – Sunday 20th August)
Mindful Chef
Join Mindful Chef, the healthy recipe box delivery service, who will be at Jamie Oliver’s Big Feastival this year. Don’t miss co-founders Myles and Giles who will be hosting a table session on Saturday talking all things wellbeing and mindfulness.
Big Feastival (Friday 25th – Sunday 27th August)
The Bertinet Bakery
Richard Bertinet will be demonstrating at this summer’s Thame Food Festival. Richard’s four books on baking: Dough; Crust, Pastry and Patisserie Maison have become modern baking bibles and his cookery and baking school, The Bertinet Kitchen attracts customers from all over the world who want to learn how to bake.
Thame Food Festival Saturday 30th September – Sunday 1st October