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Durham Cricket To Host A Wicket Food & Drink Festival
DURHAM CRICKET For the North
Traders from County Durham and beyond are thrilled to be involved with the first Chester-le-EATS food and drink festival, hosted by Durham Cricket.
The free event, which will be held on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 of October will see around 50 food stalls and vendors showcasing their wares, in a celebration of local food and drink produced in the North East.
It has been launched by Durham Cricket as part of the venue’s aims to expand its events calendar and support the local community and economy.
Ythan Sale, Durham Cricket’s Event Manager, said: “We have had a fantastic response so far from the region’s top traders and have some seriously tasty produce lined up.
“Chester-le-EATS has been launched by us to provide a free family fun day out for all and to support local businesses.
‘It comes off the success of Chester Fest, a community event which we held in 2019 which saw thousands flock to the venue. Chester-le-EATS aims to build on our excellent relationship with the local and wider community. As well as a food and drink theme, the event will also have an
80s retro vibe – and we will be announcing some top entertainment soon!”
The food and drink stalls will include a mix of hot food vans as well as local producers.
Ryan McVay, founder of The Calabash Tree, which offers Caribbean cuisine is delighted to be part of the inaugural event. Ryan grew up enjoying the rich and varied flavours of the Caribbean islands where his mum was born.
“Growing up, my family were always making home-cooked Trinidadian food and it was something that always stuck with me,” said the former firefighter who now runs The
Calabash Tree as a full-time street food pop-up and take-away business from Swan Road Industrial Estate in Washington.
“There are some fantastic food and drink events in the North East – and some which have also fallen victim of covid. It is great to see a venue of this calibre launch such an event and I love the 80s, retro vibe. It’s very on trend at the minute.”
Seasoned street food veterans, Spud Gun Loaded Fries, will also be at the event. A firm favourite on the North East street food scene, Spud Gun offer sensational loaded fries.
Owner, Christian Garcia-Miralles said: “The events are the core of our business, it’s our bread and butter. We do a lot of local and national events, but ones such as this closer to home are what we love – it’s where it all started.”
Amongst the local producers will be Scott Wilson-Laing, founder of North-East-based WL Distillery.
Scott combines his passion for gin and the great outdoors by creating gins made with handpicked ingredients.
“Events like this are a great way to meet new customers, educate them about our local gins and help businesses such as WL Distillery grow.”
Public car parking will be available in the pay and display car parks opposite Gate 3.
To keep up with all the latest Chester-le-EATS information, visit DETAILS (website/social media handles) https://www.durhamcricket.co.uk/events/ chester-le-eats/
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