Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival – Snape Maltings, Suffolk

The Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival, one of the UK’s most loved culinary events, is thrilled to announce its chef demo lineup for 2024. Headlining the event are Michelin starred Tom Aikens, Tom Booton of The Grill at The Dorchester hotel, celebrated chef and cookbook author Ben Tish and Ivan Tisdall Downes of Native at Pensons, alongside a guest appearance from The Daily Telegraph restaurant critic William Sitwell – with this year’s festival promising to be the most gastronomic yet.

The festival, which is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting the local Suffolk food and drink community and businesses within it, will take place over the weekend of September 28th-29th in the picturesque setting of Snape Maltings.

In addition to the chef demonstrations, The Telegraph’s restaurant critic William Sitwell will be attending the festival, taking part in an ‘In Conversation With…’ interview speaking about his illustrious career in the food media. The festival will also feature over 100 exhibitors, highlighting local producers and growers, showcasing the finest food and drink from across Suffolk and East Anglia.

Local restaurants like The Suffolk, run by one of the festival’s directors George Pell, The Greyhound in Pettistree, Pinch by Alice Norman, The Unruly Pig and private chef Pete Harrison will also be attending alongside local butchers Salter & King, Pump Street Chocolate, Adnams brewery and more.