Hey Stamford! Food Festival boasts cooking demos by celeb chefs
STAMFORD — The Hey Stamford! Food items Pageant will be back at Mill River Park in August, with demonstrations by two superstar chefs and tunes performances by Flo Rida and DJ Pauly D.
The pageant will stretch two weekends: Aug. 11 to 14 and Aug. 18 to 21.
Chefs Todd English and Aaron Might will guide cooking demos in the course of the initial weekend. A “soon-to-be introduced roster of well-acknowledged chef friends” will sign up for them, providing cooking presentations and interacting with festival-goers, according to a launch.
May well is the govt chef and culinary director at Bullseye Occasion Group as properly as a judge on various Food items Network exhibits. English has developed a perfectly-recognised model and manufactured his own display for PBS. Previously this 12 months, the English Hospitality Group — English’s joint undertaking with entrepreneur Keith Burkard — declared designs to open up a food items hall and art exhibition at Stamford Town Center by early 2024.
“It is an honor to welcome these types of wonderful culinary talent to our increasing event this 12 months,” P.J. Kennedy, the founder of the Hey Stamford! site and co-producer of the fest, mentioned in the release. “With the Todd English Foodstuff Corridor earning its way to our metropolis, we are thrilled to be in a position to exhibit Todd and Aaron how wonderful our Stamford local community is.”
Also in the course of the very first weekend, DJ Pauly D will carry out Saturday night time. Resurrection – A Journey Tribute will hit the stage Sunday.
Flo Rida will be up Saturday through the second weekend. The adhering to working day, Vanilla Ice, Rob Base, All-4-A person, Young MC and Kid ‘n Play will complete as element of the “I Appreciate the 90’s Tour.”
Different meals distributors will be providing their fare during both equally weekends.
In addition, drinks will be served at a beer yard on both Thursdays. On Fridays, the competition will have food stuff, are living audio and “activities for the overall relatives,” according to the launch.
“With every thing from the stay efficiency lineup to the growing quantity of foodstuff offerings, it is a great in shape for two awesome chefs this sort of as Todd and Aaron to come on board and lend their culinary talents to the 2022 Hey Stamford! Food Competition,” Ilario Altamura, Parachute Concerts’ president and pageant co-producer, claimed in the launch.
Tickets for the two weekends of events can be bought on line at https://heystamfordfoodfest.com/. Tickets will also be sold at the doorway, but only dollars will be approved. Youngsters underneath 10 yrs outdated will be ready to enter for no cost.
Incorporates prior reporting by workers author Leeanne Griffin.