We were invited along to the Westbury hotel this morning for the launch of Electric Picnic’s Theatre of Food.
It was amazing.
We were treated to funky food performances, with bread and homemade noodles being made in one corner and fresh mocktails being prepared in another. All the while, The Ukelele Orchestra provided some brilliant entertainment.
We’re at the launch of @EPfestival Theatre of Food #EP2016 pic.twitter.com/bZRcR4pzOX
— Her.ie (@Herdotie) May 17, 2016
It was all to celebrate the culinary corner that is ‘Theatre of Food’ which returns for its sixth year to Electric Picnic 2016. Once again bringing its delicious array of cutting-edge food demos, wired-up mixology, inspired culinary workshops, and far-out foodie tastings for Picnickers of all ages.
This year the Food Collective of performers introduces new festival faces, including food blogger and cookery book author Roz Purcell; best-selling cookbook author, Susan Jane White and chef/creator of legendary pop-ups such as Dilisk, Katie Sanderson.
There will be food from around the globe too, with cult Cork city restaurateurs Takashi Miyazaki from Japan and Gautham Iyer from India, showing the secrets of their two national cuisines.
The full line-up includes:
Roz Purcell – David & Stephen Flynn – Katie Sanderson – Susan Jane White – Clodagh Mckenna – Stephen Toman – Takashi Miyazaki – Derry Clarke – Ross Lewis – Graham Neville – Sunil Ghai – Kevin Thornton – Robbie Krawczyk – Gary O’hanlon – Gautham Iyer – Jp Mcmahon – Martin Shanahan – Audrey Mcdonald – Tom Dunne – Aoife Mcelwain – Niall Byrne – Paul Flynn – Maire Flynn – Catherine Fulvio – Gearoid Lynch – Kwanghi Chan – John Mckenna – Sally Mckenna – Oisin Davis – Wade Murphy – Caroline Byrne – Lily Ramirez-Foran – Jonathan Mccrea – Ivan Varian – Joe O’leary – Caroline Tobin – Niall Stokes – Declan Maxwell – Caitlin Ruth – Kate Lawlor – Patrick Ryan – The Dingle Cookery School – Shannen Butler Keane – Birgitta Curtin – Leslie Williams – Seaneen Sullivan – Coffeewerk + Press – America Village Apothecary – April Dannan – Beverley Mathews – Paul Williams – Sam Mcnichol – Susan Boyle – Judith Boyle – Allison Roberts – Maria Kennedy – Jim Kennedy – William Barry – Ed Hick – Sham Hanifa – Kevin O’toole – Jacinta Dalton – Jessie Kennedy – Justin Grounds – Danette Milne – Mags Kirwan – Alan Kavanagh
“Demos, tastings, workshops, discussions…we had a ball last year at Theatre of Food: a wonderful fun, friendly, and exciting foodie atmosphere populated by so many of Ireland’s top chefs and food professionals,” said Colin Jepson from Ardkeen.com. “We’re thrilled to be provisioning the Theatre again in 2016 and looking forward to bringing the best of Ireland’s artisan and craft food producers to the stage. Picnickers’ taste-buds will be rockin’ too!”
It’s not all for adults as well as there will be a pizza-making demo for the children at the picnic.
Theatre of Food is produced by McKennas’ Guides, and brought out in association with Euro-toques Ireland, the European Association of Chefs and Cooks. This year’s Theatre is supported by Failte Ireland.
