Emma The Great Cornish Seafood Weekend Announced
The first-ever Great Cornish Seafood Weekend is taking place on the 26th and 27th of October at the Great Cornish Food Store in Truro.
The inaugural event will be a celebration of seafood, Cornwall’s fishing industry and all those who work in it.
The weekend-long event will include live demonstrations, talks, tasting stations, a seafood bar, sea shanties and a host of children’s activities.
Pete Murt, head chef at Rick Stein’s flagship The Seafood Restaurant, is one of the first guest chefs to be confirmed in the event’s line up.
Pete’s seafood journey began in 2000 at the age of 16 when he became a kitchen porter at Rick Stein’s St Petroc’s Bistro. After a stint of travelling in East Asia, Pete returned to Padstow and became head chef at The Seafood Restaurant, only the fourth in its 40-year history.
Joining Pete will be Stephane Delourme, former head chef and group chef at Rick Stein Restaurants, who will demonstrate the art of shucking and cooking oysters using different flavours.
Acclaimed fishmonger Annie Seabourne of My Fish Kitchen will be using her renowned skills to show how to cook, pick and eat crab.
Also making an appearance will be Jeffrey Robinson, one of the first chefs in the world to receive a Green Michelin Star, who has a passion for provenance and sustainability and is opening his own cookery school in his hometown of St Ives.
The Great Cornish Seafood Weekend is a collaboration between the award-winning Great Cornish Food Store and the Cornish Fish Producers’ Association (CFPO), which represents more than 160 member vessels.
Also attending over the weekend will be the Cornwall Wildlife Trust promoting their Good Seafood Guide.
The weekend is part of the Agrifood Sector Development Project delivered by the team behind the award-winning Great Cornish Food Store.
The project has been made possible through the Good Growth programme, which is managed by Cornwall Council and funded by the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
For more information on Great Cornish Seafood Weekend or to book your chef demo tickets go to www.greatcornishfood.co.uk
