Carina Contini to Showcase at Edinburgh Food Festival

Delighted to announce that Carina will be one of 5 Edinburgh chefs at this year’s Edinburgh Food Festival, which is taking place in Assembly George Square Gardens over 10 days, 19th – 28th July 2019.

The exciting line-up of free, non-ticketed chef demonstrations will include Scott Smith from Edinburgh Restaurant of the Year, Fhior; private events chef Barry Bryson from Cater Edinburgh; Jérôme Henry from Le Roi Fou; Carina Contini; and former MasterChef Professionals winner, Derek Johnstone from Borthwick Castle.

Alex Fitzhowle, Edinburgh Food Festival Producer, said: “We wanted to mark the fifth anniversary of Edinburgh’s only city centre food festival with a bigger, better and more mouth-watering line-up of activities, so we’re really excited to be welcoming some of Edinburgh’s top chefs to wow visitors at Assembly George Square Gardens.

“As well as new chef demonstrations, our bumper line-up will include a series of meet the local producer events, plus over 20 local producers and street food stallholders serving up some of Scotland’s best contemporary food and drink.

“Festivalgoers can find out more about this year’s line-up at www.edfoodfest.com and by following us on social media using hashtag #EdFoodFest2019.”

Entry to the chef demonstrations are free and non-ticketed but spaces are allocated on a first come, first served basis. The Festival welcomes around 25,000 visitors of all ages to Edinburgh’s Assembly George Square Gardens each year.

Be sure not to miss Carina’s demo on Saturday 27th July.

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