Could You Be The Next Heston?
Competition now closed.
For more information visit www.liverpoolfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk
Do you think you could create an enchanting Liverpool skyline constructed entirely out of multi-flavoured jelly or a life-size sculpture that bubbles and churns when brought to the dinner table?
SK Events, organisers of the fourth annual Liverpool Food and Drink Festival, are searching the region for a new Heston Blumenthal and for the next eight weeks, they are encouraging members of the public, local businesses, cookery students and professional chefs to get whimsical in the kitchen by creating their very own gastronomic masterpieces.
This is a unique chance for experimental foodies to delight diners with their weird and wonderful creations by combining inspirational ideas, unusual ingredients and irregular apparatus. The top ten most innovative entries and the overall winner will be judged by leading jelly-mongers, food experimentalists and culinary event curators Bompas and Parr and showcased at the festival’s official launch event later this year in the new Food Lab.
London based duo Sam Bompas and Harry Parr are most famous for their extravagant chocolate waterfalls, jelly airports, cocktail lakes and their renowned inhalable gin cloud.
Since being founded in 2007, they have worked for a host of famous clients including Disney, Selfridges and Stella McCartney.
Starting on Saturday, September 3rd in Sefton Park, the popular week-long Liverpool Food and Drink Festival will delight thousands of visitors yet again with an array of mouth watering dishes from some of the finest bars, restaurants, hotels and food retail outlets in the city.
Due to record numbers at last year’s event, with more than 30,000 people in attendance, organisers SK Events have announced that this year’s key launch event will be extended to two days.
Director of SK Events Denise Harris said:"Gastronomy is all about the art and science of good eating and we’re looking for all types of weird and wonderful food creations in any shape or size. Competition entrants will be whittled down to a shortlist of ten who will all showcase their designs at the festival’s official launch and also at the festival awards on September 12th.
Liverpool has a growing reputation as the modern food and drink capital of the North West and we wanted to embrace that within this year’s launch, while acknowledging that this is an exciting event for the 21st century. This will be our fourth food and drink festival in the city and what better way to celebrate than to inspire both amateur and professional chefs to combine innovation and design with their overwhelming love of food.
To enter, all applicants must send their name, address and daytime number with a photograph of their creation, along with a list of ingredients and details of what apparatus they have used to info@liverpoolfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk .
If selected, they must also be available to recreate their design at the festival’s launch weekend on September 3rd and 4th 2011.
For more details on how to enter and for a full calendar of events and activities taking place during festival week, visit www.liverpoolfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk