Say hi to us at Smoke and Fire Festival Colchester!
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As the official meat partner for the Smoke and Fire Festival we can’t wait to be part of the next event this month in Colchester!
About Smoke and Fire Festival
This festival is the perfect celebration of BBQ food and cooking that the whole family can enjoy. It began back in 2017 as a fundraising event for the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance and has gone from strength to strength, quickly earning its reputation as the biggest BBQ and outdoor cooking festival in the UK. Drawing in more than 18,000 visitors during the festival weekend, Smoke and Fire is a must for BBQ lovers.
Last year Smoke and Fire introduced the British Open Free Style BBQ Competition. This is a highly anticipated part of the festival this year where teams will battle it out in a thrilling one-off national FREE STYLE BBQ competition cooking round. The cook-off will have rounds with steak, burgers, hotdogs, bird, beef, pork, and ribs BBQ to find the undisputed British BBQ champion.
This champion will earn a title trophy, a £1,000 cash prize, plus thousands of pounds worth of BBQ equipment and related accessories. 14 teams are set to be part of the contest this year from complete novices to ex-world champions.
Who will be at the festival?
At the Ascot event, you will find exciting competitions, amazing pop-up restaurants with award-winning street food, two live music stages, demonstrations of innovative BBQ and outdoor cooking equipment, kids entertainment, a mini real ale and cider festival to wash down all that tasty food, and live fire chefs from around the UK. These include:
- Sam and Shauna- Hangfire, BBC Sam and Shauna’s Big Cook Out and Saturday Kitchen Live
- Hilary Anderson- BBQ LADS
- Christian Stephens, also known as DJ BBQ
- Chef Colin McSherry- Ledbury, The York & Albany, Fat Duck, named Annual Murphia List of Irish talent and industry leaders 2019
- Marcus Bawdon- UK BBQ School, and author of multiple best-selling BBQ books
- Chef Nokx (Nokuthula Majozi’s)- senior pie maker and sous chef at the Pie Room in Holborn Dining Room
- Chef Karan Gokani- Hoppers of London
- Chef Martin Anderson- From the Ashes, Temper Soho, private royal and celebrity events with Francis Mallmann
- One more chef TBA
- Home Economist Rob Alison- Rob has worked at a range of eateries and has a wealth of experience in food as head of the Economist for the last three Nigella Lawson series and most recently Gok Wan’s new TV series
How are we involved?
As part of our partnership with Smoke and Fire we will be the official meat supplier for key parts of the Ascot festival weekend. You can find our products showcased in:
- Live FIRE Demo Stages with DJ BBQ and Marcus Bawdon
- The British Open Free Style BBQ Championships
- The Official Steak Cook Off Association – Steak cook-off competitions
- Smoke and Fire Extreme Eating Hot Wings Competition
We will also have a stand at the event so you can come and say hi and check out some of our delicious BBQ meats.
Smoke and Fire will be based at Lower Castle Park between 20th and 21st August 2022.