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ORGANISERS of the Droit- wich Spa Food and Drink Festival have been busy cooking up a packed pro- gramme of events for this summer’s culinary bonanza. For the first time, the fourth annual festival will be held over two days in June, from Saturday 18 to Sunday 19, in Droitwich town centre. Star guest , who won the 2015 Great Brit- ish Bake Off, will officially open the event on Saturday and is lined-up to host a bak- ing masterclass in the dem- onstration kitchen. Meanwhile, more than 150 stalls will sprawl across the town over the weekend, sell- ing a huge variety of mouth- watering produce from Worcestershire, Hereford- shire and Warwickshire. Patrick Davis, festival or- ganiser, said: “I am very excited, and particularly Nadiya Hussain is set to host pleased that we got Nadiya a masterclass at the Droitwich Preparing for the Droitwich Food and Drink Festival are (left to right) Luke Layton, head chef Hussain. The reaction is fan- Spa Food and Drink Festival at the St Andrews Town Hotel, Anthony Copson, chef, Patrick Davis, festival organiser and Nina tastic – everyone is just say- this year ing she is so good. Murray, hotel events manager. Picture by Jonathan Barry. 1516034102 “Because of the Great Brit- ish Bake Off we are going lead sessions in the demon- and Vegan Cookery School games and lots of activities cider making masterclass es- ed by some fabulous country- to have our own Droitwich stration kitchen on Saturday, and Carl Sampson, who has for children. pecially for dads. side, we have got some great Bake Off. We are going to including Tom Court, from a burger van on the A38 and And as this year’s festival Mr Davis explained: “I have food producers and I thought find the best bake in Droit- Sticky Fig Catering, Steve Ly- was crowned National Burg- coincides with Father’s Day worked in the food industry it would be great to make wich and Junior Bake Off. ons, who worked at the Ray- er Champion 2015. on Sunday, there will be a fun all my life and when I retired Droitwich a foodie centre.” “There will be lots for peo- mond Blanc School of Cookery, There will be plenty of en- competition to crown Droit- a few years ago I wanted to do The festival is free to enter ple to do and see and eat.” Lizzy Hughes from Malvern- tertainment including mu- wich’s best dad. Along with something for Droitwich. and for more details visit A number of top chefs will based Our Lizzy Vegetarian sic, a bouncy castle, garden the contest, there will be a “I just felt we are surround- droitwichspafestival.co.uk