The Tante Marie Culinary Academy will take centre stage at the Woking Food and Drink Festival 2016 in Jubilee Square.
Throughout the free, three-day festival the Tante Marie Culinary Academy Theatre will serve up a healthy portion of tasty, live cooking demonstrations, delivered by a range of prestigious celebrity chefs and local restaurant owners.
Demonstration chefs
Whet your appetite by taking a look at the festival's demonstration chefs line up below.
- Jane Devonshire - MasterChef Champion 2016.
- John Whaite, Great British Bake Off 2012 winner, resident chef on ITV's 'Lorraine' and author.
- Rosemary Shrager, TV chef and author.
- Tom and Henry Herbert - TV chefs (aka 'The Baker Brothers'), authors and directors of Hobbs House Bakery.
- Antonio Carluccio OBE - Chef Ambassador for The Clink Restaurant at HMP High Down, Sutton and TV chef.
- Al Crisci MBE - Chef and founder of The Clink Restaurant and Director of Clink Events.
- Georgina Hayden - Food developer for Jamie Oliver, food stylist, author and cook.
- Steve Drake - Owner of the Anchor, Ripley, and former Chef Proprietor of Drakes, Ripley, and Roux Scholarship winner.
- Fernando Stovell - Head Chef and owner of Stovell’s restaurant based in Chobham, and guest chef on BBC One's Saturday Kitchen.
- Ben Piette - Head Chef and owner of London House restaurant based in West Byfleet.
- Aneke Spacie - Executive Chef and owner of Waters Edge Cafe based in Horsell.
- Thierry de Magneval - Chief Sommelier and owner of Cellar Magneval based in Woking and Fleet.
- Tante Marie Culinary Academy instructors - The oldest independent cookery school in the UK which has been based in Woking Borough for over 60 years.
View the festival menu and schedule HERE.
Theatre host
The Tante Marie Culinary Academy Theatre will be hosted by Jo Pickard, an experienced TV and event presenter, actress and food blogger.
Over the last couple of years, Jo has travelled around the world as the Rave Village MC for The Volvo Ocean Race 2014/15, as well as presenting for Virgin Media at The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Her previous credits also include regular presenting slots at the Taste Of London and Taste of Winter food festivals, CISCO Live, The Balfour Beatty Youth Games, and the award-winning Park Live Stage at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
