Great British Bake Off semi-finalist Briony May Williams and MasterChef judge John Torode are among the star names appearing at Bishop Auckland Food Festival in October. Taking place across the weekend of October 2-3, the free festival will also feature appearances and demos from MasterChef champ Tom Rhodes, Bishop Auckland chef and MasterChef contestant Mike Bartley, chocolatier Paul A Young, chef, writer and presenter Joe Hurd, and vegan chef Brett Cobley. The town’s historic Market Place will be full of fine local produce, tasty street food, refreshing drinks and indulgent cakes and desserts, and the festival, which attracted 29,000 visitors when it was last staged in 2019, is expected to be hugely popular.
