Fantastic British Food Festivals are looking for a local Surrey food hero! The Food Star competition will be running until June 1 and aims to find exciting new foodie talent to battle it out for a chance to take their career to the next level
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Leatherhead based, Fantastic British Food Festivals, celebrate independent food and drink producers in a number of locations around Surrey and South West London. This year they are launching a search for the nation’s most exciting food stars – producers, creators, chefs, authors and foodie business owners – to champion. The judges will be looking for quality, innovation, flavour and style, and at least one of the finalists will be a local Surrey food hero.
The three shortlisted Food Stars will win the chance to showcase their wares with a free pitch at the inaugural Sandown Park Food Festival, Sept 17-18. They will also win a free exposure pack worth £1000 that includes a social media audit from Sassy Social Marketing, inclusion in associated national and regional publicity as well as the Fantastic British Food Festival's own marketing.
The overall winner will be announced at the festival with a press photo-call. In addition to the prizes for shortlisting, they will receive another marketing and publicity package worth £2000 which will include a promotional toolkit, social media workshop from Sassy Social Marketing and design support from the creative director and lead designer at WATB. Sarah Harrison PR will also help them to announce their win and promote their business to the media. Finally, they will also be invited to exhibit for free at one of Fantastic British Food Festival’s 2017 events.
For the 3 finalists and overall winner this is an amazing opportunity to reach an engaged, foodie public – with over 15,000 visitors expected at Sandown. The judges are looking for exciting, passionate rising stars so whether your speciality is artisan cakes, delicious cuisine, craft cider, foraging tours, unique condiments, stunning handmade cookware or inspiring cookery classes, you could be a fantastic Food Star and take your venture to the next level.
If you or someone you know has the potential to be a Surrey Food Star then you can find out how to enter here: http://fantasticbritishfoodfestivals.com/foodstars.html
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