CLAPHAM COMMON, FRIDAY 1st, SATURDAY 2nd & SUNDAY 3rd JULY 2011

The Big Feastival “Good Food. Good Music. Good Times. And All For A Good Cause.” 

ONE BIG MENU ANNOUNCED!

 JAMIE OLIVER AND SOME OF THE UK’S TOP CHEFS AND EATERIES UNVEIL THEIR ULTIMATE FESTIVAL MENU FOR 'THE BIG FEASTIVAL'

PLUS NEW ACTS ANNOUNCED:

HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR, TOM MIDDLETON AND 

NEW RESTAURANTS ANNOUNCED:

CINNAMON KITCHEN, ALBANNACH

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Festival grub will never be the same again as The Big Feastival unveils 'One Big Menu' - a gourmet festival menu developed by Jamie Oliver and chefs from some of the UK's top restaurants, including Thomasina Miers, Giorgio Locatelli, Peter Gordon, Atul Kochhar, Cyrus Todiwala, and Cass Titcombe. Festival-goers will be able to indulge in the ultimate dining experience, sampling special dishes by visiting the top notch pop-up restaurants all in a festival field and best of all, it’s all for charity with event profits going to the Prince’s Trust and the Jamie Oliver Foundation.

Jamie Oliver Commented: “The One Big Menu represents some of the finest food that London's restaurants have to offer. If you're a real foodie or even if you've got just a passing interest in great food, I reckon there's nowhere else this summer where you'd find a greater variety of better value, high quality food in one place and there's no other way you could realistically eat a fantastic starter at Trinity, a delicious main course at Locanda Locatelli and finish off with a brilliant Vinoteca dessert - and hear good music.  The fact that the profits go to charity just adds to the uniqueness of The Big Feastival.”

Unveiled by the Chefs during a Twitter Party that gave the public a rare chance to ask the chefs their cookery queries, One Big Menu’s delectable dishes include starters from Canteen who will be serving up ham hock terrine with sourdough bread & picalilli; Trinity whose pop-up kitchen will have scotch Clarence Court egg with sage & onion served with cider mayonnaise and Redhook, who will serve popcorn shrimp.

Main courses come courtesy of Michelin starred Benares who are presenting a unique chicken tikka pie, the nation’s favourite dish…in a pie! Gourmet Burger Kitchen’s GBK west country 4oz beef burger and Portobello mushroom stack burger both served in a sesame sourdough bun with a choice of sauces are sure to satisfy the heartiest appetites. Wahaca will provide pork pibil tacos and summer vegetable tacos to entice; Cafe Spice Namaste will have organic rhug welsh mutton kofta with rice on offer; Barbecoa will be preparing pit smoked barbecue pulled pork shoulder and slaw; Fifteen will be serving fantastic smoked chicken; Providores will have NZ lamb sam; Locanda Locatelli will be concocting a piadina with parma ham, squacquerone cheese and rocket and a vegetarian piadina and newly announced restaurant Albannach will be providing festival goers with their unique twist on delicious Scottish fare with mini haggis with neeps and tatties.

Puddings come from Vinoteca who will tempt all with a dark chocolate cremoso with fresh English raspberries, coconut & toasted almonds and another newly announced restaurant Cinnamon Kitchen who will be preparing modern Indian delights serving a mango mousse with mango mint salad. There are still some more delicious dishes to be announced so please keep checking www.thebigfeastival.co.uk for all the latest news.

Encouraging festival goers to try different courses across a number of gourmet outlets at The Big Feastival, the experience is bringing three-course gourmet food directly to the consumer. With a standard ticket package that includes 3 or 5 dishes, it’s a unique proposition in the festival calendar that makes great food accessible and affordable to all.

And imagine the artists’ riders! With a line-up that boasts legends such as The Charlatans, Soul II Soul and Norman Jay, as well as hot new talent such as Trophy Wife and Saint Saviour, expect three-course riders with popcorn shrimp, posh scotch eggs, and chicken tikka pie a plenty!

As well as all the tantalising tastes on offer The Big Feastival can also announce the latest music acts to join The Big Feastival bill, including New York nu-disco collective Hercules & Love Affair who will be taking their party vibes to the stage on Saturday night. With their latest album Blue Songs causing waves across club land, Andy Butler and his crew of vocalists, including fully fledged disco diva Shaun Wright and the ever-flamboyant Aerea Negrot, are bound to have everyone dancing the night away.

The Big Feastival is also pleased to announce that trail-blazing DJ Tom Middleton will be hitting the decks to get keep you dancing into Saturday night. Known for his trademark widescreen musical repertoire, taking in ambient to drum & bass, techno to rock n’ roll, Tom is a true dance pioneer, who even considered becoming a chef at one point! 

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ONE BIG MENU:

STARTERS

 Canteen: Ham Hock Terrine with Sourdough Bread & Picalilli

Trinity: Scotch Clarence Court Egg with Sage & Onion served with Cider MayonnaiseRedhook: Popcorn Shrimp

MAINS 

Benares: Chicken Tikka Pie

Gourmet Burger Kitchen: GBK West Country 4oz Beef Burger, Portobello Mushroom Stack Burger (both served in a sesame sourdough bun with a choice of sauces)

Wahaca: Pork Pibil Tacos, Summer Vegetable Tacos

Cafe Spice Namaste: Organic Rhug Welsh Mutton Kofta with Rice

Barbecoa: Pit Smoked Barbecue Pulled Pork Shoulder and Slaw

Fifteen: Smoked Chicken

Providores: NZ Lamb Sam

Locanda Locatelli: Piadina (with Parma ham, Squacquerone cheese and rocket), Vegetarian Piadina

Albannach: Mini Haggis with Neeps and Tatties

PUDDINGS

Vinoteca: Dark Chocolate Cremoso with Fresh English Raspberries, Coconut & Toasted Almonds

Cinnamon Kitchen: Mango Mousse with Mango Mint Salad

More dishes still to be announced. Please check http://bit.ly/ifCDUX for the latest information.

Music

 Friday: Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler, New Young Pony Club, Norman Jay Good Times,Roots Manuva, Saint Saviour, Danny Rampling, Ashley Beedle

Saturday: The Charlatans, Mystery Jets, Kurran & The Wolfnotes, Trophy Wife, Hercules & Love Affair, Tom Middleton 

Sunday: Athlete, Guillemots, The Bees, Guilty Pleasures, The Cuban Brothers

RESTAURANTS:

 Locanda Locatelli, The Providores, Wahaca, Fifteen, Canteen, Barbecoa, Benares, Redhook,Vinoteca, Cafe Spice Namaste, GBK, Giant Robot Present The VIP Bar, Coach & Horses, Trinity, Cinnamon Kitchen, Albannach

CHEFS:

Giorgio Locatelli, Thomasina Miers, Peter Gordon, Jonathan Downey, Jamie Oliver, Rachel Allen,Jo Pratt, Atul Kochhar, Theo Randall, Matt Tebbutt, Michael Caines, Gennaro Contaldo, Sophie Grigson

TICKET INFORMATION:

Ticketline: http://bit.ly/kwrpwq

Friday 1st July: 14:00 – 22:30
Saturday 2nd July: 12:00 – 22:30
Sunday 3rd July: 10:00 – 20:00

Early Bird - £35 - Music + Festival Entertainment

Adults (18+) Standard 3 ‘Dishes’** Ticket - £65 - Music + Festival Entertainment + Food (3 Feastival ‘Dishes’)

Adults (18+) Standard 5 ‘Dishes’** Ticket - £75 - Music + Festival Entertainment + Food (5 Feastival ‘Dishes’)

VIP Tickets (18+) £125 - Music + festival entertainment + 5 Feastival Dishes + VIP bar by Giant Robot with unlimited beer wine and soft drinks + non-stop fantastic food

FAMILY (2 adults, 2 children 12-17***) - £175 - Music + Festival Entertainment + Food (A family receives 16 Dishes between them)

Child Tickets (Aged 12-17)*** - £25 - Music + Festival Entertainment + Food (3 Dishes)

Child Tickets (Aged 11 And Under)*** - Free Entry!

** A 'Dish entitles you to a free meal at one of the onsite restaurants. 24 chefs and restaurants are participating in this exciting fundraising event.  Each restaurant will have their own pop-up kitchen to provide a signature dish. 
*** The age you will be on the day of the event

The Prince’s Trust

Youth charity The Prince’s Trust helps change young lives. It gives practical and financial support, developing key workplace skills such as confidence and motivation. Every year, The Prince’s Trust supports more than 40,000 disadvantaged 14- to 30-year-olds who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law. One of the charity’s key programmes is ‘Get into’ - short vocational courses that develop young people’s skills in a specific sector such as cooking or hospitality. Last year, more than three in four young people supported by The Prince’s Trust moved into work, education or training.

The Jamie Oliver Foundation

The Jamie Oliver Foundation’s mission is to educate and empower as many people as possible to love and enjoy good food. This means learning how to cook, understanding where food comes from, and recognizing the power it can have on our health, happiness, and even finances. It does this through teaching, training and employment, and also by making good clear information available to as many people as possible. There are four activities within the Jamie Oliver Foundation: Fifteen Apprentice Programme. Jamie’s School Dinners. Jamie’s Ministry of Food. Jamie’s Food Revolution

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