What’s On
Saturday 15th May:
Food Fair 1-5pm
Gracefield Gardens Health Centre, Gracefield Gardens, 2-8 Gracefield Gardens, SW16 2ST (just behind Kiwk Fit on Streatham High Road)
Pop in and enjoy flavours from Streatham’s top restaurants – try out a huge variety of tasters from all around the globe. Send your taste buds on a tingling journey with Italian, Moroccan, Chinese, Goan, Caribbean, Portugese, Polish, British cuisines plus much much more!
We’re delighted to have ITV presenter Ronke Phillips opening this event at 1.30pm!
Enjoy Fairtrade and cake stalls, face painting and a magic show, songs from the Great Gustos, tangy new popcorn from the Odeon, lots of useful information plus ideas on creating healthy dishes and ways to enrich your bodies and minds. Street-dance group, the Stylinquent perform outside The Odean from 12pm-2pm.
Take The Great Streatham Food Quiz – try online by clicking here or get involved at the Food Fair. It’s your chance to win a £25 meal voucher from Nineteen, bottles of bubbly courtesy of Hix and Buck or tea for two at Perfect Blend.
Workshops: Just turn up on the day, limited spaces!
Icky Sticky Art Club 1pm
Children will learn how to make their own dyes using herbs, fruit and vegetables and will then be able to paint and print using their own home-made colours. Phone: 020 8769 3992/ 8726. www.ickystickyglueartclub.yolasite.com
Yummy Choo: Decorating & Icing Cupcakes 2pm
See how Selina ices cupcakes with buttercream, using different piping techniques and finally decorate them with flowers, butterflies and more exciting things! www.yummychoo.co.uk
How to get the BEST health ever through raw foods! 3pm
Do you want to lose weight, have more energy, get clear skin, improve your immune system or simply fight off sickness or disease? If the answer is yes, then raw living foods may be just what you are looking for! Come and find out from Raw Love UK what raw foods is all about and how it holds the key to maximising your health in every way possible.www.rawloveuk.com
Plan to be personal 4pm
Fancy having your own personal trainer helping you create new habits .. and stick to them?Hear how Lambeth NHS can help set you on the right road to healthy success
Gracefield Gardens Health Centre, Gracefield Gardens, 2-8 Gracefield Gardens, SW16 2ST (just behind Kiwk Fit on Streatham High Road)
Children’s Pizza-Making Workshop 1.30 or 3.00pm
Make your own pizzas and then eat them. Mmm! Children (aged 4 -10) must be accompanied by an adult. £6.00 per child also includes juice and sweet, book on 020 8764 3985. www.waterfrontbar.co.uk
Waterfront Bar & Pizzeria, 426 Streatham High Road, SW16 3PX
Pasta Perfection Workshop 3pm
It’s long and stringy, little parcels and flat sheets! Learn how to make and cook this top ingredient whilst discovering Mama’s secret ingredient! £5 a ticket, be quick to book your place, call: 020 8677 3646. www.boccarestaurant.co.uk
Bocca Restaurant & Pizzeria, 14 High Parade, Streatham High Road, SW16 1EX
Sunday 16th May:
Meet a renowned Italian Chef
11.30 – 12.30pm
Cook up a taste of Italy with TV chef and author, Valentina Harris, and discover perfect ways with pasta and find out about the secret touches and ingredients that make her dishes so delicious. Valentina is a noted authority on Italian food and food culture and delivers her wisdom with true passion. Learn from the best. www.cucinavalentina.co.uk
Meet Chef’s Compliments
12.30 – 2pm
Enjoy a lunchtime demonstration with London’s personal chef service, Chef’s Compliments; a group of professional chefs offering personalised cooking lessons at home and luxurious dinner parties. The chefs are specialised in a variety of cuisines from British, French and Italian to Indian, Thai and Japanese.
One of Chef’s Compliments’ top chefs, Stein Smart, will be demonstrating the art of cooking delicious fish and tasty vegetables. Chef Stein has been described by Jean-Christophe Novelli as a “tremendous chef” and he’ll certainly put on a great show for those lucky enough to meet him at the festival. To book your free place, email sarah@chefscompliments.co.uk Space is limited, so book now!
Lifestyle Interiors, 40-50 Streatham Hill, SW2 4RD
Sunday Lunch – Vegan Style! 12 – 2pm
Think vegan food is boring and tedious? Think again. Chooi-Leng and Neil demonstrate how easy it is to make tasty, delicious and healthy vegan food. Get busy with the preparation, then sit down and enjoy lunch together. A small charge of £5.00 covers ingredients.
Book your place by emailing: cibarone@hotmail.co.uk
Mosaic Centre, 126 Atkins Road, SW12 0AN
Cakes on the Common, 1.00 – 2.00pm
The Friends of Streatham Common want to find the best amateur bakers in Streatham, children included. Bring along your home-made cakes to the Rookery Cafe on Streatham Common for the judges decision at 2pm. Lots of fun and fab prizes to win. Please label any cakes with nuts and transport safely. www.freewebs.com/streathamfriends
Rookery Cafe, Streatham Common, SW16 3BZ
Scrumptious Samosas, 1.00 or 3.00pm
A fun workshop for kids at our top Lahori eatery shows how easy it is to rustle up these tasty Indian savoury morsels. Add homemade fillings and take them away. A small charge of £5.00 covers ingredients.
Tel: 020 8696 0123. www.chillichutney.com
Chilli Chutney, 20 The High Parade, Streatham High Road, SW16 1EX
Get A Buzz From Bees 3.30pm
There are already many hidden hives in Streatham as more people get into this fascinating and important activity. This informative taster session gives you a real insight and chance to meet other beekeepers, eager to talk bees and honey! Just turn up on the day. www.beesnbeans.co.uk
The Festival Shop, 132 Streatham Hill (near the old Megabowl), SW2 4RS
Tuesday 18th May:
Films On Food 7pm and 7.30pm
7pm ‘One Planet Food’. This award winning short film for all ages journeys three young agents on a mission to discover the true impact of food and farming on the environment and investigate where food actually comes from.
7.30pm ‘End of the Line‘. Sustainable Streatham’s busy film group have arranged a special screening for the festival. This major feature documentary film reveals the impact of overfishing in our oceans. www.sustainablestreatham.wordpress.com
£5 per ticket, buy at the cinema.
Odeon. 47-49 High Road, Streatham, London. SW16 1PW
Wednesday 19th May:
Fabulous Foody Quiz, 9.00pm
Test your knowledge on all things foody, try out your tastbuds, interrogate the ingredients.
This week’s quiz has a special foody flavour. Enter a team or just by yourself. Cash prize.
Entry £1.00 pp. www.earlferrers.co.uk
The Earl Ferrers, 22 Ellora Road, SW16 6JF
Thursday 20th May:
Delicious Drops Of Wine From Hix and Buck. Pop in between 4pm and 10pm
In the spirit of discovery, our ambition is to suprise and delight the wine lover with unknown wines whilst offering great value. Come and taste some exclusive wines, from our local wine importer, accompanied by nibbles in a relaxed setting. Ask as many questions as you like. Tickets are £3 in advance or £5 on the door, includes tasting a selection of 10 wines. See you there. Sante! Book now at www.hixandbuck.com/streathamfoodfestival
The Festival Shop, 132 Streatham Hill (near the old Megabowl), SW2 4RS
A Feast Of Words, 8pm
A tasty casserole of words and rhymes all about food and drink from brilliant local poet Katrina Naomi
includes items from her “Lunch at the Elephant and Castle” and readings from her new book. There’s also opportunity for emerging talent at the open mic session – sign up on the night at 7.45pm. www.poetrypf.co.uk/katrinanaomipage.html
Bocca, 14 High Parade, Streatham High Road, SW16 1EX
Saturday 22nd May:
Raw Ice-Cream Workshop, 12.30pm
PURE pleasure, ZERO guilt! Learn how to make and enjoy delicious healthy icecream with NO dairy products and NO artificial flavours. It’s possible – come and find out for yourself at Raw Love UK’s ice-cream workshop. Tickets £6 adults/ £3 children – includes free ice-cream.
www.rawloveuk.com or call 020 7207 2814.
The Railway, 2 Greyhound Lane, SW16 5SD
Cooking Demonstration, 11.30am
A fantastic hour of tips and tricks of the trade to help you create easy and delicious recipes at home. Pampered Chef’s Linda Bell uses top quality kitchen tools and utensils to make it all seem so easy, set in the classy showroom kitchen at Lifestyle Interiors. No need to book! www.pamperedchef.biz/lbell www.lifestylebyasq.co.uk
Lifestyle Interiors, 40-50 Streatham Hill, SW2 4RD