Healthy eating to take centre stage at city food festival

The Food 360 project based in East Hull works with schools and community organisations to promote growing your own food at and cooking the produce.

It will reach a wider audience when it sets out its stall for two days at the Yum! Festival of Food and Drink on Friday July 29 and Saturday July 30.

“What we do is all about showing children and their families how much fun they can have with food,” said project co-ordinator Adrian Fisher.

“Not all of the activities are food-related - at the Yum! Festival we’ll have circus performers.

“But we’ll also do food tasting and we’ll have a company that makes its own ice cream and sells it from a traditional barrow on a tricycle.

“We’ll also be showing children how to plant seeds that they can then take away and grow at home, and we’ll demonstrate how people can grow their own food in small areas at home.

“A lot of people think things like that are really difficult so we’ll show them it’s easy and fun, and if they go home and try it we’ll follow up with advice to help them.”

The Food 360 displays and demonstrations will take place in Trinity Square in the Old Town and the team will work closely with chefs including TV’s Gerard Baker who will be displaying their skills in the Tasty Tent in nearby Princes Dock Street.

“We’ve worked with Gerard before and he’s a big supporter of what we do,” said Adrian.

The Yum! Festival is organised by Hull BID to promote the city’s food and drink businesses and producers.

“The event will feature the Copper Saucepan Award contested by chefs from some of our finest hotels and restaurants but it is important for children to understand the importance of good food and that’s where Food 360 comes in,” said Jennifer Marshall, Hull BID’s marketing co-ordinator. “We’re delighted to have them back for a second helping this year.”