London's best food festivals
1 Street Feast
This food market isn’t strictly a festival but it’s a party worth trekking across London for. A banging combination of jerk chicken, fried chicken, ribs, doughnuts, sorbet, cocktails and music.
Free entry, Friday nights, 5pm-midnight, The Merchant’s Yard, 317-319 Kingsland Road, E8, streetfeastlondon.com
2 Toast at the Red Market
This mini festival has workshops with cookery writer Diana Henry, street food goddess Petra Barran and the jellymongering duo Bompass & Parr.
Free entry (but £10 for specific events) June 1-2 at The Red Gallery, 1-3 Rivington Street, EC2, toastfestival.com
3 London Foodies Festival
As the trend for barbecued dude food is not going anywhere fast, you should visit the Napoleon Grill Skills feature for a course on how to turn your ‘cue into a smoker and make charred pizza, flatbread and cakes.
£15/day ticket, May 25-27, Hampton Court Palace, and June 7-9, Clapham Common, SW4, foodiesfestival.com
4 Feast
Headline traders include Brindisa, Yum Bun and The Pig and Butcher while Patty & Bun and Rum Kitchen will DJ on Friday night.
£9, July 4-7, location tbc, tickets on sale Wednesday, wefeast.co.uk
5 Taste of London
A whopper of a festival that takes food very seriously indeed. Try this for a hefty line-up: Michel Roux Jr, René Redzepi, Raymond Blanc, Bruno Loubet, Ben Tish and Daniel Doherty.
£24, June 20-23, Regent’s Park, london.tastefestivals.com/london
