Fabulous Food
Dining
ALSO is home to its legendary DINING tent, a beautiful marquee dressed and designed for a Parisian cabaret and long table dining with a cocktail bar to match.
All new for 24, James Whetlor (renowned James Beard award-winning chef, formerly at River Cottage, and founder of the ethical, sustainably conscious business Cabrito) joined us as ALSO Festival’s first-ever Executive Chef in Residence. And with six dinners across the weekend, you could punctuate your weekend with a dining event or two. From a Parisian cabaret dinner on Friday night, a 25-mile menu Saturday lunch, a three-course Asado feast on Saturday night and his Curry Club lunch on Sunday. Also landing fresh to Sunday morning: our brand new Bougie Bingo Brunch - a heady mix of bingo, brunch and banging tunes, all washed down with a cheeky Buck’s Fizz. And our legendary Closing Party Dinner on Sunday night.
Food On Site
What we eat and what we drink is such a celebratory part of our lives and we know from our ten years in our Capability Brown site from oysters to street food, rum cocktails to buffalo gelato, eating and drinking are all so much more tasteful in the wild.
So to celebrate our 11th year, we threaded through our talks, cocktail bar, dining stage, demo kitchen and Book'n'Shop so many different ways to engage with what we enjoy eating and drinking... including learning to Cheese Like an Expert in a cheese tasting demo of dreams with the cheese-monger, maker and author of 'The Cheese Wheel’, Emma Young; an extraordinary British Oysters Experience with the legendary Bristol-based Winkle Picker, and a tour of ethical wine producers with writer and journalist Jane Rakison's highly recommended Wine Flight: Low Air Miles Wines.
Take a look at our ALSO24 food programme here.