Truly Scrumptious - A Food Festival Podcast
18 episodes Last Updated: Aug 16, 23
Hello and welcome to our Truly Scrumptious Podcast.
Where we talk Food Festivals, Festival Food, Foodie Friends and Friends of the Festival.
In each episode we will chat to one of our many friends - our stage chefs and bakers, food producers, festival team and other people involved in the festival world. It’s a huge world, it’s a hardworking one and great fun too. Although a tad stressful at times!
My name is Lotte Duncan a food writer, presenter and eater! I have been involved in many areas of the food industry for over forty years.
I’ve owned and run a cookery school and cafe. I’ve cooked on television a fair bit, hosted stages at many live shows, interviewed more chefs and bakers than I can remember and written a best selling cook book. Over the last 8 years I’ve spent my spring and summers judging food for the Great Taste Awards. And for the last 10 years I’ve been involved in Food Festivals.
Meet Jon Hacket! Jon comes from a background of advertising and film making. I met him when he was my camera man on a shoot. (Lucky chap)
He’s in charge of all things logistics - from fencing to marquees, infrastructure to loos and power supply to bins! He describes himself as the director of sanitation - he’s much more than that of course, and to me he’s my anchor! A calming influence when I have my inevitable melt down exactly 10 days before each festival. It’s what I do!
Together we will bring our festivals to life on this podcast, chat to our many friends, find out back stage gossip, tips and tricks from the chefs and bakers and just how we pull it all together to create a truly scrumptious foodie festival weekend!
http://www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.uk
http://www.thamefoodfestival.co.uk
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Episodes
Aug 16, 2023
Potatoes, Potatoes and Potatoes! Northern Ireland, Comber and a glorious food festival...and Potatoes!
In June, Jon and I flew over to Northern Ireland. I had been asked to host the “Meet the Producers’ Stage at the Comber Earlies Potato Festival in Comber which sits on Strangford Loch.It is a beautiful town, in a stunning part of the country and we were treated to a joyful festival of food and lovely people.My fab friend Paula McIntyre (more from her later) who you would have heard on a previous podcast - put me forward and introduced me to Heather Shields from Ards and North Down Council.Together with her team they put on a truly wonderful event. The sun shone that day, the food, drink, music and laughter flowed.www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.ukhttps://www.instagram.com/truly_scrumptious_podcast/https://paulamcintyre.co.uk/https://www.visitardsandnorthdown.com/whats-on/summer-food-festival/comber-earlies-food-festival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 28, 2023
MOVE OVER MRS BEETON - ELIZABETH IS IN DA ROOM!
Welcome to another of our special summer podcasts!A month or so ago I spoke with the utterly delightful Dr Neil Buttery when his brand new book was launched. I happened upon Neil (as you do!) when scrolling through instagram and I saw that he had written a book about one of my all time culinary heroines.Now…You might be thinking Mary Berry (yes I love Mary, have worked with Mary and I think she is fabulous) … but it’s not her. Neither is it Delia or …tum tum tum Nigella! This lady lived about three hundred years ago in Manchester. She was forthright, intelligent, canny and with a fabulous business head. At a time when women weren’t allowed opinion or property.So….. make a cup of tea, get comfy and slice some of your favourite cake… Settle down in your best chair and let me introduce you to Elizabeth Raffald and her biographer the fabulous Neil Buttery. https://britishfoodhistory.com/about/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 06, 2023
SHOUT OUT FOR BRITISH TROUT!
In May, Jon and I were invited by the British Trout Association to spend a day in the sunny Cotswolds learning to fish Trout. Having never fished a day in my life I thought this was a great opportunity and a lovely way to spend a day.We arrived at Lechlade Trout Fishery, met our other fellow fisher folk, had a coffee and welcome biscuit…. then rod in hand walked towards a huge pond full to the brim with Trout.It’s a bit more complicated than just tossing a rod and line into the water, there is a bit of flicking, drawing of the line, a good eye to spot the trout…and patience. Not my strongest quality - but definitely Jons. Who caught four…. I managed to land three! But that was in the easy pond….after lunch we went to the large lake where our quarry was a little harder to net!We were in the expert hands of Tim from Lechlade Fishery and learnt so much from Oliver, the CEO of the British Trout Association. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oh we have a Bake-tastic episode for you all this week!A tangy, toasty, squishy, warm and spongy whopper of an hour with four amazing women who also happen to have competed on the Great British Bake Off. And one - who WON!And we are happy to say that they are all joining us at our Festivals this year too!This is the last episode in the current series.....but we'll be back at the end of June with lots more Festival chat - with interviews recorded at our event in Bradford on Avon! And more......In the meantime, watch out for a couple of 'one off' episodes....www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.ukwww.thamefoodfestivals.co.ukSyabira - https://www.instagram.com/syabira_bakes/Val - https://www.instagram.com/valcake.walks/Carole - https://www.instagram.com/compostcarole/Dawn - https://www.instagram.com/thebakerdawn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 31, 2023
A squishy, light and fluffy spongecake of a dive into Rum, Fudge, Wine, Fifty Shades and Festival Photos!
Welcome to another squidgy, chewy, light and bouncy episode. And this week we are all over the place!We take a trip to Cornwall for a catch up with the lovely LoveDay Gin Girls, Daisy and Chloe. We’re also chatting with another gorgeous lady there - Deb Porter, our fabulous Festival Photographer!Then we’re up to Gloucestershire to speak with one of our favourite and longest attending producers - Beccy Whittal and her award winning and bloomin' delicious fudge.But first first of all we zoom over to Sweden to speak to Jane Sandstrom who we first met last year on Midsummer in the land of the midnight sun!Daisy and Chloe, Loveday Distilling - https://lovedaydistilling.com/Deb Porter - https://www.debporterphotography.com/Beccy Whittal - https://whittals.co.uk/Jane Sandstrom - https://www.instagram.com/janesandstrom/Truly Scrumptious - https://www.instagram.com/truly_scrumptious_podcast/www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.ukwww.thamefoodfestival.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hello and welcome to another squishy, whopper of a lightly toasted episode.This week I am chatting with my old matey Tristan Welch - not only an incredible chef, thoroughly nice chap but also my culinary boyfriend. Yes, it’s a thing!We go back a few years, when we competed together in New York, on Food Network’s bonkers tv show - Chopped!It was a crazy few days and the best experience - you’ll find out more in a moment…And let us introducer you to two more lovely men that I had the joy to chat to recently - Ben and Will from True Story Brewing. They have gone from video production to Beer production and they are joining us at Bradford on Avon Food Festival this year.TRISTAN WELCH - https://www.instagram.com/chef_tristan_welch/WILL AND BEN FROM TRUE STORY BREWING - https://truestorybrewing.com/LOTTE DUNCAN - https://www.instagram.com/lotte_duncan/THAME FOOD FESTIVAL - www.thamefoodfestival.co.ukBRADFORD ON AVON FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL - www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to another scrumptilicious episode of joyous foodie chat. This week we are chatting to Sonia Simons from Cook Stars, who’s aim it is to make cooking for children fun, nutritious and quite fabulous. She is bringing this to our Bradford on Avon Food Festival in June. A magical marquee of marvellous cooking!I’ll be introducing you to my boyfriend NO3 - the very gorgeous and brilliant David Atherton, winner of Great British Bake Off in 2019. Don’t worry Jon and Steven Carter Bailey Lotte's Number 1 and 2 boyfriends are completely fine with it!And let us introduce you to the lovely and very knowledgable Holly Bower from Scout and Sage Gin. Not only is her Gin very delicious indeed and available to buy online and at plenty of bars and restaurants - BUT you can buy long, cool and friendly Gin and Tonics from her Horsebox Bar at Bradford on Avon Food Festival this summer….which suits us enormously! Sonia Simons, Cook Stars - https://www.instagram.com/cookstarsmidwilts/David Atherton - https://www.instagram.com/nomadbakerdavid/?hl=enHolly Bower, Scout & Sage Gin - https://scoutandsagespirits.com/www.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.ukwww.thamefoodfestival.co.ukYOU can book your children into our Cookery Master Classes at BoA Food and Drink Festival https://scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.uk/cook-stars-for-kids/Plus there is a Master Class available to book with David Atherton. Lo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to another deliciously, delectable episode full of scrumptious sumptuousness!In the week that has International Women’s Day, this podcast gives me the chance to highlight two very clever women in the world of food.They also happen to make two of my favourite products!Sarah Churchill from The Artisan Kitchen who makes the most fabulous preserves, including the best Marmalade in the world as far as I’m concerned. And Lisa Newsham from Freda’s Peanut Butter - it is quite frankly the best you’ll ever taste. Ever!I’ll also chatting with my wonderful matey Ben Ebrell from Sorted Food - If you don’t know about Sorted Food, where have you been for the last 13 years! His 50 shades of food really surprised me! Although I will be giving it a go….Sarah Churchill, Artisan Kitchen - https://www.theartisankitchen.co.uk/Lisa Newsham, Freda's Peanut Butter - https://www.fredas.co.uk/Ben Ebrell, Sorted Food - https://sortedfood.com/www.thamefoodfestival.co.ukwww.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 04, 2023
OH! You had me at Garlic Prawns!
This week we have a chocker full episode of absolute yumminess!We are heading to Haddenham in Buckinghamshire to meet up with the winner of last year’s Thame Food Festival Bursary - Simon Hartley. We then zoom to Northern Ireland to chat with one of my favourite ladies - the gloriously funny, joyous and top chef, Paula McIntyre. Then we hop back to Bucks to talk to the Queen of Airfryers - Clare Andrews. Her new book and her love of the very popular Airfryer.And of course they all have some wonderful 50 shades of food!Simon Hartley - https://www.hartleyscookeryschool.co.uk/Paula McIntyre - https://paulamcintyre.co.uk/Clare Andrews - https://www.instagram.com/airfryeruk/Buy Clare's Airfryer cook book here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Fryer-Cookbook-energy-saving-measurements/dp/0241637570/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2522T7EUC4SQX&keywords=the+ultimate+air+fryer+cookbook+clare+andrews&qid=1677944041&sprefix=clare+andrew%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 24, 2023
A scrumptious boozy Cornish Sunday Lunch. Humble Country's Treasures and Trinkets and... my silly Dad!
On this week’s episode I’ll be introducing you to my Dad! Robert Duncan, cartoonist, illustrator and our Festival designer!Then there is the gorgeous Lucie Ellis - one of our favourite chefs who takes to the BIG Cookery Stage every year. We 'did' lunch at The Standard Inn in Porthscatho....and it was stunning!And we meet wonderful Vicki Usher who owns Humble Country - the company behind Thame Food Festivals huge, glorious and treasure filled Shopping Marquee.www.duncancartoons.comwww.humblecountry.co.ukhttps://www.instagram.com/utterly_stuffed/https://www.standardinn.co.uk/www.thamefoodfestival.co.ukwww.scrumptiousfoodfestivals.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.