Sheffield’s iconic food festival will return to the heart of the city for 2024 over the spring bank holiday weekend.
The collection of food stalls will be in Sheffield’s Peace Gardens, from May 24 -27, and will feature a selection of the city’s food venues.
Noemi Antonelli, the managing director at Swans Events, who will be producing this year’s festival, said: “It’s fantastic to be bringing the iconic Sheffield Food Festival back to the city again in 2024.”
The festival’s announcement follows the recent naming of Sheffield as the UK’s best food spot, according to hotel group Accor.
Councillor Martin Smith, Chair of the Economic Skills and Development Committee, said: “Sheffield has so much to offer in the way of great food, places to eat and drink. The city has recently been recognised for this, a good deal of which is down to the success of Sheffield Food Festival, which has now been going more than a year.”
A range of new vendors, as well as a number of Sheffield Food Festival favourites, will feature at the three-day event including:
Mattia Paradiso, owner of Paradiso Authentic Italian in Kelham Island, is one vendor who will be returning to the festival this year, after hosting his first stall in 2023. Their stall will feature a range of luxury deserts including a range of tiramisú and cannoli dishes.
Paradiso Authentic Italian will ensure that an inclusive menu will be brought to the festival, as Mr Paradiso said, “everybody should be able to have tiramisú.”
Their range therefore will include vegan, gluten-free, and coffee-free options, as well as all deserts being alcohol-free.
On returning to the festival this year, Mr Paradiso said: “I am excited to return to the festival as it was a lot of fun [last year] with the music and with the sun out.”
While the food is the centre attraction of the event, Sheffield Food Festival will also be offering young people and emerging talent a platform at the event, as the festival has been awarded funding from Arts Council England.
Application for traders are still open, and applications can be made at Sheffield Food Festival 2024 Trader Application Form (google.com).
