The Food and Craft Festival will be open from 11.00am to 5.00pm on Saturday and Sunday.

As well as the beer and cider, wine will be available throughout the festival as will soft dinks and teas and coffee. We will have a great choice of food available during the festival, with a Hog Roast from Poole Farm Pork on Saturday and Sunday plus pies, pasties, jacket potatoes, curry etc.'

This Years Festival Will Be Officially Opened By Peter Gorton From The Horn Of Plenty

Peter Gorton, owner of the Horn of Plenty, Tavistock, will officially open Abbfest on saturdat 27 September at 11am and follow on with a cookery demonstration using local produce.

Here's your chance to meet Peter Gorton - Head Chef & Co-Owner of The Horn of Plenty and a Fellow of the Master Chefs of Great Britain. Peter has trained at some of the best restaurants in the UK and abroad.

Peter and his business partner Paul Roston also own The Carved Angel Christmas pudding company - you can buy on-line at www.thecarvedangel.com. Peter runs cookery courses throughout the year and enjoys teaching people how to cook.

One of his greatest passions is to encourage children to cook and he has visited many local schools and colleges in the area giving demonstrations. He is currently on Ready Steady Cook and a working on a new TV programme about cooking for children.

Tim Bouget from the ODE Restaurant in Shaldon will be returning this year to offer another superb cooking demonstration on the Sunday.

Tim has worked at some of the country’s finest hotels and restaurants including with Michel Roux at the three Michelin-starred Waterside Inn in Berkshire and has cooked for celebrities including Luciano Pavarotti, Lord Snowdon, Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro among others! Now back in his native Devon he has brought his extensive worldwide knowledge and expertise in fine cuisine to Abbfest.

ODE restaurant was nominated as one of the top three organic eating places in Britain this year. Since opening in March 2007 ODE is one of the only a handful certified organic restaurants to be listed in the Michelin Guide 2008 and AA Restaurant Guide 2009. ODE was also awarded Taste of the West "South West Restaurant of the Year 2007"

For more information please check our web site odetruefood.co.uk
Alternatively, you can reach us by phone on 01626 873977 or by email at info@odetruefood.co.uk.

Manna from Devon will also be cooking on Sunday.

"At Manna from Devon we understand that food is a lot more than just fuel."

"Food feeds our imagination, reminds us of our history, reflects our family, cements our friendships, underpins (or undermines) our health, nourishes our spirit and defines our culture."

"We run cookery classes, demonstrations and tastings in our purpose built cookery school, offering individuals and small groups the chance to learn how to cook from beginners classes right up to the more advanced using the very finest local produce from the South Hams."

"In all workshops we use use the finest local produce and emphasise the pleasure and benefits of cooking in tune with the seasons using locally sourced ingredients.."

The school is run by Holly and David Jones. Holly is a chef, food writer, consultant and broadcaster. David is a baker, sourdough enthusiast, and team-building consultant.

Born in Liverpool, Master Chef of Great Britain Paul Da Costa Greaves is a chef with a difference. Extraordinarily talented and inventive, he combines a magical approach to making and preparing food with great people skills. Colourful, funny and highly original, he brings the most everyday cooking experience to life.

Paul has forged a reputation for inventive cookery and an influence from Zen Buddhism’s principals of yin and yang and ‘sanuk!’ which means ‘to enjoy’. He uses Local, Regional, seasonal and organic fresh local produce.

He is committed to helping young people in Schools with practical demonstrations, learning about nutrition, regional & local produce, and has national appearances in the media include Live demonstration to an audience, seen recently in association with ITV1, Skills for Chefs; and the BBC Good Food Show.

A truly refreshing approach to lifestyle and cookery, all doused in his inimitable style and humor and is currently working with on a lifestyle balance program.

Paul is a young, lively, good looking, cheeky Scouser – elegant, stylish and down to earth and is based in Topsham, Exeter, where he co-owns with partner Mark his Galley fish & seafood Restaurant, which is one of the most prized in the area, offering panoramic river views of the River exe estuary.

His specialities include fish & seafood, vegetarian and Vegan food. Paul Says: "I practice within my lifestyle Buddhist beliefs that balance my mind & Spiritual Energy; this helps me to perform as a lifestyle chef, Spiritual Healer & Alternative complimentary therapist." Paul runs his kitchen under the guidance of Zen, and considers himself and his cooking to be an art form.

Paul has also developed a range of retail products, that are sold throughout independeant delis, farm shops, National Trust and has just signed export contracts for Russia, Ukraine, India & the USA. Feeding Your Imagination (FYI) was launched in September 2006 and already it is an award-winning company – the products include a range of therapeutic organic chocolate bars which have been made to unique recipes and flavours using essential oils for that mood enhancing experience, Gourmet Seaweed Sauces and his legendary Chrimbo pud.

Further info on Paul Da-Costa-Greaves, his Galley Restaurant and his Retail producing & manufacturing company please visit:- www.galleyrestaurant.co.uk, www.feeding-your-imagination.co.uk, www.celebritychefsuk.com or www.chrimbopud.co.uk