A POP-UP restaurant could feature in next year’s Christchurch Food Festival.
Christchurch Town Council’s community committee are due to meet on Tuesday, October 24, to discuss plans for the 2024 event, which is expected to be attended by tens of thousands of people.
Members are expected to consider provisional dates and proposed features, which include a pop-up restaurant with a special guest chef.
Taking place annually at the Quay, Christchurch Food Festival is a popular free event which brings together food enthusiasts, renowned chefs, local producers and entertainers.
It is managed and operated by three separate independent business – Real Food Festivals, Onyx Events and World of Events.
The 2023 event was a huge success, seeing thousands of people flock to the town to enjoy the very best food and drink on offer.
Speaking on the first day of the festival, one attendee said: “It’s fantastic. We come every year. It’s great. It’s about the people, the atmosphere and the weather.”
Organisers have now given provisional dates of Saturday, May 25, to Monday, May 27, for the 2024 festival.
Details of the event have been included in the agenda published ahead of Tuesday’s town council meeting.
It reads: “Christchurch Food Festival have submitted their event application for 2024 to BCP Council.
“The content of the festival is planned to be the same as previous years: food festival, with atmosphere enhanced by local music and dancing performances, a chefs demonstration theatre, and sheep show.
“Approximately 30,000 people are expected across the four days.”
Information has also been included about the proposed pop-up restaurant, which is listed as staying at the Quay from Wednesday, May 22, to Monday, May 27, and featuring chef James Golding.
The meeting agenda continues: “In 2024, a pop-up restaurant will operate as part of the main festival for a duration that starts on Wednesday and runs until Monday - subject to the full event management plan being approved by the safety advisory group.
“The restaurant will have a maximum of 350 covers and will operate under the event license during the event open days and a TENS license for the non-festival days.
“The pop-up restaurant is planned to be located at the Bandstand end of the Quay”.
Organisers added that “depending on the success of the pop-up restaurant in 2024, the same is planned in the subsequent years”.
The details featured throughout the agenda will be considered by town councillors at Tuesday’s meeting.
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