Dorset Seafood Festival
FAQs
Q: What is the history
of Dorset Seafood Festival?
A: The event started in
2008 and has grown to be the largest FREE seafood festival in the UK.
Q: What are the dates
for the 2013 festival?
A: 13th
& 14th July 2013
Q: What are the
opening times?
A: The festival opens
at 10am – 6pm on Saturday 13th July and will continue into the
evening with a pop-up cinema screening of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,
starting at 9.30pm and running until 11.30pm approx. More details about this
event will be released nearer the time. The festival will then reopen on Sunday
14th July at 11am and will close at 6pm.
Q: Where exactly does
the festival take place?
A: The festival
extends over both sides of Weymouth’s picturesque working harbour and continues
along to the forecourt area of Weymouth Pavilion.
Q: Is the festival a
commercial event?
A: Dorset Seafood Festival is a not for profit
event with any money raised donated to The Fishermen’s Mission. Last year’s
donation totalled £12,539.60
The Fishermen’s
Mission is the only fishermen’s charity that provides emergency support
alongside practical and emotional care. It helps all fishermen, active or
retired, and their families. It does this by:
·
Offering
immediate assistance, day or night, to the families of fishermen who have been
killed or seriously injured
·
Looking
after the survivors of fishing boat accidents·
Helping injured or ill fishermen to find medical help·
Finding emergency housing and food if necessary
·
Supporting
fishermen’s families in the case of illness, distress or financial difficulties·
·
Alleviating
loneliness by visiting retired fishermen and their families at home or in
hospital
·
Offering
welfare and support to overseas fishermen, working in the UK fishing industry,
especially those who have to live onboard boats·
Providing Christian pastoral and practical help, including problems with
debt, sickness, bereavement, family difficulties, debt and addiction problems.
Q: Who are the main
sponsors of the event?
A: Pommery Champagne
is the title sponsor and has been for the last three years. Others sponsors
include: Roasting Plank and Weird Fish.
Q: What is the festival all about and what will be there?
A: The festival is the
largest FREE seafood festivals in the UK and one of the many vibrant food
festivals taking place in the summer. Weymouth harbour is transformed into a
giant street food market with over 80 stalls serving freshly prepared seafood
food. Visitors can also enjoy demonstration from celebrity chefs, wine and
foraging experts. New additions to this year’s festival include:
·
A ‘How To
Marquee’ with demonstration on fish filleting, debates on sustainable fishing
and oyster shucking competitions
·
Pop-up
cinema screening of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea with live DJ and musicians
providing the soundtrack, presented by b-side multi-media arts festival
Q: What sort of food will be served at the festival?
A: Each year the
stalls offer different seafood dishes. Last year’s menus included:
·
Mussels Orientale
cooked in white wine
·
Moroccan
fish seafood tagine
·
Handmade seafood
pizza with seafood toppings,
·
Seafood
and mango stir fry
·
Jelly
& ice cream (lobster jelly with horseradish ice cream on a seaweed blini
·
Classic moules
frites
·
Moules
with lychee and coconut sauce
·
Punjabi and
Mumbai fish curry with fish pakora
·
Lyme Bay bergamot
cured mackerel
·
West Bay
char grilled monk fish with honey spiced pork belly
·
Marinated
cod tongues
·
Monkfish
cheeks wrapped in Parma ham
·
BBQ razor
clams in garlic and chilli butter
·
Crepes
with smoked salmon and crème fraiche
·
Seafood chowder
·
Sprats
with spiced tabbouleh and fresh mackerel
wraps with horseradish mayonnaise
Q: Which chefs will
be attending this year?
A: Confirmed chefs
include; Mark Hix, Mat Follas, John Wright, Lesley Waters, Russell Brown and from
the South West Richard Bertinet, Matt Cook and Duncan Lucas.
Q: Will there be a festival
programme?
A: A full festival programme
will be available in June and there is also a festival app which can be downloaded
here
Q: Where can I find photos for the festival?
A: Click here for a full gallery of images
Q: Is there a festival
video?
A: Dorset Seafood Festival
video can be viewed here
Q: Does the festival have
a mission statement?
A: Yes. The Dorset
Seafood Festival is a charitable food festival, organised by the Weymouth
Harbour Traders Association Ltd, a non-profit making social enterprise
dedicated to the improvement and promotion of Weymouth’s harbour for the
benefit of its visitors, businesses and the community.
The festival
celebrates Dorset’s inseparable links with the sea and its fishing communities
and takes place on Weymouth’s historic Waterfront. The roads around the Old
Harbour are closed to traffic for the weekend of the event to allow the
erection of a Seafood Village where many different species of fish and
shellfish are prepared and cooked in the open for festival visitors.
The festival theme
explores the journey our seafood takes from ‘Sea to Plate’ and provides
visitors with an enriching experience that is not only entertaining, but
imparts a better understanding of the sea, the fishermen and the difficulties
they face, the coast and the issues of sustainable fishing and environmental
impact.
Q: What are the Festival
Aims?
A: The aims of the festival
are:
§ Providing a positive educational value in a
fun, enjoyable way, the festival aims to:
- Promote
seafood in the interests of the Nation’s health
- Encourage
people, especially young people, to eat more fish
- Promote
sustainability and responsible fishing
- Enrich
people’s knowledge of seafood and seafood industry
- Develop
links throughout Dorset with the fishing industry, processors, suppliers,
restaurants and hotels
- Promote
the excellence of local produce
- Attract
students into the catering industry
- Raise
charitable funds for The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen
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