Catch Glassmates at EAT! Food Fest returns to beautiful gardens of Reigate Priory this Sat 28th/Sun 29th July

Top Billing! Highlights! GLASSMATES Whiskey Experience ~

About Glassmates: It is an exploratory journey through the world of drink (alcohol). Seeking to show people how to better enjoy drink, regardless of their budget, aiming to improve the consumer drinking experience. If you are the person who orders a rum and coke, they will guide you on how to be specific on the rum you choose to go with what mixer and even why no mixer at all can be a good choice. The Whiskey Experience

Come and experience a different style of whiskey tasting with the Glassmates. Speed Tasting: it’s like speed-dating but much more fun. Much like speed-dating they cut through the jibber jabber and getting straight to the good stuff, the Whiskey. Tasting 6 Whiskies from around the world, you will get to get know them and what makes them different from the other Whiskies.

Each of the Glassmates will have 2 dates for you to fall in love with. After the session you will have the op-pour-tunity to book in a date, over by the Chesterfields, with an Old Fashioned featuring the Whiskey of your choice and a talk with one of the Glassmates to

answer any further questions you may have.

Ortis (from Channel 5’s The Gadget Show), Nigel & Jimmy will be inviting you to join them in their lounge for a Glassmates Flight Challenge and whisky experience. You’ll get to taste six whiskies and the Glassmates will guide you through the tastes and nuances of their choices. You can buy your WHISKEY EXPERIENCE tickets online here

The Stoves Kitchen Demonstration Theatre ~ Two days of cookery & baking! With the ever popular Bake with Jack, Hari Ghotra, Daniel Britten, Selina Periampillai, Roni B, Joshua Reeves and maybe a surprise or two.

Drinks Theatre ~ Learn all about wines, gin and beer with our experts from the Pilgrim Brewery, A Crafty Couple, Crumbs Brewing, Anno Distillers and more.

Street Food ~ Food festivals are all about eating right? The only problem you’ll have is having too much choice from korean buttermilk fried chicken to gooey cheese creations and sticky peanut butter & jam toasties!

Artisan Food Stalls ~ The sunken gardens of Priory Park are surrounded with artisan food stalls. Celebrating the BEST of Surrey and the South East as well as some top far flung UK & European producers.

EAT! Live Music Stage ~ For two days we will be bringing you the coolest sounds to chill out to at EAT! Food Festival on the EAT! Food Fest Bandstand bringing you a feast for your ears with superb artists you will definitely want to seek out and see again. Food, drink, vibes and summer sounds delivered to make a perfect summer festival day in Reigate.

Four Hops Craft Beer Emporium ~ Four Hops will be bringing to you a craft beer bar second to none with the best and all the up & coming small batch craft beer brews from the around the County, the UK and Worldwide. Pull up a stool and crack open a tinny…it’s always beer o’clock here.

Skinny Jean Gardener ~ We are excited to have the Skinny Jean Gardener joining us this year. Skinny Jean Gardener has been the BBC Blue Peter gardener, and gardening guest to BBC Radio 1 and Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch. Created a kitchen garden for TV presenter Jimmy Doherty, built a garden taxi for Kew Gardens Grow Wild Project, designed a show garden for the International Gardening World Cup in Japan and is ambassador of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution and the St Helena Hospice.

Alongside the Skinny Jean Gardener shows there will be a fantastic ‘sow & grow area’ for kids, where they get to sow their seeds and take them home to watch them grow.