It’s a feast for foodies – and there’s something to sup too!

The Canterbury Food and Drink Festival comes to Canterbury’s Dane John Gardens this weekend.

The popular event will be showcasing some of the finest food and drink Kent has to offer.

Offering two stages of live music, street food, a festival bar, a children’s area including funfair rides. On Saturday the Rock Choir will also be performing popular classics, past and present.

Throughout the weekend there will be street musicians out in force and bands taking to the bandstand.

Antonio Carluccio in the house

He’s a master of mushrooms and will be giving the Canterbury Food and Drink Festival a special flavour.

Italian chef Antonio Carluccio brings his Festival of Funghi to the city, celebrating the mushroom season. He will have with him a comprehensive collection of wild, dried, cultivated mushrooms and truffles.

Antonio himself will be popping in between 11am and 1pm on Friday, September 22, and will be revealing the best ways to cook and experiment with different varieties. Tuck into freshly prepared, flavour-packed, seasonal mushroom dishes including mushroom arancini, fresh mushroom focaccia, strudel and wild mushroom risotto, all made to Antonio Carluccio’s recipes.

For more details, visit carluccios.com

Kent Green Hop Beer Fortnight

Hops in all their harvested glory will be celebrated for the next fortnight.

The Kent Green Hop Beer Fortnight, which runs from Friday, September 22, to Sunday, October 8, will be officially launched at the Canterbury Food and Drink Festival.

Kent Green Hop Beer is beer made with fresh, or green, Kentish hops – instead of using ones that have been dried which is more traditional. The beers have a distinctive taste.

To be a Kent Green Hop Beer, brews have to be brewed in Kent, only contain Kent-grown hops and fresh, undried hops used within 12 hours of picking. There are other events including the Broadstairs Food and Drink Festival on Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30. Visit kentgreenhopbeer.com

DETAILS

The Canterbury Food and Drink Festival will be from Friday, September 22, to Sunday, September 24, at Dane John Gardens, Watling Street, from 10am to 6pm on Friday and Saturday, and 10am to 5pm on Sunday.

For details visit canterbury.co.uk/canterburyfoodfestival