Local chef adds flavour to festival

Andrew Nutter will be demonstrating his award winning cooking at the Rochdale Feel Good Festival this August

Local chef Andrew Nutter will appear at the Rochdale Feel Good Festival in August. Andrew will be appearing in the festivals celebrity kitchen on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 August.

Andrew has had a remarkable career since coming runner up in the National Junior Cook of the Year competition aged just 13. Seven years later he launched ‘Nutters’ restaurant, which soon expanded into the 18th century manor house it now occupies in Norden. A former winner of the coveted Lancashire Chef Of The Year Award, Andrew is now an increasingly familiar face on television, following appearances on shows like ‘Ready Steady Cook’, ‘Saturday Cooks’, ‘The Flying Chef’, a celebrity chef special of ‘The Weakest Link’ and his own Channel 5 series ‘Utter Nutter’.

Andrew says he’s delighted to be part of this years’ Feel Good Festival: “I’m really looking forward to it, and want to demonstrate a whole series of my favourite local dishes, aimed at home cooks who aspire to cook like a professional.”

Andrew will be joining a line up which also includes Italian chef, Gino D’Acampo and Indian food guru Aazam Ahmad.

After his cooking demonstration on the Saturday, Andrew will be signing copies of his latest book, ‘Nuts About Food’.

The Rochdale Feel Good Festival takes place in Rochdale town centre on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 August. It will be headlined by The Lightning Seeds, with other confirmed acts including Kirsty Almedia, The Herbaliser, Ellen and the Escapades, The Travelling Band and Catherine Tyldesley.

In addition to the celebrity kitchen, the festival will include live music across seven indoor venues, an outdoor stage and a two day quality food market.