Emmerdale legend Lisa Riley is getting ready to 'spill the tea' on her showbiz career as she returns to the town she fell in love with while growing up in neighbouring Bury. The Mandy Dingle star is hosting a special afternoon tea with a twist at Bolton Food and Drink Festival 2022.
Lisa, who has a TV career spanning 30 years and has played soap icon Mandy in the ITV soap since 1995, is teaming up with Bolton's Sushma Snacks to provide fans with the chance to hear some of her on-set stories and backstage secrets while they enjoy an Indian-inspired take on the British classic in the Victorian town hall. Sushma’s menu consists of spicy potato and chicken tikka sandwiches, with edible spoons smothered in crème cheese and smoked salmon, chicken samosas, vegetable spring rolls, bhel - an Indian street food favourite, and for dessert masala chai scones, raspberry tart with custard and mango cups with mint.
Returning for its 17th year, the Bolton Food and Drink Festival will transform the town's streets for four days over the August bank holiday weeklend. There will be 180 market stalls and traders, celebrity chefs, cooking demonstrations, comedy acts, street performers, live music and children’s activities.
