MasterChef and Great British Bake Off stars are among the first celebrity chefs announced to headline a popular North East food festival this summer.
Seaham Food Festival returns on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August, with a huge line up of food and drink traders, family entertainment and live music to the County Durham coastline. The festival will feature its signature open air cookery theatre, where a host of well-known faces will be delivering cookery demonstrations across the weekend.
And the first celebrity chef announced for Saturday's cookery stage at the Durham County Council-run event is MasterChef 2023 Champion, Eddie Scott. Eddie overcome fierce competition to fulfil a lifelong cooking ambition of becoming champion on the BBC show, where he got to showcase his signature style.