Manchester’s annual Italian food festival is returning to Cathedral Gardens this summer. Festa Italiana will be back for its sixth year, with a host of stalls, street food vendors and celebrity guests doing demos.
Among them will be TV chef Gennaro Contaldo, Saturday Kitchen and Sunday Brunch regular Giancarlo Caldesi Great British Bake Off 2021 winner Giuseppe Dell'Anno, and Masterchef UK 2021 quarter finalist Sofia Gallo.
Previous food vendors have included Lucky Mama and arancini and cannoli experts Tarricrii. It happens from August 25 to 27 at the ‘festival piazza’, next to the Manchester Cathedral.