This Morning chef Phil Vickery is one of the first chefs to be announced for the 2023 Bishop Auckland Food Festival.
The festival pulled in a record 30,000 visitors last year and returns to County Durham on Saturday and Sunday April 22 and 23. With a line up of celebrity chefs that has included John Torode, Crystelle Pereira, and local favourite Mike Bartley giving cooking demonstrations, the festival also includes traders from across North East selling artisanal food.
The first chef announced for the 2023 festival is Phil Vickery, who has been part of the ITV This Morning family for more than two decades. He's also appeared on Ready Steady Cook, Proof of the Pudding, Phil Vickery's Pudding Club and Save Money: Good Diet; while he has worked in Michelin Star restaurants across the UK.