A brand new addition to this year’s St. Albans Festival throughout St Albans and the surrounding districts!

The first St Albans Food and Drink Festival is a vibrant, exciting celebration of everything that is fabulous about food and drink in the City & District of St Albans. Get ready for a scrumptious programme of food and drink events, bringing the area to life through gorgeous gastronomy! Diverse and creative events will be served up in the area’s best restaurants, bars, cafes and pubs where you’ll be spoilt for choice with tempting taster evenings, meet the chef nights and special Festival offers. Its a unique opportunity to sample new restaurants, or attend special and exclusive events at your favourite places. The Festival will also spill out onto the streets. Local producers will bring a taste of the South East to St Albans at the Festival Farmers’ Markets, the Continental Markets will be adding a flavour of Europe, and the Food and Drink Festival will take to the streets with a weekend finale of sampling, demonstrations and a true taste of St Albans!

Eating with the Romans - A talk on Roman Food by Kate Colquhoun
Saturday 28th June, Verulamium Museum, 12pm, 01727 751 810, St Michael’s Street, AL3 4SW

The Romans changed not only the look and feel of Britain but its very taste. Introducing many of the vegetables, herbs and spices that we now take for granted, as well as sophisticated husbandry skills, they vitalised the art of cooking in Britain. From the letters sent home by the Roman soldiers at the Vindolanda Fort on Hadrian’s Wall, to the fishy condiment that was to all Romans the essence of home. Historian and writer Kate Colquhoun takes us on a whirlwind tour of what cooking meant to Roman society, what we know about what and how they cooked, and how their obsession with food even influenced the way Roman-British villas were constructed. Celebrate St Albans heritage and the Food and Drink Festival, all in the historical surroundings of the Verulamium Museum. In addition The Verulam Arms will be providing some Roman food to suit the occasion and providing some offers at the restaurant this evening for people who attend the event.
The event is FREE. To book your place, please call 01727 751 810. Museum entry fees apply to non-residents of City and District of St Albans.



St Albans Food and Drink Festival 2008 Cocktail Competition
Sunday 29th June, Mokoko, 01727 852 287, 26 Verulam Road, AL3 4DE

Calling all Cocktail Lovers!
Be sure to head to Mokoko to see local bartenders fight it out to become creators of the St Albans Food and Drink Festival Cocktail of the Year. Hosted by top class mixologist, Mokoko’s own Roberto Fiorillo, this is an excellent chance to watch the experts at work as they mix and flair their way through their own signature creations, to be judged by an esteemed panel. The event is free to all!

Calling all bartenders!
Why not enter the Cocktail Competition, and be in with the chance to receive the coveted crown of SAFDF Cocktail of the Year. You will have 5 minutes and 7 ingredients to present your own signature cocktail to the judges! To enter, please contact Roberto or Jass at Mokoko for further details.