Whitby's Fish and Ships Festival will have a strong focus on local fish and how to cook it.
The event returns to the town this weekend and will celebrate both the town’s fishing heritage and marine economy, with chance to go behind the scenes at boatbuilders and a lobster hatchery.
Jamie Wallace from the borough council says food will also be at the heart of the festival with demonstrations from a number of big name chefs.
Visitors to the festival will be able to taste the bounty of seafood caught by local independent fishermen, fresh from the boat, and see how the produce can be used in mouth-watering dishes in the giant seafood kitchen marquee and village at Dock End.
There will be free demonstrations from top chefs including celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli MBE, Paul Gildroy of Whitby’s award-winning Magpie Café and Rob Green, UK chef ambassador for sea fish. The marquee will be open from 10.30am to 4.30pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Jamie Wallace says there will also be "fish craft" demonstrations.
Whitby’s Endeavour Wharf and Whitby Bandstand will host live music throughout the weekend, including traditional shanties, blues, rock and performances by local singer-songwriters - from 11am to 6pm on Saturday and 11am to 4.25pm on Sunday.
Other venues will also host performances throughout the weekend, including the Captain Cook Museum, Whitby Library, Brunswick Centre and Museum of Whitby Jet.
Three unique Whitby venues will offer guided tours throughout the weekend:
- The new Lobster Hatchery, a marine conservation project which is due to open its facility and visitor attraction in the coming months. When fully operational, it is hoped that the hatchery will return 100,000 juvenile lobsters per year to the North Sea to replace those landed for restaurants around Europe
- Boat builder Parkol Marine will offer tours of its boatyard, where visitors can see the next generation of Whitby’s fishing fleet under construction
- Whitby’s RNLI Lifeboat House will offer tours to see the inner workings of Britain’s oldest lifeboat station
Full details of the festival programme, with timings, can be found on the Fish and Ships Festival website
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