Clipper Race Kitchens opens at Foyle Maritime Festival

Foodies will have tasted the best of continental cuisine at the Foyle Maritime Festival which is currently in full swing in Derry and the Clipper Race Kitchens opened today Thursday, July 14th until Friday, July 17th, at Ebrington Square.

Internationally renowned French chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will join NI culinary maestros Jenny Bristow, Paula McIntyre, Noel McMeel, Brian McDermott, Ian Orr and Emmet McCourt, for the gastronomic gala as part of the wider Foyle Maritime Festival hosted by Derry City and Strabane District Council.

Clipper Race Kitchens, which is expected to be one of the highlight events of Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink 2016, features popular local restaurants cooking signature dishes to try and buy from around £5, live cookery demos and sampling in the huge Clipper Race Kitchen marquee, which incorporates an impressive Flavours of the Foyle showcase.