[Festival Marquee, Guildhall Square: Saturday, March 19th and Sunday, March 20th, 12 noon-7pm]
The LegenDerry Food Festival is back to celebrate the very best Irish cuisine for two mouth-watering days on Saturday, March 19th and Sunday, March 20th, in the heart of the city. Watch the North West’s finest chefs rustle up their signature dishes in the Festival Marquee in Guildhall Square and, sample top local produce cooked right in front of your eyes.
Make sure to arrive early to get your front row seat for the cookery demos and keep your eyes peeled for a few celebrity guests at this year’s event, a highlight in Northern Ireland’s Year of Food and Drink programme, shining the spotlight on the region’s flourishing food tourism industry.
NI Science Festival event – 27 February 2016
[Ebrington Square]
The ‘Experimental Kitchen in Derry’ will open the door to the science of food and teach some neat cooking tricks on the way. The project will look at experiments with thickening, fixing, gelling and molecular cooking, employing techniques such as air and foam. A scientific jump will explore multi-sensory cooking and food pairing with molecular similarities. Experiments on multi-sensory cooking include sounds of food and other experiments that show that appreciation of food is determined by the information sent to the brain. Free for all the family.