Thousands get into festival spirit at Lunch Fest hosted by Marshall’s Yard
19 August 2024
Thousands of visitors gathered to enjoy food, drink and live entertainment as Lunch Fest made its return to Marshall’s Yard.
The free-to-attend event, held across last weekend, saw people
gather to enjoy a wide range of more than 20 street food and drink vendors
including Veresk Italian sweet treats and olives, Turkish wraps from Istanbul’s
Kitchen, locally-sourced Lincolnshire sausages that sizzled away in a giant
frying pan, footlong fries from Joella’s and candy floss shapes by Floss Boss.
Those in attendance also enjoyed a tipple or two from the licensed
bar, run by Beard and Barrel.
Talented cooks also took part in our food challenge, which
involved asking bakers to create a meringue mixture and holding it above their
heads, with the quickest to do so being declared the winner.
Talented Mal Whitelam was declared the winner and took home
the ‘Baker of the Yard’ award – and the Yard wooden spoon.
(You can watch a video round-up of the festival on the Dransfield
Properties Ltd’s Vimeo channel here:- Highlights
from Lunch Fest 2024 at Marshall’s Yard on Vimeo )
Melissa Clement, Centre Manager at Marshall’s Yard, said: “It was
great to see so many smiling faces at the event – the food, drink and live
entertainment went down a storm!
“It is so important when we put on events that we get footfall
into the centre – so it was fantastic to see the Yard so busy.
“Thank you to everyone who came along to this fantastic community
event.”
Alongside the amazing food and drink line-up, visitors enjoyed a
wide range of family-entertainment across the weekend.
People posed for selfies and family pictures with our friendly
alpacas, the chef stilt walkers added a bit of theatre to the event and
visitors also enjoyed a series of live performances from artists including Lee
Douglas, Western Duo, Ellie James and saxophone player Rosie Wilson.
Youngsters also let their imagination run wild at the Vegetable
Critters workshop, in which families got the chance to work together to craft little critters such as mini-dinosaurs or farm animals
out of veg including carrots, potatoes and broccoli.
Visitors also worked together to create a huge artwork masterpiece
as part of a messy hands workshop led by The Joker Entertainment.
People got into the spirit of the festival by having their
face painted for free (face-painting was kindly sponsored by McDonald’s
(Bomead).
The event was also jointly sponsored by Cowley & Co Builders and
Wright Vigar Chartered Accountants – both of which provide exceptional service
in their community.
For more information about events, special offers and shops visit Welcome to Marshall's Yard, Gainsborough -
Retail shopping at Marshall's Yard, Gainsborough (marshallsyard.co.uk)
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Pictures show people having fun at the festival.
For further information, contact:
Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: admin@dransfield.co.uk