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THE SYMPOSIUM

Saturday 26 September, 9am–6pm: (ticketed)
FŌDA explores big issues in food—from health to regenerative farming—across four themed panels: Land, Sea, Air, and Forest.

Speakers include: Disco Scallops, Mitch Tonks, Car-ymor Seaweed, Wildings Cider, Yeo Valley, Anjula Devi (author and consultant chef, Manchester United), Fadi Kattan (Franco-Palestinian chef, author and hotelier), and Melanie Vaxevanakis (founder, The MAZI Project), with more to be announced.

Talks are chaired by Roger Saul, Xanthe Clay and Josh Eggleton.

Symposium Tickets are £55 + booking fee.
Your ticket includes access to all talks, plus breakfast by Yeo Valley and lunch prepared by The Pony and BaxterStorey, using local produce from Yeo Valley.

INTERVIEWS AND MASTERCLASSES

Sunday 27 September, 8.30am–6pm: (ticketed)

Join us on Sunday for a full programme of thought-provoking interviews and interactive masterclasses across a range of venues, including the Auditorium, Arnolfini, The Fish Tank, and Salt & Malt.

£30 ticket includes access to all  interviews and masterclasses including breakfast from Yeo Valley

  • Fermentation: Have they got a place at your table? - Dr Caroline Gilmartin PhD (Auditorium, The Arnolfini)

  • A Masterclass in Offal Butchery - HG Walter Butchery and Josh Eggleton (The Fish Tank, Salt and Malt)

  • Blood, Guts and Black Pudding - Book Talk & Tasting with Kate Ryan and Josh Eggleton (The Fish Tank, Salt and Malt)

  • Interview with George Lamb (Wild Farmed) hosted by Jenny Chandler (Auditorium, The Arnolfini)

  • Masterclass Wine Tasting with Palestinian Winemaker (The Fish Tank, Salt and Malt)

  • Masterclass in Food Writing with Meg Houghton-Gilmour (The Fish Tank, Salt and Malt)

  • The Sourdough Exchange with Dr Vanessa Kimbell

THE SOURDOUGH EXCHANGE AND TALK WITH DR VANESSA KIMBELL

Sunday 27 September, 4pm - 6pm (ticketed)

Join Dr Vanessa Kimbell, baker, researcher and author, for an inspiring afternoon of sourdough, sustainability and community. Through a talk, live baking demonstration, Q&A and bread exchange, Vanessa will explore how grain diversity, long fermentation and regenerative farming can support flavour, gut health, biodiversity and farmer livelihoods. Guests will also take part in the Sourdough Exchange by bringing a fermented sourdough loaf to share and exchanging it for another baker’s loaf.

The Sourdough Exchange Tickets are £10 + booking fee for this event only

Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, 10am–4pm
The outdoor producer market outside Arnolfini is free to attend.