Pub In The Park Promises Summer Food Festivals With Style

Dig out the wedges and picnic blankets, summer festival season is approaching and we can’t wait. From Glasto to Wilderness, there’s a festival to suit everyone, and for those looking to satisfy the stomach as well as the ears, the rise of the food festival is a trend that shows no sign of abating.

Leading the way for summer food festivals is the much-loved Pub in the Park, curated by celebrity chef Tom Kerridge, featuring an array of award-winning chef hosts and restaurants as well as incredible music acts.

Returning to the picturesque suburbs of Marlow, Chiswick, Reigate and St Albans, this year’s festival promises an unforgettable fusion of gastronomic delights, entertainment as well live music from the likes of Van Morrison, Busted and McFly, Sam Ryder, Gabrielle and more. We’ve taken a sneak peek at this summer’s various line-ups across the dates and it looks set to be bigger and better than ever. Expect new chefs, new restaurants, new drinks and new experiences celebrating the best of British pub culture across four fantastic summer weekends.

All-new chefs and restaurants

Pub in the Park 2024 welcomes a stellar line-up of chefs never before seen at the festival, poised to captivate taste buds and inspire food lovers all summer long. Among the exciting new additions are Mary Berry, Gennaro Contaldo, Sabrina Gidda, Becky Excell, David Lagonell, Emily Scott, Big Has, Tom & Robert Aikens and Jeremy Chan.

Visitors to the events, which take place over a weekend and offer different things daily, can look forward to indulging in dishes from some of the UK’s best-loved restaurants, from local hotspots to far-flung nationally-renowned restaurants. As well as the firm fan favourites that will be returning for 2024, this year’s festival brings bold new flavours to experience, with an exciting selection of restaurants making their Pub in the Park debut: The Abbey Inn by Tommy Banks, The Orange Public House, Hangfire BBQ, Temper and The DJ BBQ Smoker Guests can also discover some of 2024’s newly announced Top 50 UK Gastropubs, including the Star Inn, the Kentish Hare and the Bull & Last. 

Pub in the Park favourites return for 2024

PitP stalwarts will be returning, and we can’t wait to savour delights from the likes of Tom Kerridge’s two Michelin-starred The Hand & Flowers, Angela Hartnett’s Michelin-starred Café Murano and Riwaz by Atul Kochhar. Celebrity chefs Jose Pizarro, Michel Roux Junior, Candice Brown, Simon Rimmer, Andi Oliver, Thom Bateman and Atul Kochhar will also be returning to Pub in the Park, with more of the nation’s most acclaimed chefs and restaurants still to be announced in due course, alongside the packed programming.

A weekend of action-packed programming

As always, there’s plenty of foodie fun to get stuck into. Sunday Brunch star Simon Rimmer will unveil his brand new touring live music and food podcast series, Pod in the Park – an imaginary touring pub that will see the chef’s all-star line-up of friends including Example, Mel C, Tom Kerridge, Angela Hartnett and Andi Oliver, joining him to chat all things food, drink and pubs. Also new for this year, Angela Hartnett will be bringing her Café Murano Book Club to Pub in the Park, a new cookery book pavilion where you’ll be able to listen to stories behind the latest cookery books and get your hands on signed copies live by the authors.

Guests can also discover the all-new fire food restaurant next to the revamped Firepit theatre, where specialist firepit chefs including those from Temper and Hangfire BBQ Smokehouse, will be cooking and serving dishes over the open fire. For spicy food lovers, chef Jack Blumenthal and his high energy Ginger Wings team will launch the brand new Wing Rave stage, combining tasty wings with an epic line-up of DJs across each weekend.

The biggest addition for 2024 is the brand new Kitchen Studio, an unmissable arena that will welcome food chat, live Q&As, celebrity interviews, live demos and masterclasses, plus live chef challenges including an all-new foodie pub quiz with stars from MasterChef: The Professionals. 

So get saving and build up an appetite, Pub in the Park looks set to kick off this summer’s food festival scene in style!

  • Pub in the Park Marlow: 16-19 May
  • Pub in the Park Chiswick: 28-30 June
  • Pub in the Park Reigate: 12-14 July
  • Pub in the Park St Albans: 6-8 September
  • Tickets for all dates available here.

  • Emily Cleary

    After almost a decade chasing ambulances, and celebrities, for Fleet Street's finest, Emily has taken it down a gear and settled for a (slightly!) slower pace of life in the suburbs. With a love of cheese and fine wine, Emily is more likely to be found chasing her toddlers round Kew Gardens than sipping champagne at a showbiz launch nowadays, or grabbing an hour out of her hectic freelancer's life to chill out in a spa while hubby holds the babies. If only!

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