FOOD lovers fans across the region have an array of mouthwatering treats to look forward to at the third annual Saltburn Food Festival.

Final planning is now in full swing for the free event when the town’s Milton Street will again be packed full of fun for all the family.

Throughout the day there will be around seventy of the best independent food producers from the North-East and North Yorkshire, a kitchen academy for children, live music, world street food, live cookery demonstrations, outdoor dining and picnic areas.

Special guests including TV chef Peter Sidwell, Richard Ingram, Gilly Robinson and BBC Tees foodie expert Catherine Hill will be cooking up a treat at a live outdoor Cookery Theatre.

And, after teaming up with Coast and Country for the first time, a festival Art Street will see the town’s Re:Furnish Emporium leading the way with furniture upcycling workshops at their shop on Diamond Street.

Festival organiser Lorna Jackson said: “The last two annual Food Festivals have been amazing really – a fantastic street party celebrating locally produced food.

“Milton Street was pretty much transformed into a village in itself, and there was a wonderful sense of community around both days, with people coming in and out of the Festival all day long.

“All of the traders share our passion for good local food, they love the people here, and can’t wait for the day to come along.”

And it’s a Festival homecoming for fellow guest chef Gilly Robinson, who grew up just up the road from Saltburn in Eaglescliffe. The head tutor at Malton Cookery School, she was previously senior tutor at TV chef Rosemary Shrager’s Cookery School.

She said: “We have a lot of customers from Saltburn and the rest of Teesside and East Cleveland who come to visit us here in Malton, so I’m really looking forward to coming to see them on home ground for a change. I know the Festival is going to be buzzing all day long, and I can’t wait.”

The festival takes place on Sunday, August 2 between 10am-4pm on Milton Street. For further details visit Saltburn Farmers’ Market facebook page.