Westport Food Festival is a three-day event to be held the weekend September 2-4, 2011. The family-friendly festival programme will incorporate day and evening events in and around chosen venues across Westport Town, Murrisk and the Quays with activities to suit all demographics. Potential Festival highlights: - “Food Village” on the mall - Wine & Cheese Tasting Events - Young Chef Competition - Celebrity Chef Competition - Cookery Demo’s with renowned Chefs - Cookery Workshops - Seafood foraging - Farm To Table demo’s - Tasting Menus - Festival menus * Westport is renowned for its high-quality award-winning restaurants. * It already boasts one of Ireland's top chefs, Seamus Commins, Knockranny House Hotel, among others. * A major festival theme will be - Meet Mayo Food Heroes * A strong festival focus will be on West of Ireland food with a huge emphasis on provenance, fresh fish, game, cheese, red meats, fruits and vegetables * Its unique coastal location makes it ideal as a culinary destination with readily available seafood The vision for Westport is to become domestically and internationally renowned for its food and branded as an all-year-round food destination with the festival as its anchor event.