Lymington Seafood Festival

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This 10-12th July the Lymington Seafood Festival gets set to celebrate its 10th birthday. The event has grown into one of the south coasts leading food festivals with sell out crowds sampling delicious seafood, live music, the best local chefs taking to the Chefs Stage and budding cooks getting hands on in the festival cookery school. 

Adding to the entertainment, the festival is launching a new Drinks Stage with a range of masterclass, tastings and demonstrations from three leading ‘drinks pro’s.’ Festival go’ers can get immersed in craft ale and beer with the help of Melissa Cole. Wine lovers will be taken on a journey of ‘bubbles’ with tastings and tips covering English Sparkling, Crémant, Cava and wines from Australia and South Africa from Helena Nicklin. For something a bit different, you can join Neil Ridley the ‘Crisp Sommelier’ where you’ll enjoy bonkers pairings with your favourite pub snack. 

The Chefs Stage and Cookery School will again be hosted by TV foodie Chris Bavin and is set to welcome the best local chefs, led by Luke Holder, Lime Wood HH&Co alongside Gavin Barnes from the High Street Kitchen, the Montagu Arms talented chef Leo Champion and Dylan James from Cambium, Careys Manor who are this years culinary sponsors. 

For budding chefs young and old the festival cookery school has a range of seafood classes to tickle your fancy. If you really want to test your culinary skills, the Big Careys Cook Off will see 8 local cooks battling it out to be crowned the winner. 

With around 100 different seafood dishes, you’ll be tucking into scallops, lobster, soft shell crab, mussels or oysters in various ways, cod cheeks, razor clams, seafood tacos, mackerel, king crevettes, surf n’ turf as well street food from across the world from South America to Korea. There’s plenty of cooking over fire with Nordic Smoked Salmon flammlach, monkfish and John Dory dishes taking centre stage. 

All set to stunning views across the Solent it’s the perfect place to gather friends us for a local craft beer, rum or gin and dance away to soul, blues, Motown, ska and heaps of pop and rock classics with Friday nights headline tribute Ultimate Coldplay bringing the festival vibes.