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Charters Food Festival: World of food and drink heads to Peterborough for Bank Holiday weekend - including Crepes and Paella

Peterborough’s floating bar Charters is throwing open its extended beer garden for a two-day international food and drink festival this weekend.

Local and national businesses will be taking part and showcasing their foods, drinks and desserts for your enjoyment across the bank holiday weekend of April 30 and May 1, from noon until 8pm.

The festival will be in the garden and will host free festival entertainment throughout – Saturday will feature Eclectic Ballroom from 2-8pm and Generation 5pan from 10pm, and on Sunday it will be the turn of Jazz Underground from 12-3pm and Dan Poole from 3-6pm.

Those taking part include:

Azahar’s Spanish Foods – Paella (just Saturday).

House of Feasts Kiosk with their amazing Polish sausages.

Michelle’s Delicious Dishes showcasing foods of the world, covering cuisines from the Caribbean, South Africa and Mexico with plenty of vegan options.

Pierogarnia will showcase Ukranian and Polish cuisine –including Golabki (cabbage rolls) or Barszcz (Ukranian beetroot soup).

The Fenland Roaster – Traditional BBQ and pulled pork wraps (just Sunday).

The Crepes Cabin presents sweet and savoury crepes with GF and egg free options available.

The Balkan food truck presents Bulgarian food including pork specialities and salads.

El Ajolote Mexican Food with Tacos, including vegan options (just Saturday).

Remstone Kitchen will be presenting West African dishes.

Bhushan’s Biryani with Indian authentic dishes (just Saturday).

Plus Sweet stalls: Samantha’s Cakes & Bakes, Gabby’s Cakes, Gluttony Fudge, The Sweet talker and Ayaans Ices with ice cream, waffles and slush puppies.

And Iceni Meadery will be showcasing their amazing mead (just Saturday), as well as Bowlers Brewery, Nene Valley Spirits and others presenting some unique drink options.