Marmite Artist to be Toast of Feastival!
Feastival gets a whole new flavour this year after securing the talents of ‘Marmite on toast’ artist Nathan Wyburn for this year’s event.
Nathan, who shot to fame this year as a finalist on TV’s Britain’s Got Talent, is the latest great attraction confirmed for this year’s Wales Alternative Food Festival being held in Bridgend on 30September and 1 October.
Feastival, the Wales Alternative Food Festival organised by Bridgend County Borough Council, was held for the first time last year and was an outstanding success attracting more than 35,000 people to the town.
And Nathan is hoping to wow this year’s visitors in the same way as he wowed TV audiences with his Marmite portrait of Michael McIntyre.
Nathan has mainly painted portraits of the rich and famous ranging from Amy Winehouse to the Queen, but now wants to find a new face to become the toast of Wales!
He’s offering the Welsh public the chance to have their own face painted using this unusual technique.
Nathan said: “I’m appearing at Feastival, the Wales Alternative Food Festival in Bridgend later this month and as it’s a bit different as far as food festivals are concerned, I wanted to do something different myself. We’re not looking for the most beautiful face as such, it just has to be interesting I suppose and a bit of a challenge for me. I’m really looking forward to it.”
Councillor David Sage, Deputy Leader of Bridgend County Borough Council, added: “The Wales Alternative Food Festival is developing a reputation in Wales for being quirky, and its only in its second year and has already been a huge success.
“When we first saw Nathan on Britain’s Got Talent, we immediately got in touch with him as he was perfect for our event.
“We needed an act to top last year’s unique food art project that created a Giant cauliflower sheep and in Nathan, he certainly fits the bill, we’re delighted that he’s coming to Feastival.”
Alongside Nathan, the event this year will feature several unusual food related attractions such as the Egg Drop Championship, a ‘Leek Lobbing’ competition, Little Italy, Chefs on Stilts and all the other trimmings that you expect at a food festival.
- Anyone can enter the competition by submitting their portrait photograph to the Feastival Facebook page before 25 September. Full details of the event and the Facebook page can be accessed via www.walesalternativefoodfestival.com
So what’s this Egg Drop all about?
Egg Drops are remarkably very popular, they’re all over You Tube, and here’s one video that we found above.At Feastival, we’ll be challenging anyone to wrap their egg using our recycled material (mostly supplied by our sponsors May Gurney) in the Grub Hub tent and then we’ll arrange to drop it from a Helter Skelter at certain times throughout the day. Of the eggs that survive the drop, the winner will be selected based on most innovative approach to packaging!
Recycling is Beautiful
Recycling is Beautiful, originally uploaded by Scott Ableman.
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