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
Feastival turns Bridgend into Little Italy
Italian flag #1, originally uploaded by Ed Yourdon.
As part of this year’s Wales Alternative Food Festival on 30th September and 1st October 2011, we’re turning a part of Bridgend into ‘Little Italy’. The Italian Quarter at Feastival is a celebration of the historic and cultural links between Wales and Italy and how Italy has helped shape our food culture in the Principality.
There aren’t many places in Wales that you can go to without coming across a quality Italian restaurant, an ice cream parlour even and of course, their famous cafes dotted throughout the valleys. The idea is to create an Italian Quarter during the food festival to showcase some Italian icons and true to form with Feastival, this will be a little bit different too.
It’s rumoured for example (only rumoured!) that Wales Alternative Food Festival will get its very own Leaning Tower of Pissa this year (but with a twist). Watch this space!
In the meantime, if anyone wants to get involved in Little Italy or indeed has any ideas for us, be great to hear from you (email: tourism@bridgend.gov.uk)
