Thanks to everyone who contributed to or attended EAT! NewcastleGateshead 09 and remember, that EAT! 3 for 2 continues to the end of June. For information on sponsoring or participating in future events please contact Simon Preston at simon@graceonline.co.uk

EAT! NewcastleGateshead 2nd May to 17th May 2009 - a festival which passionately advocates to all the pleasures of creating and sharing good food and drink in the North East.

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The annual festival of food and drink returns bigger and bolder with sixteen days of edible activity! Join us for the launch of EAT! 2009 at the Spring to Life Launch Party or enjoy the epic The Great North Eco-Feast 2009 with the UK's leading eco-restaurateur Arthur Potts-Dawson and Jesmond Dene's Terry Laybourne.

Over 30 food adventures include EAT! Carter where you can experience dinner in the sky, suspended from a crane 50m up. Our mysterious secret restaurant returns with a new twist - EAT!NG - 10 Secret Paladares will twin home chefs with local restaurants to perfect their skills before you come and dine at their homes!

IncrEdible North East features a packed menu of events and activities celebrating the natural productivity of the North East's land, sea, sky and rivers and Amble fisherman Stephen Armstrong will again land his North Sea catch on the Newcastle Quayside for your SuperFresh FishSupper.

We've Found four exciting half-day foraging tours for adventurous eaters taking in a range of North East habitats, or at time when fast food is seeing a resurgence, we suggest you relax and enjoy the pleasures of real food and good banter at SLOW Speed Dining.

Step into a fairytale at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party or head to the Food Heroes Tasting Market, which returns bigger and better  with a handpicked selection of 60 of the region's most exciting food and drink producers and street food vendors. The Food Adventure Playground is a magical other-world where food becomes fantastic and fun and last but not least several Fringe Events celebrate good food and drink through everything from whisky tasting to cheese making.

Following EAT! is the third Jesmond Dene House Festival of Food and Wine, promising a week of amazing taste experiences from a Wild West barbecue to a Champagne masterclass.

EAT! is part of NewcastleGateshead's world-class festivals and events programme. Register your details with us and be the first to hear about this and our other festivals and events. You could even win £200.