"The festival will showcase the very best that the North-east has to offer. It will focus particularly on local produce and specialities. With an exciting range of events taking place from wine tasting and the appearance of a guerrilla restaurant at a secret location, to meeting the producers of local food and sampling their produce, there is something for everyone." bbc.co.uk
"...One-off highlights include a local "food heroes" market, a mass tasting of 100 wines and beers and 10 Things To Eat Before You Die. The real hot ticket, however, is the EAT! Guerrilla restaurant." The Guardian
"EAT gives us the excuse, if we need one, to treat ourselves by dining out or at home on fresh, tasty, local food." The Journal
"NewcastleGateshead was recently named one of the top ten cities to dine in outside London, therefore, to create a festival which celebrates the area's growing gastronomic importance makes perfect sense." The Northern Echo
"The challenge could so easily have proved pretentious and over the top. It was not. Paul's pride in the North East, his team's professionalism and the hard work of the Food Festival's organisers all came together in a meal to remember." The Journal
