Celebrity chef Rachel Green was the guest of honour at the 2008 British Asparagus Festival on Monday May 26, at The Fleece Inn, Bretforton, Worcestershire.
Crowds braved the unseasonal weather, strong winds and rain to sample the best of home-grown British asparagus along with a range of other seasonal produce.
Green shared her culinary skills with visitors throughout the day during a series of live cookery demonstrations designed to showcase one of the country’s best-loved foods.
Highlights at this year’s event included a craft fair, farmers market, silver band, tutored asparagus tasting, Morris dancers and a vintage car display. A range of asparagus related fayre was also on offer including asparagus Ice cream, asparagus jam, asparagus sausages and deep fried asparagus.
Green said: “I am passionate about cooking and eating seasonally. Asparagus tastes so much better, sweeter, more intense, when you have waited for the first crop of the season, and you look forward so much to the next year when you have just eaten the last.”
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