Jean-Christophe Novelli

CELEBRITY chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will be in Haworth this summer to launch the first Haworth Fine Food Festival.

The Festival follows on from the success of the Bingley Fine Food Festival and will be held on Saturday 1 August and Sunday 2 August.

The two-day event is to be held at Central Park, Haworth and will include cooking demonstrations by Jean-Christophe and 50 stalls under a giant marquee selling specialist quality produce from around Yorkshire to celebrate Yorkshire Day on Saturday 1 August. There will also be other stalls and entertainment in the park as well as a unique medieval cookery marquee on Sunday. Jean-Christophe Novelli will be wowing the crowds with three cookery demonstrations on the Saturday.

Tickets for the performances go on sale today (Monday 29 June) and cost £3 and are available from Haworth, Ilkley and Bradford Tourist Information centres.

On Sunday 2 August there will be free demonstrations from award winning chef Robert Ramsden and other Yorkshire chefs.

• Jean-Christophe Novelli is a 5 AA Rosette and Michelin award winning chef. He has made numerous TV appearances on cookery shows and has set up his own cookery school, the Novelli Academy, which has been voted amongst the top 25 cookery schools in the world.