One of Yorkshire’s premier local food festivals will occur in the town of Malton over the May bank holiday weekend. The Malton Food Festival 2025 will attract tens of thousands of foodies from across the county and elsewhere in the UK. Expect 40,000 to descend upon Yorkshire’s leading food festival.
Highlights include chef demonstrations from Ollie Farrar, Freya Cox, Yemi Adelekan, Rowan Claughton, Callum Leslie, Harvey Maher and Dominic Franks.
Where is the Malton Food Festival?
Held next to St Michael’s Church, Malton.
Malton Food Festival 2025 Dates
When is Malton Food Festival? It’s from 24 to 26 May -opens 9am on Saturday and 10am on Sunday / Monday. Bar open Saturday (10am – 8pm); Sunday (10am – 5.30pm); Bank Holiday Monday (10am – 4.30pm)
What’s On at the Malton Food Lovers Festival
Organisers say there will be more than 120 market stalls and street food vans, in addition to live music, cookery workshops and a festival fringe. There will also be a range of activities and workshops throughout the festival, including creative chaos, vintage funfair, birds of prey, and magical quests for the kids.
There will also be a sculpture trail as well as a champagne and oyster bar at the Talbot hotel.
Festival Demo Stage Timings
The following demonstrations are free of charge at the food festival Malton.
Saturday
10:00 – Ollie Farrar, Forty-Six, Malton
11:00 – Freya Cox, Great British Bake Off (2021)
12:00 – Anna Hedworth, Author of Service
13:00 – Nathan Kelly, Head Chef, Castle Howard
14:00 – Yemi Adelekan, MasterChef UK 2022 Semi-Finalist
15:00 – Eleanor Barnett, Author of Love Your Leftovers
16:00 – Callum Leslie, Executive Chef, The Black Swan, Oldstead
Sunday
10:00 – Gilly Robinson, The Cook’s Place, Malton
11:00 – John Shahabeddin, The Grizzly Forager
12:00 – George Birtwell & Samira Effa, The Epicurean Duo
13:00 – Rowan Claughton, Great British Bake Off (2023)
14:00 – Dominic Franks, Dom in the Kitchen, Author
15:00 – Harvey Maher, YorkshirePlot2Plate, Private Chef
Monday
11:00 – Peter Neville, Head Chef, The Homestead, Goathland
12:00 – Mark Hudson, Head Chef, Tykes Restaurant, Sandburn Hall
13:00 – Chris Hobson, The View Restaurant, Scarborough
14:00 – TBC
15:00 – TBC
Malton Food Festival, next to St Michael’s Church, MaltonFurther details of the 2025 festival from food demos to live music, street food and the festival bar, will be found here.
Malton Food Festival Tickets
Although the events are free for the Malton Food Festival 2025, you can purchase Visit Malton gift vouchers and Food Tour Tickets, here.
More Malton Food Festivals
The food lovers festival is not the only food festival in town. The town has monthly food markets, Malton Harvest Festival, the Malton Christmas Festival and even the 10k Marathon du Malton.
Getting to the Malton Food Festival
A Festival map will show all festival locations including toilets. Disabled toilets, parking and other facilities are available. Extra buses and trains from York and Scarborough will be laid on over the weekend. Malton is on the award-winning Coastliner bus route. There is a designated festival Park & Ride car parks operating (£7.50) at each entrance to Malton from the A64, with a regular shuttle bus service to the entrance.
Things To Do in Yorkshire
For inspiration on what to do while in the area, read Mark Bibby Jackson’s Whitby and the North York Moors.
Accommodation in Malton and North Yorkshire
If you are looking for accommodation during the festival or at any time during the year you could book into a Travel Begins at 40 favourite – The Farmhouse, Goathland.
To find out more about the Festival.
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