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Archive: June 2008

Cerys Matthews coming to the festival??

12 June 2008

I love Pembrokeshire, it's where my roots are, the Really Wild
Festival is a fun way to celebrate all the great food and
unique country skills that we have down here, plus it's a chance to
catch up with old mates over a glass of scrummy scrumpy! Iechyd da!,
maybe see you there!

Prize winning chef coming to the festival

11 June 2008

The chef/ owner of the restaurant in Newport, Pembrokeshire, Alastair Vaan, will be demonstrating his very special art of cooking at the festival on Sunday 31st August.

Alastair, who owns Mochyn Drwg in Newport, recently won Pembrokeshire Tourism's special award at the Industry Awards evening held in Pembroke Dock. Alastair was selected as the Judges Favourite, an award that recognises the outstanding contributiion by an individual or business to the tourism industry in Pembrokeshire.

The citation read ' an individual who had gained the respect of the tourism industry by inspiring, influencing or initiating change that has had a demonstrable impact on tourism in Pembrokeshire'

Alastair Vaan’s restaurant ‘Y Mochyn Drwg’ is in Newport where he sees local supply and fair trading as the way forward if it is to be sustainable. He is fanatical about responsible food sourcing and imports no fresh food other than Spanish lemons, and onions and carrots outside of the UK season. His wines are European, and the necessary imported products (coffees, spices etc) are all fair trade or organic, even the water is part of an ethical water aid scheme. By sourcing superb quality ingredients that thrive here naturally, he hopes to remind people how certain ways of cooking have been forgotten.

The festival is very proud to have Alastair as one of the chefs at this year's event.

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