Traders prepare for Seaham Food Festival
- kelseygarbutt
- Jul 14
- 1 min read

A County Durham food festival is set to return next month with a packed weekend of culinary celebrations by the coast.
Seaham Food Festival will take over the town’s seafront on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August, featuring more than 120 food and drink traders, celebrity chef demos and live entertainment.
Organised by Durham County Council, the free event will welcome MasterChef judge John Torode MBE as its headline chef on the Sunday, with further cookery theatre appearances from TV favourites including Dean Edwards, Chris Baber and Great British Bake Off’s Nelly Ghaffar.