Great Cornish Seafood Weekend

26th - 27th October

The first-ever Great Cornish Seafood Weekend is taking place on the 26th and 27th of October at the Great Cornish Food Store in Truro. The inaugural event will be a celebration of seafood, Cornwall’s fishing industry and all those who work in it. The weekend-long event will include live demonstrations, talks, tasting stations, a seafood bar, sea shanties and a host of children's activities. Pete Murt, head chef at Rick Stein’s flagship The Seafood Restaurant, is one of the first guest chefs to be confirmed in the festival’s line up. Pete’s seafood journey began in 2000 at the age of 16 when he became a kitchen porter at Rick Stein’s St Petroc’s Bistro. After a stint of travelling in East Asia, Pete returned to Padstow and became head chef at The Seafood Restaurant, only the fourth in its 40-year history.

Joining Pete will be Stephane Delourme, former head chef and group chef at Rick Stein Restaurants, who will demonstrate the art of shucking and cooking oysters using different flavours. Acclaimed fishmonger Annie Seabourne of My Fish Kitchen will be using her renowned skills to show how to cook, pick and eat crab. Also making an appearance will be Jeffrey Robinson, one of the first chefs in the world to receive a Green Michelin Star, who has a passion for provenance and sustainability and is opening his own cookery school in his hometown of St Ives.

The Great Cornish Seafood Weekend is a collaboration between the award-winning Great Cornish Food Store and the Cornish Fish Producers’ Association (CFPO), which represents more than 160 member vessels.