Malton Food Lovers Festival 2022

The leading Yorkshire food and drink event is back and will be taking place twice this year, in both June and August, due to popular demand. The Malton Food Lovers Festival is certainly one of the UK’s greatest free food and drinks events. This exciting food event has even been known as “Yorkshire’s Foodie Glastonbury,”.

Malton – The Home to Yorkshire’s Food Capital

This fantastic foodie festival is set across the quaint streets of Malton, which has been attributed as Yorkshire’s Food Capital! the flavoursome festival will welcome visitors from across the country to celebrate the finest produce from Yorkshire and beyond.

This year there will be double the servings. As the Malton Food Lovers Festival will be sandwiching the summer with two events! First in the spring, across the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend (Friday 3rd- Sunday 5th June 2022). And again across the August Bank Holiday weekend (Saturday 27th- Monday 29th August 2022).

The 2021 event was the first three-day Food Lovers Festival since its inception over a decade ago. Thanks to overwhelming public support and engagement, both 2022 events will take place over three days. And thanks to the popular demand from Malton Markets patrons, we get double the fun and double the food this year!

What to expect at Malton Food Lovers Festival

Home to artisan producers and award-winning independent businesses.  Visitors to the Malton Food Lovers Festivals this year can certainly expect a huge array of unique stalls with tasty treats and gorgeous gifts. In addition to celebrity chef talks and demonstrations, live music and fun for all the family in these six days of foodie heaven.

Benoit Blin, Master Pâtissier and judge from Channel 4’s Bake Off: The Professionals, who headlined the Main Stage of last year’s festival, commented: “Malton is a lovely place to be. It’s so nice to see people being able to come out and enjoy some street food and the atmosphere once again. I’m sure I’ll be back; it’s a fantastic place!”

Tom Naylor-Leyland, Director of Visit Malton, says: “The Malton Food Lovers Festival is back and bigger than ever. 2021 was the first time that we extended the festival to a three-day event and I’m pleased to report that it was a roaring success, with just under 50,000 culinary fans flocking to our streets across the weekend!”

“Yorkshire’s producers and chefs have so much to offer, and we are thrilled that there’s such a hunger to discover new and exciting local produce here in Yorkshire’s Food Capital – we can’t wait to serve up two jam-packed gourmet celebrations in the heart of Malton this year.”

Acessing Malton Food Lovers Festival

The Food Lovers Festival is free to attend. And a Park and Ride is available at each entrance to Malton from the A64, with a free shuttle bus service to the event.

Malton is also accessible via public transport. As a result of frequent train services to the town from York and Scarborough. And Malton is on the award-winning Coastliner bus route.

Stallholders can now register their interest in attending the Malton Food Lovers Festival.  At the Visit Malton website, at www.visitmalton.com/stall-applications. To find out more about the Malton Food Lovers Festival 2022, please visit www.visitmalton.com.

So for further information, please contact [email protected] or 0113 361 3600. Looking for a place to stay whilst you visit the Malton Food Lovers Festival this year? We have beautiful Whitby holiday rentals available!