From Armenian to Sicilian dishes, traders announced for Seaham Food Festival

People will be able to enjoy street food from a variety of cuisines, from Italian, Greek, and Indian, to Thai, Armenian, and Sicilian dishes when the festival returns to the town’s coastline on Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4.

Organisers Durham County Council have confirmed that more than 120 traders will be setting up shop for the popular event.

The festival will feature a weekend full of family entertainment, delicious food, and cooking demonstrations from a line up of celebrity chefs including Rosemary Shrager, Phil Vickery, and Paul Young.

Each year, thousands of visitors flock to the event to try the vast selection of dishes and produce offered by the region’s traders, many of which are based in County Durham.

The festival will also feature traders selling snacks and baked goods, from focaccia, gingerbread, churros, crepes, cupcakes, pies and sausages.

For refreshment in between food, festivalgoers can visit the many bars and drinks stands selling everything from tea, coffee, cocktails, local beers, gin, and rum.

There are also retailers selling a mixture of goods including plants, homeware, and pet treats and accessories.

Cllr Elizabeth Scott, Durham County Council’s Cabinet member for economy and partnerships, said: “With just over a month to go, we’re excited to reveal the highly anticipated list of traders who will be selling delicious food and quality goods at Seaham Food Festival this year.

“We are always so proud of our independent traders and the excellent dishes and goods they produce. Our food festivals are the perfect place to showcase the culinary and creative talents we have in the county and wider region. We are also looking forward to welcoming new companies which are coming to the food festival for the first time.”

Many of the traders cater to a range of dietary requirements including gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, and vegan.

Full list of traders

Armenian Kitchen

Bamboo Box

Barista Sisters

Beanie Bun

Boston Shakers

Caps Off Brewery

Chicken Ting

Choco Berries

Churros Barcelona

Crepes Gourmet

Cocktail Bay

Fire & Dough

Fourteen Street Kitchen (Street Fries)

Greek Street Food

Hatch76

Hogs n Chix

La Porketta

Mani Mani Italian Street Food

McColl’s Brewery

Mean Bean Coffee

Mivesi Naan Truck

Moreburger

Orchards of Husthwaite

Parm-O-Rama

Pelegrini

Quaff Box

Redheads Mac n Cheese

Roly Poly Eats

Slackjaw’s Gourmet Burger Company

Spud Gun Loaded Fries

Sri Non Thai Street Food

The Cocktail Pickers Club

The Geordie Banger Company

The Spicy Biker

Three Brothers Brewing

Tiro Sicilian Street Food

Twisted Chick

Retail

AB Infusions

Bake for the Soul

Batch Coffee Roasters

BeeNatural Wraps

Berry’s Kitchen

Bites Baking Co

Blueberry Hill Preserves

Breaking Bread

Breeosh

Burtree Puddings

Calder’s Kitchen

Cassie’s Kitchen

Chapmans Cheesecakes

Concrete & Cacti

Continental Cottage

Dalton Moor Farm

Devils Bridge Rum

Durham Coffee

Evie’s Pupcakes

Fairley’s

Farm to Shop

Fat Rabbit Crafts

Fig and Rose Home and Garden

Flint and Flame

Fusion Cake Haus

Glass Haus Art

Grasmere Gingerbread

Happy Paws Bakery

Highland Boundary Distillery

Howey Nichols

Jinger Drinks

Just a Littlemore

Kin Toffee Vodka

La Focaccia

Le Mini Macaron

Little Sutton Biltong Company

Locksley Distilling

Lucelas Chocolate Rum

Malton Brewery

Malvavisco Marshmallows

Med Fine Food

Northern Shakers

Northumbrian Water

O’Donnell Moonshine

Perfect Tipple

Pie Demand

PitWheel Distillery

Prohibition Distillery

Puckett’s Pickles

R Place

R&G Thai Curry Paste

Really Indian

Ringtons

Rose Cottage Pantry

SA Sauces

Screaming Chimp Chilli Sauce

Seascapes

Shaped by Waves

Shaw Meats

Signature Scones

Simply Cheesecake

Simply the Best Bags

Sloemotion Distillery

South Durham Honey

Spicymonkey

Stateside Treat Emporium

Sunrise Patisserie

The Aromatary

The Auckland Cupcake Co

The Canny Candy Gadgies

The Cherry Tree Durham

The Chilli Jam Man

The Chocolate Smiths

The Clucking Pig

The Geordie Banger Company

The Gingerbread Mam

The Great British Cheese Company

The Hedgehog Bakery

The Sawley Kitchen

The Tea Enthusiasts

The Twisted Curry Company

The Velveteen Rabbit Luncheon Club

The Wilde Bakery Artisan Flapjacks

Weardale Cheese

Wellybix

Wicked Fudge

Wiga Wagaa

Monument Coffee