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EX1- 0046_01 (Interview with Jo Scott)

02:05:56:21Cecily: Im here with the festival director, Jo Scott. So Jo how did the festival come about?

02:06:01:29Jo: Well it all started when we wanted to extend the summer season because tourism is

quite a short period in this town and we figured we came out to the end of the season,

Septembers usually a great time for the weather so we have a harvest festival and

Kents always been known as the garden of England so why not just use the produce in

this area and we have got some great producers here because the dairy and the hops so

weve got beer, cider and its great, lovely, so thats how it started.

02:06:26:39Cecily: So what makes Broadstairs Food Festival such an attraction?

02:06:29:38Jo: Its an attraction because first of all its an amazing location on the sea front so its

perfect for this type of event. Its a very strong vibrant community, weve got excellent

volunteers to help us out all year round supporting it, running the festival itself and of

course we have such great food producers in the area, thats what makes it perfect.

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02:07:01:31Cecily: So what benefits have come out of this festival?

02:07:04:08

Jo: The benefits are many fold, because its a community event it does bring thecommunity together so it helps build that lovely, friendly vibrant atmosphere weve got

around. There s a massive benefit to the traders in the town because we bring in about

45,000 people over 3 days so we dont just create benefit for the direct traders here but

for the town itself and it promotes the town. We also give benefit to the local hotels and

guesthouses because theyre all packed out so its raising the profile of this area of Kent

because people think of mid and west kent, Sevenoaks and the like but weve got so

much going on in East Kent and its amazing.

02:07:43:13Cecily: So what makes this food festival different from other food festivals?

02:07:45:39Jo: Mainly because its free and were totally committed to keeping it free because thats

the whole point its community, bring the people in for free but also its 95% Kent

produce, its not down from London up from the West country, its Kent and thats what

were all about, producing and creating this lovely environment for Kent food.

EX1-0050_01 (Cecily intro)

02:09;18:31 - 02:09:26:18Yes Im here at Broadstairs food festival as it kicks off into its 6thyear, visitors get the

chance to experience tastes from all over the Garden of England.

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02:09:59:40 02:10:07:34Yes Im here at Broadstairs food festival as it kicks off into its 6thyear, visitors get the

chance to experience all the tastes from all over Kent.

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02:11:03:24 02:11:09:39Running from the 3rdto the 5thOctober, there are over 100 stalls all run by volunteers

and food lovers.

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02:11:18:35 02:11:24:24As a non-profit organization, all the proceeds here today will go back into the festival to

run next year.

EX1-0055_01

02:12:00:18 02:12:05:00Theres a champagne afternoon for those who love a bit of bubbly and for the

champagne connoisseurs.

EX1-0059_01

02:13:54:23 02:12:58:49There will also be demonstrations from local celebrity Chetna Makan as well as Paul

Hollywood.

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02:15:29:15 - 02:15:33:25The festival isnt just for the adults, kids can learn basic cookery skills from workshops.

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02:18:20:10 - 02:18:30:20Thankyou very much.. With lots going on over the next 3 days its sure to be a great year

so come on down, tuck in and see what Britains got to offer.. Im Cecily Snowball signing

out, back to the studio.

EX1-0070_01 (Chetna Makan interview)

02:20:04:49Cecily: So Chetna hows the festival going today?

02:20:08:16Chetna: I think its such an amazing start and the suns come out and its a packet festival

today for day one, I think its going amazingly well

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