"The food festival and events look exciting and I am a big fan of Alnwick so I’m really looking forward to coming up" - Terry Miller, Hell's Kitchen winner

"I am a great advocate of local produce. Fresh, quality ingredients are so important to the work of chefs – they are the tools of our trade and without them, we would not be able to serve up the meals we do.
The Alnwick Food Festival has all the ingredients of a fine event, not least of which is good, local produce. I wish the festival all the best. I am sure it will be a great success”
- Kevin Woodford, celebrity chef

“The Northumberland Gazette is delighted to be the media partner for the Alnwick Food Festival. This event will not only be a celebration the exceptional range and quality of locally-produced food, but will also serve to place Alnwick and the county of Northumberland firmly on the map of the UK’s culinary hot-spots” - Andrew Smith, Former Editor, Northumberland Gazette

“It's fantastic that Alnwick Lions Club has chosen Grace House as one of the nominated charities for the festival. When it is built, this hospice will benefit children with life-limiting illnesses and their families from all over Northumberland and the North East, including Alnwick." - Kathy Secker, local TV personality and founder of the Grace House Children's Hospice Appeal