Embers Fire Festival Founder

Adam, founder of Embers Fire Festival, will be firing things up across both days with live cooking demonstrations on the Kamado Joe and Kadai. As the man behind Embers Café, Emburgers, and Baked Bean, he brings a wealth of flame-fired know-how and mouth-watering creativity to the grill.

Expect sizzling inspiration, clever techniques, and plenty of fiery cooking tips as Adam shares the secrets to getting the very best from cooking with fire.

Saturday

Writer and broadcaster, Melissa Thompson will be opening the demo stage on the Saturday of the festival. From Maltese and Jamaican descent, Melissa is inspired by food from all over the world and has become a well-renowned broadcaster and writer.

Sunday

George Egg cooks food while making you laugh. Learning how to cook with power tools, with hotel room appliances and even how to make a hot meal on a moving train. George will be cooking food in various ways, and you will even get to try the food at the end… if you want to. George is the Snack Hacker - go check his videos on YouTube

Saturday

Steve The Hungry Guy, is a community chef and food educator… but before anything else, an eater. Hailing from professional kitchens alongside Jamie Oliver and spending a chunk of his career in product development for global brands and retailers. Steve uses surplus food and decides what to cook on the spot! Steve will be working alongside the Shrewsbury Food Hub for his demo at Embers Fire Festival.

Sunday

Matty’s BBQ Chop Shop is a home-based barbecue business in South Wales run by owner and pit master Matty O'Brien. The concept mixes influences from various BBQ and grill traditions encompassing foods from Matt’s travels. Combining flavours and techniques, not sticking strictly to one “regional BBQ style”. Teaching everything a backyard Barbecue'r could need. This along with his 'Dry goods and provisions' has pushed Matty into the forefront UK BBQ.

Saturday

Nathan “Big Nath” Ritchie is a self-taught, award-winning chef and the creative force behind Big Nath’s BBQ – a lockdown-born venture that has grown into one of Bristol’s most beloved BBQ brands. Fuelled by a deep passion for smoking meats and using the finest locally sourced ingredients, Nathan and his partner Kinsey, have transformed a humble street food stall into a thriving business. Today, Big Nath’s BBQ spans event catering, a dedicated BBQ school, and a specialist BBQ shop. And mostly recently, the Grillstolians podcast!

Sunday

Shane and Maisie McBagley are the award-winning duo behind McBagley BBQ, combining classical culinary training with bold live-fire cooking. Shane, a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef, brings fine-dining technique to the BBQ world and has hosted BBQ masterclasses for over a decade, helping cooks of all levels gain confidence over fire. Maisie, former head chef and founder of The Great Plate CIC reinventing school meals is a veteran pit mistress with specialty in bbq baking. As UK Live Fire Champions and World Food Championships finalists, you won’t want to miss their demo.

Saturday

Not only will you be able to taste incredible seafood from his trading pitch at Embers Fire Festival, Stephane Delourme is also going to be sharing secrets on the demo stage. From working at Michelin-starred restaurants to being Rick Stein’s head chef at The Seafood Restaurant for over 21 years, Stephane is now a freelance chef specialised in food of the sea and we can’t wait for him to share his knowledge on the demo stage.

Sunday

For Jad Youssef, cooking began at home in Beirut, where his mother’s kitchen and father’s pastry shop shaped his love of flavour and family. After training professionally and building his career from Oslo to London, he founded Yalla Yalla in 2009, gaining cult status and media acclaim, including Time Out’s “100 Best Dishes in London” for his chicken liver mezze. He now runs award-winning Lebnani in Reigate with his wife Aga, praised by Jay Rayner for its “gloriously zingy Lebanese flavours,” AA Rosette recognised and Be Inclusive Hospitality winner. Pre-order his cook book!