demonstrations
The kadai demo stage
Demonstrations from some of the best UK fire chefs; learn, taste and witness some fire cooking theatre.
This will be more way than your average TV cooking demos!
Hosted by
Fire chefs, street food pioneers, restaurateurs, cookbook authors, TV presenters and all-out food obsessives…
meet the demo chefs
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SHROPSHIRE LAD
Embers Fire Festival Founder
Adam will be hosting demonstrations across both days of the festival using both a Kamado Joe and Kadai. As the owner of Embers Cafe, Emburgers and Baked Bean, Adam has a whole host of tricks up his sleeve with fire cooking and will shine a light on the best ways to use fire. -
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George Egg
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’s Snack Hacker videos on socials have reached tens of millions of views, follow him to see for yourself @georgeegg. -
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Hungry Guy
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. -
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Matty's Chop Shop
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. -
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Big Nath
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. Fueled 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!
