OUR PRIMARY Festival PARTNERS
Born when when a group of hardworking Yorkshire pig farmers joined forces to mill their own feed in 1975,. With some good old-fashioned Yorkshire pragmatism, Cranswick has gone from strength to strength.
By the early 1980s, the business expanded to include food production. At this point, we became one of the first companies to offer a true farm to fork proposition. Today Cranswick are one of the UK’s leading fresh food producers.
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About the festival
On the 24th and 25th May, join us in the grounds of The Talbot Hotel in Malton, North Yorkshire for a celebration of outdoor, barbecue and fire cooking. In association with Visit Malton, our event will be taking place alongside The Malton Food Lovers Festival to add a smoke and flame kissed tinge to the long running food festival that will be in full swing in and around the picturesque streets of Malton.
Getting to the festival
Travel
The Grill and Smoke Festival is taking place in the grounds of The Talbot Hotel in Malton town centre, right on the banks of the river Derwent. Malton is approximately 20 minutes from York and 30 minutes from Scarborough on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. Malton is situated just off the A64 between York and Scarborough.
- From the South: A1(M) northbound to J44, getting on the A64 towards York. Continue past York until the B1248 signposted Malton.
- From the North: A1(M) southbound to J47, getting on the A59 towards York. At the roundabout take the first exit with the A1237. Then at the roundabout take the A64 towards Malton until the B1248 signposted Malton.
Parking
The Food Lovers festival will be taking place throughout the heart of the town so no parking is available in the town centre, however the Food Lovers Festival will be running park and ride services in to the town. Please visit the Food Lovers Festival website for details.
aCCESS
Access to the Grill and Smoke Festival is through the main entrance on Yorkersgate and car park of The Talbot Hotel. This access is down some stairs and a slope. Our accessible access is through the carpark located just off Yorkersgate opposite the junction with Market Street (approx. 70m to the east of the main entrance to The Talbot Hotel) where towards the bottom of the carpark by the river, you will see a main access gate for the hotel. This entrance does not involve any stairs and is pathed until you reach the festival field. Please however bear in mind that the festival is on grass and does include some slopes.
The Festival
Once you join us on the festival site we will have two distinct areas. Towards the river at the bottom of the festival will be The Whole Hog BBQ Comp, seventeen teams competing in seven rounds of barbecue cooking competition. You can watch the teams in action and watch all the entries being judged by our panel of judges in the Cranswick judging area.
At the top of the festival we will have the Weber Barbecue Theatre for you to watch and get involved with chefs and barbecue cooks cooking up barbecue treats. Then finally we have a selection of local and national traders in our barbecue shopping area. From hot sauces to mini smokers, there is something for everyone.
The Weber BARBECUE THEATRE
Hosted by barbecue chef extraordinaire Shane McBagley See chefs and barbecue experts cooking amazing barbecue dishes up close at our demo stage sponsored by Weber. See what and how they cook and you may even get a sample or two.
Your Host - Shane McBagley
Shane is an American Le Cordon Bleu trained chef and barbecue expert who moved to the UK to be with his wife. He has spent much of the last decade teaching barbecue and live fire cooking , doing cookery demonstrations and hosting barbecue pop ups. Along with his wife, amazing chef Maisie, they came third in the live fire category of The World Food Championships in Texas.
Adam Edwards
Adam spent six years working in restaurants around Europe including Sula in Madrid and Texture in London. He set down some roots and opened his own restaurant, The Beluga in Cleethorps which he ran for five years. He has now spent seventeen years in product development working with retailers as well as travelling around The States learning the art of traditional low and slow barbecue.
Simon Woods
Starting life as a pastry chef at The Savoy Hotel in London, before moving on to Wentworth golf club, Sopwell House and Luton Hoo Hotels. He is now the group head of innovation for Cranswick PLC. An experienced culinary competitor, Simon has won numerous gold medals as the prestigious Hotelmania competition. Having also competed at Memphis in May and The SCA World Championships in Texas, he is also a member of Hog and Beyond Barbecue Team , the reigning Grand Champions from Malton Smoke and Fire Festival.
Ben Croydon
After training at Westminster Kingsway College Ben went on to work at Michelin starred restaurants Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley in London and Purnells in Birmingham. He then joined Cranswick in 2016 as an Innovation Chef, during that time making up part of the team that competed at legendary barbecue contest Memphis in May, the SCA World Championships in Texas and the Grand Champion BBQ team from last years Smoke and Fire Festival.
The Whole Hog BBQ Comp
See seasoned and new teams alike competing across seven rounds and two days of freestyle barbecue competition. All with the aim of being crowned either the The Whole Hog Champion or the Backyard Champion.
Rounds and Scedule
Join us at our judging stage to see the entries that the teams have produced being sampled and judged, who knows there may even be some samples to try.
Saturday
Round 1 - 12:00 - 12:30 - Pork Steak & Sauce
Round 2 - 13:00 - 13:30 - Sausage
Round 3 - 14:30 - 15:00 - Pork Ribs
Round 4 - 15:30 - 16:00 - Mystery Box
Sunday
Round 5 - 12:00 - 12:30 - Pork Tenderloin
Round 6 - 13:30 - 14:00 - Pork Belly
Round 7 - 15:00 - 15:30 - Pork Shoulder
More infor and teams
To "meat" our teams and see a little more about the contest you can visit our dedicated contest page right here:
Flamery
Altons BBQ World
Altons BBQ World
Based just 10 miles from the site of the festival, Flamery produce a stunning range of wood-fired BBQs and Grills in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire.
Instagram: @flamery.co.uk
Facebook: @flamery.co.uk
TikTok: @flamery.co.uk
Altons BBQ World
Altons BBQ World
Altons BBQ World
One of the biggest specialist barbecue stores and online sites, Altons BBQ World is based in Essex. They will be bringing some fantastic outdoor cooking brands including Yeti, Gozney, Weber, Angus and Oink and rub and seasoning brand Lumberjaxe, which recently received and investment on Dragons Den.
Instagram: @altonsbbqworld
Facebook: @altonsbbqworld
TikTok: @altonsbbqworld
BEARDSMOKE bbq
Altons BBQ World
Woodcutter creations
Hand built mini smokers from South Yorkshire by BeardSmokeBBQ. Ideal for camping, caravanning or just a portable quality smoker for cooking in the great outdoors.
Instagram: @beardsmokebbq
Facebook: @beardsmokebbq
TikTok: @Beardsmokebbq
Woodcutter creations
Kiren's Rubs, Seasoning & Sauces (Sunday only)
Woodcutter creations
Based near Harrogate, Woodcutter Creations specialises in beautiful chopping and serving boards as well as other homeware. Ideal for the barbecue and kitchen, and all handmade in their workshop.
Instagram: @woodcuttercreations
Facebook: @thewoodcutter82
Joeys Chili Sauce (Saturday only)
Kiren's Rubs, Seasoning & Sauces (Sunday only)
Kiren's Rubs, Seasoning & Sauces (Sunday only)
Hailing from Leeds, Joeys philosophy is about the flavour rather than making a sauce that will blow your head off. They will be bringing their range of fermented chili sauces, oils and condiments.
Instagram: @joeys_chilli_sauce
Facebook: @joeysdinerleeds
TikTok: @joeys_chilli_sauce
https://www.joeyschillisauce.co.uk/
Kiren's Rubs, Seasoning & Sauces (Sunday only)
Kiren's Rubs, Seasoning & Sauces (Sunday only)
Kiren's Rubs, Seasoning & Sauces (Sunday only)
Creating flavourful rubs, seasonings and sauces, and combining it with friendly service. We are delighted to welcome Kirens to the festival.
Instagram: @kirensbbq