We have just had confirmation of the dates of the 2009 Isle of Man Queenie Festival! Yes work has already started on planning for next years event which we hope will be bigger and better than our first year.
The 2009 Queenie Festival will be another week long celebration taking place between the 29 June and 5 July 2009. Once again the festival will conclude with the hugely popular Marine Day Festival of the Sea down at Island Seafare’s Paddy’s Market on the quay in Port St Mary.
We are working on finalising the week of activities and once they have been agreed we will let you know what’s on and where it will all be taking place.
It wasn’t prize bulls, Manx lamb or the newest tractor that was the talk of this years Southern District Agricultural Show, no it was none other than the fantastic half shell Manx Queenies and Queenie Spring rolls that were cooked up in the Manx food court by none other than Tim Croft of Island Seafare.
Tim was there promoting the Queenie Festival and the Marine Day Festival of the Sea and boy oh boy did they taste good and were definatley the talk of the show ground over the weekend!
We have recently heard that due to demand Tim is now looking into a way of producing more Queenie Spring Rolls with the help of a food technician, so look out the next time you order a spring roll from a local Chinese restaurant! You know where you saw it first!
As part of the Queenie Festival celebrations there will be a BBQ down at The Bay in Port Erin on the evening of the the 8th August.
The evening will kick off at 7pm with Si King and Dave Myers aka The Hairy Bikers getting behind the BBQ and cooking up some fantastic seafood and Manx produce treats including those juicy Manx Queenies!
There will be three sittings, 7.30pm - 8.15pm, 8.15pm - 9.00pm, 9.00pm - 9.45pm so don’t worry you wont have to wait for long to get some tasty Manx treats!
Numbers are strictly limited so be sure to contact The Bay, Port Erin on 832084 or Paddy’s Market, Port St Mary on 834494 to get your hands on those tickets and there only 15 quid each!
On Friday the two recipe competitions closed to any further entries. We have been amazed by the response of both the public and the hospitality industry to the competitions and we will be updating the site shortly with the shortlist of finalists, so keep checking the site or alternatively sign up for updates on our hompage.
Watch this space! mmmmm we can’t wait to get cooking!
A big thank you to all the team at 3FM for getting behind the Queenie Festival and Marine Day ‘A Festival of the Sea.’ The 3FM team will be out and about promoting the events and raising awareness about Queenie’s and if they are lucky enough will even be venturing out on a local fishing trip to see how they are caught. Fingers crossed for a calm day!
In the lead up to Marine Day they will be featuring interviews with the organisers on air and will also be giving details on what will be happening and when down at Port St Mary on the 9th August.
The 3FM Road Runner and PR girls will be attending the Marine Day with loads of give aways and also reporting back to the studio on the days events.
We were getting into the festival spirit early so put together this short video of two of our favourite Queenie recipes to get your mouths watering. So get inspired and send us your favourite Queen Scallop recipe to our Queenie Recipe Competition.
The Hairy Bikers, Si King and Dave Myers will be making an appearance at the Marine Day ‘Festival of the Sea’ down at Port St Mary as the week long Queenie Festival will draw to a close!
Dave & Si will be cooking up Queenie treats on the outdoor barbecue and will also be part of the panel of experts judging both of the Queenie recipe competitions. The Hairy bikers are looking forward to coming over for the Islands first ever Queenie festival and are extremely pleased to be supporting the Marine Day and helping to raise the profile of the event both on and off island.
Si and Dave have been extremely busy of late as they film a new series for the BBC which will be hitting our screens in the autumn.
We’ve just had the final draft of the Queen Scallop recipe competitions passed under our noses so all being well the details will be released in the next few days. What we can tell you is there will be two competitions, one for restaurateurs, and one for the general public. And if the accolade of Queenie recipe champion 2008 isn’t enough the prizes on offer look great too!
Keep an eye on the Queenie Festival web page for full details and an application form. Get practicing!!
Welcome to the website for the Isle of Man Queenie Festival. Over the coming weeks we’ll be adding loads of information about how you can get involved in the first Isle of Man Queenie Festival and also the Marine Day ‘Festival of the Sea’ taking place on the 9th August in Port St Mary. We can’t wait, and it’s not long to go now!
There is so much work going on behind the scenes so we will be keeping you up to date with all the latest developments in the run up to the Queenie Festival so watch this space!
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