'Imagine a picnic in a park. Now multiply it by thousands of people. Invite all the best restaurants in the area to contribute the food, and discerning vintners to bring the bottles. Make sure some of the guests are famous chefs happy to help out with cooking hints, and organise live music to eat and drink by. This is a Taste Festival.'

Actually it's a pretty sick event, where people get to eat animals that have been exploited for the mere taste of their flesh.

'Taste of Edinburgh – 29 May - 1 June
Taste of Leeds – 5-8 June
Taste of London – 19-22 June
Taste of Bath – 3-6 July
Taste of Birmingham – 10-13 July

Taste Festivals Ireland
Taste of Dublin – 12-15 June
Taste of Cork – 27-29 June'

The Leeds, London and Birmingham events will all be supporting and promoting the trade in foie gras. They will be showcasing the extreme lengths they are willing to pursue in animal cruelty to provide their taste sensations.

Taste Festivals Ltd
4th Floor
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Warwick Road
London
SW5 9TA
 tastefestivals@brandevents.co.uk

T: 020 7471 1080
F: 020 7471 1090

Brand Events (Taste Festival organisers)

 http://www.brandevents.co.uk

Edinburgh
Event Director – Sarah Forbes
 sarahf@brandevents.co.uk

London
Event Director – Rachel Secher
 rachels@brandevents.co.uk

Leeds, Bath, Birmingham
Event Director – Rob Elliot
 roberte@brandevents.co.uk

All Festivals

Sales Manager – Mark Hutchinson
 markh@brandevents.co.uk

Andrew Davies
 andrewd@brandevents.co.uk

Anjali Potter
 anjalip@brandevents.co.uk

Nick Tether
 nickt@brandevents.co.uk

Operations

Head of Operations – Simon Flannagan
 simonf@brandevents.co.uk

Management

Director of UK Taste Festivals – Justin Clarke
 justinc@brandevents.co.uk

Director of International Taste Festivals – James Cooke-Priest
 jamescp@brandevents.co.uk

Editorial Director – Tessa Willmott
 tessaw@brandevents.co.uk

 http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/T/taste2008/index.html