Bake Off Star at Newport Food Festival

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We caught up with Newport-native Jon Jenkins from Bake Off 2018, as he tells us all about his city’s food festival and what it’s like to get back on stage baking.

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00:00Yeah, it's absolutely packed.

00:04It's really good to see everything vibrant around.

00:07Chef demos, all the stalls, everybody around having a good time.

00:11It's really good.

00:12Well, Newport Food Festival has been going, I don't know, I'd say about 12 years.

00:17There's lots of stalls, lots going on.

00:19There was a dinner last night in the Mercury Hotel.

00:22There's a few chef demos that are going on.

00:26It's a real buzzing time, which I haven't seen for a while.

00:30After being an instant hit on Bake Off and a successful year or two afterwards, COVID

00:35got in the way of John's food festival appearances.

00:37But after a few year hiatus, he says he's excited to get back into it.

00:42I'm actually doing a chef demo today.

00:45I'm making persistant nadas on stage.

00:47I'm really looking forward to doing it.

00:49Can't wait.

00:50Yeah, well, I was on Bake Off in 2018.

00:52In 2019, I'd done quite a few food festivals.

00:56In 2020, obviously with COVID, they stopped.

01:00I think I've done one since then.

01:01So, yeah, it'll be great to get back on the stage and do a bit.

01:05I'm very nervous to get back out there, but I also can't wait.

01:07I've got a lot of support around with my family here and things.

01:10It's really good to see everybody.

01:11So, I'm looking forward to it.

01:14Newport is no stranger to events like these.

01:16And with Christmas coming up, there are going to be plenty more times over the next few

01:20months where the town centre will be full of people.

01:22So, to get people in now, realising how much Newport has,

01:26John thinks it's been a real success.

01:28Yeah, well, the market, it's been on that many years since the refurbishment.

01:32And, yeah, it's absolutely thriving down there.

01:34It's really busy.

01:35All the stores around town, there's a lot going on with the food festival.

01:39And I hear there's more tomorrow.

01:40There's bands here.

01:41I think it's really good, really good to see Newport being the great city it is.

01:46Yeah, it's great for Newport.

01:48You see, it's free.

01:49You know, bring all the people down, get all the stores here, everything going on.

01:52Newport, yeah, doing all right.

01:54They're doing the right thing to get people in.

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