Country artist Matt Moore back in Charlottetown as Fall Flavours Festival adds sixty new events.

Country artist Matt Moore back in Charlottetown as Fall Flavours Festival adds sixty new events.

Cavendish Beach Music Festival performer Matt Moore will be back in Charlottetown, this time as part of the Fall Flavours Festival in September. Moore, a singer and author of popular cookbook Have Her Over for Dinner; a gentleman’s guide to classic simple meals returns as the feature guest at Tourism Charlottetown’s Great Big BBQ Cook Off and Block Party on Sept. 24th.

Festival organizers today released information and tickets for more than sixty new Festival events taking place at venues across the province.

Tourism Charlottetown’s BBQ and Block Party features the music and mouthwatering southern cooking of Moore, as well as cooking demonstrations, a BBQ cook off and street shopping and dancing.

Other events announced include a five course interactive dinner At the Chef's Table where participants join chefs at work in the kitchen, a variety of culinary boot camps including Summer Desserts, Mediterranean Flavours and Thrills on the Grill, the Summerside Wine, Arts & Culinary Show and the ever popular Taste Our Island Roving Feast featuring the ten Island chefs nominated for this year’s prestigious Taste Our Island Award.

In total, the Fall Flavours Festival will showcase more than seventy-five different events, including its previously announced Signature Events. Internationally acclaimed chef Curtis Stone has been brought in by The PEI International Shellfish Festival, while Canadian Food Network celebrity chefs Lynn Crawford, Mark McEwan and Corbin Tomaszeski host at other Fall Flavours Signature Events.

Organizers say ticket sales to Signature Events were released last week and are already selling briskly. With the introduction of these additional events they expect many events will sell out well in advance.

The Fall Flavours Festival, held Sept. 2-25, is presented by the Prince Edward Island Culinary Alliance. Chef Jeff McCourt, chairman of the Prince Edward Island Culinary Alliance notes, “This year’s Fall Flavours Festival offers some of the most imaginative chefs and events ever seen on PEI … it really will be a food lover’s dream come true”.

The Prince Edward Island Culinary Alliance is a partnership between the Prince Edward Island departments of Tourism and Culture, Innovation and Advanced Learning, Agriculture, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development, as well as the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and industry representatives. The alliance was created to develop innovative food industry partnerships, culinary experiences and promotional programs.

For information or to purchase tickets for the Prince Edward Island Fall Flavours Festival, visit www.fallflavours.ca or call 1-877-445-4849.

MEDIA CONTACT Jan Holmes, Program Officer, Culinary Alliance (902) 368-6208 jvholmes@gov.pe.ca

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