Live Fire Stage at Lydiard Park | Great British Food Festival

THE FIRE STAGE
JUST GOT REAL

Step onto the stage and
cook over real flame!

This year at the Great British Food Festival, watching isn't enough anymore.

For the first and only time at any UK food festival, the fire stage is opening up and you're stepping into the action.

Hosted by Daddy Bear Grills — last year's fire stage host and British Live Fire Cooking Championship finalist. These are hands-on, live fire masterclasses, cooked entirely over flame on Kadai Fire Bowls.

No demo. No barrier. No standing at the back holding a plastic pint.

You come on stage. You build the fire. You cook the food. You eat every bite.

Learn From the Fire. Not a Screen.

Daddy Bear Grills is known for running sold-out live fire cooking masterclasses deep in his woodland in Kent, teaching people how to cook confidently over flame.

Now, for the first time ever, those woodland experiences are hitting the road.

Mini masterclasses. Same fire. Same knowledge. Same intensity.

Small groups. Big heat. Proper food.

Smash Burger Live Fire Masterclass

£25 per person | 60 minutes | 16 spaces

Smash burgers are simple, until you try to do them properly over fire.

This one-hour masterclass shows you how to create crispy-edged, juicy smash burgers over live flame, using heat control, timing, and technique — not luck.

You'll learn how to:

Build and control a live fire for high-heat cooking
Smash for maximum crust without killing the juiciness
Cook over flame without panic
Layer flavour and texture properly
Build a smash burger that embarrasses takeaway versions

Learn how to make burgers without any additives, just beef, salt and fire as it's meant to be.

You cook it. You eat it. You walk away knowing exactly how to do it again with a fire cooking booklet.

Steak Live Fire Masterclass

£35 per person | 60 minutes | 16 spaces

If steak intimidates you, we will show you the bulletproof techniques for the most delicious end product.

This masterclass strips away the nonsense and teaches you how to cook serious steak over fire, using fire zones and searing on Kadai Fire Bowls. No guesswork. Just control, confidence, and flavour.

You'll learn how to:

Build multiple fire zones
Cook steak slowly, then finish hard over flame
Get a deep crust without burning it
Rest, slice, and serve properly
Cook steak like someone who knows what they're doing

Then you sit down and eat it. Exactly as it should be.

Why This Is Unmissable

First & only hands-on fire masterclasses at a UK food festival
You're on the fire stage, not watching from the crowd
Cook entirely over real fire
Learn directly from Daddy Bear Grills
Take home recipe cards included
You eat everything you cook

This isn't entertainment. It's education you can taste.

TIMINGS

Time	What's On
10:30 - 11:00	Louisiana Cajun Wings
11:30 - 12:15	Smash Burger Masterclass
1:30 - 2:00	Smokehouse Beef Tomahawk
2:30 - 3:15	Sizzling Steak Masterclass
3:30 - 4:00	Moonshine Mango Chicken Skewers
4:30 - 5:00	Cowboy Asado Pork Belly Bites