RANKIN 'FISH LOVE' EXHIBITION

Thursday 1 September - Tuesday 4 October, noon - 10pm

Moshi Moshi will be exhibiting the photographs taken by the world-famous fashion photographer Rankin for our ‘Fishlove’ campaign. Featuring Greta Scacchi, Richard E Grant, Lenny Henry and others, this will be the first ever opportunity to see the photographs that helped turn the world’s media onto the pressing issue of fish conservation. FREE.

Moshi Moshi, Opticon, Bartholomew Square, Brighton BN1 1JS

01273 719 195 • www.moshibrighton.co.uk

FESTIVAL AFTERNOON TEA AT THE GRAND

Wednesdays - Saturdays in September, 2.30pm and 4.30pm sittings

Enjoy a classic Sussex Cream Tea in the Victoria Terrace and Lounge at Brighton’s famous Grand hotel. Every Wednesday to Sunday during the September festival, tea will be accompanied by The Grand’s pianist. Enjoy mouth watering treats including freshly cut sandwiches, chunky homemade scones with preserve and clotted cream. Celebrating a special occasion? Why not order a glass of bubbly?

Price: Wednesdays – Thursdays £19.95 and Fridays – Sundays £24.95

The Grand, Kings Road, Brighton

01273 224 300 • www.devere.co.uk/our-locations/the-grand

LIVE JAZZ & COCKTAILS AT THE GRAND

Thursdays in September, 5pm - 10.30pm

Sit back and relax with a cocktail and live jazz every Thursday in September. To help you celebrate the festival, the Grand’s Cocktail Happy Hour with selected drinks at £5 is extended until 10.30pm!

The Grand, Kings Road, Brighton

01273 224 300 • www.devere.co.uk/our-locations/the-grand

BRIGHTON MIX OFF COCKTAIL COMPETITION FINALS

Thursday 1 September, 7pm - 10pm

Mixology Group and the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival present the Brighton Mix-Off cocktail competition. This year’s contest will see four of Brighton and Hove’s finest bartenders go head to head in the greatest challenge of bar-tending expertise ever conceived. The city's bars have been battling it out in heats throughout August and weekly winners will be presenting Havana Club Rum, Stolichnaya Vodka, Monkey Shoulder Blended Scotch Whisky, and Grand Marnier at our epic final on Brighton Pier.

Tickets: £6 in advance via the link below, or £8 on the door

Palm Court, Brighton Pier, Madeira Drive, Brighton

Advance tickets from www.eventelephant.com/brightonmixoff

SECRET SUPPER CLUB: DINING IN THE DARK

Fridays in September, 6pm - 8.30pm

Prepare for a truly multi-sensory experience… a 3 course feast in pitch darkness with a few surprises thrown in. Kick start your experience with a complementary surprise cocktail, then sit back and be tantalised whilst our chefs prepare 3 courses of fresh Asian inspired delights for you and your guests to enjoy whilst blindfolded. Choose from vegetarian, meat, fish or mixed feast. £40 per person, advance booking recommended.

Madame Geisha, 75-79 East Street, Brighton

01273 770 847 • www.madamegeisha.com

BOUTIQUE WEEKENDER: BRIGHTON BAKE OFF

Saturday 3 September, 10am - 4pm

Keen amateurs compete to see who's created the best cake in Brighton! Amateur bakers have been given the theme “Brighton” and asked to interpret this in cake form. Winners will be announced live in the afternoon. There will also be other exciting activities and the opportunity to buy cakes and cupcakes to take home. Confirmed celebrity judges are BBC 2’s Great British Bake Off winner Edd Kimber and local resident actor and comedian Mark Little. FREE.

Jubilee Square, Brighton

www.brightonbakeoff.co.uk

BOUTIQUE WEEKENDER: ST MARTIN VINTNERS WINE FESTIVAL

Saturday 3 September, 11am - 5pm

This popular event has been a stalwart of the festival for many years, and is your chance to taste some of the many wines available to buy throughout the year from St Martin Vintners. Experts from the store and the vineyards will be on hand to guide and advise you as you taste a world of wine. FREE.

St Martin Vintners, top Trafalgar Street under Brighton Station

01273 777 788 • www.stmv.co.uk

BOUTIQUE WEEKENDER: BRIGHTON WHISKY FESTIVAL

Saturday 3 September, 11am - 4pm

The Brighton Whisky Festival returns for it’s second year with exhibitors from around Scotland and the world. Come and sample the finest drams amongst some of the finest folk hailing from the finest industry! Your ticket price includes a complimentary tasting glass, a festival guide and all of your drams on the day – aside from any of the masterclasses… All hosted within the iconic Hilton Metropole, this event is stunning value and great fun. Tickets £20.

Hilton Brighton Metropole, Kings Road, Brighton

www.thewhiskylounge.com

BOUTIQUE WEEKENDER: MAMMA MIA ITALIAN MARKET

Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 September, 11am - 4pm

Brighton Marina is going all Mediterranean by hosting an Italian food market. The market will set your senses alive by evoking the ambience and glorious tastes of one of the world’s most gastronomic countries. You will be able to relive that holiday and buy everything from sun-ripened olives, pizza and Parma ham, through to Arancini from Sicily, ice cream, famous desserts and salami. The market will also feature crafts and jewellery from Venice, Florence, Rome and Milan. And don’t forget the fine wines. All this will run alongside live music and food demonstrations from top Italian restaurants designed to teach us the authentic way to cook the most amazing Italian dishes. There will also be free tasters and a guest appearance from ‘A Taste of Calabria’ – the only region of Italy specialising in hot food. FREE.

Brighton Marina

www.brightonmarina.co.uk

BOUTIQUE WEEKENDER: MOSHI MOSHI VEGAN YAKITORI

Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 September, 12pm - 5pm

Moshi Moshi’s commitment to sustainable fisheries is well known, but Brighton’s best-loved Japanese restaurant has recently joined forces with Redwood to introduce a vegan version of its popular duck teriyaki to encourage a more ‘restorative’ way of eating that depends less on proteins for our diet. Complimentary skewers of the vegan duck will are available throughout the weekend. FREE.

Moshi Moshi, Opticon, Bartholomew Square, Brighton

01273 719 195 • www.moshibrighton.co.uk

BOUTIQUE WEEKENDER:

AROUND THE WORLD IN 24 FLAVOURS

Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 September, 11am - 6pm

Boho Gelato will be creating 24 different ice creams using the traditional flavours of a different country for each one for you to sample and also purchase if you wish. FREE.

Boho Gelato, 7 Pool Valley, Brighton

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boho-Gelato-Italian-Ice-Cream/131479596873352

BOUTIQUE WEEKENDER: CIDER DAY AT THORNE'S FOODS

Sunday 4 September, 11am - 5pm

Sample regional ciders matched with tasters of local Sussex produce at the new Thorne’s Foods store, café and restaurant in the heart of North Laine. Featuring ciders from Sussex and our neighbouring counties, handcrafted cheeses and other goodies to excite your taste buds – just turn up and enjoy!

£5 on the day includes five tasters.

Thorne's Foods, 39 Upper Gardner Street (off North Road), Brighton

01273 573 660 • www.thornesfoods.co.uk

BOUTIQUE WEEKENDER: SECRET SPAIN AT HOTEL DU VIN

Sunday 4 September, 12pm - 5pm

Discover the best tapas and tipples from Spain when Hotel du Vin transforms itself into Secret Spain – a ‘street’ of tapas stalls each serving its own freshly prepared speciality tapa. Alongside the delicious food you will find a suitable tipple – wine, sherry, beer and possibly even Spanish cider to be poured from on high.

Enjoy the great atmosphere as you soak up the early September sunshine in the company of Hotel du Vin and The Spanish Food Company. If you just want to sniff around then it’s FREE to visit. If you want to eat and drink to your heart’s content, then buy tasting tickets in advance to get a great discounted rate of £10 for 3 (£12 on the day).

Hotel du Vin courtyard, 2-6 Ship Street, Brighton

01273 718 588 • www.thespanishfoodcompany.co.uk

Advance tickets www.eventelephant.com/secretspain

SUPERFOOD SEPTEMBER

Every Sunday in September, 12pm - 5pm

Every Sunday throughout the Festival Aloka will be offering FREE samples of our homemade and indulgent VEGAN ice-creams  containing our ‘Secret Superfood Ingredients’ like Acai, Camu Camu, Goji Berry... plus take-away tubs will be only £4.00 on these Sundays. FREE.

Aloka Quality of Life Centre, 14 East Street, Brighton, BN1 1HP

01273 823 178 • www.aloka.aura-soma.net

FROM SEA TO SAUCE

Sunday 4 September, 3.30pm - 9.30pm

A unique opportunity to create your very own sushi from scratch, catch your own mackerel off the coast of Brighton, then learn how to fillet, marinate, and slice it into the  “neta” ready for making sushi. Learn sushi rice making, knife handling and other secrets of the trade by Moshi Moshi’s head chef, before joining the Moshi Moshi Masterclass to create your sushi.*
*Please note that we can not guarantee the numbers of mackerel you catch, and will have ordered mackerel from our supplier just in case you come empty handed.

Tickets: £70 (£65 for Moshi Members). Cost does not include travel from the Marina to Moshi Moshi, Bartholomew Square.

Moshi Moshi, Opticon, Bartholomew Square, Brighton

01273 719 195 • www.moshibrighton.co.uk

THE MOSHI MOSHI MASTERCLASS

Sunday 4 September, 7pm - 9.30pm

Learn the secrets of why Moshi Moshi has become Brighton’s best-loved sushi restaurant. Learn how to make maki, temaki, and nigiri sushi – with the proviso that you’ll have to eat it, helped along with a complimentary Asahi beer or flask of saké.

Tickets: £35 (£30 for Moshi Members)

Moshi Moshi, Opticon, Bartholomew Square, Brighton

01273 719 195 • www.moshibrighton.co.uk

FAULTY TOWERS: THE DINING EXPERIENCE

Sunday 4 - Sunday 11 September, 8pm - 10.30pm (plus matinee performances 1pm on weekends) (also runs 27 Sept - 2 Oct)

Featuring all the best gags and a great meal, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is a loosely-scripted, pitch-perfect tribute to the TV series which develops the characters made famous by John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs.

The fun starts as the audience are called to be seated in the restaurant of the Fawlty Towers hotel, and it hurtles along for the next two hours as Sybil, Basil and Manuel serve the meal… Basil is neurotic, Sybil domineering, and Manuel – of course – is hopelessly language-challenged. Everything that can wrong, does, in some beautifully controlled chaos. Just don’t mention the war!

‘ ***** spot on… brilliantly played… utterly delicious entertainment’ (Edinburgh Evening News)

‘ ***** the best show at the Festival… ingenious… by far, the best comedy show I have ever been to” (Sunday Express)

Tickets:

£50 for a three-course dinner and two-hour show on Fridays and Saturdays

£45 for a three-course dinner and two-hour show during the week

£40 for a three-course lunch and two-hour show (Saturdays and Sundays only)

Thistle Brighton, Kings Road, Brighton

01273 763 244 • www.thistle.com