The toughest street food competition in the world is coming to Derby. And Riverlights and Bustler Market, the city’s award-winning street food event, are playing hosts. Some of the best traders in the UK will be fighting it out to win the public vote at the central heats of the British Street Food Awards (BSFA). At stake? A place in the UK finals. And the chance to represent Britain in the European Street Food Awards finals in Berlin.
Riverlights and Bustler Market will host the central heats on the weekend of June 15/16. Indoors, but with a large outdoor seating area overlooking a wonderful stretch of the River Derwent, Riverlights is set to be the centre of the street food world – for one weekend at least. Lucky punters will enjoy tasters of all the competition dishes. If they’re quick. The free tasters — introduced as part of the BSFA’s new ‘mad minute’ — will mean the people of Derby get to try everything before voting.
Bustler was started by Olivia Pritchard, who runs the city’s Hide Burger Bar, Ben Edmonds, a master knife maker with the amazing Blok Knives, and street food loving locals Tom Erskine and Stu Costen, and it’s already grown into a traders’ favourite. Lee from Baked In Brick, the current European Street Food champions, did good business there, and loved the Bustler team. “They don’t scrimp” he says, “and they are all about the traders doing well.”
Tom Erskine is excited to make the magic happen.
“With Bustler just one year old in June we are incredibly excited to have been asked to host the British Street Food Awards. Street food has proved to be extremely popular in Derby and we are thrilled to be putting it on the map as part of the Awards. This will be our biggest event to date and we have no doubt it will also be the best. If you are into having a great time with music, food and drink, you cannot afford to miss this!”
Richard Johnson, founder of the British Street Food Awards, said:
“Street food is taking over the world”
“And that’s because we are choosing to eat in different ways. We don’t want a fixed starter-main course-dessert menu any more – we want a bit of this and a bit of that. It’s flirty, low-commitment dining, and it’s why pop-ups and street food have become so popular. Street food is making the world a much nicer place to be.”
On behalf of Derby Riverlights, Mark Holmes, Head of Asset Management at Moorfield Group said:
“The monthly Bustler market has really taken off in Derby and we’re delighted at how Riverlights’ well-connected and unique waterside setting has been received by all. Riverlights already has a great offer when it comes to food and drink – but we’re always keen to try something new and we’re excited to be working with Bustler and the British Street Food Awards to give Derby even more choice. We look forward to welcoming everyone to the British Street Food awards central heats here at Riverlights in June.”
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