# Food Festival Curator

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Durham County Council](/buyers/durham-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Channell Events,
- Award value: £96,200
- Tender value: £96,200
- Award date: 26 September 2024
- Published: 26 September 2024
- Contract start: 1 October 2024
- Contract end: 30 September 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8d472fc0-de12-4ebb-811c-7d279b387a36-788710
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e9801a5d-56ae-4d41-8a08-bd51ea30fa26

## Description

The annual Bishop Auckland Food Festival \(BAFF\) features a popular programme of chefs, demonstrations, masterclasses, outreach activity and entertainment, which attracted over 30,000 visitors in 2024\. Seaham Food Festival \(SFF\) launched in 2019, followed a similar model, and replicated the success of BAFF\. Developing these festivals requires a curator with unique skills in raising the profile of the events, reaching greater numbers of people, actively engaging the community, contacts with celebrity chefs and ability to drive revenue\. They require industry-specific experience and contacts, and knowledge of event delivery\. The requirement is for Bishop Auckland Food Festival and Seaham Food Festivals for 2025, with an option to call off in 2026\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8d472fc0-de12-4ebb-811c-7d279b387a36-788710)