THE food festival dubbed Gastro-Glastonbury is preparing for a huge weekend of gastronomic delights in Winchester! Featuring MasterChef and Bake Off champions, plus chart-topping favourites Scouting For Girls, Foodies Festival is to go ahead just before Freedom Day with current Covid rules in place. The event, which takes place at Devils Island for the first time from July 16 to 18, features celebrity chefs, headline music acts and over 150 exhibitors. Award-winning chefs taking part in the Foodies series this summer, include Alex Webb, MasterChef: The Professionals champion, 2020 MasterChef winner Thomas Frake, and Hampshire based stars Dave Friday of Bake Off fame and MasterChef champions Jane Devonshire and Shelina Permaloo.