NORTH west food-lovers can look forward to another taste-bud-tickling weekend this summer, as Foodies Festival returns to Tatton Park, serving up a lip-smacking feast between July 15 and 17.

This year's festival sees the region's culinary elite cooking live in the Aga Rangemaster Chefs Theatre, showcasing their skills, sharing insight into 2016’s food trends and answering questions from the audience.

Chefs confirmed include: Aiden Byrne, The Church Green in Lymm and BBC's Restaurant Wars, Mary Ellen McTague, Aumbry and BBC's Great British Menu, Simon Wood - MasterChef Winner 2015, Kevin Clark - The Mere Golf & Spa (above), Norman Musa, Ning & Author of Amazing Malaysian, David Mooney from New Moon Pubs and Lisa and Helen Tse from Manchester-based Sweet Mandarin.

Visitors can enjoy a new 'Feel Good Foods' theme at Foodies Festival this summer, with healthy living chefs and food writers joining the line-up to cook with superfoods including kefir, lucuma, freekeh, kelp and banana flour, and sirt rich foods such as blueberries, kale, celery, buckwheat, turmeric, chilli and red onion.

Festival-goers can also discover the advantages of eating ‘Feel Good Foods’ such as cheese (a source of phenylethylamie - the love drug) and dark chocolate and seaweed (both sources of serotonin - the happy drug) as experts promote their nutritional and emotional benefits with energy, happiness and calm boosting recipes available to take home.

With flavours from all corners of the world available on the Street Food Avenue, hunger will be banished and taste buds tingled with the huge array of cuisines on offer. Highlights include 'Homeboy Asian Street Food' - Japanese style fried chicken served by 2015 MasterChef finalist Pete Hewitt, who was recognised throughout the series for this use of Asian flavours and mouthwatering dishes.

There’s a special focus on Brazilian street food this year to celebrate the Olympic host’s cuisine, including traditional Brazilian BBQ and Rio’s favourite dish Feijoada made from black beans, salted pork, trimmings, smoked sausage and jerk beef, which is cooked in a traditional clay pot.

Expert mixologists and sommeliers, including Neil Phillips and Charles Metcalfe, host wine masterclasses and Home Brew Depo offer tutorials in home beer brewing.

A glittering array of Great Taste Award winners are available to shop and sample from this year, each being hailed as a producer of ‘Exquisite, Outstanding and Simply Delicious’ food and drink – a fantastic opportunity for visitors to meet artisan producers from the local area and across the country, learn their story and stock up on award winning produce.

Baking extraordinaire Charlotte White and master chocolatier Fiona Sciolti host the Cake & Bake Theatre, working their baking wizardry to inspire visitors to reach for their whips and spatulas at home and create show-stopping cakes and delicious summer bakes.

The Olympic theme continues into the Childrens Cookery School, where little foodies can decorate their very own gold medal with coloured icing, glitter and edible ribbon. Pizza and cupcake making classes also allow kids to explore their taste buds and learn basic cookery skills to practice at home.

The famous Chilli-Eating Challenge continues in 2016, inviting fans of spice to beat an eye-watering 16 million scoville record set by Shahina Waseem last year.

Tickets are on sale now at foodiesfestival.com or by calling 0844 995 1111.