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Today St Helier will say ‘bem-vindo’ to thousands of excited foodies flocking to People’s Park for a taste of Portugal and Madeira.
The Portuguese Food Festival, a celebration of music, food and culture, opens at 12:00 and will continue until bank holiday Monday.
Each day, it will serve up a series of Portuguese songsters, while stallholders will line the park with everything from pasteles de nata (custard tarts) to espetadas (beef skewers) and bacalhau (cod). They will continue dishing out traditional treats until 22:30 each evening.
Names taking to the stage include Pedro Garcia, Fernando Melao II, Paulo Pereira, Alvaro Florenca and Miss D.
In previous years, the event has attracted around 7,000 people and has ended with a fireworks display.
This year’s fair, which will close each evening at 23:00, was organised by the Comité St Helier-Funchal.
Thousands of Portuguese and Madeiran people have made Jersey their home over the years. In 1998, that relationship culminated in a friendship agreement between St Helier and Funchal, Madeira, which was signed by the Bailiff and President of Madeira. Then in 2012, a twinning agreement was formally settled.
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