Celebrity farmer on Island for food festival

Saturday, 17 September 2016 00:00

The star of two popular BBC television programmes will be the star attraction at the Isle of Man Food and Drink Festival this weekend.

Celebrity farmer Gareth Wyn Jones will talk about his life in farming and his TV career as he gives cookery demonstrations at the event which is taking place in the Villa Marina gardens.

He's the star of 'The Hill Farm' - a documentary about three generations of his family who tend a farm in North Wales.

He's also appeared in 'The Farmer and the Food Chain' in which he explores ways that Wales can develop its food industry.

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