Taste Cumbria have announced chef, TV star and author Rosemary Shrager will be appearing on the Demo Stage at Maryport.

TV chef Rosemary, star of Cooking With the Stars and I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, will be appearing on the Demo Stage as the food festival hits Maryport on Saturday, August 8, and Sunday 9.

Rosemary will be appearing at 11am on the Saturday.

The Taste Cumbria events are organised by Cumberland Council with Councillor Anne Quilter, Executive Member for Vibrant and Healthy Places, said: “Rosemary is a familiar face to anyone who loves to cook and we cannot wait to welcome her to Maryport.

“I’m sure there will be something more appetising than the witchetty grubs and other unmentionables she was forced to endure in the Celebrity jungle.

“It is great that we have the space to keep expanding Taste Cumbria in Maryport and this year will see more producers’ stalls than ever before.

“That’s a huge boost for the independent traders who are queuing up to come to the Taste Cumbria events.

“I would encourage you to visit the great businesses in the town centre too, and see the results of the Council’s regeneration projects there too.

“Maryport is a fabulous place which is really on the up.

“Please come and see everything it has to offer.”

Rosemary proved she could cook just about anything, anywhere, when she braved the jungle.

Her numerous TV appearances include the eponymous Rosemary’s Chopping Block as well as The Big Family Cooking Showdown, the award-winning BBC show The Real Marigold Hotel and Ladette to Lady, as well as a host of other shows filmed all around the world.

When she’s not cooking, she’s writing and has even penned a series of murder mystery novels.

Taste Cumbria’s Maryport festival will be held over two locations, the Marine Road Showfield and the Harbourside Event Space, which is part of Cumberland Council’s £12 million regeneration of the town.

The Demo Stage is on the Harbourside Event Space, which will also host The Teenage Market and live music on the Palace Stage.

Over on the Marine Road Showfield there will be the Producers’ Market, hot food court, the festival bar run by Maryport Round Table, the main music stage and loads of children’s entertainment.

There will be hot and cold seafood traders, an oyster bar and the chance to buy fish and seafood fresh from the Chelaris boat.

Entertainment will include sea shanty bands, storytelling and roaming street theatre.