Ideal Home Show & Eat & Drink Festival Spring 2019

We catch up with Olly and Matt during day two of the show.

David Domoney is a Chartered Horticulturalist whose expertise has won him 30 Royal Horticultural Society Medals for garden design and plant exhibits at national garden shows in the UK. He designed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show to celebrate the Commission’s Centenary. David Domoney presents gardening on national television to 4 million viewers and he writes for national newspaper the Sunday Mirror. He also writes for two big magazine titles: House Beautiful magazine, one of the UK's leading home and lifestyle titles, and Grow Your Own magazine, the biggest specialist in garden home produce.

After leaving school Joe went to Art College and played bass in a band. He then travelled and worked abroad and upon his return started landscaping in North London and subsequently lived in Australia for a year landscaping in Sydney and Melbourne. He studied garden design at The English Gardening School based at the Chelsea Physic Garden in 1990 whilst simultaneously setting up a landscaping company. Joe started presenting Gardeners World in 1998 and now designs gardens, presents on TV and writes.

Max is a TV presenter for ITV1's ‘£10k Holiday Home’ which was co-present with Julia Bradbury. Throughout the series Max created his own transportable holiday home on a budget of £5k. He will also be on the new series of ‘Find It Fix It Flog It’ on Channel 4 later this year and has recently been seen on the latest series of of ‘Shed of the Year’ on Channel 4. Max’s other credits include ‘How To Live Mortgage Free’ an eight part series on C4, two series of ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’ and ‘Fill Your House For Free’. Max has also fronted a special for ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’ which followed his journey selling his house and building a floating home from a 40ft shipping container. The show was the highest rating episode across the series. And in 2016 Max fronted a new series on Nat Geo called ‘Machine Impossible’. Max’s first book ‘Upcycling’ was published in September 2016 and he is already writing his next book ‘Upcycling Outdoors’ for publication next year. Brand partnerships have included brands like Frenchic Furniture Paint and Sugru and projects have included Beetlemania where he bought a run down beetle online and created 25 upcycled items from it which were then sold for charity.

Chef, author, cookery school owner and overall TV personality, Rosemary Shrager. With her exuberant personality and passion for imparting knowledge of food, we welcome Rosemary back to Eat & Drink Festival for 2019.

Lisa first established herself as a leading actress starring in numerous high profile TV dramas including Holby City, Spooks and Dangerfield. In 2010 Lisa won BBC 1′s Celebrity MasterChef and has since gone on a remarkable food journey. In 2017 Lisa accepted the role of Fi Browning in Eastenders, leaving the soap in dramatic fashion at the beginning of 2018.

The Ideal Home Show is now OPEN! - Nick Knowles chats about his first day at the show and the 17 days ahead packed full with amazing celebrities and experts, endless home inspiration and ideas and expert advice.

Design and build consultant, Kunle Barker, talks about renovation projects, modular buildings and the growth in the use of sustainable materials.

Championing British designed and manufactured furniture - Carsten Astheimer, from the British Design Shop, based in Warwickshire.

Presenter, property and DIY interiors vlogger, writer and property developer, Georgina Burnett, from Kent, launches her new book - Buying, selling and improving your home.

Designer Rupert Scott, from Reading, launches his patented sausage pan for cooking the perfect banger.

Stephane Barney, from Salisbury, converts old caravans into pop-up kitchens using recycled materials, aimed at people who need cooking space during kitchen renovations.

Mark Fitzsimmons, from the Care Annex company, based in Norwich.

Come and join the nations favourite property expert, Phil Spencer, who is here to talk to us about his property passions and share his experiences of top shows Location, Location, Location and Love It Or List It.

Theo Randall is this country’s best non-Italian Italian chef. His feel and instinct for ingredients is unrivalled...”-Tony Turnbull, The Times Internationally renowned chef Theo Randall opened his first multi award-winning restaurant, Theo Randall at The Inter Continental, to huge critical acclaim and success in 2006 and hasn’t looked back since. The restaurant has attracted high praise with critic Jay Rayner declaring it ‘the best meal I have had all year’, and was awarded London Restaurant Awards Best Italian Restaurant of The Year, Harden’s Guide 2013 Best Italian/Mediterranean over £50, the highest ranked Italian on The Sunday Times Food List 2013, and his ‘Cappelletti di Vitello’ won Tatler Restaurant Awards - Best Restaurant Dish 2014. His first Asian venture, Theo Mio, opened at The Intercontinental Bangkok in 2015. In 2016 he launched casual dining concept Theo’s Simple Italianin Kensington, with a second restaurant due to open at Aldgate Place in 2017. Theo was formerly Head Chef and Partner at The River Café, which was awarded its first Michelin Starunder his direction, with praise from major critics who described it as 'a place of pilgrimage' which has 'changed Britain's restaurant culture for good.' Theo’s rising profile has been bolstered by his many television appearances which include Saturday Kitchen, Market Kitchen, Beat the Chef, Somethingfor the Weekend, Food Poker, Country Show Cook Off, Made in Italy: Top Ten Classic Dishes, Munch Box, Sunday Brunch, Celebrity MasterChef, Cooks Questions, Win It Cook It, Weekend Kitchen, Lorraine, The Weakest Link celebrity special, Countryfile, and Pointless Celebrities. He starred as mentor and judge in The Chef’s Protégéon BBC2, and appeared as part of a line-up of Michelin star chefs for new cookery competition show Yes Chefon BBC One in September 2016, winning the week 2 final. In 2010 Theo published his first book, Pasta, with Ebury Press. He also wrote the foreword to Where to Go When: Italy published by DK, and contributed to The Silver Spoon, a book of recipes by celebrated Italian chefs. His latest book My Simple Italian: 100 inspired recipes from one of Britain’s best Italian chefs, was published by Ebury Press, April 2015. Theo is much sought after as a consultant and in 2008 he was approached by Pizza Express to create four special pizzas for their autumn menu. This revolutionised the much loved institution and he has since worked with Marks & Spencer, Zizzi, ASK, Bakkavor, Sacla, San Pellegrino and Villa Sandi Proseccoto name a few. Theo promotes the use of Italian food and drink with Protected Designation of Origin status including Parmigiano-Reggiano and Prosciutto di Parma, and he has addressed the Abruzzo Wine Consortiumin London. Theo’s international reputation is on the rise and he is increasingly in demand for events in Asia and the Middle East, working with Jones the Grocer in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and with Intercontintental Hotel Group in Bangkok, Qatar and Singapore. When not busy at his restaurants, Theo spends his time in Italy and France researching new dishes and enjoying time with his family.

Max officially started his career turning junk into treasure as a child crafting washing up liquid bottles into spaceships! Max decided that he really wanted to design, engineer and manufacture his own creations and felt inspired by beautiful items of waste so in 2002 he established his business reestore ltd with the aim to design and create a range of upcycled furniture and accessories from objects destined for landfill. Max was keen to show that eco-friendly products do not have to be made from mud and hemp, they can be contemporary, stylish and desirable. Max is also a TV presenter for ITV1's ‘£10k Holiday Home’ which was co-present with Julia Bradbury. Throughout the series Max created his own transportable holiday home on a budget of £5k. He will also be on the new series of ‘Find It Fix It Flog It’ on Channel 4 later this year and has recently been seen on the latest series of of ‘Shed of the Year’ on Channel 4. Max’s other credits include ‘How To Live Mortgage Free’ an eight part series on C4, two series of ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’ and ‘Fill Your House For Free’. Max has also fronted a special for ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’ which followed his journey selling his house and building a floating home from a 40ft shipping container. The show was the highest rating episode across the series. And in 2016 Max fronted a new series on Nat Geo called ‘Machine Impossible’. Max’s first book ‘Upcycling’ was published in September 2016 and he is already writing his next book ‘Upcycling Outdoors’ for publication next year. Brand partnerships have included brands like Frenchic Furniture Paint and Sugru and projects have included Beetlemania where he bought a run down beetle online and created 25 upcycled items from it which were then sold for charity.

Olly will be taking part on the Eat & Drink Stage at the Eat & Drink Festival He will be showcasing great wines for under £10 and also join Saturday Kitchen Star Matt Tebutt on stage. Olly is a regular member of the Ideal Home Show celeb ambassador team and is also best known for his appearances on BBC Saturday Kitchen as their Chief Pourer.

Chef, author, cookery school owner and overall TV personality, Rosemary Shrager. With her exuberant personality and passion for imparting knowledge of food, we welcome Rosemary back to Eat & Drink Festival for 2019.

Phil Spencer is a presenter, author, businessman and property investor. As co-presenter of the long-running Channel 4 series Location Location Location he has become one of the best-known faces on British television and is widely credited as being an expert in all things property related. Over the last 16 years he has hosted numerous TV series and continues to be an anchor for Channel 4 viewing figures. Outside of television, he has published books, written regular columns and features for leading newspapers and lifestyle magazines, hosted radio shows, produced apps as well as set up and run two successful businesses.

Andy Withey, from Essex, extols the virtue of log cabins for work and pleasure.

Hugh Ross, from Sailsbury, talks about Fairtrade Furniture from Indonesia.

Raj Sengupta, from Bishops Stortford, talks about smart-tech radiators built into the walls of your home.

Super-low calorie lager - Skinny Lager - explained by Sean Chavarria, from Manchester.

Tom Parandian, from Bournemouth, demonstrates his self-parking system for people with narrow garages.

William Hicks, from Uniblock, based in Cheshire - ecological building blocks for home extensions in just three weeks

Tyrell Young, trustee of food rescue charity, City Harvest London.

Nick Young,from Ormskirk, brings his new tandoor oven for the home to the Ideal Home Show.

Holly Dean, from Bosch, in Denham, talks about smart connectivity across the home, on the Bosch Smart Home stand.

Eddie Gammadge, from Use The Sun, based in Basildon, talks about solar power and energy storage.