IT’S grub time at Narberth Food Festival, where the latest superfood is all set to tickle the tastebuds.

Bug burger bites and curried cricket pakoras will be on the menu in the event’s Food Theatre, served up by Pembrokeshire chef Andy Holcroft of Grub Kitchen restaurant in St Davids.

Grub Kitchen is the UK’s first full-time edible insect restaurant, and creepy-crawlies such as mealworms, black ants and grasshoppers really are the sustainable food of the future, forecast Andy, who recently featured in the BBC documentary The Bug Grub couple with his partner, Sarah Beynon, of Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm.

Andy will be giving the opening demonstration at the two-day festival, which takes place on Narberth Town Moor on Saturday, September 23 and Sunday, September 24.

A new feature at the festival this year will be a pop-up cookery school. Festival patron Angela Gray will be sharing the secrets of sausage-making at her Big Banger workshops, while former festival chairman Jackie Palit will lead Spice World sessions.

And sure to be popular will be gin masterclasses with Rob Higgins of Eccentric Gin.

Angela will also be in the Food Theatre presenting a recipe collection from her new seasonal book series, while Jackie will be cooking some traditional Bengali recipes handed down by her late mother-in-law.

Other Food Theatre stars will be Allister Barsby, executive chef at The Grove, Narberth; Stephen Terry of The Hardwick, Abergavenny; Tom Hunt from the Dragon Inn, Narberth; Italian creative chef and chef patissier, Orsola Muscia and Pembrokeshire produce champion, Guy Morris.

Over 50 stallholders, free family activities and an eclectic music programme all add to the mix of the festival.