Since the publication of my second book, I and my team of eight have enjoyed further success at WOMAD in Reading and at the marvellous Cropredy Festival. My 'Leonese plateful' has been accepted as a great value offering with eight items on one plate and the Queues at Cropredy in 2007 were as long and constant as Glastonbury in 1983.

My style is to serve a generous whole meal with a large range of flavours and textures and very often a plateful is shared by two or more people. Only quality ingredients are used and many of the dishes are made freshly on site. Special diets are catered for. Mine is a stall where the team have a lot of fun while providing the food and it is hoped that this joy is transmitted into the finished article.

You may sample Leon's food
at the following events in 2011 :

June 9-12 Southwell Folk Festival

June 20-27 Glastonbury Festival (K1/08 in the Left Holts Field).

July 1-5 The Hop Farm Festival

July 9-10 Rhythms of the World in Hitchin

July 15-17 Lovebox Weekender in Victoria Park, Hackney

July 23-24 The Ealing Blues and Global Festival

July 27-31 The Ealing Jazz Festival

Aug. 4-7 Cambridge Rock Festival

Aug. 11-13 Cropredy Festival

Aug. 19-21 The One Love Festival

Aug. 26-29 Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Sept. 6-10 East Anglian Railway Museum Beer Festival

Please contact Leon if you are interested in helping at any of these events.

A 'Leonese plateful'

The typical Leonese Feast is made up of stuffed vineleaves, spinach triangles, good bread, capriata, siny’et bedingal, tabbouli, puy lentil salad and green salad or similar. A hot food selection might be 3 curries, pilao basmati brown rice, samosa and pickles.