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 2010 :

May 15-16: SX Festival, Rochford www.sxfestival.co.uk

June 11-13: Southwell Folk Festival (tbc)

June 18-29: Leicester The Big Session (tbc)

June 23-27: Glastonbury Festival (tbc)

July 7-9: 3 foot person Festival, Chelmsford (tbc)

July 10: The Fling, Chelmsford (tbc)

July 11: Jazz by the Stour (tbc)

July 13-17: Chelmsford Camra Beer Festival (tbc)

July 23-25: Rhythms of the World or Secret Garden Party or WOMAD (tbc)

July 30-Aug: 1 Camp Bestival (tbc) or July 30-Aug 6 Sidmouth Folk Week (tbc)

Aug 12-14: Cropredy Festival (link as last year)

Aug. 20-22: Beautiful Days Festival (tbc)

Aug. 27-30: Shrewsbury Folk Festival (tbc)

Sept. 7-11: East Anglian Railway Museum Beer Festival (tbc)

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

More events in 2010 will be posted here as they are booked.

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.