Restaurant Pine is excited to announce the return of its fundraiser, BiteBack, in support of Cancer Research UK.
The 2025 event, named SecondBite, aims to surpass last year’s fundraising total of £82,063.
Ian Waller, Restaurant Pine head chef (Image: Joe Taylor Photography) This year’s event will feature 20 of the UK’s top Michelin-starred chefs, each creating unique street food dishes. With only 500 portions of each dish available, guests will need to act quickly to secure their favourites. Entry is free, and dish tokens can be purchased in advance for £10.
Tom Shepherd, chef-owner of Restaurant Upstairs (Image: Video Box Studios) The first four chefs announced are:
Chet Sharma, chef-owner of BiBi, London.
Gareth Ward, chef-owner of Ynyshir, Wales.
Tom Shepherd, chef-owner of Restaurant Upstairs, Lichfield.
Ian Waller, head chef of Restaurant Pine, Northumberland.
Chet Sharma chef-owner of BiBi, London (Image: Supplied) All proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK to support their work in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Siân Byerley, co-owner of Pine, said: “BiteBack 2024 was an amazing success, but we want to go even further and make this year’s event SecondBite bigger and better and by doing that we hope to raise even more funds to support Cancer Research UK in their early diagnosis research.
Gareth Ward, chef-owner of two Michelin-starred Ynyshir (Image: Supplied) “We all know someone who has been impacted by this illness, which is one of the reasons why we think it’s vital to help this amazing charity in all that they do to fight this disease. Please come and join us and buy lots of tokens on the day.
“We’re incredibly grateful to the 20 chefs who have kindly volunteered their time to help beat this terrible illness. We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Wylam Brewery for so generously providing the venue. We’d also like to thank the various sponsors who are providing fridges, generators, and all manner of equipment needed to ensure the event runs smoothly.”
SecondBite will take place on July 6 at Wylam Brewery, Palace of Arts, Newcastle.
For more information, visit Second Bite for CRUK and the official Instagram page @second_bitefest.