Trinity Kitchen has a fresh line-up of street food vendors, including some exciting newbies!

The new line-up taking over the range of bespoke vans includes The Golden Cricket, The Bad Boy Bagel Company, The Spicy Biker, Little Red Food Truck, and Yorkshire Cheese Grill. 

The five new arrivals are available to try at Trinity Kitchen from now until 19th March, taking residence within a converted VW Camper Van, a Citroen H van, a horse trailer, shipping container, and a J7 van. 

The Golden Cricket is a new vegan Chinese Street Food concept from Leeds favourite Mans Markets, serving 100% vegan, traditional Asian food, including a range of tofu dishes and bao buns, plus a ‘mini grasshoppers’ menu for children. 

The Bad Boy Bagel Company is serving their popular rainbow bagels with a selection of mouth-watering burgers and delicious loaded fries. 

Dishing up authentic Indian street food is The Spicy Biker, with a menu inspired by homemade family recipes, such as ‘Dad’s Onion Bhajis’ and ‘Mum’s Special Chicken Curry’. Guests can create and customise their own curry bowls, with a choice of different bases, curries and sides. 

Also taking a spot at Trinity Kitchen is a brand new concept from Little Red Food Truck, with handmade fried chicken burgers served in toasted brioche buns. Guests can also make their burgers gluten or dairy-free, all washed down with a variety of refreshing beers and cocktails. 

Back by popular demand is Yorkshire Cheese Grill – a must try for cheese-lovers! Take your pick from a selection of grilled cheese and toasted sandwiches, using locally sourced, Yorkshire produce. 

Josie Towning, Food and Beverage Manager at Trinity Leeds, said: “The New Year has brought a new line-up to Trinity Kitchen, with some exciting names being added to the bill. Trinity Kitchen continues to offer an ever-changing line-up of eateries all in one place, catering to everyone’s tastes. Whether you're trying something new for lunch or grabbing a bite to eat with friends, Trinity Kitchen has something for everyone.” 

The new street food vendors are trading alongside permanent eateries including Archie’s, Pho, Rola Wala, Tortilla, Pizzaluxe and Doner Shack. 

For more information, visit www.trinityleeds.com

Rudy’s pizza to open pizzeria in Headingley this spring

Rudy's Pizza Napoletana is delighted to announce its third Leeds pizzeria on Otley Road, Headingley this spring, bringing 2,500 free pizzas for everyone. Rudy’s Headingley will join City Centre and Chapel Allerton locations.

The neighbourhood pizzeria has been serving the perfect and classic Neapolitan pizza since 2015 from its original Rudy’s in Ancoats, Manchester; and is now extending its Leeds sites as it aims to serve up fresh Neapolitan pizza daily to the people of Headingley.

Born out of passion for pizza, Rudy’s follows the authentic Neapolitan tradition of pizza making, serving classic recipes such as Marinara, Margherita and Calabrese – all originating from Naples, the birthplace of pizza.

Rudy’s dough is made fresh daily using Caputo ‘00’ flour which ferments for at least 24 hours, alongside the best quality ingredients imported from Naples, including San Marzano tomatoes grown on fields next to Mount Vesuvius, and Fior di Latte mozzarella.

All accordance to a truly authentic Neapolitan technique, the dough is cooked in a Stefano Ferrara oven for just 60 seconds – resulting in a soft and light pizza with an airy and raised cornicione (the edge or rim of the pizza).

Neal Bates, Managing Director of Rudy's, said, “We are delighted to announce that our next Rudy’s site will be located on Headingley’s bustling Otley Road. Leeds has been incredibly welcoming to the Rudy’s famiglia since we first opened here in 2020, and we can’t wait to expand our sites in this city. Headingley is a great location for Rudy’s, and we can’t wait to open our doors this Spring.”

Sign up to ‘Pizza for Everyone’ to be the first to know and for a chance to enjoy a pizza on the house when Rudy’s Headingley opens: www.rudyspizza.co.uk/headingley

Rudy’s are on the lookout for their kind of people and are now recruiting pizzaioli and front-of-house team. Find out more here: www.rudyspizza.co.uk/joinus

Follow Rudy’s on Instagram for the latest updates – @wearerudyspizza.

Gin & rum festival includes free drink and free snack to ticket price, despite rising cost of living

The UK’s largest touring Gin & Rum festival will be returning to The Royal Armouries in Leeds on the 10th June! They have some big plans for 2023, which doesn’t include rising their ticket prices! With the huge impact of Covid on the events industry, this small midlands based drinks festival has fought through some turbulent times and it most likely won’t be the last difficulty they face.

However, this isn’t stopping them push forward and give everything they can to their customers. The Gin & Rum team said ‘Though we’ve been touring since 2018, a couple of those years were tainted by Covid. Now we’re back on track with booking new dates instead of rescheduling them.  We’ve had time to reflect and start to develop the festival even more, focusing on value for money and customer experience. With the cost of living crisis looming over all our heads too, this is something we’re having deal with promptly’.

At the moment when attending one of their events (£15 + booking fee), your ticket price includes entry, Gin and Rum guide, stainless steel metal straw, branded glass, live music, DJ, access to exclusive products and you can sample all the products available to purchase from the distillers exhibiting there.

The festival has partnered up with snack company LOVE CORN to bring a free snack to all their attendees in 2023. They noted ‘This is huge for us, we’re so excited to team up with such a fresh and exciting company. They’re completely unique and the team at LOVE CORN are great to work with. We’re sure they have a few more things up their sleeves’. With this, the team went on to tell us what else they have planned. ‘We understand everything is just simply costing more and we didn’t want to fall into that category. We want to be able to continue doing what we love for years to come, so if we can look after our customers, we’re sure they’ll look after us too. So, we’ve decided to include a free drink into the ticket price for 2023’.

From the Wednesday 30th November 2022 until Monday 12th December, they will also be running a pre-sale to all their confirmed dates for 2023. You can head over to their Facebook (@GinFestival) or website (ginandrumfestival.com) to bag a ticket!