TableCrowd were at V Festival on Saturday and what a scorching hot day to be out and about amongst the Chelmsford massive! Mr Blue Sky was out in force energising all the festival goers to laugh, love, dance, drink and of course – eat.

Everyone needs their fuel for the day (especially if they were drinking in the sun) and, like many festival events, there were food outlets lining the field ready to offer the energy to keep going or help soak up the alcohol!

The usual suspects were there – Pizza, Hot Dogs, an assortment of Burgers, Pies, Chicken and dips, Jacket Potatoes, Mexican food, Chinese and Thai and something that tickled our fancy – a Salad Bar. Relatively healthy food at a festival? Are you crazy I hear you sing? (or shout, I was thinking music festival) Well no we’re not. They had Chorizo, Chicken, Beef and Grilled Fish Salads. Whatever mood you were in they had the choice of a healthy sized portion and some smaller wraps too. I have to say my expectation levels were low, I was at a festival of course, but was quietly surprised that the wraps were good. They had more than a ‘gesture’ of meat, were nice and hot and were wrapped up in a fun business sticker. It’s the little things, you know.

So prior to watching ‘Gossip’ we had a nibble and a pint (the lady had a Bacardi Breezer) and sat out in the sun thankful for glorious sunshine. Some of us even managed to force down a waffle, doused in chocolate and heavily weighted on one end by a dollop of Ice Cream. My word they were delicious, but rich, no one could finish theirs. Although I asked for a little chocolate sauce I managed to get the waffle totally covered. I shudder to think what a large portion may have been.

All the food outlets were buzzing and all staff looking like they’d done 10 rounds with a radiator! That said they all produced a smile (well there were a couple of miserable ones but we steered clear.)

All said a great opportunity to Meat and Eat.

Did you go to V Festival over the weekend? What did you have to eat? Did you go mainstream? Was there something we missed? Let us know, we’d love to hear your stories.