Friday 4th – Sunday 6th July 2025
Simon Dyer
Cooking Over Fire
Simon Dyer – Pitmaster Veteran & Fire Jockey
Simon Dyer, a seasoned pitmaster, leads the fire-cooking demos at Fire In Your Soul, showcasing the art of cooking over open flames.
As the mastermind behind Fire Jockeys, he brings together top chefs like Lesley Gates, Mike Saunders, Martin Sivba, and Henry Eldon. From slow BBQ to high-heat searing, expect bold flavours and primal cooking techniques in a fiery celebration of food.
Lesley Gates
Cooking Over Fire
Lesley Gates – Frugal chef, using root to flower
I’m Lesley, and I believe real food should be affordable, sustainable, and full of flavour. At Fire In Your Soul, I’ll cook over fire using simple, zero-waste methods—making the most of every ingredient.
Known as the Queen of Thrift, I teach how to stretch meals, reduce food waste, and create delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes. Join me by the fire to learn how great food doesn’t have to cost the earth.
Cooking Over Fire
Martin Sivba – Hands-On Fire Cooking: Fresh Pitta & Open-Fire Fillings
Join chef Martin Sivba for a hands-on cooking demo, where you’ll make fresh dough and cook pitta bread over an open fire. Learn the magic of basic ingredients and enjoy fire-cooked flavours with steak or other fillings.
Perfect for bread-making beginners or food lovers, this demo will inspire and bring people together around the fire.
Mike & Erin Saunders
Cooking Over Fire
Mike & Erin Saunders – Steak Demo
Mike Saunders has competed in KCBS BBQ competitions for the last 10 years with The Barkness BBQ team and now Judge BBQ contests, SCA steak contests and general food competitions where required along with some judging for Taste Of The West in Exeter.
Mike will be doing a steak demo with unusual cuts such as hangar, onglet and flat iron, explaining the differences and serving with a freshly made chimichuri.
Mike will be joined by his daughter Erin, who is a student of professional cookery at City of Bristol college.