Look out for The Bowler at this years festivals
Those who get around and visit different events and festivals around the UK may remember seeing a grass covered van show up at several events. Affectionately known as The Bowler by its own Jez Felwick, those who have tried the homemade goods that come out of the van can attest to the fact that Felwick knows how to make a great gyro.
In fact it’s his ability to make great vegetable balls, fish, and gourmet meat along with his unique food van that has helped Felwick make a name for himself in the UK street food scene. When his grandmother died Felwick decided to take his inheritance money and do something positive with it.
He enrolled at the Ballymaloe cookery school that is located close to Cork. After his time at the school he worked on an organic farm which taught him about the great taste and value of choosing to use only the best produce that is available locally. While this may have made him slightly picky, it paid off in the long run because the result is some of the best food that you will taste in the UK that comes off the back of a truck.
Felwick said that it was a trip to the US that introduced him to the idea of serving food out of a ‘food truck’ and it was during his visit that he inspired to purchase The Bowler and travel around to different summer festivals, farmers’ markets, and music events.
He has come a long way since then and just finished writing a cookbook that offers his great recipes up to the public including his well known Greek lamb and Feta cheese meatballs. Felwick said that he was born in Cyprus at a British Air Force and it was here that he picked up a distinct taste for Greek food.
