The Fenland Gent

One of the many great things about the Cambridge Folk Festival is the quality of the food on offer. My personal favourite is the Northfield Farm burger van. Northfield Farm is an award winning farm who rear and finish traditional breeds of beef, pork and lamb. This quality is maintained in their burger van – the burgers taste exquisite – especially with the blue veined cheddar. The rolls were light and fresh (I think they came from a local Cambridge baker). I found it better to avoid the onions as this made the burger too greasy – but other than this minor criticism this burger van were selling some of the nicest burgers I’ve eaten. As well as the beef they also had pork and lamb burgers as well as bacon and sausages. I didn’t try these but someone who did vouched for the quality.

Such excellent fare proved popular, but the staff, most of who were little more than kids seemed to carry on with a polite confidence and composure that seems in short supply amongst the nation’s youth. The photo above was taken late on the Sunday night as the festival was finishing. I imagine they were knackered – but hopefully they made a lot of money and after working so hard all weekend serving such lovely burgers they deserved a sit down and a fag.