Ideal Home Show Christmas & Eat & Drink Festival 20 - 24 November 2019

James Jacoby, from Hertfordshire, with his plant-based, non-alcoholic spirits.

Nadia Castellini, from Cheshire, with her Italian-designed denim jackets, hand-decorated with Swarkovski crystals.

Duncan Ross, from Cheltenham, Glos with the world's first wearable hot water bottle.

Ideal Home Show regular, Lee Ward from Margate, with his Lucky Dog bling for dogs.

Gabriella Pagano, from Cobham, Surrey, with a large collection of crystals for the home.

Ruthie Conway, from Kent, swapped 20years of working in Tower Hamlets for her own buinsess making gourmet dog biscuits on her kitchen table.

Richard Arnold, Coastal Distillery from Lincolnshire. Drinks inspired by the history of the RAF in Lincolnshire.

David Domoney is a Chartered Horticulturalist whose expertise has won him 30 Royal Horticultural Society Medals for garden design and plant exhibits at national garden shows in the UK.

He designed the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show to celebrate the Commission’s Centenary.

David Domoney presents gardening on national television to 4 million viewers and he writes for national newspaper the Sunday Mirror. He also writes for two big magazine titles: House Beautiful magazine, one of the UK's leading home and lifestyle titles, and Grow Your Own magazine, the biggest specialist in garden home produce.

These combined publications give him an audience of 3 million readers.

David is Gardening Ambassador for THRIVE, a national charity that enables positive change in the lives of disabled and disadvantaged people through the use of gardening and social horticultural therapy.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture and pioneered the Young Gardeners of the Year annual competition, now in its fifth year, through his association with The Prince’s Foundation.

David is also a governor for the London Colleges of Horticulture at Capel Manor and sits on the RHS Commercial Board.

David is the founder of Cultivation Street, a national community gardening campaign in association with the Horticultural Trades Association.

David Domoney is also an experienced presenter, frequently giving exciting and enlightening talks on a range of business, horticulture and entertainment topics, and is known for being a fun and engaging speaker.

Catch David on stage on Friday 22nd November.

Olly Smith is a multi-award winning wine expert, TV personality, columnist and author.

Celebrated for his infectious enthusiasm, his boundless knowledge, warmth and charismatic wit, Olly is honoured to be listed in Debrett’s 500 2015- the 500 people of most influence and achievement in the UK.

Olly appears regularly on BBC1’s ‘Saturday Kitchen’ and as guest presenter for BBC Radio 2’s ‘Good Morning Sunday’.

His bank holiday shows on BBC Radio 2 have taken him to Le Gavroche to interview and cook with Michel Roux Jnr, a Bank Holiday Barbecue with Levi Roots, and a Christmas feast with Nadiya Hussain.

He is the Wine Columnist for the Mail on Sunday EVENT Magazine, one third of Three Wine Men and host of many live events around the country.

He curates the wine list and wine taster dinners in his award winning bar The Glass House onboard P&O Cruises.

His most recent series Olly Smith’s Ale Trail is currently broadcasting on Travel Channel.

Rosemary endeared herself to the nation when she took part in 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here' where she proved she could cook just about anything, anywhere.  She is best known for appearing on many TV cookery programmes including; ‘Ladette to Lady', ‘Rosemary Shrager's School for Cooks', ‘This Morning', ‘The Alan Titchmarsh Show'.  Her latest programmes include The Real Marigold Hotel as well as The Real Marigold on Tour.  Rosemary's The Chopping Block, filmed at her cookery school in Tunbridge Wells also aired in Spring 2016.  A second series will air from March 2017.

Her first cookery book, Rosemary - Castle Cook was described by food writer Michael Raffael as “an object lesson in handling the finest produce”. Her second book Rosemary Shrager’s School for Cooks was published to accompany the series and her latest with another Rosemary Shrager’s Absolutely Foolproof Classic Home Cooking as well as Food for Family and Friends following soon after. Rosemary Shrager’s Yorkshire Breakfasts was published in October 2011.

Rosemary is a natural extrovert and communicator whose professional career includes a period working for Pierre Koffman at the internationally famous Tante Claire restaurant in London and also a period working for Jean-Christophe Novelli. Thereafter, Rosemary was the head chef at Moyns Park, the home of the Mountbatten’s who held private and corporate functions and where Rosemary was responsible for all aspects of catering. Both her preparation and her presentation are outstanding. This led to Rosemary having her own  cookery school at Amhuinnsuidhe Castle from 1998 till 2002 before moving it to Swinton Park, a castle hotel in the Yorkshire Dales where she was based for 10 years.  The all new Rosemary Shrager Cookery School opened its doors in May 2013 in Tunbridge Wells.  Shrager's Patisserie selling all manner of delicious food opened in February 2014, also in Tunbridge Wells.