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The Food Programme: Feeding the Circus

Feeding the Circus

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Sheila Dillon meets a chef who ran away with the circus.

It's more than just custard pies and popcorn. Sheila Dillon meets Ols Halas, executive chef of travelling restaurant Circus Sauce, and seeks food stories from under the big top.

Meet the chef who ran away with the circus. Ols Halas is one of the longest-serving cast members at much-loved Gifford's Circus. As well as being head chef in Gifford's travelling restaurant 'Circus Sauce', he also drives the lorries, helps put up the big top, he's even performed. He lives and breathes the circus life.

Sheila Dillon meets Ols on tour in Gloucestershire on an August morning as the circus pulls into town. She hears stories from the travelling restaurant kitchen, as well as food stories from the dozens of caravans and wagons where the circus cast spend their summer months. And she hears how food has always been a pivotal part of circus life.

Presented by Sheila Dillon.
Produced in Bristol by Clare Salisbury.

Photo: David Loftus.

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