FOOD lovers can look forward to a taste-bud-tickling weekend as Foodies Festival returns to Cannon Hill Park for its second year, serving up a lip-smacking feast.

The festival, which runs from June 3 to 5, features a number of different stalls and special guests including Bake-Off winner Nadiya Hussain.

Nadiya joins baking extraordinaire Charlotte White and master chocolatier Fiona Sciolti on the Cake & Bake stage, working their baking wizardry to inspire visitors to reach for their whips and spatulas at home and create show-stopping cakes and delicious summer bakes.

Other chefs taking part include Nathan Eades from Simpsons (Michelin starred), Tony Rodd, a MasterChef finalist in 2015, and celebrity chef Nigel Brown.

Festival-goers can also discover the advantages of eating ‘Feel Good Foods’ such as cheese (a source of phenylethylamie - the love drug) and dark chocolate and seaweed (both sources of serotonin - the happy drug) as experts promote their nutritional and emotional benefits with energy, happiness and calm boosting recipes available to take home.

A neighbouring Chocolate, Cake and Bake Village will be selling freshly baked breads, sponges, tarts, jellies and trifles to enjoy with a bubble tea or fresh juice.

Afternoon tea can be enjoyed in the beautifully decorated Vintage Tea Room, where teas, handmade cakes and scones with clotted cream and jam are served on china from a tea trolley by vintage styled tea ladies and gentlemen, and vintage music for ambience.

If that wasn't enough there’s a special focus on Brazilian street food this year to celebrate the Olympic host’s cuisine, including traditional Brazilian BBQ and Rio’s favourite dish Feijoada made from black beans, salted pork, trimmings, smoked sausage and jerk beef, which is cooked in a traditional clay pot.

Brazil’s national cocktail Caipirinha, a mix of lime, sugar and Cachaça (made from sugarcane juice with an ABV of 48%), and Brazilian coffees will be available.

There will also be a Vietnamese Street Food stand, a children's cookery school, a chilli-eating challenge, and a number of live music and pop-up bars.

For tickets and more information, visit foodiesfestival.com.