Icelandic food fair draws in the crowds

"If you ask me, the roots of Estonian cuisine are buried deep within Scandinavian soil," says Peeter Pihel from the Pädaste Manor restaurant Alexander, which is renowned as one of the best in the country. "When you look at what we eat, a lot of it's been influenced by that part of the world. So taking part in the food fair seemed obvious, really - it's not often you get to serve up the best you've got to offer with a group of other chefs on the same market square! And of course, with all those people there chatting away to you and to one another, the atmosphere's fantastic."

The market day was opened by the foreign ministers of both Estonia and Iceland with the Icelandic Men's Choir, while entertainment was later provided by one of the country's up-and-coming young bands, Retro Stefson.