By Ms. Taste
When the Good Food & Wine Show comes to town every year, it’s an event that no foodie wants to miss.
Not only can you get up close with exhibitors and sample all sorts of food, beer and wine — but there are cooking demonstrations to enjoy, showbags to buy and the chance to bump into a celebrity chef or two.
This year’s show featured over 300 exhibits and an impressive line-up of celebrity chefs, headlined by none other than Gordon Ramsay.
Gordon Ramsay
Here are my top 10 highlights from this year’s show:
1. Beer maids at the Lowenbrau stand
Auf wiedersehen!
2. Cheering on my favourite Masterchef contestants at the LG Celebrity Theatre
My favourite Masterchef contestants join Gary, George and Matt on stage
3. Seeing local brewers like Red Oak showcasing their top drops at the show
Mr. Taste checking out Red Oak's Hefeweizen beer
4. Gordon Ramsay’s guest appearance at his wife’s cooking segment at the BBC Australian Good Food Theatre
Gordon and Tana Ramsay
5. Doing a double take at the Latin Deli stand.
Can't really think of a link between harps and latin food, but still, it's not something you see everyday!
6. Top notch cappuccino from organic coffee duo River Roast
The organic coffee here was fantastic!
7. Getting carried away at the Cookie Couture by Nadine Ingram stand. Her too-cute-to-eat cookies, macaroons and cakes were simply to die for!
No, that's not my hand pinching one of Nadine's delicious gingerbread cookies!
8. Lindeman’s Early Harvest Restaurant recreates fine dining at the Good Food & Wine Show
Diners at Lindeman's Early Harvest Restaurant
9. Seeing Gordon Ramsay question his choice of wardrobe at the LG Celebrity Theatre
Did he dress himself?
10. And finally…. Catching Gary Mehigan in this awkward pose whilst making Tuscan beef stew at the BBC Australian Good Food Theatre
You don't see him like this on Masterchef!
The Good Food & Wine Show will return to Sydney in 2010. For more information, please visit www.goodfoodshow.com.au.
