Good Food & Wine Show - A New Sensation
November 10th 2008 11:13
UK Celebrity Chef Ainsley Harriot
Ben O'Donoghue Demonstrates His Skills
World renowned chefs delighted patrons with interactive cooking demonstrations. Celebrity chefs included Ainsley Harriot from the UK’s ‘Ready Steady Cook’, Matt Moran from ‘The Chopping Block’, Ben O’Donoghue from ‘Surfing The Menu’ and Toby Puttock and Alastair McLeod from Australia’s ‘Ready Steady Cook.’
Matt Moran Signs His Book
These famous chefs’ creations were all available to sample at Lindemans Early Harvest Restaurant for a modest price. The menu included Ben O’Donoghues crab and mango rice paper rolls, Alastair McLeods roasted Flinders Island lamb, and Ainsley Harriots delicious deep apple sour cream pie.
A wide variety of cook books were available at the Dymocks stand and the guest chefs obliged legions of fans by autographing their books after their show.
Dozens of Australian winemakers were represented, promoting top quality Aussie wines and offering free samples to all and sundry. Brown Brothers, Clovely Estate, Cumulus, Cedar Creek, De Bortoli, McGuigans, McWilliams and Sirromet were just a few of the seventy prestigious winemakers in attendance.
If wine is not to your taste, numerous boutique breweries were exhibiting their range of amber nectar including Burliegh Brewing Company’s refreshing Duke Pale Ale, while Mercury Artisan was promoting their delicious Tasmanian Apple Cider and Pama promoted an amazing pomegranate liquer.
With all the sampling going on, it’s a good idea to leave the car at home. Especially when the rapacious South Bank Corporation charges thirty six dollars for a half days parking at Southbank on a Sunday!
Tickets to the Good Food Show – Twenty dollars.
Parking at Southbank – Pricey!
Nevertheless, all that drinking builds up an appetite. The unique aromas of exotic cheeses, bakery foods and oriental and Italian delicacies all added to the atmosphere. Household names Hans Smallgoods, and Luv-a-duck poultry vie for attention with locals like Farmer Dave’s free range lamb and Smokin’ Stu’s Preserves.
There were producers of organic food, bush tucker, tea, coffee and chocolate as well as suppliers of cutlery and table linen. Manufacturers of wine humidifiers, barbeques and kitchen appliances large and small were also represented
With seemingly everything remotely connected with fine wining and dining the Good Food & Wine Show is the ultimate place to indulge your senses.
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