good food and wine show 2010

this is the first of a number of posts that will be dedicated to my favourite food event of the year - the good food and wine show :) every year it is hosted at the durban exhibition centre and this year it is no exception.

i am beside myself with excitement and so the count down begins!

this year, it will between the 25th and 28th of November which suits me perfectly as my examinations are finished on the 22nd! this year the line up includes:

• a bbc lifestyle workshop sponsored by dstv (how exciting!)
• cocktails and flair championships
• wines from around the world
• chefs in action theatre (sponsored by the mercury, top billing and sabc 3 amongst others)

the chefs in action theatre is BEYOND AMAZING! in 2008 i got to see reza mohamed live in action and i almost lost my mind in excitement!

this is james martin live in action last

year - courtesy of the gourmetsa website

the most exciting thing about the good food and wine show is the free tasting of everything from crocodile meat to gourmet cannopes, not forgetting the free glasses of wine - my favourite! it's truly an amazing collaboration of proudly south african produce and international standards.

we also get to have an array of celebrity chefs that come down, cook in the live action theatre and meet and greet psycho foodie fans such as me. i am the type however that gets incredibly star struck and lost for words when i meet them and i end up looking like a complete loser!

this years line up of celebrity chefs include:

• atul kocchar - michelin star chef of london restaurant "benaras". amazing chef that i personally CANNOT wait to see!

• reza mohammed - star of india chef in london and bbc lifestyle celebrity chef.

• tobie puttock - jamie oliver's head chef at his melbourne based restaurant "fifteeen"

• katy ashworth - cbeebies kiddies chef :) - this is such a cute show, at 22 i watch it!

• frenchman eric lanlard - two time winner of the prestigious "patissiere award". i absolutely love this guy on tv i could die for his desserts!

and the chef i am most excited for - the winner of masterchef australia! i have no idea who it's gonna be but i'm rooting for chris or justine!

• chris badenoch - beer merchant and amazing cook - love him!

• justine schofield - isn't this girl such a beauty? she's also a master in the kitchen and lost the celebrity chef challenge by only one point!

well this is the first of many updates in the food food and wine show and i am seriously psyched about it. i really hope that i get to see jamie oliver, nigella lawson or rick stein live in action one day though!

keep watching this space friends :)

peace & love

x

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