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The France Show 2010

by Andrew on December 29, 2009 in Tasting Events/Shows with No comments

Think wine, think France – and with The France Show coming to London’s Earl’s Court between 8-10 January 2010, you won’t even have to cross the Channel for a tasting. Exclusive champagne house, Nicolas Feuillatte, is the latest big name to sign up to The France Show 2010; get tickets for one of their champagne tasting seminars to get your own taste of the champagne lifestyle.

Following on from the success of last year, there will be three wine theatres at this year’s show, each offering a tempting programme of seminars. From becoming a Bordeaux buff to quaffing award-winning wines selected by those in the know, there is plenty on offer for wine aficionados everywhere. What better way to learn about wine than by tasting it?

Tickets for the wine seminars can be bought online at www.thefranceshow.com and cost just £5 each.

Highlights include:
- Novelli Food Theatre with cookery demonstrations from Novelli and his chefs
- Travel, Language and French property seminars with speakers including actress Carol Drinkwater and author Kate Mosse
- The UK’s largest French property exhibition
- Property renovation feature learn from an experienced renovator
- Petanque terrain to test your skills at this traditional French pastime
- Eat at Mon Plaisir - London’s oldest French Restaurant
- Artisan Theatre with cheese, cured meat and fine chocolate tastings
- Wine and champagne seminars and tastings
- Renault Classic Car display
- French Market selling produce and fashions
- French regional tourism boards to meet and find out about

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Taste of Christmas Show - 4th-6th December

by Andrew on November 9, 2009 in Tasting Events/Shows with 2 Comments

Tickets for Taste of Christmas 2009 are selling fast! Subscribers of THE FOODIE LIST can benefit from a special ticket offer - 2 tickets for £32 (saving £12)! Quote promo code “TASTE” when booking online at www.tasteofchristmas.com or by calling 0871 230 7132

Taste of Christmas, the wintertime sibling of the sell-out summer show, Taste of London, is the first truly Christmassy event of the season. It returns to London’s ExCel, for three full days of indulgent eating, drinking and shopping.

Dine at the finest restaurants, see top chefs at work, gather festive foodie inspiration and stock up on speciality food and drink from the country’s finest producers. As always, there are some huge names lined up to attend with the likes of Heston Blumenthal, Richard Corrigan, Jean-Christophe Novelli and Antony Worrall Thompson all making appearances.

For exciting updates on participating chefs and restaurants, visit www.tasteofchristmas.com

(If you would like exclusive access to the very best of London’s Restaurant scene join Taste Club now for a complimentary membership at www.tasteclub.com)

Masterchef Live 2009

by Andrew on November 5, 2009 in Tasting Events/Shows with 1 Comment

They have changed the name. The BBC Goodfood Show is now known as Masterchef Live and is in London Olympia from the 13th-15th November.

and is looking set to be one of the best foodie days out in the country! It will feature all of the BBC Good Food Show favourites such as the:
• Restaurant Experience (this year featuring such iconic restaurants as Daphne’s, The Ivy and Le Caprice)
• London’s biggest indoor Farmers’ Market and…
• The Cookery Experience with Live demonstrations from James Martin and Valentine Warner among others
• Masterclasses in Cupcake decorating, Sushi making and Canape making
• Wine tasting sessions
• Taste workshops presented by Slow Food!

Added to all this will be some brilliant features from the nations favourite foodie TV programme – Masterchef!

Visitors will be able to experience what it is like to be on MasterChef and take the Invention Test – winning the chance to have their food judged by John Torode and Gregg Wallace themselves! Plus past MasterChef contestants and winners will be cooking off against each other live on stage in the MasterChef Theatre!!

All the favourites of the BBC Good Food Show London will be back in Olympia this year with 100′s of fantastic exhibitors, 10 of London’s top restaurants as well as amazing interactive features from the nation’s favourite foodie TV programme. MasterChef Live will be packed with celebrities and features from the TV programme including The Invention Test. Do you have what it takes? Take part in The Invention Test and win the chance to have your food judged by the fearsome duo themselves – John Torode and Gregg Wallace.

The Cookery Experience sponsored by Sainsbury’s will play host to MasterChef Cook-Off sessions where the culinary might of previous contestants will be pitted against each other. Plus see live demonstrations from celebrity chefs including Michel Roux Jnr and James Martin. The Show will also feature the Restaurant Experience where 10 of London’s top eateries will be serving their signature dishes including The Ivy, Daphne’s and Le Caprice and of course the MasterChef Restaurant - where you can try some of the famous winning dishes from previous contestants.

Don’t forget to visit the MasterChef Theatre where you can see finalists from the previous programmes recreating their signature dishes, and answering questions.

If you want to really impress your friends and colleagues at your Christmas soirées then look no further than the variety of Masterclasses we are running where you can learn to make a variety of dishes from sushi to canapés to cupcakes! “

Tickets to the Masterchef Live show start at £18 and can be brought via the website.

The London Wine Show 2009

by Andrew on October 13, 2009 in Tasting Events/Shows with 1 Comment

the_london_wine_showIf you enjoy wine, we promise you’ll love The Wine Show. Even if staying in is the new going out, this is one event you’ll want to venture outside in October for…

If you have friends, colleagues or clients who would relish the chance to explore the wonderful world of wine in a fun & informal environment, then head to Islington from 22nd-25th October.

Meet celebrity wine experts & share their passion for the source, sample & buy wines from across the globe and partake in our fabulous show features.

Don’t miss the new AN HOUR WITH OZ, where Oz Clarke promises to entertain and send your wine senses reeling…

The London Wine Show 2009
Business Design Centre, Islington.

Coxon Cookery Demos on Easter Day

by Andrew on April 8, 2009 in Tasting Events/Shows with No comments

A real life Indiana Jones of the culinary world takes to the Chester celebrity kitchen stage to give cookery demonstrations at this year’s Taste Festival.

Alan Coxon, who delighted the audience at last year’s Festival, is back by popular demand to entertain the crowds at the Taste Festival at Chester Racecourse this Easter. Alan’s expertise and charisma saw him positioned amongst the top 10 TV chefs in the world in a recent BBC viewer poll across 100 countries.

Alan traces the archaeology of food and has created his own Historic Food range, including Historic Vinaigres which explore tastes and flavours that once adorned the tables of Roman Emperors, the Ancient Greeks and Medieval Knights.

In the lead up to the Food and Drink Festival, there are events in and around the city, including Alice in Wonderland, the Great Easter Egg Hunt and a Beer Festival at Boughton Hall Cricket Club from April 9 to 11. The popular Cocktail Competition will also return at new venue Cruise nightclub, St. John Street, Chester, on April 7, where the city’s finest bartenders will shake up the crowd with smooth talking and strong liqueurs.

There will be more than 80 food producers at the Taste Festival and cooking demonstrations featuring Simon Rimmer on Saturday April 11 and Andrew Nutter on Monday April 13. Tickets are £6 for adults and children under 12 are free. Parking is also free for all visitors to the event at the Racecourse.

For more information about other events happening over the Chester Food & Drink Festival, please visit: www.chesterfoodanddrink.com

See also Chester Food Festival

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