Half cut at Half past Eleven

This weekend I went to the Good Food Show in Birmingham. It is a foodie's paradise as there are lots of interesting things to see (but also a load of crap). With the entry ticket you get to watch a live demonstration from a well known chef and we got to see Gordon Ramsay. Even though it was half past nine on a Sunday morning, Gordon was true to form and swore through the whole thing. The food he cooked, though, looked lovely and the experience was pretty entertaining, there was even one woman who took off her bra under her clothes just to get some freebies, Gordon then promptly threw her bra in the oven. Other chefs we saw here and there were, The Hairy bikers, Jimmy from Jimmy's farm and his girlfriend, Angela Hartnett and Tony Tobin.



It was quite tiring walking around the huge show halls but we perked up when we reached the booze bit. Thank God for free samples is all I can say. For about half an hour we tried every alcoholic sample we could lay our hands on and only later regretted it when the haze started to descend. Amongst the large volume of samples we tried I rather liked pear brandy and I decided that it would make a good addition to our drinks cabinet for use in cocktails and desserts. We also bought some sausages from the Jimmy's farm stall and some cinnamon and raisin bread from the Paul Rankin/Irwin's stall.



One of the stalls was Discover Ireland and strangely they had two people dressed as sheep, knitting, so I decided to get a picture of that. They also had an apple juice made in Portadown which was quite nice.

There were some good bargains to be had and you could have spent a fortune there but the mild hangover and huge crowds by lunch time got the better of us and we headed home at half twelve.

Comments

[Deborah]

That sounds awesome Sarah - I'd seen it advertised in the UK food mags - I'm so jealous. Especially about Gordon... I just love him! Wish they'd do a Hell's Kitchen US style over here... I'd so apply! ;-)