Melbourne Good Food And Wine Show 2009

We went to the Melbourne Good Food And Wine Show on Friday... Gordon Ramsay was his rude self, insulting people in the audience instead of just cooking...which is what we were all there to see.

We did have a wonderful lunch at the Melbourne Lindemans Early Harvest Restaurant, Mum had Tobie Puttock's Veal Osso Bucco and Gary Mehigan's Clotted Cream & Lemon Curd Mousse, Spiced Gingerbread Crumble. I had Gary Mehigan's Braised Beef Cheek, Red Onion Marmalade, Horseradish Mash and Alastair McLeod's Chocolate creme brulee, Irish whiskey roasted strawberries, almond biscotti. It was great quality, tasty food and very easy to eat!

Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris, were great together playing up to there English and Greek heritage. They made for a very entertaining and enjoyable show, mimicking themselves on Masterchef and sharing some wonderful food knowledge. I'm going to be making George's Souvlaki with Chunky Chips and Gary's English Doughnuts soon...Such yummy food!

Then we got mum's book signed by George who took time talking to people, see if we have made any of his food...we haven't made any from his book, but I have made the Chunky Chip's from the Masterclass and I loved them! Overall we enjoyed ourselves, got some wonderful tastings and bought some delicious products.

The Age / Dymocks Luncheon with Bill Granger at Zinc Federation Square

This is my mum with Bill Granger, we went to a lunch yesterday at Zinc Federation Square to promote Bill's new book 'Feed Me Now'. The food all from the new book was delicious!

After the lovely lunch we heard what bill has been doing for the past year, including opening up a restaurant in Japan. He signed books, happily posed for photo's and thanked every table for coming. It was a great day!