{"id":7995,"date":"2010-04-25T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T11:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=7995"},"modified":"2010-05-19T01:46:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T23:46:32","slug":"good-food-and-wine-show-in-cape-town-to-be-a-maze-ing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/good-food-and-wine-show-in-cape-town-to-be-a-maze-ing\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Food and Wine Show in Cape Town to be a-maze-ing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A guest appearance by Gordon Ramsay, the owner of maze restaurants in Cape Town, London,\u00a0New York, in Tuscany and Sardinia, Melbourne and Los Angeles, amongst others,\u00a0will be the highlight of the Good Food and Wine Show, taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 13 – 16 May.<\/p>\n

Ramsay will cook up a storm in the Chefs in Action Theatre at the show, and will host book signings of his cookery books.\u00a0\u00a0 He is part of a team of BBC Lifestyle celebrity chefs, including master patissier Eric Lanard, star of Glamour Puds; Anjum Anand of Indian Food Made Easy; Michelin-star chef Giorgio Locatelli from ‘Tony and Giorgio’; chocolate wizard Willie Harcourt-Cooze, star of Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory; and Patrick Williams, specialising in Caribbean-style food.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Local chefs George Jardine of\u00a0Jardine at Jordon, Giggling Gourmet\u00a0Jenny Morris and Luke Dale-Roberts of La Colombe\u00a0will also offer workshops.\u00a0 Only ten persons can attend a celebrity chef session, to make it completely hands-on.<\/p>\n

The Good Food and Wine Show will also have a Celebrity Chef’s Restaurant, offering a menu designed by the BBC Lifestyle celebrity chefs doing the cooking demonstrations.\u00a0\u00a0 Other interesting attractions are a Grolsch Beer and Food Theatre, in which food and beer pairing will be demonstrated; an interactive cocktail arena, using Roses and Monis products; children’s cooking classes; bargain priced wines; the Alchemy of Gold Brandy Theatre will demonstrate brandy cocktails and educate visitors about food and brandy pairing;\u00a0 the Stellenbosch Slow Food Market members will sell their best fresh produce; vanilla ice cream will be presented in 101 ways by BBC Lifestyle chef Eric Lanlard; and cookbooks can be bought and signed by the chefs present.<\/p>\n

Close to 55 000 visitors are expected at the Good Food and Wine Show, and therefore the Celebrity Chef demo’s must be booked in advance.<\/p>\n

It costs R 80 to enter the Show, R 350\u00a0to attend\u00a0the “Get Fresh with BBC Lifestyle Hands-on workshops”, and R 300 to attend a demo in the Gordon Ramsay Chefs in Action Theatre.\u00a0 The Gordon Ramsay VIP Experience costs R 750.\u00a0\u00a0 A special dinner hosted and cooked by Gordon Ramsay will be held at maze at the One&Only Cape Town on 15 May\u00a0and costs R 1 500, but is sold out already.\u00a0 More details about the Good Food and Wine Show are available at www.gourmetsa.com<\/a><\/p>\n

POSTSCRIPT<\/strong>:\u00a0 This post was written ahead of Gordon Ramsay’s arrival in South Africa.\u00a0 While his presentations at the Convention Centre were reasonably well received (other than an issue with book-signing), his 2-minute appearance at the charity R 1500 a head\u00a0dinners on Friday and Saturday evening, without honouring a promise to meet diners and to allow a Q & A session, whilst he was already galavanting at the Tiger Tiger club\u00a0in Claremont,\u00a0\u00a0was highly criticised – read here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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