

Last Thursday I went to the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham, courtesy of Miele who are one of the big sponsors of the show.
Once again, the show didn't disappoint. You would think that it would become boring and the stands would be the same each year, but no! There are new foods to be discovered, new appliances and fantastic gadgets - and this year MasterChef Live was bought to the show. Visitors could take part in the famous invention test and find out if cooking "really doesn't get tougher than this!"
I joined the Miele Cookery Experience along with other food bloggers, and cooked with Mark Lloyd. We also got to see Gordon Ramsay in the Supertheatre, as well as catching various chefs in the Magimix Theatre and the Market Kitchen.
I'd like to say a big thank you to Lauren and Cherry from Miele's PR company, Forever Better, for inviting me and for a great day!
The other food blogger attendees were:
from Joanna's Food
Rejina from Gastrogeek
Alex from The Princess and the Recipe

Where to start?
There was time to browse some of the stands before lunching with other Miele guests. The Hairy Bikers came by to chat and do a book signing.

Hairy Bikers David Myers and Simon King talking to the Miele guests, they are really lovely

I remembered to take a snap of my starter, delicious smoked salmon
After lunch we headed off to the Miele Cookery Experience, where we cooked along with chef Mark Lloyd. We made venison sausage toad in the hole with red onion, chilli and redcurrant jam, together with some buttered purple sprouting broccoli which was steamed in the Miele steam oven. The batter for the toad was fantastic and I'll definitely be using that recipe again.

Cooking at the Miele Cookery Experience (photo courtesy of Forever Better)

Chef Mark Lloyd coming over to see if we were keeping up!

My toad in the hole, chilli onion jam and brocolli - very tasty
After the cooking, we went to see Gordon Ramsay in the Supertheatre, he cooked 3 courses and was very entertaining.

Gordon Ramsay and Mark Sargeant

The prep room for the Supertheatre
I spent the last few hours visiting the stands and buying a few goodies to take home with me.

Furness Fish & Game

Paella pans from Spain

Smoked foods from Port of Lancaster Smokehouse

Oils and vinegars

Cute cake stands with little hanging strawberries

Giant cinnamon sticks from Fox's Spices

Handmade chilli sauces

Gorgeous kitchen appliances from Miele

The MasterChef kitchen, all ready and waiting with the bags of mystery ingredients
Some of the celebrity chefs at the show

Rachel Allen cooking Yorkshire puddings

Rachel Allen and Jason Atherton in a cook off

Chef Jun Tanaka

Lovely Hannah Miles and Thomasina Miers

Mary Berry

My book signed "keep the pans hot!"
Thanks once again to Miele and Forever Better!
18 comments:
Wow, have never seen some big cinnamon sticks like that ! And it's true, the cake stand is so sweet !
great photos! and u got to see Ramsay and Rachel Allen and Jun Tanaka?! what! the birmingham show sure sounds a lot more celebrity packed than our London one. looks like u had so much fun and tht toad in a hole looks delicious
Nic, what a wonedrfuil time you all had. Need I say that I'm a bit jealous?
Thanks for sharing. Was it real cinnamon? Not the fake one? I'm a bit jealous too.
What an amazing event Nic. I do recognize Hannah from her blog and the rest of the lineup is impressive as well. So much fun!!
I wouldn't have been able to get to this, so Thank you so much for sharing.
Sounds as though you had a great time once again Nic at the GFS Birmingham.
We went on Friday and shopped until we dropped!
That picture of Rachel Allen pulling a funny face is fantastic! Looks like a really fab event - hope you came away with lots of goodies. :D
A great post Nic - glad you had such a good time. I really need to do my post now.
Ps: My back is much better today thank goodness.
What a feast for the eyes!!
I also love the Hairy Bikers!! I love their recipes!! Rachel Allen is another favourite of mine! I have all of her excellent books!
And Jason Asherton & Jun Tunaka!! Waw!!!
And those super large cinnamon sticks: hahahahahaha,...lovely pixctures, Nic!
Sounds like a great day! Did you spend a fortune?
Wow - that's quite a blogpost! Looks like you had a lot of fun, and I admire your toad in the hole... great work :)
Wow sounds like you had a fantastic day and got to see so many fantastic foodie products and meet so many great people. Your Yorkshire pudding looks wonderful
Your food show looks much more hardcore than the NZ one! Love that photo of Rachel Allan - she's gorgeous! Sounds like a fantastic time.
what a lovely write up - it was great to meet you!
Thanks everyone!
Culinette - I hope they were real sticks!
Jacqueline - I bought some maple syrup and some funky saucepans!
gastogeek - thanks! Was lovely to meet you too!
do you know when the next food sho is on - i'm dying to go!?!
Hi Pastry Princess! The BBC food shows are on in the summer and in November, check their website for details. I think the summer one might just be in B'ham and not London though.
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