Good Food Live

A couple of Sunday's ago, Jaimie and I went to the Good Food Live show. I had been at Olympia the day before at the Mind, Body & Soul fair in Olympia 2. I had my aura photographed, which I am exceedingly proud of.



After the excitment of the Saturday, Sunday was actually a bit of a let down. Where we expected a room full of loads of people 'celebrating' food, what we found instead was a pretty cynical collection of stalls from more well known food retailers who were incredibly stingy with the tastings. Toffee vodka was being handed out two-a-penny; it was pretty rank though. We were basically in a giant shop that we had paid the bargain price of £14.50 to get into. It seemed that if we weren't prepared to go and spend a tonne of money, there was not much point you being there. There were hardly any cooking demonstrations to speak of, and where there were they were advertising a product. When we fancied a frozen Jose Cuervo margarita (granted it was only 12pm so it was probably for the best) we were told unless we had perchased the special 'Good Food Live' glass and handy holder (ergh!) then we weren't allowed. Bit of a shame really.

Having said that, the best buy of the day came from the Co-Op who had reduced a load of their stuff to a pound. We got a tarte aux citron, some ravioli with gorgonzola and fig and a four seasons pizza all for a pound each. Well happy.

I did by some lovely granola and christmas porridge from the Muddy Cook (http://www.muddycookgourmet.co.uk) which was really nice, though arguably a bit overpriced.

Seeing as the following weekend we were at Broadway Market for nowt and ate much better, I'm not sure I'd go again.