Good Food and Wine Show

Every year I look forward to attending the Good Food and Wine Show at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre and usually come home with bags of new taste sensations, having tasted my way around the various exhibits.

The 2008 Good Food and Wine Show promises to be even more exciting, with new features and highlights, including hands-on cooking and coffee classes, Lyndey Milan’s regional producers’ market, a restaurant dining experience and a special after-dark session.

Have a taste of these:

Gourmet Garden Cooking School

Four sessions a day of one hour each when Liz Long from Luscious Affairs will teach and inspire with this interactive cooking school.

Tickets are $75 and can be pre-booked through Ticketmaster. Price includes show entry and a Gourmet Garden goodie bag.

Lyndey Milan’s Regional Producers Market

Famous food writer and TV personality Lyndey will select the best of regional producers to showcase their fare at her farmers market

Sunbeam Coffee Class

Learn the fundamentals of being a barista with a 45-minute coffee course. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. Includes Paul Bassett coffee to practise your barista skills at home.

Lindemans Early Harvest Restaurant

For the first time at the Good Food and Wine Show, visitors can enjoy restaurant quality dining with menus created by leading chefs Pete Evans and Ben O’Donoghue.

Each dish is matched to a light and refreshing Lindeman’s Early Harvest wine.

Friday Night After Dark

Enjoy a night session of the show on Friday, May 30 from 6 to 9pm.

Visit after work for a relaxing evening with friends.

Visitors to the Friday night session can enjoy all the show’s offerings without the weekend crowds. Tickets through Ticketmaster or at the door for $25.

The Diners Club Celebrity Theatre presented by LifeStyle Food Channel will see The Chopping Block’s Matt Moran, as well as Tobie Puttock and Ben O’Donoghue, showcase their expertise during on-stage demonstrations.

Visitors to the 2008 show can enjoy the best of Tasmania’s regional produce, sample sweet delights by Haigh’s Chocolates, taste unique boutique beers and discover a new appreciation of wine at the informative and entertaining Riedel Wine Theatre presentations.

Experience your old show favourites as well as new features for an extra special gourmet day out.

Melbourne Good Food & Wine Show

Where: Melbourne Exhibition Centre

Tickets: $25 and available through Ticketmaster 13 6100 or www.goodfoodshow.com.au

Children under five are free. Receive $5 off your ticket price when you book with Diners Card.

See you at the Good Food and Wine Show.

Bon Appetit!