BBC Good Food Show Birmingham Winter 2012

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The BBC Good Food Show is always a fabulous fun event for foodies. The show has a great buzz and it's always a pleasure to see lots of foodies enjoying a great day out.  I also had the opportunity to meet a few exhibitors who have kindly sent me their products to review.

The Great British Bake Off attracted a huge crowd all eager to see this years finalist John Whaite. His adoring fans had waited patiently and everyone, including me, gave him a huge cheer when he appeared on stage. 

We had fabulous seats in the Supertheatre to see MasterChef Live with John Torode, Gregg Wallace, Shelina Permallo MasterChef Finalist 2012 and Emma Kennedy Celebrity MasterChef Finalist 2012.

James Martin busy signing Stellar knife sets on his stand.

Olives, Turkish Delight, pastries and nuts on this fabulous stand.

Beautifully decorated cupcakes.

A huge thank you to Haymarket Exhibitions - Ginny and Kate for a fabulous day.

BBC GoodFood Show Birmingham - Winter 2011

I was invited to a blogger's lunch at the BBC GoodFood Show Birmingham courtesy of Sainsbury's. The Try team served us a wonderful buffet lunch showcasing their latest goodies for Christmas and the New Year. We were spoilt for choice and came away with loads of inspiration and new ideas.



Just some of the delicious food we were able to sample!

The Sainsbury's Try Me team gave demonstrations throughout the day.

A selection of Sainsbury's Taste the Difference goodies for Christmas and New Year there was also opportunity to taste party food, indulgent desserts, cheese and wine.

New to the show this year was the Sainsbury's Village. Here you could meet some of the producers who bring us some fantastic products. I was guided through a flavoured sea salt tasting with the Cornish Sea Salt Company including garlic, onion, chilli, smoked, salt and pepper and the original Cornish Sea Salt. These products can be purchased in Sainsbury's supermarkets.

Beautifully decorated frying pans.

Vibrant Fruit Twist Drinks.

Wharfe Valley Flavoured Rapeseed Oil.

Liquorice in so many colours and flavours it was difficult to make a choice.

Olive fans were spoilt for choice there were just so many to choose from.

Spice Boys - one of my favourite stands.

Great British Bake Off - I looked forward to watching this on TV every week.

World Cheese Awards 2011 with over 2,500 cheeses on display!

We were also treated to seats in the Sainsbury's Supertheatre to see the MasterChef Champions League starring Mat Follas vs Tim Anderson, compered by John Torode and Gregg Wallace which was great fun.

A snapshot of my very enjoyable day at the Birmingham Winter 2011 BBC GoodFood Show. There was also a drinks area but I must admit to favouring food.

Thank you to Sainsbury's for a great day out.

BBC Winter Good Food Show NEC Birmingham 2010

I have been spoilt again! I was invited to have a Press Pass for the day, which gave both me and my husband an amazing day out.

We set out on a very, very cold day to the Good Food Show, but I was so excited that I am not sure I even noticed just how cold it was!

First, off to the Press Registration Point to get our Press Passes, a much needed coffee and brownie then onto the exhibition hall to take as many photographs as possible, I think between us it was about 300 in total.

The Press Pass gave us the opportunity not only to engage with the exhibitor's but also to encourage them to do some 'posing' for photographs, which they all loved. A huge thank you to all of the exhibitors who kindly gave us their time.

We met lots of lovely people, saw some wonderful products and ate lots of amazing food too.

Highlights from the show were Saturday Kitchen Live, The World Cheese Awards, The Producers' Village, The Supertheatre, MasterChef MasterClasses, The Invention Test, Drinks Masterclasses and much, much more.

Two of the smiliest lady exhibitors at the show.


A very happy Hog Roast gentleman and very tasty the Hog Roast was too.


Bohra Bites, most vibrant stand and three of the proudest exhibitors.


The Chilli Queen, ah, such a lovely lady.


Celebrity Chef Mitch Tonks with Tom Parker Bowles about to start his demonstration.


Kenwood Cooking World Stand - the Kenwood developmental chef, on the right, with celebrity chef Martin Blunos, on the left.

Bottle Green - it was so cold outside even the bottles had to wear a scarf!


World Cheese Awards - this exhibition was a cheese lovers paradise.


Thank you to Ginny, BBC Haymarket Exhibitions and the Winter BBC Good Food Show Birmingham for a really great day out!