Masterchef Australia Hayden Quinn (Right) with The Palazzo's Arnold Stuurman. |
The
new look Good Food & Wine Show comes to Johannesburg from September 21 to 24
and is bang on trend with food and cooking fashions.
This
year the show will create its own MasterChef
magic thanks to MasterChef Australia
judge Gary Mehigan and surfer, TV
presenter and blogger Hayden Quinn.
National
Braai Day in SA falls on Heritage Day on September 24. Australians take their
barbecues as seriously as South Africans do their braaiing and Quinn will be
showing how to do it, Oz style! In the South African corner will be Team
Chesanyama who will be competing on Heritage Day in the Braai-B-Que finals
under team captains Braai Boy and Borries! The winner will represent
South Africa later in the world barbeque champsionships in America.
The
newly-crowned winner of MasterChef South
Africa Season 2 will also be at
the show!
It
captivated TV viewers and spawned a host of similar competitions and so the
GF&WS is delighted to welcome Great
British Bake-Off judge Paul
Hollywood to the show.
Youngsters
can meet Disney icon Mickey Mouse in
the Disney Fun & Food Zone which teaches
them all about healthy living and eating, a must in a time where childhood
obesity has reached record levels.
Children
will also be able to have fun in the kitchen in the Woolworths Junior MasterChef Kitchen.
Paul
Hollywood says he loves the fact that he’s part of a great baking revival. He
loves teaching the nation how to bake, which is what his own father did for
him.
He
says: “I want to pass on my secrets to people who are going to say, ‘I have
realised that I love baking, and now I’m going to make my bread and sell it at
the local farmers’ market’, or who might say, ‘I am going to use the local Post
Office in our village to sell my cakes.’ I want to give them that little bit of
fire.”
He
did not realise that the Great British
Bake Off would be such a hit. “ For some years I had been knocking on doors
wanting to do a baking programme - and I had done a few - but when they told me
about this one, and that it was going to be prime time on BBC2, I went, ‘Are
you serious?’
“When
they assured me they were, I was like, and ‘This is right up my alley! This is
what I do!’ But I had no idea people would find this baking lark so
interesting. I mean, I love it, it’s part of what I do, but actually everyone’s
taken it to heart. It’s become a national treasure, which is incredible.”
Gary
Mehigan is delighted be coming to South Africa following in the footsteps of his
co-judge George Calombaris who came to last year’s show. He talks about his
love affair with MasterChef: “I made a promise to myself that I
would do it for as long as I love and enjoy it. I’m a restaurateur and a
businessman, so I don’t need it in my life, but I love it. Doing
television is remarkable and interesting and amazing - there is nothing like
television, and it’s kind of irreplaceable. I do love it.
And what
I love the most is that as a chef, you can ostracise yourself, you can isolate
yourself in your own restaurant, and what I find with this show is that it
exposes and inspires me with all these other people - my peers and colleagues,
the contestants on the show - it’s like my other workplace, and I find that
really, really inspiring at the moment!
“I feel
more connected to food now than I ever have in my life. I look at the
contestants and dishes they cook and think, ‘God, that’s a good idea. I love
that bit. I love that element’.”
Previous MasterChef Australia contestants Adam Liaw, Alvin Quah and Callum
Hann have proved hugely popular with Joburg audiences. Now comes Hayden Quinn who
is making a splash in the food world.
“Food is one of my passions
but only part of my life; my food focus is not so overwhelming that if I forget
about all those other amazing things that I like to do such as surfing. If I
didn't have multiple passions, I wouldn't be me. For me life is about balance
and being able to get outside and have a go at everything, experience it all.
Playing into lifestyle, food is about nourishing your body. I lead a very
active lifestyle and having good, healthy and fresh food is always important.”
All the visiting chefs will
be staying at the stylish Palazzo Montecasino in Fourways.
Locally
sourced food and children’s nutrition are the leading trends in 2013, according
to the US National Restaurant Association’s annual “What’s hot 2013 chef
survey” and the Good Food & Wine Show is bang up-to-date with these global
predictions. It will present two new theatres in Johannesburg this year – the
Little Chefs Kitchen and The Real Food Theatre, a fully interactive experience
covering sustainability and home grown produce.
The
Good Food & Wine Show is more interactive than ever before – the whole
family can interact with local and global foodie personalities who are
showcasing their culinary skills while exhibitors have the opportunity to
communicate directly with their target market.
The
Good Food & Wine Show is being partnered with Fiera Milano, the world’s
leading Exhibition Company. This is the
recipe for all that's fabulous in the kitchen! Don’t miss it.
DATES
The
Johannesburg Good Food & Wine Show takes place from September 21 to 24 at
the Coca Cola Dome.
Booking at Computicket or go to www.goodfoodandwineshow.co.za
BOOKING AND
TICKET PRICES
JOHANNESBURG
SHOW
Tickets
cost R95 for adults for R55 for children. There is a family price of R250 which
covers two adults and two children under the age of 12 years.
CONTACT US
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Tel: 021 702 2280
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Tel 0861foodie
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Facebook: Good Food and Wine Show SA
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Twitter: #goodfoodSA
Issued by Nine Squared
Communications and Events & Pic by Lisa Skinner.
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