DIARY DATES PRESS RELEASE

August 2010

BBC Good Food Shows, MasterChef Live and The Wine Show

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE ACROSS FOUR FANTASTIC SHOWS – BOOK NOW FOR THE ULTIMATE FOODIE DAY OUT!

There is something for everyone at these four Shows including fantastic shopping, celebrity chef demonstrations, MasterChef’s iconic Invention Test, wine tasting and top restaurants. Your favourite television chefs will be demonstrating their recipes live on stage including Gordon Ramsay, James Martin, Rick Stein and Rachel Allen. The BBC Good Food Shows, MasterChef Live and The Wine Show will be bringing you everything you need for this winter.

The BBC Good Food Show Scotland

Back for its fourth year running, it’s the richness and variety of Scotland’s home-produced food and drink that makes this Show so special. With everything from the Hebridean Smokehouse Smoked Salmon to Macsween’s Haggis, the Show is a huge celebration of Scottish produce. For the first time MasterChef comes to the Show with John Torode and Gregg Wallace giving top tips and hosting cook-offs from Dhruv Baker and the winner of the current Celebrity MasterChef series. Scotland’s own Gordon Ramsay and Saturday Kitchen’s James Martin are just two top names performing in the Supertheatre sponsored by Sainsbury’s. Taste dishes inspired by MasterChef recipes in a pop-up restaurant sponsored by Hardys.

MasterChef Live

Back for its second year with fantastic shopping, the capital’s finest restaurants, inspiring entertainment, celebrity chefs and interactive features from the hit BBC series. Visitors can test their skills by entering the infamous MasterChef Invention Test sponsored by Plenty or spend some time shopping and getting Christmas inspiration by tasting some of the array of different foods on offer. Plus London’s finest restaurants will be serving up different test recipes in the Restaurant Experience, sponsored by Hardys.

The Wine Show

Joining MasterChef Live in a new home at London’s Olympia, visitors can experience London’s finest wine experience. Learn how to pick out the perfect wine by joining a wine tasting session at the Drinks Tasting Theatre, sponsored by Liebherr with celebrity experts including Oz Clarke and Tim Atkin.

The BBC Good Food Show Winter

Get yourself ready for Christmas in this celebration of all things festive and foodie. With a whole range of shopping from Marks and Spencer to Cornish Cheese Company there are hundreds of products to choose from plus Gordon Ramsay will be showing you how to make perfect Christmas meals in his Gordon does Christmas demonstrations in the Supertheatre sponsored by Sainsbury’s. New this year Saturday Kitchen will be brought to life with wine tastings, demonstrations and the chance for visitors to take part in ‘The Omelette Challenge’. With hundreds of exhibitors from small producers to big brands this year's BBC Good Food Show is the perfect place to pick up gift ideas and recipe inspiration to impress friends and family this Christmas. Also new this year the Show will be hosting the World Cheese Awards – the biggest cheese competition in the world where 3,000 cheeses from around the world will be judged by 150 experts. The MasterChef Experience sponsored by Miele will also be bringing the hit BBC series to life – try your hand at the toughest of culinary challenges in The Invention Test or taste dishes inspired by the hit show in The MasterChef Restaurant. There is an unrivalled line-up of celebrity chefs this year with more live demonstrations than ever before featuring Gordon Ramsay, James Martin, Rick Stein and Gary Rhodes. The BBC Good Food Show is an essential entry to any food lover’s diary.

Don’t miss this year's ultimate days out – put these dates in your diary now!

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