When I got an email last week inviting me to the Good Food Live event over the weekend, I didn't even think twice about it. I immediately started bouncing up and down in my chair causing curious looks from my coworkers. A couple of months ago is when I first heard of the weekend devoted to Aussie food, music, and culture, but I never purchased tickets even though I was dying to see Daniel Merriweather perform on Saturday and see the cooking demonstration on Sunday.
My weekend was pretty fab (I'm still recovering), but I managed to get myself dressed to head out into the first storm of the week to attend the rooftop event. Luckily, I wasn't without great company and I had Chrystal and Amir to entertain me as we tasted lamingtons and tried to figure out a way to do a full blown vacation to Australia on our limited budgets.
After a while we headed up to the rooftop for the main event. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that besides Curtis Stone, there were several other chefs and bar experts presenting their knowledge about Australian food and wine. First up was Gus McShane of Copa D'Oro in Santa Monica who besides being so adorable, mixed up some seriously good cocktails including a ginger drink with passion fruit.
Then came Curtis Stone to look cute and talk about lamb. I got to try his herb crusted rack of lamb...perfectly cooked and seasoned, I couldn't get enough.
James Gosper then came on stage to talk wine and Peter Evans came to talk seafood and fattoush.
One thing I learned...Aussie chefs, sure are cute!!
I also got to meet (and see again) some more LA bloggers and writers including Lindsay, Sarah, Sook, and Lauren as well as the aforementioned Chrystal and Amir.
(Photo by Sarah Spitz)
All in all, it was a fabulous day and I was thrilled to be invited. If you would like to view more photos of the event (mostly stalker-ish pictures of C. Stone), please visit my Flickr set.
18 comments:
ah! So cool and I am so jealous! I listen to this show online every week!!! Looks like such a blast.
you go to the best events, but that's what LA is all about.
O lucky you!! And hmm, I gotta say; those Aussie chefs sure are cute!!
What a fun time! Glad you were able to go! Thanks for sharing!
that is so cool you got to see Curtis Stone in person and have lots of great food too
It was fun going down undah, eh mate? Hehee. Btw why do i always look deranged in photos? I look like a dingo ate ma babey! Ok i stop now. It was great meeting you!
awww how fun!!! we we could have been there...
This is the kind of thing that could make me jealous :-) It sounds like a wonderful event and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. The pictures are terrific.
Sooo jealous! Can you stow me away in your bag next time? ;)
Cool event!! Curtis stone...how I have huge crush on thee. sigh. lol. I loved watching his show on TLC. I remember walking into the whole foods near my house and he was there with his crew from Take Home Chef. I wish he had picked me, so I could have taken him home (at least for a couple of hours). hahaha...
Cute little kangaroo, too.
Seriously? Where'd all those cute chefs come from? Paired with an Aussie accent, I'd definitely have a crush :)
Ooooh, look at us! We had a blast. It'd be nice to have Curtis around to cook more lamb. :)
Great photos! I'm glad you had so much fun! You're so lucky. :)
Awesome! Looks like so much fun!!
Aussie chefs are cute and so is that baby kangaroo. How common is it to see one of those in Australia?
Those chefs sure ARE cute!
Awesome event!!! What a great time!
I had a Curtis Stone cookbook for a while, but none of the recipes I tried worked, so I got rid of it. But he sure is cute!
Gorgeous little joey - did you get to pet?
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