Good Food & Wine Show 2010; Darling Harbour

It doesn't seem like a year has passed since I last battled crowds to get the best freebies on offer at the Sydney Good Food & Wine Show. We arrived at 9:45 and when the doors opened at 10am we had a pleasant stroll around the floor before the hordes arrived.

This year we started out with a cheese masterclass held by Cheese Matters.

We started with the squishy cheeses - Persian feta, brie, Camembert.

Moving on to cheddar, parmesan and a nutty Swiss.

Last was the washed rind and blue cheeses. Blue = still not for me!

Persian feta - so tasty

Giant wheel of Camembert.

Brie - great with grapes.

Surprise Bay cheddar on apple with quince paste. Amazing. I had about four of these alone.

Parmesan on pear.

Washed rind with apricot.

We had matching wines - my favourite was this Preece Moscato. It's also the reason why I spent the rest of the show totally buzzed.

Lush Berries.

Up close - pretty patterns.

Difficulty maintaining structural integrity.

Sensational blueberries.

I bought a kilo of this amazing museli for a friend who is gluten intolerant.

I took home a Blood Orange oil - great for cooking into chocolate cake apparently.

Because I hadn't had enough cheese already ... the Cheese Matters stand.

I had this mousse last year too - so delicious from Sabor Portuguese Mousse.

Chocolate from Josophan's in the Blue Mountains. SO delicious.

Wine from Tempus Two. Again, what I surely needed was more wine.

Suckfizzle wine - delicious!

Love this display from Ernest Hillier's.

Watching Pete Evans cook the perfect pizza.

Chocolate frogs from Adora.

My stash.

There is a lot of talk over which is the better food event, this or the Taste of Sydney. I much prefer the GF&WS purely because the Tasty of Sydney had NO vegetarian food whatsoever, and I left hungry. In contrast, there was stacks of vegetarian food here for me to sample, and I left stuffed and satisfied. Mission accomplished.