SIRAH 2013

Dimanche 27 janvier SIRAH 2013 Lyon

I left the house at 6am to run to Gare du Lyon for the 7:58TGV train

Another tram + a bus et voila - SIRAH!

This show is enormous. Every bit as big as Maison et Objet and I took just a tiny bite of it...thinking of running back today for more bites.

Football fields of food, tableware, equipment.
2200 exhibitors and brands!
22 national pavilions!
1200 demonstrations every day! 

And chefs, chefs, chefs!

And chefs demos mis en place

Thousands of croissants to nibble on wherever you looked.

But so many other delish things like these witty Christolphe Adams 'baguette' eclairs (formerly Fauchon's eclair maitre and now l'Eclair du Genie).

Valrhona Chocolate is a major sponsor of the 5 day extravaganza. They had exquisite tasting trays of various chocolate mousse or is it mousses..?

Loved this olive oil tasting much like a perfume tasting.

Beautiful KitchenAids like Rockette dancers were in every chefs kitchen on site.

And of course many signs of Paul Bocuse everywhere. The Bocuse d'Or concours is the last 2 days and a major world wide event.

Clever Villeroy and Boch had a space where anyone could paint their own version of the Bocuse commemorative plate. Fun!

The 'presse' lunch upstairs in the press room I ate - a bit of relief from all the lush goodies in the food halls downstairs. I'll tell you about the Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Dog of the day at the Lyon train station end of day. My camera broke on me on Saturday so these are all shot with my new mini iPad. Please excuse the fuzz

Bonne Journee!