The Plonker Club

Tana Ramsay will be appearing at this weeks Good Food and Wine Show, not along side her husband, but will be signing her own books on Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday and Sunday she will appear in the Celebrity Chef Book Signing area from 12-10pm to 1pm. For those who are unaware, Tana (whose full name is Cayetana)Ramsay is a prolific cookbook author and television chef in her own right.  Her show ‘Market Kitchen’ has been shwon all over the world and she has many cookbooks including;

Tana Ramsay’s Family Kitchen – Simple and Delicious Recipes for every family

Homemade – Good Honest Food Made Easy

Tana Ramsay’s Real Family Food – Delicious Recipes for Everyday Occasions

At least Gordon ramsay knows that he could retire if he ever had the inkling (and had lost his mind to such an extent that he started listening to Australian and British tabloids!!)

Chief Plonker
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fanclub
www.theplonkerclub.com

This is the title of the advertising campaign that the Good Food and Wine Festival for Sydney are running to promote this weekends show in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. In fact there has been a distinct lack of publicity surrounding Gordon Ramsay’s return to Australia after the ridiculous controversy of last month.

Within days of landing, Gordon Ramsay had done four or five major television interviews and it would have been hard to know that he wasn’t in town for Melbourne’s Good Food and Wine Festival only four weeks ago. This time around, is has been reported that Gordon Ramsay and wife Tana have quietly slipped into the country for a few days off in Queensland before they both are manning autograph booths at Sydney’s Darling Harbour this coming weekend.

We can only hope that reports that event organisers have put a leash on Gordon Ramsay, turn out to be false. The Plonker Club contacted the publicity agency after being referred there by the Good Food and Wine Show organisers, but haven’t received a reply confirming or denying whether we will see the REAL Gordon Ramsay on show!

We can only hope!

Chief Plonker
The Plonker Club
The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com

I reported a few days ago that several session of Gordon Ramsay at the Good Food and Wine Show were sold out. I now know that this wasn’t the case – but I thought I had it from a good source – the ticket vendors themselves – Ticketek!

Now I have tickets to an earlier show that will be a pain in the ass to get to, because of some kind of stuff up. If you spent anytime online trying to order, with no success you may have had the same problem that I did. There is a section that says something to the effect of enter your promotional code – if you don’t put your customer number in (despiet being logged in) – you won’t be able to proceed!

I also found it annoying that there was no mention on the Tictek website of the Good Food and Wine Show nor Gordon Ramsay, the day before, searches just came up blank!

Anyway, tickets are unlikely to sell out soon for Gordon Ramsay’s cooking demonstrations since the organisers have a new 2 500 seat theatre (I feel sorry for the opther chefs who are trying to fill it!

As the promoters said “Gordon was such a massive hit at last year’s Sydney show, we thought it only fitting that we bring him back to give Sydneysiders another chance to see him and give Melbourne a piece of the pie too,” said James Laing, exhibition director.

If there was another way to get tickets, believe me I would be recommending it! Here’s what you will see at the Sydney and Melbourne Good Food and Win shows – remember everything is included in your tickets price EXCEPT seeing Gordon Ramsay’s cooking demonstration.

The site also says that “Book Signing – Chefs appearing in the Celebrity Theatre will be signing their books in the Book Store located near the Theatre for approximately 30mins after each of their sessions. ” Since the line for Gordon Ramsay last year was over an hourn long – you might want to line up one show before or after the one you plan on attending.

Gordon Ramsay at The Good Food and Wine Show Melbourne

Session Friday 5th Times
1 Gordon Ramsay Live 12:45pm – 1:15pm
2 Tobie Puttock – The Italian Job 2:00pm – 2:30pm
3 Matt Moran – Sharpen your Knives 3:15pm – 3:45pm
4 MasterChef Australia Live 4:30pm – 5:00pm
5 Gordon Ramsay Live 6:00pm – 6:30pm
6 Gordon Ramsay Live 8:00pm – 8:30pm

Session Saturday 6th June Times
1 Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
2 Tobie Puttock – The Italian Job 10:45am – 11:15am
3 Gordon Ramsay Live 12:00pm – 12:30pm
4 Matt Moran – Sharpen your Knives 1:15pm – 1:45pm
5 MasterChef Australia Live 2:30pm – 3:00pm
6 Gordon Ramsay Live 3:45pm – 4:15pm

Session Sunday 7th June Times
1 Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
2 Matt Moran – Sharpen your Knives 10:45am – 11:15am
3 Gordon Ramsay Live 12:30pm – 1:00pm
4 MasterChef Australia Live 1:45pm – 2:15pm
5 Matt Moran – Sharpen your Knives 3:00pm – 3:30pm
6 Gordon Ramsay Live 4:15pm – 4:45pm

Session Monday 8th June Times
1 Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
2 Tobie Puttock & Matt Moran 10:45am – 11:15am
3 Gordon Ramsay Live 12:30pm – 1:00pm
4 Tobie Puttock – The Italian Job 1:45pm – 2:15pm
5 Gordon Ramsay Live 3:00pm – 3:30pm

Gordon Ramsay at the Good Food and Wine Show Sydney

Session Friday 3rd July Times
1 Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
2 Matt Moran – Sharpen your Knives 10:45am – 11:15am
3 Tobie Puttock – The Italian Job 12:00pm – 12:30pm
4 Gordon Ramsay Live 1:15pm – 1:45pm
5 MasterChef Australia Live 2:30pm – 3:00pm
6 Tobie Puttock – The Italian Job 3:45pm – 4:15pm

Session Friday 3rd July ‘After Dark’ Times
1 Gordon Ramsay Live 6:00pm – 6:30pm
2 Gordon Ramsay Live 7:15pm – 7:45pm

Session Saturday 4th July Times
1 Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
2 Matt Moran – Sharpen your Knives 10:45am – 11:15am
3 Gordon Ramsay Live 12:30pm – 1:00pm
4 MasterChef Australia Live 1:45pm – 2:15pm
5 Gordon Ramsay Live 3:00pm – 3:30pm
6 Gordon Ramsay Live 4:15pm – 4:45pm

Session Sunday 5th July Times
1 Gordon Ramsay Live 9:30am – 10:00am
2 Tobie Puttock – The Italian Job 10:45am – 11:15am
3 Gordon Ramsay Live 12:30pm – 1:00pm
4 Matt Moran – Sharpen your Knives 1:45pm – 2:15pm
5 Gordon Ramsay Live 3:00pm – 3:30pm

David Driscoll
The Plonker Club

The Unofficial Gordon Ramsay Fansite
www.theplonkerclub.com