Sirah 2013, Lyon

Dimanche 27 janvier SIRAH 2013 Lyon

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

Another tram and a bus et voila - SIRAH!

This show is enormous. As big as Maison et Objet. I took just a tiny bite.I’m thinking of running back today for more bites.

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

And so many chefs

And chef demos mis en place

Thousands of croissants wherever you look.

Christophe Adams created 'baguette' eclairs. Formerly Fauchon's master eclair pastry chef. He now owns l'Eclair du Genie..

Valrhona Chocolate is a major sponsor of the 5-day extravaganza. They passed around tasting trays of various flavored chocolate mousse.

Loved this olive oil tasting set up like a perfume tasting.

Beautiful KitchenAids like Radio City Rockette dancers were in every chefs kitchen onsite.

Statues of Paul Bocuse everywhere. The Bocuse d'Or concours  lasts 2 days and is 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— savory relief from all the lush sweets in the food halls downstairs. The Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Bonne Journee!