(I’m quite late writing this post as it was meant to be two Sunday ago but better late than never.) Another year and another Good Food Show in London, this time held at Kensington Olympia and although I had already been to one when I first arrived in London, this year’s event had both Heston Blumenthal (of Fat Duck fame) and Nigella Lawson (of various TV shows and cooking book fame).

I couldn’t see Heston as I couldn’t take a day off work, so I went on the Sunday when Nigella was going to be talking. Her session was brief, just over and hour, almost an hour and half where she mixed her Christmas cookies, followed by a Q&A session with the audience. She didn’t actually bake her cookie mixture as she mentioned how boring that would be, instead choosing to relate it to her own personal story with her sons and the role they play in Christmas for her family each year.

I think the thing that I liked about her, besides her striking appearance and gorgeous voice was how humble and chatty she was. Despite the numerous books (her latest being a Christmas book) and TV shows she has, she still attests that she’s not a very good cook and continued to joke about how it was her greed that steered her towards her (second) career path (the first being a journalism one).

The rest of the show wasn’t particularly memorable, especially since after recently visiting the Salone de Gusto however seeing Nigella was definitely worth it.