Let me start by saying John is alot better looking in person than on masterchef. Here’s me, reporting on the relevant action which took place at the Toast Festival – Australia Day.

“Its that bloke from Masterchef….check it out.”

As you can probably tell, I am completely a fan. I handed my super swish, hulk of a NEW camera (yes I am now a D700 owner now) to my better half for some keepers.

Yes, please make that out to ‘Kang’. He’s signing a copy of his beefcyclopedia entitled ‘BEEF’. I wrote a review on it several moons ago here, and really thought his book was great. I love beef, and one can really tell that it was written by a beeflover too. It was all too appropriate to find Mr Torode grilling meat on a ‘hot’ Sunday afternoon in a park in Saarf London.

Don’t be shy John, get some grease on yer book, come on.

Yup, I got it, a very cool autograph, made with a waterproof marker, also courtesy of the special one. So John wrote: ‘Kang, Enjoy Bij La, John’. Am I reading it wrong? What the heck is ‘Bij La’ ? Anybody?

Naturally, I ate from SOS; this is John’s Dog. £5. The bread was the highlight, very soft, almost marshmallow like. As for the dog itself, I thought it needed just a tad more oommph, but John cooked in on the barbie and putting my fan-hat on; it tasted great.

All in all, a pleasant afternoon. There were mainly stalls which did food & wine, and lots of chairs and tables about for people laze around, which for a Sunday afternoon, was rather perfect. I managed a shot of the concert area too, it wasn’t overpacked, which was a good thing for myself, and about the only thing I missed out on – because of the massive queues – was this free wine tasting event they had on in a few of the tents.

Just want to send shouts to Rebecca for the free tickets, and also to you guys who went, I didn’t bump into anyone but I hope you had a good time there as well.

And here are some more pictures from the event:

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Hey guys, here’s a treat for ya!

The Toast Festival event organisers are giving LondonEater readers 50 pairs of tickets (usually £25 each) to the UK’s largest southern hemisphere themed festival. There’s lotsa food (John Torode is gonna be there to cook for guests), wine tasting, polo matches, live music and cultural performances. It’s all taking place in Clapham Common on the weekend of 26-28th June 2009. It looks like alot of fun, so if you’re interested (and live in the area perhaps), then here’s your free pass to the event!

All you need to do is send an email (subject: LondonEater offer) to rsvp@goaheadevents.com with your full name and state which Toast you’d like to attend (South Africa – Friday, New Zealand – Saturday, Australia – Sunday) and you’ll receive an e-ticket in return. It’s for the first 50 emails they receive, so get emailing now.

Offical website at www.toastfestivals.co.uk 

   
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We have 50 pairs of tickets to this years festival up for grabs for LondonEater reasers (Tickets usually £25!) Taste the very best local food from the likes of Aussie Masterchef John Torode (BBC), savour the latest tipple from award-winning wine producers, learn to manage a BBQ the downunder way in a BBQ masterclass, enjoy authentic cultural performances plus
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For more information visit www.toastfestivals.co.uk