“I feel cheated!”
“There are too many prams blocking the way!”
“What does Eskom even have to do with good food and wine?”
These were only some of the complaints after this weekend’s Good Food and Wine Show, and I can’t say I disagree with any of them. What a disappointment. With a general entrance fee of R95.00 I didn’t expect to be pushed over by prams, taste bad wine, and be exposed to Crocs. I can see ugly shoes for free in the shopping mall. I’m still confused as to why Crocs even had a stall at the show, and it was huge.
The entire show had that ‘if you can pay for a stall, you can have one’ feel to it. Anyone and everyone had a stall there. Vondis, the holistic natural pet food producers, even had a stall. The layout of the show took up all four halls of the CTICC but there were still bottlenecks where traffic accumulated. I wonder if there was ever a limit set on how many tickets could be sold or were the organisers just trying to make as much money as possible.
I was very unimpressed and I won’t go back again. There are so many better food festivals that Cape Town has to offer. Taste of Cape Town upheld the standard of food and wine we pride ourselves on here in the Cape and I will continue to support them. I had a great time at the Cheese and Wine Festival out in Durbanville and I wouldn’t hesitate recommending the experience to anyone.
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O my word, are you serious? I really wanted to go so badly but something else came up.I think they are slowly going to loose their customers, i mean really, what does "crocs" have to do with food and wine tasting?. The last time i went was in 2010, it was totally amazing,I wonder what happened this year.
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