For all those who are lovers of France here is something that might interest you...
http://www.thefranceshow.com/
They tell me there will be live cookery demonstrations by top chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, Caricature artists, seminars on winetasting, book signings by leading authors like Stephen Clarke, live music, sample food dishes from Mon Plaisir and Cafe des Amis restaurants, a TV5 cinema, language lessons, champagne bar and over 20,000 properties for sale.
The answer is at London's Olympia, 18-20th January - where the UK's biggest celebration of France and the French living takes place in the shape of The France Show 2008.
Sound of interest? Then, here's the really great news because if you register for tickets on the France Show's official website (www.thefranceshow.com) before 31st December, your tickets to the Show will be absolutely free - no catches, or gimmicks, absolutely free! The offer allows you and up to five guests to gain entry free - saving you up to £48.
From 1st January 2008, tickets will cost £8 per person, either from the website or on the door on the day.
A big event, expecting over 40,000 visitors, The France Show 2008 will be split into Travel, Food and Wine, Property, Lifestyle and Language and Culture. There'll be full Seminar programmes running throughout each day with leading speakers on aspects of travel in france, learning French and buying and living in France - all are free on a first come first served basis. The property exhibition, meanwhile, will be the largest single French property exhibition held in the UK - no better place to find that dream home you've been promising yourself. The free cookery demonstrations, taking place in the Novelli Academy Food Theatre will also have a six session programme each day, three being carried out by Jean-Christophe Novelli himself, two by his protege Stephen Kitchen and the other by Frank Raymond of Mon Plaisir, the celebrated and oldest french restaurant in London.
Within the mini-Montmartre centrepiece of the Show, visitors will be able to relax with a drink or eating a sample signature dish cooked on the premises by top French restaurants for as little as £3 per dish. And all this while listening to live music and watching caricaturists and painters demonstrate their incredible talents.
The event is being run by top French sector magazine publisher, Archant Life, and sponsored by amongst ohers, Sunday Times, Classic FM, Brittany Ferries, Maison de la France and Rosetta Stone. For full details of all that's going on over the three days, check out the website at www.thefranceshow.com
I also notice if you click on the link there are free tickets....
4 comments:
Ah but will it be as much fun as we had last night at the annual Twinning Association dinner dance?
Glad you had fun. I had forgotten that it was on. Though as I had been out at the Dentist who managed the simultaneous feats of making an extra large hole in my tooth and an extra large hole in my bank balance I might not have been up for it in any case.
Should we be encouraging blatant advertising of this nature - some of us are old enough to remember Agincourt, the most significant event in French history.
And while I'm here, let's be honest, the French can't cook - they eat raw meat and burn lambs.
Let's invade France now and use it as a penal colony.
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