Tasty Brum

By Paul Fulford on July 10, 2008 4:09 PM | Permalink

A glance out of my study window reveals that despite a blue sky, the rain has started to fall. But it looks like a shower that will soon pass.

Which is reassuring because fairly soon I'll be walking half-a-mile down the road to the VIP launch of the Taste of Birmingham food festival at Cannon Hill Park.

Certainly the weather looks a whole lot better than it was when the event opened a year ago. It poured down and the grass was so soggy that even the walkways disappeared into the mud.

Nevertheless, last year was a cracking occasion and I'm sure this year will be just as good and probably better.

Taste runs until Sunday and there'll be a chance to rub shoulders with celebrity chefs, watch cookery demonstrations, buy produce, sample signature dishes from top restaurants, enjoy a drink and listen to music.

I'm specially looking forward to trying the food being produced by four top chefs from Lyon, widely regarded as France's culinary capital.

Another glance out the window shows the rain's now stopped. There's no excuse: get yourself to Taste.