So we went, and before the rain came down at about 9 got through most of the stands. Le Gavroche was indeed there, as were several other Roux brothers restaurants. There were also live bands, drinks stands, cookery 'development' schools, cookbook libraries, and Chef demonstrations (when I walked by it was Tom Kerridge).
I thought after the ticket price of £26, it would all be free samples - but no. Perhaps because the event was staged in a Royal Park, or any other number of reasons, my brother and I bought booklets of "Crowns" (two to a pound - so essentially a dollar) which we would hand over in exchange for whatever we wanted.
There were average dishes, overdone dishes, unpleasant ones and some that were far too ambitious (the drinks were basically fine though.
A few great discoveries though: the bone marrow hamburger from Riuchard Corrigan's Bentley's was the best thing we ate (although Heston's salted caramel ice cream gets a mention), and something called Modern Milk. Google it, it's delicious.
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