The Delicious Food Show Returns to Toronto in October

By Lori Bosworth

The Delicious Food Show returns to the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto October 17-19, 2014. Here’s your chance to find out about new products, get culinary tips from well-known celebrity chefs and sample and taste food and beverages from over 125 exhibitors.

You can watch the following chefs demonstrate their cooking skills on the Food Network Celebrity Stage:

Friday, October 17, 2014

12 p.m. – Mario Batali
2 p.m. – Tyler Florence
4 p.m. – Mark McEwan
7 p.m. – Chuck Hughes

Saturday, October 18, 2014

12 p.m. – Lucinda Scala Quinn
2 p.m. – Nadia G.
4 p.m. – Sandwich Smackdown

Sunday, October 19, 2014

12 p.m. – Roger Mooking
2 p.m. – Dominique Ansel
4 p.m. – Abbey’s Kitchen Stadium

For an additional fee, you can attend an exclusive workshop hosted by the following celebrity chefs:

• Chuck Hughes, Friday, October 17, 2014, 1 p.m. $300
• Tyler Florence, Friday, October 17, 2014, 4 p.m., $300
• Mark McEwan, Friday, October 17, 2014, 6:30 p.m., $300
• Lucinda Scala Quinn, Saturday, October 18, 2014, $100
• Nadia G, Saturday, October 18, 2014, 4:30 p.m., $200
• Roger Mooking, Sunday, October 19, 2014, 2 p.m., $300

Need a Christmas gift idea for the cook in your family? Authors including Chuck Hughes, Mark McEwan, Tyler Florence, Mario Batali, Roger Mooking and others will be signing copies of the books at the Indigo Book Store.

If you want to continue the party after the show, Nadia G of the Cooking Channel’s Bitchin’ Kitchen, will host an after party (19+) at the Gladstone Hotel on Friday, October 17 from 9 p.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $100 and include admission to the Delicious Food Show.

Tickets for the Delicious Food Show are Adult (18-64) $20, Senior (65+) $15, Youth (13-17) $10 and Group (10+) $15 each. Drink sampling vouchers are $5 and are good for five drink sampling tickets.

The Delicious Food Show takes place at the Direct Energy Centre, Hall A at Exhibition Place. Show hours are Friday, October 17, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, October 19, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.