Extravaganza Geelong

Extravaganza Geelong is a foodie event which is on every year. This event was at Deakin Uni and the entry fee was $25 and $5 extra each for the masterclasses. For a fine sunny Saturday not many people turned up in the morning but many more came for the afternoon and the chocolate session.

For $25 you got unlimited wine and food tastings and the wine glass, a goody bag with the paper in it and an apple. And no it does not include the V-line to and from Melbourne. For that I paid an extra $9. It is $18 without the Zone 1 and 2 pass.

Here we had fun tasting all the wines and all the food. And we also got to talk to some of the volunteers about their job and how much fun they had. Now I wonder where all the money goes to. Maybe some of it goes to the uni to pay the rent.

Olive oils

At the Olive oil masterclass

My first wine of the day

Cheese tastings

Bread from Alfie's Bakehouse

Tomato relish

The original Hammer and Tongs sauce

My wine glass

Free tastings of wine

Free cordial for all

Relishes

Olive oils for testing

The timetable for the stage

Mushrooms

The cooking stage

Jams

Olive oils and relishes. I bought a relish for $5

Wines

Herbs

The Little Creatures truck

At the Little creatures truck. I loved the sign

Making the macarons

Snowpeas and learning how to grow them

The bistro menu

Cured smoked salmon

Pesto dip

But still we enjoyed tasting the olive oil in masterclass and actually sipping that stuff. Then at the chocolate masterclass we enjoyed tasting the chocolates and watching the lady make these handmade sweets.

Trying the chocolates

There are also some free cooking demonstrations for all and also tastings at these. We enjoyed Matt Wilkinson's mussel toast. Who knew there could be such thing?

I got a lot for my money's worth and next year the Extravaganza team should host some blogger giveaways to those that can't afford it including return train trips to Geelong from Melbourne.