Belling at the Good Food Show

Great British cooking brand Belling was proud to be the appliance sponsor of this year’s series of BBC Good Food Shows and to celebrate we laid on a fantastic food-filled five days at BBC Good Food Show Winter.

We had expert cookery demos by top TV chef Brian Turner and Indian cookery master Cyrus Todiwala, exhibited our one-of-a-kind Facebook cooker and our fantastic Tweet Pie twecipe book was also available.

That’s not all, we gave away £1,000 of Belling appliances every day at the show.

Taking Centre Stage

Belling’s stand was the ideal place to get up close to cookery demonstrations by some of the UK’s top chefs.

Brand ambassador and the UK’s favourite TV chef, Brian Turner, was on-stand every day cooking up a storm with some delicious winter-inspired demonstrations. He also took on a daily Get, Set, Cook challenge with a bag of mystery ingredients sourced from the show’s exhibitors, as well as cooking recipes of just 140 characters from our Tweet Pie book.

Adding a touch of spice, on Saturday 26th November top Indian chef Cyrus Todiwala was on stand creating some mouth-watering Asian delights. The perfect recipe for impressing your dinner party guests over the festive period.

For those of you who have been inspired by this year’s Great British Bake Off, we had Christmas themed baking demonstrations and top tips by last year’s runner up Ruth Clemens aka The Pink Whisk in our baking area.

As official appliance sponsor, Belling’s leading British built cookers, hobs and range ovens also take pride of place in the live demonstration theatres at this year’s event. Top chefs including James Martin, Rick Stein, John Torode and Rachel Allen inspired the crowds on Belling’s top-of-the-range built-in appliances.

Cookery Demonstrations to Inspire You

We were delighted that brand ambassador Brian Turner joined us on stand every day at this year’s Winter show.

We tested Brian’s skills to the max with some fantastic cookery demonstrations which entertained the crowd and kept Brian on his toes.

• Be inspired with Brian's festive-themed feast
• Brian re-created one of our Tweet Pie Twecipes – using a recipe just 140 characters long
• Brian took on the Get, Set, Cook Challenge creating a dish with a bag of mystery ingredients supplied by show exhibitors

On Saturday 26th November Cyrus Todiwala joined us on stand to get the crowd’s taste buds going with some delicious Indian themed Christmas dishes.

Even More Fantastic Demonstrations

Away from the Belling stand our British-built appliances were put to good use in all other cookery theatres.

The Supertheatre, Saturday Kitchen Theatre, Live Masterchef Experience area, British Theatre and Magimix Theatre were kitted out with our leading range of appliances which have been designed with British cooks in mind.

A wide range of top chefs including James Martin, Rick Stein, Rachel Allen, Alain Roux, Michael Caines and Glynn Purnell put their cookery skills on display at the show, putting Belling at the heart of the action throughout the five-day foodie extravaganza.

Brian Turner

A brand ambassador for the past five years, Brian Turner is one of the UK’s best loved chefs and TV personalities.

With four decades of experience in the industry, Brian is committed to championing Great British cooking and works alongside Belling and Stoves to promote home cooking and British ingredients to the masses. Brian’s latest venture, Turners at Butlins, is a family restaurant focused on British cooking with a modern twist.

A great entertainer in a live cookery setting, Brian’s demonstrations were not to be missed at this year’s BBC Good Food Show Winter.

Cyrus Todiwala

Owner and executive chef of London’s Café Spice Namasté, Cyrus Todiwala is a world-renonwed chef known for blending traditional Indian culinary techniques and flavours with more unexpected ingredients.

A keen environmentalist, Cyrus cooks with organic and sustainable products wherever possible and firmly believes in Buying British. This year his restaurant won the 2011 Sustainable Food Award from the Corporation of London.

This October 2011 saw the opening of Cyrus’ newest restaurant venture - ‘Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen’ the signature restaurant of the new Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 5.

Ruth Clemens, The Pink Whisk

Ruth Clemens otherwise known as The Pink Whisk, is a self-confessed Manic Mummy Baker Extraordinaire! With an obsession with baking, although not so much the cooking, cleaning, washing....

A contestant and finalist on the very first series of The Great British Bake Off for BBC2 in 2010, Ruth now runs The Pink Whisk, a baking blog, providing recipes and inspiration to the baking mad masses. She also writes for various magazines and has just completed her first book for publication in April 2012.

For even more baking inspiration, recipes and tutorials please visit www.thepinkwhisk.co.uk 

Good Food Show Recipes from Brian Turner and Cyrus Todiwala

Visitors to the Belling stand watched Brian Turner and Cyrus Todiwala cook some of their famous dishes.
Now you can have a go yourself at home with some of their recipes below.

Roast Pork with Winter Vegetables 

Ingredients 

2 x 12oz pork fillets
4 parsnips
12 medium sized new potatoes
12 brussel sprouts
1 large onion
2 granny smith apples
¼ pt chicken stock
1 sprig thyme
¼ pt olive oil
Salt & pepper
2oz butter

Instructions 

1. Trim the sprouts and cut in half lengthwise
2. Wash the potatoes and cut in half lengthwise
3. Peel the parsnips and cut into pieces the same size as the potatoes and sprouts
4. Colour the parsnips then the sprouts and then the potatoes evenly, season and put into an ovenproof dish
5. Pour the chicken stock over, add the sprig of thyme and put into the oven 180 c to cook
6. Meanwhile trim the pork, sear in oil to colour then season
7. Cut the apples into quarters, take out the core then colour in hot oil
8. Put in with the pork, add chopped onion and roast 200 c until cooked
9. Take the pork out and rest
10. Toss the apples and onion in butter
11. Pour over the vegetables
12. Slice the pork, lay on top and serve

Click here to see some more of Brian Turner's and Cyrus Todiwala's recipes 

Our Facebook Cooker

Belling exhibited a world’s first at the BBC Good Food Show with the unveiling of the first ever Facebook-inspired cooker, dedicated to its Facebook fans.

Created especially for BBC Good Food Show Winter, for the few weeks before the show we were encouraging people to like our Facebook page for the chance to be part of history and appear on the cooker.

All of the profile pictures of our fans were captured and transported on to a real-life range cooker which went on display on our stand at the show.

Visit our Facebook page to see more of the action from the show.