Sunday, November 13, 2011

Photography, Fashion, Food

Although we are quite slow on the updates, we went to 'Shoot the Chef', one of the events held by the Crave Sydney Food Festival, which went for the whole month of October. How? Alvina won tickets! :D It was held in Chifley Plaza, and for the one night, most of the stores had special deals and promotions to accompany the music, food, and art, so it was definitely something to get excited about.



Can’t be a festive night without a bit of bubbles, there was free champagne and unfortunately we did not get drunk enough to get into foolish situations to make this blog more interesting hehe.

 

Live music is a million times better, the classical string quartet was quite appropriate to enjoy with the echoey spacious halls.



This was one of my favourites, but sadly I didn't quite capture the details as well as I should have. Those badges and emblems on "The General" are actually all kinds of food, as are the small things on the map. I thought it was quite a clever idea!


This was my other favourite. What can I say, just looking at it was pure enjoyment.


The lower floor was filled with people anticipating a pleasant night. If i must comment as a social spectator, it was actually quite a bourgeois affair (aka people trying to be all hosh posh). Why did this image come into mind? As the gentle piano caressed the wide marble floored halls, the brows of narcissistic women were raised and there was gliding of sombre foot steps. I actually didn’t mind this tranquil yet facade like atmosphere but just thought it was hilarious when the crowd transformed from swans to a swarm of hungry elephants when the canapés were served. We eyed a delicate looking breadstick wrapped in proscuitto, and the waiter even saved one for us stating “Do leave that one for the girls”, however the malicious old ladies had no mercy and took every last bread stick…


My favourite pick, i like the expression on his face because it makes me wonder what he is staring at. The rawness of the photo attracts my attention and the lifesaver’s hat definitely adds an extra touch to the colour palette.



The man here is the photographer of the photo behind, which was one of the winning ones.


All eyes of prey leered at these little babies for the whole night.. Tuscan canapés were being served. We found most of them a little too salty yet flavoursome. Which i do prefer rather than blandness.



Sorry for the blurriness, I think something was happening at the time and I couldn't give my full attention to the photo. However you can still see how stunning Pia Anderson looks...so it was a lovely surprise to see her around.


The lovely Pia Anderson, she was a model in one of the finalist’s portrait. She definitely added a vibrance and sweetness to the photograph.




Finished the night off with a bit of sweetness! Overall we had a fun night, admiring the photos, eating several canapes, shopping, talking, drinking, and enjoying each others company.

17 comments:

ChiChi81 said...

Great job on scoring those tickets, Alvina! You two looked so lovely in that first photo. It looks like such a fun and gastronomically satisfying experience. And aww... that was such a kind and sweet gesture from the waiter. Too bad those old ladies seem to have forgotten their manners at the sight of the canapes lol. Beautiful photographs, you two. Thanks for sharing this awesome experience with us.

Cheers,

Wi
A Single Girl's Musings

Plami said...

looks like a fabulous event!

XoXo
Plami

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Yasi said...

Wow! What an amazing event!! It looks like you had so much fun.

:)
Yasi @ Hello, Gorgeous!

the creation of beauty is art. said...

This event looks so lovely! And Pia is GORGEOUS! I totally love her style!

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Megan said...

Looks like a fun night... thanks for sharing all the pics! :)

lapetiteblonde said...

love your outfit dear!and amazing pictures!!
xoxo=)

Bad Joan said...

Looks like a fantastic event!

GTBB,
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MOUSEVOX VINTAGE said...

ooh, i love food events! and free bubbly, to boot? yes, please!

Lidiya said...

The event looked amazing, so much fun!! <3
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Unknown said...

Nice blog!:-)kisses
Andreia

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joy said...

Wow looks like so much fun! Hehe I like the 5th picture :)

Anonymous said...

Wow what a lovely night to have experienced. Very lucky you two were.....now, if only NZ had these types of events that would be just wonderful =) I thought that picture of the chef and snails was so hilarious! Love love loved it ^_

Eeli

Angel Garcia said...

Looks like it was an amazing event.. Plus, free champagne! Who can complain about that haha..

All the best, ~Angel

Wynne Prasetyo said...

the floral blazer is gorgeous!





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mashi said...

Congrats on scoring those tickets. Looks like you guys had an amazing time

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