Sexism at the food festival

[pandop]

Yesterday I went to the food festival in Leeds to meet up with a friend for her birthday - in the end there was a group of about 6 of us there. We split up to get the food of our choice for lunch, and then we managed to get some seats on the benches near the stage when we met up again. This coincided with a presentation from 'the Asda Chef' (Asda sponsor the festival) introduced by Claire Frisbee (who presents Look North on BBC Breakfast).

It didn't start well as Claire Frisbee announced that the chef would be making whatever, and that the Asda's head of Food Innovation (I can't remember either of their names) would be making something sweet 'for the ladies'. Later on as the HOFI was putting icing onto a pre-made cake (there wasn't much actual cooking in her part of the demonstration) she mentioned you could get your husband to do this 'as he's good at plastering'

::sigh::

At least the the food was good - and the cider was excellent. 

Comments

[beafarhana.livejournal.com]

*clunk clunk*

That's the sound of my eyes rolling so far my eyeballs dropped clean out of my head.

[hazelstitch.livejournal.com]

I could almost forgive the sweets for the ladies, but then the plastering comment ::sigh::

Fortunately we had finished eating by then, and went in search of dessert (lads and lasses both)

[gwyddno.livejournal.com]

No good looking at me for plastering - ask Miriam!

I didn't think you could get away with that kind of sexism these days. What age are Asda living in?

[hazelstitch.livejournal.com]

Not this one!

[dawn9163.livejournal.com]

I think I would serioulsy be sending some rather irate emails to ASDA and also to the organisers of the festival.

[hazelstitch.livejournal.com]

Should I?

[midnightoak.livejournal.com]

Goodness, were they shipped in from the fifties? Apart from that, sounds like a delicious day :)