For those who are tempting to go to the show, do not hesistate, just go. It was very enjoyable watching the cooking demo performed by Tojo, Feenie, and Bob Blumer. My funniest part was when Feenie screwed up the cooking demo where he was making a chicken pot pie with puff pastry on top. However, he had a great deal of difficulty getting the pastry to puff up and later he found out the oven wasn't even turned on. Feenie went overtime and I could see Blumer wasn't a happy camper at the backstage. He was also taking stabs at the astronomical price that Feenie would charge at his restaurant for a similar dish that he prepared at the demo. People simply went nuts after the cooking demo trying to get a bite of free food.
One thing that pissed me off was there were these two Chinese ladies in front of me continuously asking Tojo for his ingredients and simply doesn't want to move on. In the meantime, all I wanted to do was to admire his $1000 knife but they kept on blocking my view. Tojo was really nice and answered all their questions. He even gave them a little sample of the plum sake he used.
There were also hotties of all ages on the floor and most of them were wearing articles that show off their bodies in order to attract people coming to sample their products. That strategy really worked well on me and I bought things that I wouldn't have bought if they weren't sold by hotties wearing tight tops and yoga pants.
Finally, if you are a pet owner, there are plenty of samples for your pet to take home and can easily make up the price of admission.
