Any North Carolina bakers interested in promoting their products might want to check out the Got to Be Festival. I attend every year and it is a great place for food entreprenuers to get exposure.

The Got to Be NC Festival Food Expo Deadline has been extended to March 31, 2010. If you would like to participate in the Food Expo, please contact Myrtle T. Earley at 919-733-7912 ext 231

The 2010 Food Expo at the Got to Be NC Festival takes place on May 21, 22, 23 at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. This years festival will draw 75,000- 100,000 consumers. Please see the web site for more info - www.ncagfest.com

This year, the Expo will have a NC Wine Garden, NC Specialty Foods section and a NC Farm Fresh section. Customers can also purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, sauces, sweets, nuts, wine and plants while visiting the show.

Look out for episode 3 of the new Gourmet TV series 'Adventures with Ruth', screening tomorrow 1 November on PSB in which Richard Bertinet shows Ruth and Oscar Winning actress Diane Weist how to bake bread.

Richard Bertinet is a baker, chef and owner of The Bertinet Kitchen cookery school in Bath, UK.  He has written two award winning books on bread-making Dough - Simple Contemporary Bread (2005 ) and Crust - Bread to get your teeth into (2007).  His third book - a cookery book is due to be published next year.  (All books published by Kyle Cathie in the UK / Kyle Books in the US)

For the trailer for this and other episodes see the Gourmet website at http://www.gourmet.com/adventureswithruth/season-1

For more information about Richard Bertinet and The Bertinet Kitchen visit http://www.thebertinetkitchen.com