Event to raise awareness for the need of nutritious food items

Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) in partnership with the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society is hosting a special cooking competition with Chef Ned Bell, Head Chef of Rosewood Hotel Georgia; Chef Quang Dang, Executive Chef of Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver; and Chef Gennaro Iorio, Executive Chef/Co-Proprietor of La Terrazza, to encourage Vancouverites to donate during the 2011 Extra Helping™ Spring National Food Drive.

The ingredient list for the cook-off will be based on a selection of the most-needed food items as identified by the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, and will remain unknown to the competing chefs until the start of the event. The chefs will then have 30 minutes to develop and create a tasty and nutritious meal. The final dishes will be judged by a distinguished panel of judges. A donation on behalf of the participating chefs and judges will be made to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing food and related assistance to those in need. The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society collects and distributes food for more than 25‚000 people weekly through 15 food depots and over 100 community agencies located in Vancouver‚ Burnaby‚ New Westminster and the North Shore.

Who: Competing Chefs:

Chef Ned Bell, Head Chef, Rosewood Hotel Georgia

Chef Quang Dang, Executive Chef of Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver

Chef Gennaro Iorio, Executive Chef/Co-Proprietor, La Terrazza

Judging Panel
Claudia Kwan, Freelance journalist

Dawn Chubai, Co-Host, Breakfast Television Vancouver, CityTV

When: April 11, 2011

10:30 a.m.

Where: Dirty Apron Cooking School
540 Beatty Street

Vancouver, BC V6B 2L3