A Few Questions With Chef Mike Robins – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018 The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors, here’s the responses from Chef Mike Robins. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Sous Sol is a small restaurant tucked into an unmarked basement in Winnipeg’s Osborne Village. We concentrate on simple French dining, utilizing…
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A Few Questions With Chef Shane Chartrand From SAGE– Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors, here’s the responses from Chef James Shane Chartrand. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Local Canadian with Indigenous influence. Where do you eat in your city? Bar Bricco/ London Local/ Bundok What would be…
A Few Questions With Chef David Vinoya From Wild Sage Bistro – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors, here’s the responses from Chef David Vinoya. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Our casually sophisticated restaurant, Wild Sage Kitchen, celebrates the farmer to chef relationship with a menu inspired by the…
A Few Questions With Chef James McFarland – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors, here’s the responses from Chef James McFarland. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Chef McFarlane is part of the Culinary program at the University of Saskatchewan. Their mission is “Food is our passion, and our…
A Few Questions For Chef Briana Kim – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors, and heard back from Chef Briana Kim from Cafe My House in Ottawa. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. We offer vegetable focused 5 and 10 course blind tasting menu. We specialize in vegetables and imagination.…
A Few Questions Chef Eric Gonzalez – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors, here’s the responses from Chef Eric Gonzalez From L’Atelier Joël Robuchon, in Montreal. What ingredient do you always have on hand? The base from my country: Olive Oil What cookbook would you suggest for a gift for your foodie friends this year?…
A Few Questions For Chef Nick Jewczyk – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors, and here’s the responses from Chef Nick Jewczyk from The Fifth Ticket in St. John’s. ured Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. We are a locally sourced, from scratch kitchen with a passionate service…
A Few Questions For Chef Lorenzo Loseto – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors, here’s the responses from Chef Lorenzo Loseto from George Restaurant in Toronto. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Where do you eat in your city? I like to try as many restaurants as possible…
A Few Questions For Chef Barry Moon – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question for the competitors and here are our answers from Chef Barry Mooney from Gio, representing Nova Scotia. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Gio is a fine dining restaurant in Halifax, where the service team takes the time to…
Kitslilano’s Bimini’s Pub Overs Dinners Great Value Named after the Bimini Islands in the Bahamas, Bimini’s first opened its doors in 1974 after being granted the Province’s first Neighborhood Pub license. The busy bar was quickly embraced by the post Summer of Love-era hippie locals; environmental agency Greenpeace’s head office was across the street, and many of their radical plots were hatched in strategy meetings over pints. Aging myself here, I’m going to say I probably first went to the pub in the late 80’s and Michael and I have dropped in here and there for their great selection of…
What To Do In Vancouver This Week We’re in the midst of Dine Out Vancouver (we had some pics last week here), the arts scene is buzzing, and there’s much focus on getting healthy, spending their time at the gym, focusing on self-care and rejuvenation. Where’s your focus this year? Have you found one yet? It’s never too late to start! I just launched into my newest fitness journey last week on January 15 with the Fit Body Boot Camp and am loving it now, although at times I feel it’s going killing me! If you want to try a…
Scotch Whisky, Ales, Haggis and Bagpipes! What’s Up In Vancouver This Robbie Burns Day Robbie Burns is Scotland’s most famous poet, and one of the more humorous ones. You probably know his most famous works, Auld Lang Syne, and each year the year of his birth is celebrated worldwide. As for me, I don’t need any excuse to sip some quality scotch, and as my great grandfather came from Scotland, I feel it’s a almost my birthright. To get you in the mood for a scotch or two, we check in with our friend, Chef Marcus Von Albrecht, who knows his…
Tacofino Launches Beer Dinner Series Starting With Red Truck Beer What goes better than tacos and beer? It’s a match that can’t be denied, but what’s in that taco matters when it comes to food and beer pairing, so lucky for us the powers that know have joined together to offer a variety of tacos with the beers that best pair. To promote this dinner, Red Truck and Tacofino delivered some tacos and beer last Friday, great marketing that definitely got our attention. They included a sample pack of red truck and the flavourful steak tacos from the menu that…
Support Olympic Athletes While Sampling Canada’s To Chef’s Dishes at the Canadian Culinary Championships We’ve booked our flights and have sent the interview questions to the chefs competing to get a bit of background information on who is competing at this year’s Canadian Culinary Championships held in Kelowna of February 2 & 3, 2018. Our British Columbia representative is once again, Chef Alex Chen; we sampled his dish at the BC level in November and were extremely impressed. I’ll be sure to get lots of photos of our local team from Boulevard Restaurant in Vancouver. The press release describes the…
What to do for Dine Out Vancouver I started writing my weekly picks and it ended up being so Dine Out Vancouver heavy that I decided to do a whole post on a couple of my ideas. So here’s my Dine Out Vancouver 2018 suggestions and there’s so many choices that I’m not going to pretend that I have time to look through many of them, but I will give you some recommendations based on past experience and the menus I’ve seen. If you are looking for some great tips and value picks, head to my friend Dianne Chow’s site, Fabulously Frugal,…
Mixing Up The Holland House Cocktail Our pal Karen is at it again and mixed up The Holland House Cocktail. She’s part Dutch and this drink is in honour of the Dutch side of her family. This drink uses Genever which is a Dutch spirit that is a predecessor to gin and created prior to the 1600’s. It is the national and traditional liquor of the Netherlands and is typically served neat in ice cold glasses. Check out Karen’s instagram account for more ideas for the home bar. You’ll see #whatskarendrinking next. The Holland House Cocktail This makes 1 serving (so you better make…
Courtyard By Marriott Calgary South – An Alternative to Calgary’s Busy Downtown District As I was coming back from Christmas in November at Jasper Park Lodge, I wanted to stay a few days and check out a bit more of Calgary, and was looking for a change of scenery from the downtown core. I had lots of work to do, so was mainly going to be held up in the hotel, so comfort and space was key, so I booked into the Courtyard By Mariott Calgary South and explored the Seton District. The Mariott Calgary South is has well-designed and spacious…
Tribute to Howard Hughes Opens at The Westin Bayshore Howard Hughes spent some time a the Westin Bayshore, and while it’s rumoured he stayed mainly hold up in his room, we figure if he was in the right mind space at the time, he would have really enjoyed the lounge named for him. HJU:Z is a bit of an odd name, but, when pronounced, sounds like Hughes, as it’s now commonly referred to as H Lounge, and as they say, don’t judge a book by it’s cover. We stopped in on a rather slow Tuesday, but it was mid-week and…
La Quercia Serves Up Italian Cocktails on West 4th The cocktail list is heavy with Italian influence at La Quercia on West Fourth near Alma, and we checked in to learn more about for the Craft Spirits show on TSN1410 with Jen Mansell who whipped up a Negroni Sbagliato. Tune into the segment to learn more below! Negroni Sbagliato 1 oz Campari 1 oz Cinzano 2 oz prosecco Serve on ice, garnished with orange slice A little more about La Quercia, a restaurant I work with, below. La Quercia Warms Up Room and Refreshes Menu After Nearly Ten Years on West…
Pan-Seared Arctic Char with Lentils, Parsnips, and Vanilla Vinaigrette We caught up with Chef Ned Bell at Christmas in November where he demonstrated this tasty Arctic Char from his new cookbook, Lure! You can also make this with chicken, he mentioned, as he often does when cooking for his kids as some of them prefer poultry. This is a great book and I am looking forward to getting into it more. Serves 4 Vanilla vinaigrette 2 Tbsp white wine vinegar ¼ vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped 1½ tsp honey 2 tsp Dijon mustard ¼ tsp sea salt ½…
