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\"\"<\/a>Can’t Wait for….Friday, November 16 2012 at The Westin Bayshore Vancouver<\/strong><\/p>\n

Competing Chefs for 2012<\/p>\n

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Angus An<\/strong>\u00a0Maenam<\/a>
\nJoe Campo<\/strong>\u00a0The Westin Bayshore Vancouver<\/a>
\nQuang Dang<\/strong>\u00a0West<\/a>
\nMark Filatow<\/strong>\u00a0Waterfront Restaurant & Wine Bar<\/a>
\nDavid Gunawan<\/strong>\u00a0Wildebeest
\nLee Humphries<\/strong>\u00a0C Restaurant<\/a>
\nNicholas Nutting<\/strong>\u00a0The Pointe Restaurant at Wickaninnish Inn<\/a>\u00a0(Tofino)
\nDarin Paterson<\/strong>\u00a0Bogner\u2019s of Penticton<\/a>
\nJeff Van Geest<\/strong>\u00a0Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery<\/a>
\nTaryn Wa<\/strong>\u00a0Savoury Chef<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/goldmedalplates.com<\/a><\/div>\n
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JUDGES 2012….<\/p>\n

Being a judge for Gold Medal Plates is a tough gig \u2013 force fed dishes with truffle oil, wine glasses overflowing with with the finest chardonnay and shmoozing with music celebrities and olympic athletes. How terrible. Not to mention actually having to choose a winning favourite amongst the note worthy culinary professionals.<\/p>\n

As daunting as this task may seem, we only award this noble duty to the best and bravest Canadian culinary minds \u2013 to do the dirty work of course! Our resident judge and culinary advisor James Chatto announces this years judges for Gold Medal Plates 2012.<\/p>\n

James Chatto is the author of six books and one of Canada\u2019s best-known food writers. He is the editor of\u00a0harry<\/em>\u00a0magazine, senior editor of\u00a0Food & Drink<\/em>\u00a0magazine, restaurant critic for\u00a0Zoomer<\/em>\u00a0magazine and writes about food and drink on his web site,\u00a0jameschatto.com<\/a>. He has won the Drummer General\u2019s Award, had a hit record that reached number two on England\u2019s Northern Soul charts in the 1970s, has been declared a Freeman of Corfu Town and is a Chevalier of the\u00a0Confrerie des Chevaliers du Taste Fromage de France<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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St. John’s<\/h3>\n
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Karl Wells<\/strong><\/p>\n

Karl Wells is a food writer and restaurant critic for\u00a0The Telegram<\/em>\u00a0in St. John\u2019s. He also hosts the Rogers TV show\u00a0One Chef One Critic<\/em>. He has been a judge at many professional cooking competitions and is a recipient of the Canadian Culinary Federation\u2019s Sandy Sanderson Award.<\/p>\n

Bob Arniel<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bob Arniel is a Canadian\u00a0Certified Chef, holding a Bachelor of Vocational Education Degree.\u00a0 Bob is the owner\/operator of Chef\u00a0To Go, a cooking school and catering company in St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Kitty Drake<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kitty Drake has owned and operated two award-winning restaurants and a wild Newfoundland berry preserves company. She\u2019s worked as a food consultant, food stylist for advertising, and as a chef on TV and radio.<\/p>\n

Cynthia Stone<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyday Kitchen<\/em>\u00a0columnist Cynthia Stone learned by trial and error what people with a taste for good food appreciate. Her column has been a regular fixture in\u00a0The Telegram<\/em>\u00a0for a decade.<\/p>\n

Todd Perrin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Todd is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of Canada. He\u2019s cooked for The Lodge at Kananaskis and a private hotel near Zurich, Switzerland. Currently he operates the Chef\u2019s Inn and Mallard Cottage restaurant in St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Chef Mike Barsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Montreal<\/h3>\n
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Robert Beauchemin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Beauchemin has been one of the main restaurant critics and food writers in Montreal for the last 17 years. An academic, trained in anthropology, he also teaches in college what he likes best: culture, music, books and of course food.<\/p>\n

Gildas Meneu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gildas Meneu has been a restaurant critic since 1998, first for the free weekly\u00a0Ici<\/em>\u00a0and then forVoir<\/em>. In love with the Montreal restaurant scene, he\u2019s still eager to discover new fine dining tables each week. As a passionate food aficionado, he\u2019s also research journalist for the Radio-Canada TV Show L\u2019\u00c9picerie.<\/p>\n

Julian Armstrong<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julian Armstrong is a food writer for The Gazette, Montreal, and author of the cookbook\u00a0A Taste of Quebec.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lesley Chesterman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesley Chesterman has been the fine-dining critic and food columnist for The Montreal Gazette since 1999.\u00a0Prior to her career in food writing, Ms. Chesterman attended the\u00a0Institut de tourisme et d\u2019h\u00f4tellerie du Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong>\u00a0for three years before working as a professional pastry chef in Quebec and in France.\u00a0She has written a cookbook,\u00a0Boulangerie et P\u00e2tisserie: Techniques de Base<\/em>(Tr\u00e9carre, 2000), and two restaurant guides:\u00a0Flavourville 2000<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Flavourville 2003-2004\u00a0<\/em>(ECW Press). Her writings have also appeared in Gourmet, Saveur, The Art of Eating, Nuvo, Montreal Centre-Ville, and Wine Tidings magazines.<\/p>\n

Rollande DesBois<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author, educator and broadcaster, Rollande DesBois has been described as \u201cthe Julia Child of Quebec.\u201d Her many international honours can be found listed at her web site,<\/p>\n

www.rollande-desbois.riaq.ca.<\/p>\n

Chef Jean-Philippe Saint-Denis<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ottawa<\/h3>\n
\n

Anne DesBrisay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anne DesBrisay was the Ottawa Citizen\u2019s restaurant critic for twenty years. She is a regular contributor to the food pages of Ottawa Magazine and the travel pages of a number of publications. She is the author of three editions of Capital Dining, her series of guide books to the best restaurants in the Capital Region. Anne is also a senior editor and feature writer with Taste &Travel Magazine.<\/p>\n

Judson Simpson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Judson Simpson, Certified Chef de Cuisine, is the Executive Chef at the House of Commons in Ottawa and is the Chairman of the Canadian Culinary Federation. He competed four times at the VKD World Culinary Olympics, most notably as Manager of Culinary Team Canada in 2004, and is an internationally certified competition judge.<\/p>\n

Margaret Dickenson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Margaret Dickenson is a culinary Ambassador for Canada, recently recognized as one of the TOP 50 People in the Capital and the 2011 Alumna of Honour of the University of Guelph Alumni Association. This in acknowledgement of her community and charitable works, her lifestyle TV series and the many international awards her cookbooks have garnered.<\/p>\n

Pam Collacott<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pam Collacott is a long serving TV cook and spokesperson on the CTV Ottawa News at Noon. She is a cookbook author, food stylist, culinary teacher, columnist and contributing editor for Taste & Travel Magazine, ever roaming the globe for new gastronomic challenges.<\/p>\n

Sheila Whyte<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

President\/owner since 1991, of Thyme and Again Creative Catering and Take Home Foods, Sheila is an innovative leader and trend-setter in Ottawa\u2019s food industry. Active in the arts and charitable communities, Sheila sits on the advisory board for Savour Ottawa and the Culinary Management advisory board at Algonquin College, and is a founding member of the Royal Ottawa Women for Mental Health Campaign.<\/p>\n

Chef Marc Lepine<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Toronto<\/h3>\n
\n

Sasha Chapman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toronto native Sasha Chapman briefly wore chef\u2019s whites before she decided that writing about food was much easier than cooking it. Her award-winning stories have appeared in major Canadian and U.S. magazines and newspapers. She is currently an editor at\u00a0The Walrus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Christine Cushing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christine Cushing, celebrity chef, is host of Viva and W networks\u2019 cooking show, Fearless in the Kitchen.<\/p>\n

Lucy Waverman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy Waverman is the food columnist for The Globe and Mail, Food Editor of Food & Drink Magazine and \u00a0food columnist for the new MSN.ca site.\u00a0 Her latest book is\u00a0A Year in Lucy\u2019s Kitchen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Anita Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anita Stewart is the founder of Food Day (http:\/\/foodday.ca), broadcasts regularly on CBC Radio (cbc.ca\/freshair) and for nearly three decades has chronicled the food life of Canada in her 14 books. She is on the Advisory Council for the Governor General\u2019s Award in Celebration of the Nation\u2019s Table and is an honourary lifetime member of the Canadian Culinary Federation of Chefs and Cooks (CCFCC). This year, she was awarded the Order of Canada.\u00a0John Higgins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chef John Higgins has cooked for the Queen and heads of state, won dozens of gold medals in competition, and commands international acclaim.\u00a0He is currently the Director and Corporate Chef of the George Brown Chef School and was previously the Director of Food and Beverage\/Executive Chef of the King Edward Hotel Toronto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Winnipeg<\/h3>\n
\n

Jeff Gill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Originally from England, Jeff Gill trained as a chef at the Savoy Hotel in London. He got a job at the<\/p>\n

Waldorf in New York but somehow ended up in Winnipeg instead where he was executive chef for a<\/p>\n

number of restaurants and hotels. For the last 15 years, he has been a Culinary Arts Instructor at red River College.<\/p>\n

Arvel Gray<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arvel Gray is\u00a0a writer, broadcastor and producer with more than\u00a033 years in the industry. Her career has included radio and television at the local, national and international levels as well as writing and editing for books and magazines.<\/p>\n

Christine Hanlon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Homegrown Manitoba writer Christine Hanlon is passionate about her province and its prairie cuisine. She has had the privilege to cover its vibrant culture, restaurants and personalities through such publications as Style Manitoba, Western Living, Harry (Rosen) magazine and Fodor\u2019s Canada travel guide. She is also the co-author of the Manitoba Book of Everything.<\/p>\n

Mary Jane Feeke<\/strong><\/p>\n

MJ Feeke is a red seal chef, and baker who has enjoyed teaching pastry arts and baking for the last 8 years. She supported Team Canada to go for the Gold in 2008 for the world Culinary Olympics, she is currently pastry chef for Team Manitoba, who will be attending the next Olympics in 2012. MJ has been chef-owner of Benjamin\u2019s in Selkirk for 12 years.<\/p>\n

Chef Michael Dacquisto<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Saskatoon\/Regina<\/h3>\n
\n

C J Katz<\/strong><\/p>\n

CJ Katz is the culinary host of CTV\u2019s\u00a0The Wheatland Caf\u00e9<\/em>, and publisher of the award-winning weekly on-line food and drink publication,\u00a0Savour Life Magazine<\/em>\u00a0(www.savourlife.ca). A long-time commentator on cooking, dining and entertaining for CBC Radio 1\u2019s\u00a0Morning Edition<\/em>, CJ introduced a new bi-weekly radio column this fall called\u00a0Savour Saskatchewan<\/em>, profiling the local flavours and producers of the Prairie. Her first book,\u00a0Taste, Seasonal Dishes from a Prairie Kitchen\u00a0<\/em>will be published this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Jo Ehman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Jo Ehman is the author of\u00a0Prairie Feast: A Writer\u2019s Journey Home for Dinner.\u00a0<\/em>She is a food columnist in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix and CBC Radio, and a founding member of Local Bounty in Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n

Trent Brears<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trent Brears has been the Manager and Execuitve Chef of the legislative food service in Regina for 14 years. As a frequent national and international competitor he won two silver medals at the Luxembourg Expogast in 1994. In 2000, he captained the Saskatchewan Culinary Team at the Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany and also received a silver medal.<\/p>\n

dee Hobsbawn-Smith\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>poetry, fiction and food\u00a0writing has appeared in books, magazines, newspapers, anthologies and literary\u00a0journals across Canada\u00a0and elsewhere. She is an active Slow Food member, award-winning freelance\u00a0journalist, chef and culinary educator \u201cgifted with whimsy and precision\u201d.\u00a0After 27 years in Calgary, she now lives in the\u00a0family farmhouse west of Saskatoon, where she is\u00a0currently earning her MFA in writing at the University of Saskatchewan.\u00a0Her fifth book,\u00a0Foodshed: An Edible Alberta\u00a0Alphabet<\/em>, published by TouchWood Editions, has been hailed by The\u00a0Globe and Mail as \u2018a locavore call to arms\u2019.<\/p>\n

Janis Hutton<\/strong>\u00a0is co-owner of\u00a0Calories Restaurant<\/strong>\u00a0on Broadway Avenue and was a co-founder ofSouleio Foods<\/strong>\u00a0on 3rd\u00a0<\/sup>Avenue South in Saskatoon. With 16+ years in the food industry, she currently represents Saskatchewan and independent operators on the Canadian Restaurant & Food Service Association Board of Directors. She is known as an innovator and a leader in her community.<\/p>\n

Chef Anthony McCarthy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Edmonton<\/h3>\n
\n

Mary Bailey (senior judge)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wine, food and travel writer Mary Bailey publishes\u00a0The Tomato Food & Drink<\/em>\u00a0and is co-author of two best-selling books on Alberta food.\u00a0She is an ISG-certified sommelier and wine instructor for the Art Institute of Vancouver, teaching Wine & Spirit Education Trust courses in Edmonton.\u00a0Mary founded Edmonton\u2019s Slow Food convivium in 2002.<\/p>\n

Clayton Folkers<\/strong><\/p>\n

A world-class pastry chef and baking and pastry instructor at NAIT School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts,\u00a0 Clayton has participated as chef member, co-captain, captain and coach with Culinary Team Alberta and Culinary Team Canada, winning numerous gold medals as well as the IKA Culinary Olympics in 1992 and the ScotHot World Championship in 2005. A renowned international judge, he was the first pastry chef to captain the Canadian National Culinary Team (2000).<\/p>\n

Gail Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gail Hall is a well-known chef, educator and writer. Her award-winning catering company, Gourmet Goodies, is legendary for its focus on quality food and customer service. \u00a0Another of Gail\u2019s companies, Seasoned Solutions, presents loft cooking classes and organizes culinary tours. She is a favoured speaker at workshops and conferences and appears frequently on TV.<\/p>\n

Liane Faulder<\/strong><\/p>\n

An award-winning reporter, Liane Faulder writes about food for The Edmonton Journal. \u00a0Her blog, Eat My Words, was named Best Regional Blog in Canada in 2010. Liane is also food columnist for CBC radio\u2019s afternoon show in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

Chris Wood\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chef Chris Wood Trained in Europe and in London\u2019s West End before being imported into Canada by Four Seasons Hotels, 26 years ago. Today, he is a personal chef for a philanthropist and businessman and his family in the city of Edmonton.<\/p>\n

Chef Jan Trittenbach<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Calgary<\/h3>\n
\n

John Gilchrist<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Gilchrist has reviewed restaurants for CBC Radio in Calgary since 1980 and is the author of nine National Best-Sellers on dining in southern Alberta. His weekly\u00a0Off the<\/em>\u00a0Menu<\/em>\u00a0column appears in the\u00a0Calgary Herald<\/em>, he is a contributing editor for\u00a0Avenue\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Where Calgary<\/em>magazines, and he teaches Food and Culture programs for the University of Calgary.<\/p>\n

Susan Hopkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Hopkins is co-owner of Red Tree, Calgary\u2019s preeminent catering company and take out gourmet food stores.<\/p>\n

Michael Allemeier<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chef Michael Allemeier is a culinary instructor at\u00a0the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). His career includes chef roles at Vancouver\u2019s Bishops, Calgary\u2019s Teatro and the Okanagan Valley\u2019s Mission Hill Family Estate\u00a0 Winery. Allemeier is one of the hosts of Food Network\u2019s\u00a0Cooks Like a Chef.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kathy Richardier<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathy Richardier publishes and edits Calgary\u2019s\u00a0City Palate\u00a0<\/em>magazine (citypalate.ca) and has done so for 18 years. \u00a0When not editing\/publishing, she travels and writes about food, drink and landscape \u2014 grist for the Palate mill. Richardier also reviews restaurants for the Calgary Herald\u2019sSwerve<\/em>\u00a0magazine<\/p>\n

Chef Michael Dekker<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vancouver<\/h3>\n
\n

Sid Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sid Cross is an educator-judge of both wine and food with many honours including\u00a0Wines Committee Chair in London England for the world based The International Wine\u00a0& Food Society, Gourmet of the Year by The Society of Bacchus America,\u00a0Officer status in the Ordre du Merite Agricole by the French Government, and BC Restaurant Association Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Andrew Morrison<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to teaching food writing at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, Andrew Morrison is the restaurant critic for the Westender newspaper, a contributor on food and restaurants to Vancouver, Conde Nast Traveler, and Harry magazines, and the editor of BC\u2019s leading food blog, Scout.<\/p>\n

Lesley Stowe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lesley Stowe is the creator of raincoast crisps, author, chef, entertaining expert, slow food devotee, advocate for the Canadian ski jumping team, and Cracker Queen.<\/p>\n

Barbara-Jo McIntosh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barbara-Jo McIntosh, proprietress of Barbara-Jo\u2019s Books to Cooks \u2013 beautiful, smart and ready to eat.<\/p>\n

John Bishop<\/strong><\/p>\n

An iconic and much-respected figure in Vancouver\u2019s restaurant scene, British chef John Bishop first came to the city in 1973. He opened Bishop\u2019s in 1985 and it has been one of Vancouver premier restaurants ever since<\/p>\n

Chef Rob Feenie<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Culinary Championships<\/h3>\n
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