{"id":18621,"date":"2012-11-22T20:16:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T03:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/?p=18621"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:19:35","slug":"recipe-to-riches-season-twos-sixth-category-winner-is-burnaby-bcs-don-harquail-and-his-golden-toffee-nut-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/recipe-to-riches-season-twos-sixth-category-winner-is-burnaby-bcs-don-harquail-and-his-golden-toffee-nut-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe to Riches Season Two\u2019s Sixth Category Winner is Burnaby BC\u2019s Don Harquail and his Golden Toffee Nut Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/golden-toffee.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18622\" 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loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18622\" title=\"golden toffee\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/golden-toffee-300x150.jpg?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/golden-toffee.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/staging\/2138\/wp-content\/uploads\/golden-toffee.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In Wednesday\u2019s night\u2019s 9pm ET\/8pm PT episode of Food Network\u2019s Canadian original reality competition series <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipetoriches.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Recipe to Riches<\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>season two, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/recipe-to-riches\/season2\/bio.html?id=57078\">Don Harquail<\/a> from Burnaby, BC, was declared the winner of the Candies and Chocolates<strong> <\/strong>category.<\/p>\n<p>As the winner of his category, Don will receive $25,000 and his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/Recipe-to-Riches\/season2\/recipes\/recipe.html?dishID=13147\">Golden Toffee Nut Gems<\/a> will be a new <em>President\u2019s Choice<\/em>\u00ae brand product \u2013 Canada\u2019s number one brand* \u2013 available in select Loblaw Companies Limited banner stores across the country starting this weekend.\u00a0 For a list of where <em>President\u2019s Choice<\/em>\u00ae products are sold across Canada, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presidentschoice.ca\/LCLOnline\/store_locator_landing_page.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/goodlifevancouver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Don-Harquail-Photo-Courtesy-of-Food-Network-Canada.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18623\" 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of a potential product launch.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by former <em>The Bachelor <\/em>star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/recipe-to-riches\/season2\/bio.html?id=57034\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Palmer<\/a>, the competition is judged by a panel of experts including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/recipe-to-riches\/season2\/bio.html?id=57036\" target=\"_blank\">Laura Calder<\/a>, host of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/ontv\/shows\/French-Food-at-Home\/show.html?titleid=105739\" target=\"_blank\">French Food at Home<\/a><\/em>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/recipe-to-riches\/season2\/bio.html?id=57037\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Chapman<\/a>, Founder and CEO of leading advertising agency Capital C; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/recipe-to-riches\/season2\/bio.html?id=57035\" target=\"_blank\">Dana McCauley<\/a>, Culinary Director at Janes Family Foods. Making a special appearance as a weekly guest judge is Galen Weston, Executive Chairman of Loblaw Companies Limited.\u00a0 The winners of each category will receive a $25,000 cash prize and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for their recipe to be developed into a <em>President\u2019s Choice<\/em>\u00ae brand product available in select Loblaw banner stores across the country. Each week, Canadians will have the chance to sample category winners\u2019 products in-store. After all category winners have been determined, it\u2019s up to Canadian viewers to vote for the best of the best.\u00a0 Food Network will air a marathon recapping all seven episodes on December 5<sup>th<\/sup>, and <strong>voting will open on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipetoriches.ca\">recipetoriches.ca<\/a><\/strong> at 12:01 p.m. ET <strong>on December 5<\/strong> and close at 4:59 p.m. ET on December 7<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 During the exciting December 12<sup>th<\/sup> finale, viewers will witness who will take home the $250,000 grand prize \u2013 the largest cash prize in Canadian reality television history.<\/p>\n<p>In next week\u2019s episode of <em>Recipe to Riches<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/recipe-to-riches\/season2\/bio.html?id=57076\">Kayode Atobatele<\/a> (Hamilton, ON), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/recipe-to-riches\/season2\/bio.html?id=57077\">Cathy Ferguson<\/a> (Gloucester, ON) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.ca\/recipe-to-riches\/season2\/bio.html?id=57075\">Courtney O\u2019Leary<\/a> (Toronto, ON) compete to find out whose Condiments and Dips product will be available in stores across Canada next weekend.\u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/v7b2qc1L5fA\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see a preview for next week\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p>For images and biographies of the 21 finalists please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipetoriches.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">recipetoriches.ca<\/a>.\u00a0 To keep tabs on what Canadians are saying about <strong><em>Recipe to Riches<\/em><\/strong>, check out the <em>Recipe to Riches<\/em> page on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/recipetoriches\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/recipetoriches<\/a> or follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/recipetoriches\" target=\"_blank\">@RecipetoRiches<\/a> on Twitter.\u00a0 To learn more about the product development process involved in turning these much-loved recipes into <em>President\u2019s Choice<\/em>\u00ae products, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/presidentschoice?sk=app_110995425675460\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/presidentschoice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers can continue watching<em> <strong>Recipe to Riches <\/strong><\/em>on <strong>Food Network Canada<\/strong> <strong>Wednesdays<\/strong> <strong>at<\/strong> <strong>9pm ET\/8pm PT<\/strong> with encore presentations Saturdays at 7pm ET\/PT on Global TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Wednesday\u2019s night\u2019s 9pm ET\/8pm PT episode of Food Network\u2019s Canadian original reality competition series Recipe to Riches season two, Don Harquail from Burnaby, BC, was declared the winner of the Candies and Chocolates category. 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