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\"Dale<\/a>PR – Canada\u2019s original Top Chef Dale MacKay returns to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan;<\/strong>\u00a0offering modern Canadian comfort food<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chef Dale MacKay – Saskatoon native and Canada\u2019s original Top Chef Canada Winner, today announces the late summer 2013 opening of Ayden Kitchen & Bar<\/b> in downtown Saskatoon. \u00a0Situated in the beautiful, three-story brick McLean heritage building located at 265 3rd Avenue South, the \u2018modern Canadian comfort food\u2019 restaurant and bar space promises a large dining room and bar, a private dining\/party room, fair-weather patio, huge catering kitchen, and an adjoining new-old-fashioned fresh market. The market, adjoining the restaurant but with its own storefront, will focus on house-made charcuterie, custom butchery, fresh cheeses and gourmet pantry items for take-away. The partially open kitchen will keep Chef in-view and in-touch with his guests.<\/p>\n

Chef Dale MacKay is best known for his precision execution and presentation of technical French cuisine, however the Ayden Kitchen & Bar menu will be decidedly un-fancy. \u00a0\u201cAfter 18 years away, I am so happy to be back home where I belong. \u00a0I bring my son Ayden with me, and everything I\u2019ve learned travelling the world and cooking alongside great Chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Daniel Boulud,\u201d says Chef MacKay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very proud of my prairie roots, and prouder still to introduce my hometown, family and friends to a fresh and modern take on everyday Canadian comfort foods,\u201d says MacKay. \u201cMy vision for Ayden Restaurant & bar – both front and back of house – is a culinary reflection of how I see Saskatchewan today – built on rock-solid, dependable, hard-working Canadian prairie stock but with an, exciting, dynamic, contemporary vibe. Generous, relaxed, approachable, affordable, authentic. \u00a0We will be all that and more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadians came to know Chef Dale MacKay and his charming young son Ayden during MacKay\u2019s run-up to winning Food Network Canada\u2019s \u2018Top Chef Canada\u2019, season one. \u00a0Chef MacKay has always maintained that he entered the contest to prove to Ayden that, if you want something badly enough and you work hard, you can make your dreams come true. \u00a0 Opening Ayden Kitchen & Bar, named after his son, is indeed a dream come true for Chef MacKay. \u00a0\u201cI considered many other restaurant names, and many more were recommended to me, but Ayden is the centre of my world, so it makes sense that the restaurant I\u2019ve finally come home to be named after my guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lunch, dinner, bar and catering menus are still in development but will offer a stable of extraordinary modern comforts. \u00a0Several Top Chef Canada challenge-winning dishes will take pride of place on menus, and watch for Canadian bread-basket influences on Chef\u2019s signature and award-winning dishes. Chef MacKay insists on sourcing locally whenever possible and creating daily features based on seasonal goodness from surrounding farms and markets. \u00a0Substantial Craft Beer and Wine programs and a Bourbon Bar – all centred around food pairings and seasonal specials – will set Ayden\u2019s apart from other food and beverage programs in the city.<\/p>\n

The space, designed by Calgary interior designer Connie Young of ce de ce inc., will be honest and grounded. \u00a0In Young\u2019s words, \u201cinspired by history and seasoned with innovation\u201d. \u00a0Seasoned elements like barn wood, weathered iron, worn leather, stamped tin, butcher block and milk glass, juxtaposed with stainless steel, ceramic and halogen. \u201cYoung is known for sense of place interiors that invite an emotional reaction,\u201d says MacKay. \u00a0\u201cI cook for the same reasons – to make people happy and create wonderful memories. \u00a0I think that Connie and I make a good team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair is starting from a good place in the historic building on 3rd Avenue South. The address has a friendly soul and a storied past. Built in 1912 by an ambitious young farmer from Iowa named O.M. Helgerson, the McLean building is currently home to Kevin and Melanie Boldt\u2019s Souleio Foods. \u00a0The couple, who introduced Saskatoon to the farm-to-fork concept will be closing Souleio on May 25, 2013, and re-directing all of their focus and energy on their beloved Pine View Farms. \u00a0\u201cI really respect what the Boldt\u2019s are doing at Pine View, raising all-natural, free-range poultry and livestock, and I look forward to a long and successful preferred purveyor\/chef relationship,\u201d concludes MacKay.<\/p>\n

Chef Dale MacKay brings with him to Saskatoon, some tenured colleagues; Christopher Cho as General Manager, Shaylah Lukas as Assistant Manager, Chef Nathan Guggenheimer as Executive Chef, and Jesse Zuber as Head Chef. \u00a0All stellar restaurant talent, with world-class culinary resumes.<\/p>\n

About Chef Dale MacKay<\/b>
\nChef MacKay\u2019s resume, like his culinary style, is condensed and flavourful. \u00a0Highlights include time spent as a private chef in Italy; as Executive Chef at an exclusive BC resort; prot\u00e9g\u00e9 to Chef Gordon Ramsay at his restaurants in Tokyo, New York, and London; then as Executive Chef of Lumi\u00e8re, Vancouver\u2019s Five Diamond, Four Star, Relais Gourmand establishment managed by New York Chef Daniel Boulud\u2019s Dinex Group. \u00a0At the age of 27, MacKay made culinary history as the youngest Grand Chef Relais & Chateaux in the world. \u00a0In 2011, MacKay opened his own establishments, Ensemble Restaurant and Bar and Ensemble Tap, in Vancouver, British Columbia.<\/p>\n

In July, 2011, he was voted Canada\u2019s Top Chef, by the judging panel of Food Network Canada\u2019s inaugural season of Top Chef Canada, which aired nationally (MacKay made history once again when the 13-episode series became the highest rated program in network history). \u00a0In the spring 2013, Dale \u00a0opted out of the big-rent, big-city culinary pressure cooker to move back to his hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to re-plant his roots, raise his young son Ayden in a more relaxed environment, and to open Ayden Kitchen & Bar. \u00a0When Chef MacKay is not in the kitchen, he and Ayden keep busy doing homework, exploring city restaurants and visiting with family and friends. MacKay is committed to passing his good fortune forward, mentoring at-risk youth, and working with aspiring young chefs.<\/p>\n

The new Ayden Kitchen & Bar website is currently under construction. In the interim, please visit the www.aydenkitchenandbar.com<\/a> web page to sign up for restaurant news and event invites, or follow Chef\u2019s progress on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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