Black Box Challenge Ingredients Tough Ones at the #CCC2019 The second challenge at the Canadian Culinary Championships is the Black Box Challenge, where the chefs are given a box of mystery ingredients, access to the Okanagan College Kitchen pantry and then let loose to create a memorable dish using all the ingredients in the Black…
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Canadian Culinary Championships Chef Dishes
Chef Yannick LaSalle Takes Gold at the Canadian Culinary Championships We were in Kelowna for the Canadian Culinary Championships and it was a grueling few days for eleven of Canada’s top chefs. Chef Yannick LaSalle of Restaurant Les Fougères in Chelsea, Quebec took gold with silver going to Chef Christopher Hill from Taste Restaurant Group…
Chef Takashi Ito Receives People’s Choice Award at the Canadian Culinary Championships
CHEF TAKASHI ITO RECEIVES PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD WITH HIS PAIRING WITH MYSTERY WINE VISTA’S EDGE CABERNET FRANC FROM MISSION HILL FAMILY ESTATE We are already into day two here and the chefs from the Canadian Culinary Championships have finished the Black Box competition and are preparing for tonight’s finale. Last night’s competition saw Chef Takashi…
Canadian Culinary Championships – Chef Elia Herrera
Chef Elia Herrera from Los Colibris in Toronto Today’s the day the Canadian Culinary Championships begin and the chefs are hard at work designing their dish for tonight. Chef Elia Herrera answered our interview questions and we are looking forward to trying her dishes over the next few days. Best of luck to all the chefs!…
Canadian Culinary Championships – Chef Takashi Ito
Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Uniqueness of the menu offering, one of the best waterfront view in the city. Where do you eat in your city? AURA … of course. “You won’t find the dishes at AURA anywhere else”. Fishhook serves Indian- and French-influenced seafood. The Vin’daloo’d Seafood…
Canadian Culinary Champioships – Chef Yannick LaSalle
Chef Yannick LaSalle From Restaurant Les Fougères, Chelsea, QC The Canadian Culinary Championships start tomorrow and we’ve got a couple more interviews with the chefs competing to publish! Next up Chef Yannick LaSalle representing Ottawa/Gatineau. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant. Restaurant Les Fougères is located in Chelsea Qc in the middle of the…
Canadian Culinary Championship – Chef Dave Bohati
Chef Dave Bohati From Murrietas Calgary As Canada’s top chefs pack to head to Kelowna to compete in the Canadian Culinary Championships, we’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here’s some Q and A from Calgary’s Chef Dave Bohati Tell us a little bit about your restaurant. Super electric atmosphere in the…
Canadian Culinary Championship – Chef Christopher Hill
Chef Christopher Hill From Taste Restaurant Group Saskatoon As Canada’s top chefs pack to head to Kelowna to compete in the Canadian Culinary Championships, we’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here’s some Q and A from Saskatoon’s Chef Christopher Hill. Tell us a little bit about your restaurant. I am the…
Canadian Culinary Championships – Katie Hayes
Chef Katie Hayes From Bonavista Social Club Newfoundland This weekend eleven of Canada’s top chefs will head to Kelowna to compete in the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete and here’s our answers from Newfoundland’s representing chef, Chef Katie Hayes from Bonavista Social Club. Tell us a little…
Canadian Culinary Championships – Chef Irwin MacKinnon
Chef Irwin MacKinnon From Papa Joe’s PEI This weekend eleven of Canada’s top chefs will head to Kelowna to compete in the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete and here’s our answers from PEI/New Brunswick’s representing chef, Chef Irwin MacKinnon from Papa Joe’s. Tell us a little bit…
Canadian Culinary Championships – Chef Jesse Friesen – The Merchant Kitchen
Catching Up With Winnipeg Chef Jesse Friesen This weekend eleven of Canada’s top chefs will head to Kelowna to compete in the Canadian Culinary Championships. We’re learning a little bit about them before they compete. Here we throw a few questions out to Winnipeg’s representing chef, Chef Jesse Friesen from The Merchant Kitchen and Pizzeria Gusto….
Canadian Culinary Championships Kelowna 2019
Canadian Culinary Championships Compete In Kelowna February 1-2, 2019 This year we’ll be heading up to Kelowna again for the Canadian Culinary Championships and are looking forward to hearing back from the chefs as we’ve sent them a series of questions leading up to the big competition to get to know each of them better….
CONTEST CLOSED Wellness Show Cookbook/Ticket #Giveaway
The Wellness Show February 2 and 3, 2019 The Wellness Show opens its doors from 10 am to 7 pm on Saturday, February 2, and 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday, February 3, at the Vancouver Convention Centre West. Tickets are $14.50 General Admission, $12.50 Seniors 65+ / Students with valid ID, $6.00 Children (5…
Dine Out Vancouver at Rocky Mountain Flatbread
Rocky Mountain Flatbread Does Dine Out Right We headed out to Rocky Mountain Flatbread to check out their Dine Out menu and wondered why we don’t eat here more often. For $25 it’s a great deal, the food is super healthy, fresh, sourced locally AND this is one of the most sustainable restaurants out there….
Dine Out Vancouver Festival – News Release
Dine Out Vancouver Bookings Open Today Canada’s largest food and drink festival adds breakfast menu offerings in 2019 We got a quick preview of a couple spots and can tell you that Granville Island has some great menus! A couple pictures of Dockside above. These last three are Sandbar. From the news release: Resolutions can wait,…
Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio Now Open In Ambelside – News Release
Ancora Ambleside – Peruvian-Japanese Cuisine Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio brings its celebrated brand of Peruvian-meets-Japanese cuisine to the North Shore today when it officially opens its second location at 1351 Bellevue Avenue in West Vancouver’s Ambleside neighbourhood. Open for dinner service from 5 p.m., Ancora Ambleside showcases the same Nikkei-style cuisine, focus on fine wine and cocktails,…
FARE: For the Human Right to Healthy Food - Event Listing January 14, 2019
Eight of Vancouver’s most innovative chefs are banding together in support of the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House This extraordinary six-course chef collaboration dinner will be experienced at Torafuku Asian Eatery on January 14, 2019. Inspired by the DTES Neighborhood House’s need to secure more funding for their healthy food programs, Torafuku’s Clement Chan reached out…
Tips For a Stylish Kitchen
Update Your Kitchen Easily With A Few Simple Tricks We sent out Cathy Browne to an event hosted by Best Buy to gather some information on how to get your kitchen in order. Designer Aly Armstrong was on hand with some kitchen styling tips and Chef Ned Bell provided dinner using many of these appliances…
Best Cookbooks Of 2018
Favourite Cookbooks From This Year’s Crop I’ve read over 100 cookbooks this year in some form of another and am truly addicted to them and count about 800 in my library that I recently had arranged in a manner that they actually make sense! I pour over these books, reading the stories behind the recipes…
Science World Science Of Cocktails 2019 – Event Listing
Science World Presents A Night Of Cocktails and Canapes This is our first official listing of 2019 and while it seems a way off, we know the new year will roar in and before long January will be gone and we’ll be well into February. Although the general tickets are sold out, there’s still some…
