Chef Mark Filatow – Waterfront Wines – Gold Medal Plates

#goldmedalplates Chefs from across British Columbia will meet in Vancouver Friday November 16, 2012 at the Vancouver Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  The winner will move on to compete at the National Championships (Kelowna February 8/9, 2013) I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Mark Filatow from Waterfront Restaurant…

Gold Medal Plates British Columbia

Can’t Wait for….Friday, November 16 2012 at The Westin Bayshore Vancouver Competing Chefs for 2012 Angus An Maenam Joe Campo The Westin Bayshore Vancouver Quang Dang West Mark Filatow Waterfront Restaurant & Wine Bar David Gunawan Wildebeest Lee Humphries C Restaurant Nicholas Nutting The Pointe Restaurant at Wickaninnish Inn (Tofino) Darin Paterson Bogner’s of Penticton Jeff Van Geest Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery Taryn Wa Savoury…

Chef Jan Trittenbach – Packrat Louie Edmonton – Gold Medal Plates

#goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 9-11, 2012 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Jan Trittenback from Packrat Louie, in Edmonton. Where did you first learn to cook? At Noga Hilton in Geneva Did you attend…

Chef Marc Lepine – Atelier – Ottawa – Gold Medal Plates

#goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 9-11, 2012 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Marc Lepine for Atelier in Ottawa. What was your first food memory? Trying to make ‘pudding aux chomeurs’ on my own…

Chef Michael Dacquisto – Wow Hospitality – Winnipeg – Gold Medal Plates

#Goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 9-11, 2012, to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Michael Dacquisto for Wow Hospitality in Winnipeg, Manitoba. What was your first food memory? As a child I called it ball…

Chef Michael Dekker – Rouge, Calgary – Gold Medal Plates

#goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 9-11, 2012 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Michael Dekker from Rouge in Calgary. What was your first food memory? Eating my Oma’s fresh made raisin bread with fresh…

Chef Mike Barsky – Bacalao Nouvelle – Newfoundland – Gold Medal Plates

#goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 9-11, 2012 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Mike Barsky for Bacalao Nouvelle Newfoundland Cuisine. What was your first food memory? Sneaking peanuts in the shell from the huge…

Chef Rob Feenie – Cactus Club – British Columbia – Gold Medal Plates

#GoldMedalPlates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 9-11, 2012 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Rob Feenie for The Cactus Club in Vancouver. What was your first food memory? As a kid, it was looking forward…

Chef Anthony McCarthy – Saskatoon Club – Saskatchewan – Gold Medal Plates

#GoldlMedalPlates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 9-11, 2012 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Anthony McCarthy for The Saskatoon Club in Saskatchewan . What was in your elementary school lunch kit? Lunch was served at school…

Foodie Fridays on NEWS1130 – January 27

Click here to Listen to Foodie Friday January 27, 2012 Gold Medal Plates Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships will take place in Kelowna on February 10th and 11th.  This is the finale of a series of regional competitions held in Winnipeg, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Saskatchewan and Ottawa, with the winners from these…

The Gold Medal Plates Grand Finale

The most extraordinary culinary weekend you will ever experience! February 10 – 11, 2012  Kelowna, British Columbia The Gold Medal Plates Grand Finale takes place February 10 and 11 in Kelowna. The Canadian Culinary Championships promises to be a very exciting weekend and one of the most intense culinary competitions you will ever witness. This year,…

Canada’s Top Chefs set to battle for Gold Medal Plates glory in Kelowna

When the country’s best chefs congregate for a little creativity in the kitchen, it’s bound to cause a stir. Add inspired menus, an esteemed panel of judges and prestigious culinary hardware to the mix, and it’s more likely to draw a crowd. Battling it out for number-one-Canadian-chef status, top chefs from eight cities spanning coast…

C Restaurant champ at Gold Medal Plates

C Restaurant Executive Chef Robert Clark was crowned the culinary champion at Vancouver’s Gold Medal Plates on Friday night, a competition pairing premier chefs with Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes from coast-to-coast.  “We’ve been participating in Gold Medal Plates for years, but taking home gold with the recent Vancouver Olympics still so fresh in our…

Gold Medal Plates

Olympic Host: Adam van Koeverden Celebrity Host: Ron James Entertainment: Jim Cuddy, Colin James and Barney Bentall with Keynote Address by Alexandre Bilodeau Chair: Arthur Griffiths Gold Medal Plates is the ultimate celebration of Canadian Excellence in cuisine, wine, the arts and athletic achievement. Gold Medal Plates Vancouver Friday, October 29, 2010 6:00 pm Sheraton…

Road 13 Vineyards Shines in the Gold Medal Plates Competition

Road 13 Vineyards Shines in the Gold Medal Plates Competition Gold and Bronze Medals earned with a little help from the Golden Mile winery In late October, the Edmonton, Vancouver and Calgary Gold Medal Plates competitions took place. Road 13 Vineyards is honoured to have their wines featured with two of the Gold-medal-winning recipes, and…

Gold Medal Plates 2009

On Friday, October 23, Chefs and Olympians gathered, and the Chef’s competed to win the Gold Medal Plates.  Cactus Club’s Rob Feenie took Gold, Lumiere’s Dale McKay the Silver and Cioppino’s Pino Posteraro Bronze.  National winners will compete on November 27 and 28 in Vancouver, the home of the 2008 Gold Medal Plate winner, Blue Water’s…

Gold Medal Plates Vancouver

Gold Medal Plates is the ultimate celebration of Canadian Excellence in cuisine, wine, entertainment and athletic achievement. Celebrating in six cities across Canada in 2009, Gold Medal Plates will feature superb wines and the premier chefs in each city, paired with Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes, in a competition to crown a gold, silver and…