The twelfth annual Gold Medal Plates culinary showdown is coming to our town on November 9th. The cross-country tour of cities kicked off in Edmonton last month. It rolled east to Regina, Montreal, Halifax, St. John’s; then back west to Victoria, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Calgary. It’s Ottawa’s turn on Thursday, and then the GMP cities’ tour will end in Toronto on the 16th, and pick up again in Kelowna, BC in February for the Canadian Culinary Championships.
Chefs were invited to compete last April. They’ve had 6 months to plot and plan and tweak their competition plates, and I can’t wait to taste them, along with the wines/beers/spirits they’ve chosen to match. Here’s a reminder of who they are and where they come from:
From Carben, Kevin Benes
From Bar Lupulus, Jeff Bradfield
From Town/Citizen, Marc Doiron
From Fairouz, Walid El Tawel
From Two Six Ate, Steve Harris
From Riviera, Jordan Holley
From Café My House, Briana Kim
From Les Fougeres, Yannick La Salle
From La Maison Conroy, Kyle Mortimer-Proulx
From Soif, Jamie Stunt
The gold medallist in Ottawa will meet these nine chefs at the Canadian Culinary Championships (along with whomever wins at Toronto GMP):
From Edmonton, Shane Chartrand of Sage
From Regina, David Vinoya of Wild Sage Kitchen & Bar
From Montreal, Eric Gonzalez of L’Atelier Joel Robuchon
From Halifax, Barry Mooney of Gio
From St. John’s, Nick Jewcyk of The Fifth Ticket
From Vancouver, Alex Chen of Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar
From Saskatoon, James McFarland, from the University of Saskatchewan
From Winnipeg, Mike Robins of Sous Sol
From Canmore, AB, Blake Flann, of Blake restaurant
Good luck chefs!
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