Tag: Fauna
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Great Kitchen Party of 2020: the pandemic edition
Things were done differently in this quite-different year. Glittery galas cancelled, gatherings reduced to tiny numbers, the good people who have staged Canada’s Great Kitchen Party (formerly, Gold Medal Plates) have had to come up with a new plan. Conceived 15 years ago as a series of coast-to-coast culinary competitions in support of Canadian athletes […]
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Chefs & Shows at GCTC
How brilliant is this! The Great Canadian Theatre Company, in collaboration with Sheila Whyte of Thyme & Again and Michael Moffatt, executive chef of Beckta, play and gezellig, has been playing matchmaker with the six mainstage productions of its 2016-2017 season. For one night, and one night only, each show gets a chef. And not just any ol’ chef. Just look […]
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Bar Laurel set to open… soon
Or “in less than two years” anyway, as the window says – a self deprecating reference to the two plus years it took to birth its big brother. Any of you who recall the excruciating pains of chef Jon Svazas’ first restaurant’s genesis might have cause for some skepticism. Whenever it opens, we wish the […]
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2016 Gold Medal Plates chefs
They’ve all accepted the invitation and I’m delighted with the lineup of competing chefs for 2016. This year marks the eleventh Gold Medal Plates, taking place on November 7th at the Shaw Centre. And here they are: Kevin Benes from Carben Michael Blackie from NeXT Marc Doiron from town Mike Houle from The Village House (Wakefield) Daniela Manrique […]
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GCTC new season promises pop-up pleasures
On the stage of the Great Canadian Theatre Company, just after the curtain was lifted on the 2016-17 season, and the chocolate truffles were making the rounds after a lovely lunch thanks to Thyme & Again Creative Catering, guests were told that each of the six plays will feature a pop-up dinner. My kind of […]
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Gold Medal Plates 2015 re-chewed
The tenth Ottawa-Gatineau Gold Medal Plates event is now behind us – and what a night it was! Held Monday at the Shaw Centre, the dishes presented by the ten competing chefs “looked like Canada” I must say, and ran the gamut from the fairly straightforward to the wildly complex – from MeNa chef James Bratsberg’s […]
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Here we go… GMP 2015
Ladies and gents, loosen your belts… One week from tonight, on November 9th, ten of Canada’s Capital Region chefs will be duking it out at the 10th annual Ottawa Gold Medal Plates competition held for the second year in the Canada Hall of the Shaw Centre. Introducing: James Bratsberg from MeNa Jean-Claude Chartrand from L’Orée du […]
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Gold Medal Plates 2015… chefs revealed!
I’m delighted to report the list of competing chefs for the Ottawa-Gatineau 2015 Gold Medal Plates, to be held on November 9th at the Shaw Centre. From MeNa, Chef James Bratsberg From L’Orée du Bois, Chef Jean-Claude Chartrand From Ace Mercado, Chef Trisha Donaldson From El Camino, Chef Jordan Holley From Restaurant E18hteen, Chef Jonathan Korecki From Atelier, […]