Feast Tofino 2016 showcases boat-to-table food culture, top-name chefs

Press release Series of Culinary Events May 6-22, 2016, West Coast Vancouver Island In its 6th year, Feast Tofino is a collaboration between acclaimed local and visiting North American chefs, restaurants, fishermen, foragers and farmers who celebrate the abundance of locally available seafood and the sustainable “boat-to-table” practices commonly employed by the area’s restaurants. Featured Tofino […]

Five questions: Chef Jason Bangerter

By Marian Staresinic Jason Bangerter is the executive chef at Langdon Hall Country House Hotel and Spa in Cambridge and is an influential leader in the culinary industry. Some of his most notable achievements include opening two restaurants at the TIFF Bell Lightbox – O&B Canteen and the more upscale dining room and lounge, Luma. […]

15 lucky applicants to learn Japanese cuisine in English at Japan campus of ‘Le Cordon Bleu’

Press release Le Cordon Bleu Japan is inviting applicants for a program to learn Japanese cuisine in English at the culinary Institute. It collaborates on a special 8-month bursary program, developed under a project initiated by the Organization for Fostering Human Resources for the Promotion of Japanese Cuisine & Food Culture, targeted for culinary school […]

Chef Alexandra Feswick takes home top prize at the Grate Canadian Cheese Cook-Off

Press release Nutty Home-Style Mac & Cheese wins’ judges’ hearts — and stomachs Alexandra Feswick, Chef de Cuisine at the Drake Hotel in Toronto, today emerged victorious in one of Canada’s highest profile culinary comfort food battles, Dairy Farmers of Canada’s (DFC) Grate Canadian Cheese Cook-Off. With Mac & Cheese again as its theme, the […]

MiumMium cooks up 10,000 registered chefs in under four months

Press release On-demand personal chef service expands to nine countries including the United States, England and France MiumMium, the largest online community marketplace for personal chefs in the world, reached 10,000 registered chefs on its online platform this week, less than four months after the company’s official launch. The service, which is free to join, […]

Mid-campaign results for The Great Food Drive for Children: 10% of our goal reached – Chefs to the rescue!

Press release At the halfway point of our fundraising campaign for The Great Food Drive for Children, Moisson Montréal, Moisson Rive-Sud and Centre de bénévolat et moisson Laval have raised $32,000 of our $350,000 goal. Spokespeople Claudia Marques, Stéphane Demers and Jamie Orchard urge all Montrealers to be generous in this last week and donate […]

Common accidents in the restaurant industry

By Carola Hicks Though patrons associate them with comfort and enjoyment, restaurants are worksites, with real hazards and accidents that account for about 6.3 per cent of all time-loss claims. A time-loss claim is a claim for time lost due to an injury that results in a short-term disability, a long-term disability, or a fatality. […]