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Benjamin Mauroy-Langlais captures the title of Canada’s Best Young Chef

Benjamin Mauroy-Langlais to compete against 20 global contenders in race to win S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2018 Press release Following outstanding performances by Canada’s ten semi-finalists from coast-to-coast, chef Benjamin Mauroy-Langlais wins the coveted title of Canada’s best young chef with his signature dish: Smoked eel, celeriac (spring in Kamouraska). Benjamin Mauroy-Langlais earns the opportunity to compete against 20 of the world’s top chefs for […]

Canada’s best to compete for coveted title of best Young Chef

International culinary competition, S.Pellegrino Young Chef, announces 10 Canadian semi-finalists Press release The 2018 S.Pellegrino Young Chef Competition inches closer as more than 200 chefs from around the world are selected to compete at semi-final competitions. Canada’s ten semi-finalists hail from coast-to-coast and showcase signature dishes diverse in heritage and culinary landscape. Canadian semi-finalists include: Alessandro Bergamo (Maison Boulud, Montréal, […]

Team Canada prepares to shine at international butchery skills competition

Press release With knives sharpened, chef coat pressed and apron tied, Abe Van Melle prepares to make Canada proud in a competition celebrating the lost art of butchery. Van Melle, Technical Manager for the Canadian Beef Centre of Excellence (CBCE) and a team of talented chef instructors from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) […]

Canadian chef takes home Gold Award at Lee Kum Kee International Young Chef Chinese Culinary Challenge 2016

Press release Young chef Yang Gong from Canada has won the Gold Award in the Lee Kum Kee International Young Chef Chinese Culinary Challenge 2016, with his winning dish ‘Homing Birds with Diced Beef’. Aged 36, Yang Gong is currently an Executive Chef at Bashu Sichuan Cuisine restaurant, with 20 years of experience in Sichuan and Cantonese cuisine. Returning for its second year, the […]

TopTable chef wins Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship competition

Press release Alex Hon of West Restaurant brings home the gold The Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship is the most demanding culinary competition for emerging chefs in Canada, and on Saturday, September 17th, West Restaurant’s Sous Chef Alex Hon won the top prize in front of a nationally comprised panel of judges including Normand Laprise (Toqué! […]

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair serves up hot competition for local chefs

Press release The Road to The Royal Chef Challenge continues with five more stops across Ontario The 2016 Road to The Royal is underway!  The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair has kick-started The Royal fun by hitting the road with a chef competition that is pitting top local chefs against each other at several regional Ontario events. The […]

The changing landscape for foodservice in Canada

By Mark Dempsey When was the last time you visited a quick-service chain, a sit-down restaurant, or a supermarket? Depending on your answer, it may or may not come as a surprise to you that total traffic to the Canadian commercial foodservice marketplace was flat this last year versus the year before. While traffic is […]

Canada’s west coast dominates as S.Pellegrino announces Young Chef semi-finalists

Press release 10 chefs prepare to compete for the S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2016 title Western Canada leads the pack with eight of ten semi-finalists in the S. Pellegrino Young Chef competition hailing from across British Columbia, Saskatoon and Alberta. These distinguished young chefs have been selected to compete at Canada’s regional finals on June 6, […]