Press release
On Sunday, September 24th from noon until 4 p.m., duck lovers from York Region and the GTA will descend on the main farm of King Cole Ducks Ltd. for the 3rd Annual Duck-Fest. Twenty food stations featuring local chefs will provide free samples of all-things-duck to an estimated 2500 consumers.
Participants for this year’s event include: Bijoys (Aurora), Brick and Fire (Bradford),Tremont Café (Collingwood), Hungry Brew Hops & Lil’ Brew Hops (Newmarket), Taste of Class (Sharon), Food in Motion (Aurora), Wickedly Sinful (Newmarket), Without Reservations (Barrie), Scorpion (Aurora), Micro Greens (Gormley), Scruffy Duck (Schomberg), Big Green Egg (Newmarket) and of course, the King Cole chefs.
In addition to many culinary surprises for the day, there will be in-store specials on site at King Cole’s Farm-Fresh store. Q107 will be do a live remote with giveaways and there will be teams of horse-drawn wagons for those who want to enjoy a brief farm tour.
“In the last two years, duck’s popularity has increased so dramatically it has now been defined as true Canadian Culinary Cuisine, by the media”, said Patti Thompson, VP Sales and Marketing “Our event brings food fans together to enjoy the creative culinary genius of local chefs combined with the finest duck in North America…whether you are tasting duck poutine or pesto drenched duck skewers, the result promises to be delicious.”
King Cole ducks is a family owned and operated business with 66 years and four generations of duck expertise. From farm to fork, King Cole breeds, hatches, farms, processes and even cooks duck for customers from restaurants to supermarkets in GTA’s backyard and around the world. Its farm fresh store is the latest in the company’s efforts to bring the best to local consumers along with special events like Duckfest, Duck School and the Great Amazing Duck Race.
Duck-Fest is a free event with free parking and will happen rain or shine. This year King Cole will accept donations to the Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation, a partner in the company’s on-going environmental initiatives and practices.
