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Daniel Vézina | The Star Chef
At his Quebec City restaurant Laurie Raphaël named after his two children (he has another restaurant of the same name in Montréal) Daniel Vézina assumes various roles – chef; owner; teacher. For a chef who has achieved star status in Québec, with cooking shows, books and restaurants, I expect that Vézina had long ago left…
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Tasting Notes | Chef Exchange: Rush and Splendido
[dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Chef Exchange Rush and Splendido/”/] The Concept What happens when two chefs who have known each other for more than a decade decide to embark on their very own restaurant exchange? Well, fun and playfulness ensue. CSL was invited to Chef Victor Barry (Splendido Toronto) and Chef Justin Leboe’s (Rush, Calgary) very own chef…
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Tasting Notes | Chefs Table at Kensington Riverside Inn
[dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/2010 Chefs Table at Kensington Riverside Inn/”/] Chefs Table: The New Chef Chefs table was alive with a full house on Saturday February 20 for CSL’s dinner with new Executive chef Jeff Park. Formerly a chef at Araxi in Whistler, Park’s seamless transition is proof of his talent ( as a side note, according…
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Tasting Notes | Creations: Edmonton
[dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/2010 Creations Edmonton/”/] The Chef Chef Micheal Laird, a NAIT graduate, has worked at several Sawridge properties and respects the philosophy of the company. “I love working for Sawridge. When I was working at Slave Lake I got to speak with the elders and I learned so much there– people sometimes don’t realize the…
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CSL Interviews | Brad Churchill of So Choklat
THE CALGARY CRUSADER: A talk with So Choklat founder Brad Churchill Brad Churchill is a man on a mission. After learning that the expensive chocolate he had purchased was merely bought from a manufacturer, melted down and molded, he began experimenting in his own kitchen with cocoa beans from South America. “I felt deceived and…
