Category: Restaurants

  • Tasting Notes | Sorrentino’s by Di Gennaro: Mushroom Harvest

    [dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Sorrentinos by Di Gennaro Mushroom Harvest/”/] The Restaurant and Chef Chef de Cuisine Scott Mason, originally from Whistler Vancouver came to calgary to pursue his culinary dreams. Antinori Wines The Antinori family has been making wine for over six hundred years in Tuscany, Italy. Today, the vineyard is still a family endeavour, being run…


  • Tasting Notes | Ka’uiki Hotel Hana Maui

    [dmalbum path=”/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Ka-uiki Hotel Hana Maui/”/]   The Restaurant Chef Diane Tsurumaki the executive chef, is a recent addition to Hotel Hana-Maui.  Having previously worked at The Peninsula Hotel’s Felix restaurant in Hong Kong, and in the kitchens of Switzerland, “I really just wanted to come back home,” she confides. Kobocha Pumpkin Soup A mild version…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…