I was fortunate enough to be invited to an event Thursday night put on by Edward Pond http://www.edwardpond.com/, called Creative Chef, Tussle at the Temple http://www.creativechef.ca/ (Ed is a photographer we’ve worked with from time to time). It was held at Temple Kitchen in Liberty Village http://www.templekitchen.com/ (about a five minute walk from where I work!)
Ed put together a fund raising event for a local gallery; 12 ad exec’s cooking up a storm to be judged by real chefs, while we watched and cheered them on! The judges were celebs in their own right:
Anne Yarymowich, executive chef of FRANK, Art Gallery of Ontario, Zane Caplansky, executive chef and owner of Caplansky’s Delicatessen and Jason Bangerter, executive chef at Luma, Bell TIFF Lightbox.
The wine was flowing and tasty morsels were being passed around by helpful staff! It was a blast!
I got there a bit early, they had reconfigured the restaurant for the show-down!
Each contestant had to set their own table, on a meaningful way that represents their cuisine!
See the video!
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Cool, thanks for the link, Bob! It was a fun evening.
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What a fun night! What was your favorite dish?
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Hi Kristy, there were scallops wrapped in bacon spoons (YUM), sliders, fries with a strip of rare-cooked beef with an aioli, and skewers! I tried it all but the sliders. Scallops were my fav!
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Ooh, sounds like fun! I bet the food was amazing!
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Hi Ann, sadly we were not able to try the contestants creations, but the hors d’œuvres were lovely.
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Oh, what a fun event! The naughty side in me would be tempted to set the table as a complete shambles if I were a participant in that event. Plates on the floor, fork stuck in the table. Maybe melt candle wax all over the wine glass – “yes, this represents me because my kitchen is always in chaos and nothing ever seems to turn out the way I planned” 😀
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How comical, Charles! Your food looks like you have it all under control!
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Haha, well, I’m better now than I was. I used to make a horrible mess in the kitchen. I think it’s a man thing because my father is the same. Running out of utensils and bowls because everyone single one was dirty, sitting under mountains of peelings and other dishes in the sink etc 😀
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It’s funny, I used to do that too, but then we moved into a house with a tiny kitchen; I learned to wash as I go. Now that we have a large kitchen, it’s good that I wash as I go because if I didn’t, it would take days to clean up!
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Sounds like a fun and delicious event!
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Thanks Angie, it was very fun!
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