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Chefs To The Field at Terra Nova
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 15:39
With my camera buried deep in my jacket and the rain pouring down like it was November, a small handful of other dedicated foodies and myself sampled foods from local restaurants and wandered the Schoolyard gardens.
Chefs To The Field Competition Fierce, Soaking & Totally Rad…
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 15:34
Instead of going home after getting off the plane from my Okanagan Summer Wine Festival trip, I went directly to Richmond’s Terra Nova Rural Park to judge the annual Chefs To The Field cooking competition in support of the Terra Nova Schoolyard Society.
Foodies flock to Terra Nova
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 15:30
Rainy weather didn't keep foodies away from Terra Nova Rural Park, which hosted the 8th annual Chefs to the Field event Sunday, Aug 9.
Chefs to the Field 2009 a Great Success
Thursday, 06 August 2009 16:24
Thank you to everyone who braved the rain at the start of Chefs to the Field 2009, especially all our participating restaurants, sponsors, exhibitors, vendors, and volunteers! It was a soggy start, but a glorious finish.
See an image gallery of the event
2009 Participants
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George |
Kaoy |
Beyond |
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Vicente |
Mabanta |
Blue Canoe |
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Neil |
Taylor |
Cibo |
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Wayne |
Martin |
Crave |
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Margaret |
Chisholm |
Culinary Capers |
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Jeff |
Van Geest |
Diva at the Met |
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Kamal |
Silva |
Globe at Fairmont Airport |
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Patrick |
Dore |
Heron's Fairmont Waterfront |
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Ken |
Iaci |
Papi's Ristorante |
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Andrea |
Jefferson |
Quince |
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Peter |
Robertson |
Raincity Grill |
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Christophe |
Kwiatkowsky |
School - NWCAV |
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Julian |
Bond |
School - PICA |
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Ben |
Genaille |
School - VCC, Aboriginal Program |
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Keith |
Krentz |
School - VCC, Culinary Program |
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Javier |
Alarco |
Sheraton Wall Centre |
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Alex |
Tung |
Tapenade |
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Clement |
Chan |
The Mosaic @ the Hyatt Regency |
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Robert |
Erickson |
Wild Rice |
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Jennifer |
Dodd |
Goldfish Pacific Kitchen |
Green Cuisine Competitions:
For both the professional and the junior competitions, each competitor was provided with exactly the same pantry ingredients and was given permission to harvest from the children's gardens and the new Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Program Healing Garden. There was no electricity available for any gadgets of any kind. Each competitor was provided with propane burners and access to a BBQ.
Professional – Competitors were given 90 minutes to produce 3 dishes (an appetizer, a main course & a dessert) from their secret ingredients: goat cheese & agar agar. The 10 competing restaurants and chefs were:
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Blue Canoe |
Vincente Mabanta; Christopher Babingao |
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Cibo |
Neil Taylor; Phil Lee |
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Diva at the Met |
Dino Renearts; Jeff Van Geest |
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Globe at Fairmont Airport |
Steve Demore; Brody Paine |
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Raincity Grill |
Peter Robertson; Daniel Burns |
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Sheraton Wall Centre |
Javier Alarco; Omar Halabi; Shachar Stern |
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Tapenade |
Alex Tung; Calvin Pipping |
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The Mosaic @ the Hyatt Regency |
Clement Chan; Daniel Chiang; Steve Kwan |
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Wild Rice |
Robert Erickson; Omar Hernandez |
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Goldfish Pacific Kitchen |
Jennifer Dodd; Tom Lee |
Congratulations to this year’s winners: Executive Chef Javier Alarco, Omar Halabi, and Shachar Stern from the Sheraton Wall Centre. First runner up: Neil Taylor and Phil Lee of Cibo Trattoria. Second runner up: Dino Renaerts and Jeff Van Geest of Diva at the Met.
Junior (Students & Apprentices) – Competitors were given 60 minutes to produce 1 main course from their secret ingredient: a fresh (guts in!) land-based aquaculture coho salmon generously donated by Seaside Marketing. The 7 competitors in the inaugural junior competition were:
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School - PICA |
Amy Savard ; Heather Klassen ; Ryan Larsen |
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School - VCC, Culinary Program |
Jamie Huynh ; Ferdinand Tolentino ; Chris Sinclair |
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Goldfish Pacific Kitchen |
Jack Lin |
Congratulations to the winner of the first junior "Green Cuisine" award: Jack Lin, apprentice at Goldfish Pacific Kitchen. Second place: Chris Sinclair of VCC.
