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Hot Chefs Cool Jazz 2012 – A Recap

Posted in Burnaby, By Invitations, Culinary Events, Joyce, News, Vancouver, tagged Alex Chen, BC Place, Bocuse d'Or, Bocuse d'Or Canada, Chinese Chef's Association, CinCin, Cotto Enoteca Pizzeria, Damso Modern Korean, Delta Burnaby, Delta Okanagan Grand Resort, Delta Vancouver Airport, Diva at the Met, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Joey Restaurants, Mission Hill Estate Winery, Moxie's, Oyama Sausage Company, Peartree, The Sandbar Restaurant on October 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Last Friday we were invited to the Hot Chefs Cool Jazz event. If you have been following our blog for awhile, you would remember two years ago we attended the same event. This takes place every two years in support of Bocuse d’Or Canada. In January 2013, Chef Alex Chen will represent Canada to compete in Bocuse d’Or in Lyon, France, where chefs from 24 countries will convene for the most demanding culinary competition in the world.

Chef Alex Chen to represent Canada at Bocuse d’Or 2013

Hot Chefs Cool Jazz was a fun event, with 16 savoury and sweet food stations, wine & beer, as well as live jazz performance. It was very nice to see the support Chef Alex received from his peers in the culinary industry in BC.

All chefs pose for a photo

Of everything we tried, here are a few of our favourites: (more…)

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Fairmont Hotels’ Culinary Apprentice Dinner

Posted in By Invitations, Culinary Events, Dinner, Joyce, Special Occasion, Vancouver, West Coast, Wine Pairing, tagged Coleen Christie, cook apprentice, CTV, Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Fairmont Empress, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Olympic, Fairmont Pacific Rim, Fairmont Vancouver Airport, Fairmont Waterfront, Salt Spring Island, Semifreddo, souffe on September 29, 2011| 2 Comments »

Through work I was among one of the lucky ~300 guests who attended the Fairmont Apprentice Dinner. This is a culinary debut of cook apprentices from seven Fairmont properties: Waterfront, Pacific Rim, Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver Airport, Chateau Whistler, Empress in Victoria and Olympic in Seattle.

The event was at the beautiful Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. We arrived to the champagne reception, only to disappointingly report to you that I didn’t get to try any of the canapes prepared by Fairmont Pacific Rim. There were way too many people and I only saw two banquet servers passing around the canapes. I didn’t mind, though, saved room for the actual dinner.

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Emceed by Coleen Christie of CTV, it’s a six-course dinner with wine pairing. Each of the other six Fairmont Hotels was responsible for one dish. Here they were:

Fairmont Style “Cobb Salad” by Fairmont Vancouver Airport
Pascual Toso Sauvignon Blanc

Fairmont Style "Cobb Salad" by Fairmont Vancouver Airport

Tomato & basil terrine was wonderful. It’s colourful, juicy, light and refreshing. The bits of house-made bacon was smokey and blended well with the lightly flavoured quail egg and tomato terrine. The pressed chicken confit was just right, not salty and it had a nice crispy skin. The only thing I didn’t enjoy was the thin slice of bacon fat. It was quite greasy for my taste. Oh and the blue cheese.

Pressed Quail Terrine by Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Mission Hill Pinot Noir

Pressed Quail Terrine by Fairmont Chateau Whistler

Initially I thought the terrine would be very rich, but I was wrong. The meat was lightly seasoned, with the added crunch of pistachio. I appreciate the choice of using apricot chutney to pair with the meat. The sweetness of apricot and the dash of S&P, along with the walnut crisp was an excellent combo. There were some pepper sprinkled on the crisps, though, which made my lips tinkled as I bit through them. A weird sensation. (more…)