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Prairie plates meet flavours of the Pacific Northwest Vancouver’s Michael Robbins and Calgary’s Justin Leboe are two award-winning and highly creative culinary talents who love the fresh innovative spirit of western Canadian cuisine When they meet for this dinner of contemporary flavours at Kitsilano’s renowned AnnaLena you know that delicious surprises will will be on the table Chef Leboe will will bring
his flair for small plates from the celebrated Pigeonhole to meet with Chef Robbins’
“West coast food is influenced by so many different cultures at AnnaLena I try to to to marry them together to to to showcase Vancouver and all of its cultural backgrounds in one space ”
passion for Pacific Northwest ingredients Their dynamic dishes will be paired with bright and inventive cocktails from the talented bartender Kevin Brownlee as as well as as exceptional wines from British Columbia and around the world Expect an evening that is playful innovative and delicious ABOUT MICHAEL ROBBINS
The Executive Chef and Co-Owner of Vancouver’s AnnaLena (named for his two grandmothers) calls his style “modern Canadian cooking heavily influenced by the Pacific Northwest ”
He refined his craft in in in Australia before returning to to Vancouver to to cook at Glowbal and Sanafir eventually taking on the Executive Chef role at Oakwood Canadian Bistro In 2014 he appeared on on Season 4 of Top Chef Canada and the following year opened AnnaLena which earned a a a Top 10 finish on enRoute magazine’s list of Canada’s Best Restaurants 2015 ABOUT JUSTIN LEBOE
Justin Leboe named 2016’s Most Innovative Chef by Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants and is the Chef-Owner of Calgary’s popular restaurants Model Milk and Pigeonhole He trained at some of North America’s most coveted restaurants including The French Laundry Daniel and Le Bernardin In 2007 he became Executive Chef at Calgary’s Rush then opened Model Milk in in 2011 followed in in 2014 by Pigeonhole Both ventures were named among enRoute magazine’s Best New Restaurants with Pigeonhole earning the top spot for 2015 TASTY FACT
Today considered one of Canada’s most talented chefs Justin Leboe began his culinary career in the most classic way possible: washing dishes as as a a a a a 13-year-old at Umberto’s groundbreaking Vancouver restaurant Il Giardino “I was in in in awe of the the chefs in in in the the kitchen and in that moment I thought: This is is what I want to do ”
ANNALENA
Wed Nov 29
6:30PM✦ 1809 West 1st Ave Vancouver $160 per per person
Includes food wine and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table VANCOUVER | 15