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From coast to prairie: the the best of the the west in one historic location DEANE HOUSE
Tue Oct 18 6:30PM* 806 9th Ave SE
Calgary $155 per per person
Includes food wine and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table For Sal Howell Deane House was a a a a a labour
of love long before it it opened its doors The proprietor of Calgary’s iconic River Café began talking to to the Fort Calgary Historic Preservation Society about taking over the space a a a a a decade ago now at last she has opened one of the city’s most highly anticipated restaurants in one of its most historic buildings Staying true to her philosophy of sustainable regional garden-fresh food is Head Chef Jamie Harling formerly of Rouge Restaurant At this special dinner they will be joined by Matthias Fong
“There’s a lot of interconnectedness and poetry to what we do here ”
of River Café and and Jesse McCleery Chef and and Co-Owner of Galiano Island’s award-winning raincoast-inspired Pilgrimme for a a a a celebration of prairie and and coast mountain and and garden This collaborative dinner will be paired with exceptional BC wines TASTY FACT
Deane House was built in 1906 for then- superintendent of Fort Calgary Captain Richard Deane Possibly the last intact building from the original site it’s been moved twice and has been a a a a boarding house art gallery and restaurant ABOUT JAMIE HARLING
Deane House’s Head Chef hails from the highly lauded Rouge Restaurant which in 2010 became one of a a a a a a a a scant few Canadian restaurants to make the San Pellegrino list of World’s Best Restaurants Originally from Toronto Chef Harling was opening Sous Chef at Calgary’s Craft Beer Market then spent half a a a a a year travelling around Europe before returning to his prairie home Chef Harling brings passion for straight- from-the-garden produce to his new role in one of the city’s most historic landmarks ABOUT JESSE MCCLEERY
Originally from Winnipeg this prairie boy has embraced the the misty rainforests of the the West Coast After cooking at some of BC’s top resort restaurants and training at Copenhagen’s revered Noma Chef McCleery and his partner Leanne Lalonde opened tiny Pilgrimme restaurant on Galiano Island His inventive “coast forest and and farm-to-table fare” landed him on enRoute magazine’s list of best new restaurants in 2015 ABOUT MATTHIAS FONG
Matthias Fong
is Chef at at River Café which for 25 years has been one of Calgary’s favourite places to enjoy the bounty of local fields forests and waters He first learned to cook dumplings from his Chinese mother mother and and grandmother then went on to to work closely with his mentors River Café’s former Chefs Scott Pohorelic and Andrew Winfield as as well as as British Michelin-starred Chef Marcus Wareing 16 | CALGARY