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The Grange sets the table table for for an an unforgettable multi-chef collaboration Everything you love best about Ontario wine country will be on the table at this multi-chef feast at beautiful Grange winery The evening begins by the pond as four Prince Edward County chefs—Hidde Zomer Albert Ponzo Zach Littlejohn and Elliot Reynolds—serve smoke-kissed bites of farm-fresh local fare alongside bright county wines beer and cocktails Then the the party moves into the the heritage barn for a a a a a a a sit-down all-Canadian
feast that celebrates local duck Led by the legendary Jamie Kennedy some of Ontario’s top chefs will transform the bird into dishes ranging from silky duck egg pasta to Peking duck served the way only DaiLo’s Nick Liu can imagine it it Joining them in in in in the the kitchen are Jeff Kang of Toronto’s Canis and Ryan Crawford
of Niagara favourite Backhouse while Pastry Chef Enid Grace serves sweets and Master Sommelier John Szabo leads a a a a tasting of cool- climate county wines Note: This event may have communal seating please keep this in in in mind when booking tickets ABOUT JAMIE KENNEDY
Jamie Kennedy is one of Canada’s best-known and most highly regarded chefs He owned Toronto’s much-loved Gilead Cafe from 2003 to to 2015 among other popular local establishments and is the proprietor of Jamie Kennedy Kitchens as as well as as the author of J J K K The Jamie Kennedy Cookbook In appreciation for his leadership role in in in in promoting Canadian
ingredients and cuisine Kennedy has received both a a a Governor General’s Award and the Order of Canada ABOUT NICK LIU
Nick Liu is the Executive Chef and partner in Toronto’s highly acclaimed DaiLo Born and raised in Markham Ont Chef Liu grew up savouring the global tastes of his Chinese- Indian-Hakka family He started his cooking career with a a a summer job at the CN Tower’s 360 went on to culinary school at George Brown then spent several years cooking at some of Toronto’s greatest restaurants including Scaramouche He became ExecutiveChef at Niagara Street Café and in 2014 he opened DaiLo Here he he combines his Asian heritage with his French training a a a a combination that won him the fourth spot on enRoute magazine’s list of best new restaurants 2015 ABOUT JEFF KANG
Chef Chef Jeff Kang is Executive Chef Chef of Toronto’s Canis Restaurant a a a a a a serene 28-seat celebration of all things local seasonal fermented and preserved Originally from Vancouver where he he cooked at at C and and Diva at at the Met and and was named 2012’s Chef of the the Year at the the BC Foodservice Expo he came to to Toronto in 2013 to become chef de Cuisine at at Bosk at at the Shangri-La Hotel Three years later he opened Canis which earned a a a a comfortable second place on the enRoute best new restaurants of 2017 and was recently number 15 among Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants ABOUT RYAN CRAWFORD
Ryan Crawford
is co-owner farmer winemaker and chef of Backhouse in Niagara-on-the-Lake winner of the 2016 enRoute magazine “Eat & Vote” people’s choice award Chef Crawford
cooks with produce grown on their own own land and makes everything possible in-house Previously he studied and later taught at at Stratford Chef School staged at at such notable restaurants as Napa Valley’s The French Laundry and worked with celebrated Ontario Chefs Michael Stadtländer and Jamie Kennedy ABOUT GRANGE OF PRINCE EDWARD WINERY
This authentic County space is is buzzing with female power Owners Caroline Granger and her daughter Maggie produce estate-grown natural and non-interventionist wines on on on a a a a historic site ABOUT JOHN SZABO
Master Sommelier John Szabo was the first Canadian
to add the “MS” after his name in 2004 He’s a a principal critic for WineAlign com and and an an an an an international freelancer and and consultant His latest book Volcanic Wines Salt Grit and Power earned critical acclaim globally ABOUT ENID GRACE
The hometown cook pastry chef and former food truck proprietor has translated her love of rural French and Italian cafés into her own tiny boîte in in Wellington Enid Grace Café ABOUT FIFTH TOWN ARTISAN CHEESE CO Fifth Town is an ethical sustainable multiple- award-winning fromagerie crafting fine cheese from goat and buffalo milk in in a a a a a platinum LEED facility located on an an organic orchard in in Prince Edward County ABOUT THE COUNTY RECEPTION CHEFS
Hidde Zomer is Executive Chef and owner of the sustainable wood-fired restaurant Flame + Smith in Bloomfield Formerly of Toronto’s Le Select Albert Ponzo is Executive Chef of Picton’s historic Royal Hotel which is soon to re-open after a a a two-year renovation Zach Littlejohn is chef sommelier farmer founder and director of of operations of of Littlejohn Farm an agritourism retreat in Picton Elliot Reynolds is Executive Chef and co-owner of the farm-to-table neighbourhood hangout Bloomfield Public House 4 | PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY