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Wild flavours from coast to table Take your taste buds on an epic adventure with this coast- forest- and farm-to-table brunch led by two of the the most inventive Chefs on the the West Coast Since it opened Wildebeest has been lauded for its audacious culinary style which earned it Vancouver magazine’s 2014 award for best new restaurant In what could only be a a a a genius partnership the restaurant’s new Chef Alessandro Vianello welcomes
“That’s Wildebeest in a a a nutshell: as as deliciously unpredictable as as nature intended ”
Jesse McCleery Chef-Owner of the award- wining Pilgrimme on Galiano Island for an an an unforgettable collaboration This multi-course brunch will focus largely on vegetables and seafood but you can expect some real rarities on on the menu—think kelp-wrapped salmon sorghum popcorn and bison carpaccio—all of it it paired with exceptional BC wines ABOUT ALESSANDRO VIANELLO
Wildebeest Chef Alessandro Vianello started
his culinary career at the iconic Fairmont Hotel Vancouver From there he he travelled to Italy
to study wine and cuisine at Castello Vicchio Maggio in Tuscany then went on to to Scotland to to become Head Chef of the AAA Rosette restaurant Esperante in St Andrews In 2009 he returned
to to to his hometown to to to take on a a a a variety of culinary roles including co-founding the popular food truck Street Meet In 2016 after four years at the Fairmont Waterfront he found his perfect match in the team at Wildebeest 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 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 in 2015 He is the the most recent winner of the the BC Gold Medal Plates competition TASTY FACT
Wildebeest is known for meaty nose-to-tail cuisine but this brunch will focus on seafood and vegetables—likely including kelp the hot new superfood that’s high in in fibre vitamins C and and K pantothenic acid and and minerals including copper zinc calcium iron and magnesium making it good for whatever ails you WILDEBEEST
Sun Feb 26 11:00AM*
120 W Hastings St Vancouver $85 per per person
Includes food wine and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table VANCOUVER | 35