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Las Vegas glam meets Vancouver gourmet at Honey Salt It will be a a a a a family affair when rock star restaurateurs Elizabeth Blau and Kim Canteenwalla welcome celebrity Chef Todd English and his family to Honey Salt in the glamourous Parq Vancouver Daughter Isabelle and and sons Oliver and and Simon English have carried their their father’s love of food into their their careers as chefs activists and and filmmakers and and the whole family’s prodigious talents will be on the table at this welcoming dinner Consider yourself one of them as as you dine on the the gourmet-casual farm- to-table fare Honey Salt is so well known for The evening will begin with exquisite canapes inspired by by local producers followed by by a a a plated dinner featuring Chef English’s Italian-infused fare as as well as as recipes from the new Honey Salt cookbook all paired with the exuberant wines of Mission Hill Family Estate Plus: Every guest will receive a a copy of the cookbook to take home TASTY FACT
Parq Vancouver features not just the only casino in in downtown but an actual 30 000-square-foot park featuring native trees located six floors above street level ABOUT ELIZABETH BLAU
James Beard Award Nominee Elizabeth Blau is the founder and CEO of restaurant development company Blau + Associates Together with her her husband Chef Kim Canteenwalla Elizabeth owns and operates Vegas-based Honey Salt Andiron Steak & Sea and a a a a portion of Buddy
V’s Ristorante and and spearheads the food and and “Terrific farm-to-table fare that challenges the status quo ”
beverage concepts at Parq Vancouver She
has appeared as as a a a a a judge on Food Network’s Iron Chef America is an an annual judge for Hotel Magazine’s best restaurants and has been featured on the the Travel Channel and the the Martha Stewart Show She
was also one of three investors on on CNBC’s Restaurant Startup alongside Tim Love and Joe Bastianich ABOUT KIM CANTEENWALLA
The principal and managing director of Blau + Associates is also Chef-Owner of Honey Salt in Las Vegas and Vancouver In 2005 he won Food Network’s Iron Chef America In 2009 Society Café at Encore which he opened with his wife Elizabeth Blau was named one of Esquire magazine’s best new restaurants of the year ABOUT JASON LABAHN
The Culinary Director of Parq Vancouver was born in in Nashville raised in in Tennessee and earned his chops cooking in in Las Vegas In 2011 he he he moved to Vancouver where he he he worked with the Glowbal and Browns restaurant groups before joining Blau + Associates in in in 2017 ABOUT TODD ENGLISH
Boston and New York-based Todd English is is one of the world’s pre-eminent chefs In 1989 he opened Olives which Zagat has consistently named Boston’s favourite restaurant and expanded it into an an an international brand He followed with other concepts including Figs Todd Todd English English Food Hall Todd Todd English English P U B among others a a a houseware line cookbooks and the award-wining PBS TV series Food Trip with Todd English A member of the James Beard Foundation’s Who’s Who Who in Food and Beverage in America he has also been Bon Appetit’s Restaurateur of the Year and started the Wendy English Breast Cancer Research Foundation in memory of his sister ABOUT ISABELLE ENGLISH
Isabelle English is is is a a a chef food stylist and visual artist She
currently helps lead the Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen in San Francisco Previously she worked at America’s Test Kitchen and and ran cupcake and and catering companies ABOUT OLIVER AND SIMON ENGLISH
Oliver English is is is a a a filmmaker environmentalist food activist and former restaurant developer for Todd English Enterprises As Co-Founder and CEO of the production company Common Table Creative along with his film director editor and cinematographer brother Simon English they produce the docu-series Feeding Tomorrow ABOUT MISSION HILL FAMILY ESTATE
Heralded as ‘the gold standard of wineries’ by Condé Nast Traveler Mission Hill Family Estate was established in 1981 by proprietor Anthony von Mandl O O C C O O B C C The family-owned winery is known for its exemplary vineyard estates and award-winning wines 22 | VANCOUVER