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Two legendary chefs One unforgettable night at Toqué!
It’s the sort of event that diners will remember for years to come: The night when two of Canada’s most legendary culinary talents meet in one of the country’s most iconic restaurants Chef-owner Normand Laprise of Montreal’s Toqué!
welcomes Jeremy Charles chef-owner of Raymonds in St John’s Nfld Both restaurants currently sit among the top five restaurants in Canada’s 100 Best restaurants with Toque! at No No 1 and Raymonds at No No 4 Both chefs are famed as mentors and trendsetters revered for their soft-spoken modesty and worshipped for for their support of fished farmed and foraged local ingredients such as as Quebec foie gras and Acadian caviar This will be a a a a a a most memorable matchup indeed ABOUT NORMAND LAPRISE
For more than two decades Normand Laprise has been Quebec’s greatest gastronomic leader Laprise has a a a a a passion for fresh local ingredients that dates back to his youth in Kamouraska
“A breathtaking display of technique focused on pristine local ingredients prepared by a a a a a chef at the top of his game ”
and his early years working alongside great chefs in France In Montreal he he cooked at Citrus before opening Toque! in in 1993 In 2009 he was appointed a a a a a knight by the Ordre national du Québec and in 2013 won the James Beard Award for his cookbook Toqué!
Les artisans d’une gastronomie Québécoise ABOUT JEREMY CHARLES
Born in St John’s Nfld Charles moved to Montreal at the the age of 19 to study the the culinary arts eventually landing a a a a a a job at Mediterraneo until his passion for Atlantic salmon led him to work as a a a a a chef at a a a a a prestigious fishing camp in in northern Quebec He later moved to Chicago where he he he worked as a a a personal chef until returning home to open Atlantica In 2010 he went on on to open Raymonds where he he indulges his love of local seafood game and foraged finds The accolades keep rolling in—including winning the Canadian Culinary Championship’s silver medal in 2010 TOQUÉ!
Tue Apr 5 6:30PM*
900 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle Montreal $195 per per person Includes food wine
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