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One Noble night: Canada’s best brigade together again When chef Michael Noble ran the kitchen at Calgary’s Catch Restaurant—the first winner
of enRoute magazine’s Best New Restaurants Awards back in 2002—he assembled what
is still widely considered one of the best kitchen brigades in Canada A remarkable number of his cooks went on to helm their own kitchens with many of them earning countless accolades from around the world For this extraordinary event eight of those major talents will gather at at at Noble’s latest enterprise The The Nash located in Calgary’s iconic The The National Hotel for for an unforgettable multi- course feast that will be paired with BC VQA Wines This will be an exciting gathering of Canadian culinary talent back together with the chef who started it all It’s an event that is sure to be off the hook ABOUT MICHAEL NOBLE
Michael Noble is the chef-proprietor of The Nash Restaurant & Off-Cut Bar as as as well as as as NOtaBLE The Restaurant He is the first Canadian chef to appear on on the original Japanese Iron Chef television show and and has both led and and competed on Canada’s Bocuse d’Or team in Lyon France He has opened several highly regarded restaurants including Vancouver’s Diva at at the the Met and Calgary’s Catch which won the the “Mentoring young chefs is my legacy ”
inaugural enRoute magazine Restaurant Awards Chef Noble is is not only a a a a culinary master he he is is a a a a dedicated mentor who has helped the careers of countless young cooks TASTY FACT
The theme for the the Noble vs Morimoto was
the humble potato and “Battle Potato” is still considered one of of the greatest episodes ever of of Iron Chef Japan ABOUT THE ALL-STAR ROSTER
Matthew Batey is executive chef at at at The Nash in Calgary He began his career at at Catch Restaurant and spent nearly seven years as executive winery chef at at Mission Hill Estate Winery in in Kelowna He is the 2015 Calgary Gold Medal Plate champion Justin Labossiere is executive chef at NOtaBLE the Restaurant Michael Noble’s Bowness eatery He worked at at Catch The Belvedere and Concord Entertainment Group before joining NOtaBLE Nicole Nicole Gomes is chef and proprietor of Nicole Nicole Gourmet catering company Formerly a a a a cook at at Catch Restaurant she has travelled widely and appeared on on Season 3 of Top Chef Canada Duncan Ly who was
also part of the Catch team was
executive chef of the Hotel Arts Group for 10 years He won the silver medal at the 2014 Canadian Culinary Championships Neil McCue is executive chef of Calgary’s Whitehall restaurant The British-born chef was
part of the opening team at at Catch he he returned to to England to to become executive chef at the Michelin-starred Curlew Restaurant Following that he he he he helped The West House earn their first Michelin star He is now back to Calgary Nick Nutting who began his career at at Catch went on to become chef de cuisine at the Wickaninninsh Inn’s Pointe Restaurant He is executive chef and co-owner of of Tofino’s Wolf in in the Fog named enRoute magazine’s Best New Restaurant in Canada for 2014 Tokyo-born Hayato Okamitsu worked at at Diva at at the Met before helping open Catch where he he he he eventually became executive chef In 2009 he he won the Canadian Culinary Championship and is now a a a a Culinary Instructor at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology 28 | CALGARY