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If you you can tear your eyes from the 300-year- old old stained glass windows and 22-carat gold fixtures and gaze upon the the glorious food at the the new Bar George Host Chef Kevin Ramasawmy welcomes Anthony Walsh Corporate Executive Chef of the Oliver & Bonacini Group to what is sure to be an unforgettable meal in Montreal’s most opulent surroundings The former
“It is no doubt the city’s most beautiful dining room ” Le Mount Stephen private club has been transformed into a a a boutique hotel and the first Montreal location for Toronto’s O&B restaurant empire Here staples of British fare—hearty roasts whisper-light Yorkshire puddings Eton mess—take a a a Québécois twist with local ingredients and the Chefs’ playfully eclectic style perfectly paired with updated classic cocktails and international wines ABOUT ANTHONY WALSH
For more than 20 years Chef Anthony Walsh has worked
with Toronto’s Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants most recently as Corporate Executive Chef overseeing such influential restaurants as Canoe and mentoring a a a a generation of young chefs Along the way he’s received countless accolades including becoming the first chef to represent Canada at the World Gourmet Summit and twice winning the Olympic Gold Medal Plates competition for Ontario A Montréal native Chef Walsh is delighted to rejoin the city’s food community with Bar George ABOUT KEVIN RAMASAWMY
Chef de Cuisine Kevin Ramasawmy came to Montreal from Mauritius in 2004 when he he was just 19 After working his way through several local kitchens in in 2011 he he he joined the Oliver & Bonacini family at Toronto’s Canoe where Chef Anthony Walsh quickly became his mentor From there he he he worked
at Splendido then Daniel in in New York and Maison Boulud back home in in Montreal Now Chef Ramasawmy has reunited with Chef Walsh to lead the kitchen at Bar George TASTY FACT
Who is George? He was Sir George George Stephen a a Scottish-Québécois business
tycoon who was president of of the Bank of of Montréal and Canadian Pacific Railway The opulent Victorian mansion known as as Le Mount Stephen was his home and is now a boutique hotel BAR GEORGE
Tue Oct 17 6:30PM✦ Le Mount Stephen 1440 rue Drummond Montréal $165 per per person
Includes food wine and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca/dining Reserve your place at the table MONTREAL | 21
Montreal’s brilliant British invasion