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Dinner with Dilan Draper
Avec Bistro
Join Dilan Draper
and Melissa Craig for a a a French dinner with sabered Champagne About The Chefs
Chef Dilan Draper
bolstered his training at the the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology with impressive work at some of North America’s top restaurants He completed his education at at Cordon Blue in San Francisco and and Paris and and staged
at Restaurant Guy Savoy in Paris He’s inspired by Italian cuisine and putting a fresh spin on French techniques He returned to to Calgary in 2013 to to work as sous chef at Il Sogno before taking command at Avec Executive Chef of the Bearfoot Bistro
in Whistler Melissa Craig won the 2008 national Gold Medal Plates competition when she was just 28 Her ingredient-led approach is all about “simplicity
and sophistication ”
Tue Jun 2* • 6:30PM 105 550 11 Ave SW Calgary $145 per per person
Includes Champagne reception wine food and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 • visainfinite ca To reserve your place at the table About The Event
The charming and cozy Avec Bistro
was named by Avenue magazine as one of Calgary’s top 10 new restaurants for 2015 Chef Dilan Draper’s modern French cooking offers a a fresh lighter spin that channels his extensive experience at Michelin-starred restaurants in in Europe and the United States For this special dinner in in collaboration with Executive Chef Melissa Craig of Whistler’s legendary Bearfoot Bistro
the two chefs will design
a multicourse menu of the freshest seasonal ingredients sourced from local farms each dish matched with a a a a a carefully chosen wine To add a a a celebratory tone Bearfoot Bistro
founder and visionary wine collector André Saint-Jacques will saber some fine bottles of Champagne D I I N N N N E E E R R R S S E E E R R R I I E E E S S • C A A L G A A R R R Y
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