Canadian Culinary Championships Archives

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Way back in August (seems like forever ago) we had the privilege to attend a 7-course collaboration dinner at Les Fougères restaurant hosted by two of the hottest chefs in the Ottawa Region – Yannick LaSalle and Imrun Texeira. Chef LaSalle is the resident chef at Les Fougères and was the 2019 winner of the Canadian Culinary Championships and Chef Texeira was a top-four finisher in the 2020 edition of Top Chef Canada and former sous chef at one of our favourite Ottawa restaurants – Stofa.

Faraway Forays

February 25, 2020December 4, 2022Al McFarland

Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar – Vancouver – February 2020

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 4.9/5

My recent trip to western Canada began with an on-board flight announcement congratulating Chef Roger Ma on his recent win at the Canadian Culinary Championships in Ottawa. Being a foodie, I was very excited just to be in the same general vicinity of such an accomplished chef, and was blown away when two days later I had the opportunity not only to dine at his amazing Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar, but also to meet the man in person.

Faraway Forays

February 17, 2020December 4, 2022Al McFarland

RGE RD – Edmonton – February 2020

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 4.8/5

My visit to RGE RD (pronounced Range Road) restaurant was somewhat of an afterthought. Although reservations had already been made for Biera and Bündok (two Edmonton properties appearing on Canada’s Top 100 list) during my stay, RGE RD never came up on my radar. It was only after a last minute search for other top restaurants in the city that I found it – and boy am I glad I did!