Three Calgarians vying for title of Top Chef Canada in new season
It’s a battle of the sexes as seven women go up against seven men in the Top Chef Canada kitchen this year. Top Chef Canada is ready for season 4. Handout photo from Food Network Canada. The new season...
View ArticleTop Chef Canada recap: the battle of the sexes begins
When it comes to skill, talent, expertise and the ability to handle a knife, there is no difference between men and women chefs. Now in it’s fourth season, Top Chef Canada has gone for a gimmick as an...
View ArticleTop Chef Canada recap: reversals, redemptions and romance
A chef putting out one bad dish at a restaurant is not the end of the world. An off night, a bad day, a rush of orders going through, all can lead to a plate that just isn’t quite right. A...
View ArticleTop Chef Canada recap: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
If you can’t handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen. In the early episodes of Top Chef Canada, the chefs who can handle the heat of competition start to set themselves apart from the rest. The...
View ArticleTop Chef Canada recap: the street food, showmance and smackdown edition
For the first time since this season of Top Chef Canada started, there was no mention of the Battle of the Sexes gimmick. And I think that’s exactly why I enjoyed this episode so much. Instead of men...
View ArticleTop Chef Canada recap: the all tied up and down for the count edition
It’s Sports Day for the Top Chef Canada competitors today. And I mean that both in terms of that yearly event at elementary schools that featured such activities as caramels on a ruler race, potato...
View ArticleTop Chef Canada recap: all is fair in love and restaurant wars
I’m about to make an unpopular confession: I dread restaurant wars. Each season I’ve watched Top Chef Canada, I’ve waited for it to arrive, knowing it will make me anxious and uncomfortable. There is...
View ArticleTop Chef Canada recap: the let’s-get-medieval edition
Sometimes being a chef means grabbing challenges by the balls, so to speak. And sometimes it just means working with balls, apparently. But mostly, it means that when faced with something going...
View ArticleCalgary White Hat making a splash in Toronto
CALGARY – Calgary’s White Hat is making a splash in Toronto as part of a marketing blitz of the Ontario city. The initiative includes a 32-foot floating White Hat in Toronto’s harbourfront and Calgary...
View ArticleWomen of the Wild West hit the Big Apple; collaboration dinner sees six...
Six women and a selection of ingredients showcasing the bounty of Alberta are set to take a bite out of the Big Apple. Representing two restaurants, a catering company, a private club, a hotel and a...
View ArticleNew chef for Hotel Arts; Duncan Ly and Karine Moulin leaving
The end of summer will signal more than just changing leaf colours and a return to school; it will also bring changes at two of the city’s culinary institutions. Hotel Arts has announced executive chef...
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