Top Chefs Use Local Ingredients for Culinary Competition
07 August 2008Sample some of the best gourmet food in town and watch as the region's top chefs use freshly harvested local organic ingredients in a head-to-head culinary competition.
Bring your friends and family to Chefs to the Field - a celebration of food and organic growing.
Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Location: Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Highway Admission: Free
This fund-raising event will feature a chef's competition for the coveted Green Cuisine Award. As well, you will you have an opportunity to enjoy samples of freshly prepared dishes for $3.00 per portion. There will be live entertainment, children’s activities, music and a silent auction. All proceeds will be donated to Terra Nova Schoolyard Society.
The chefs will come from several local restaurants including Tapenade Bistro, Papi's Restaurante Italiano, Raincity Grill, Bishops, Diva at the Met, Wild Rice and Vancouver Airport Marriot.
For the competition, each chef will be given a black box with a secret ingredient. The chefs will then have to run into either the Fruit Tree Sharing Project's Sharing Farm or the Terra Nova Schoolyard Society's Garden to find vegetables to use in preparing their meal. The chefs are given 90 minutes to prepare four masterpieces.
As parking is limited at the park, a convenient, free shuttle bus service will depart from the City’s Works Yard, located at 5599 Lynas Lane, every 15 minutes. Visitors are also encouraged to walk, ride their bikes or carpool.
Chefs compete from 2 until 4 p.m. and the food booths will be open 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The official opening of the Terra Nova Barn
The official opening of the Terra Nova Barn will take place at Chefs to the Field at 3:15 p.m. The barn was recently retrofitted to include a classroom, community kitchen and public washrooms. It will feature programs in the fall and will also be bookable through the Parks Division. For more information, call Parks at 604-244-1208.
For more information about Chefs to the Field or the Terranova Schoolyard Society visit www.myterranova.ca or call 604-767-9264.
