BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Halifax X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Halifax BEGIN:VEVENT UID:405@devourfest.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20171028T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20171028T230000 DTSTAMP:20171013T182654Z URL:https://devourfest.com/program/a-celebration-of-canadian-cinema-cuisin e-celebrity-chef-spotlight-gala-dinner-with-chefs-michael-smith-paul-rogal ski-craig-flinn-joshna-maharaj-ali-hassan-emma-cardarelli-tony-rinaldo-dav id/ SUMMARY:A Celebration of Canadian Cinema & Cuisine: Celebrity Chef Spotligh t Gala Dinner with Chefs Michael Smith\, Paul Rogalski\, Craig Flinn\, Jos hna Maharaj\, Ali Hassan\, Emma Cardarelli\, Tony Rinaldo & David Smart DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Scotiabank and Bishop's Cellar.\n\nThis six-course dinner is inspired by the world premiere of the Canadian film Grand Cru a nd will be prepared by chefs:\n\nMichael Smith\, The Inn at Bay Fortune\, Prince Edward Island\nPaul Rogalski\, Rouge Restaurant\, Calgary\nCraig Fl inn\, Chives Canadian Bistro\, Halifax\nJoshna Maharaj\, Toronto\nAli Hass an\, CBC\, Toronto\nEmma Cardarelli\, Nora Gray\, Montréal\nTony Rinaldo\ , Rinaldo’s Italian American Specialties\nDavid Smart\, Bessie North Hou se\, Canning\n\nYour $160.00 ticket includes wine pairings\, tax and a tic ket to the Devour! Spotlight Gala Party. Menus &\; wine pairings coming soon!\n\n\n\nMichael Smith\n\nMichael Smith\, one of Canada’s best-know n chefs\, is a passionate advocate for simple\, sustainable home cooking a nd an inspiration for families creating their own healthy food lifestyle. He’s the host of Chef Michael’s Kitchen\, Chef at Home and Chef Abroad seen on Food Network Canada and in more than 100 other countries. He’s a judge on Chopped Canada and travelled the world for his innovative web s eries Lentil Hunter.\n\nChef Michael and his wife Chastity are the proprie tors of The Inn at Bay Fortune on Prince Edward Island. They’ve re-launc hed the property where Michael gained international fame in the 1990s with a new spirit of five-star hospitality and an innovative dining experience \, the FireWorks.\n\nHis 10th award-winning cookbook\, Real Food\, Real Go od\, launched in September 2016 and immediately landed on the Globe and Ma il bestseller list. His food media production company and test kitchen\, C ulinart Limited\, is breaking new ground and his social media platforms ar e Canada’s top choice for foodie fun. @ChefMichaelSmth\n\n\n\nPaul Rogal ski\n\nPaul Rogalski is renowned for his passion for exceptional cuisine c reated from homegrown and sustainable food. He is co-creator and owner of Calgary’s acclaimed Rouge Restaurant\, as well as Bistro Rouge\, a casua l concept in Calgary’s Signal Hill district. The accolades for Rouge inc lude Best Overall\, Where Magazine\, 2017.\n\nChef Paul is the recipient o f the University of Guelph Food Day Canada Good Food Innovation Award (201 6) and was recognized by his alma mater\, the Southern Alberta Institute o f Technology\, as a Distinguished Alumni (2014).\n\nIn 2011 Paul was award ed Foodservice and Hospitality magazine’s Independent Restaurateur of th e Year\, named by Alberta Venture Magazine as one of Alberta’s Most Infl uential People and recognized by Business in Calgary Magazine as one of th e Twenty Business Leaders of Tomorrow.\n\nDuring the 2010 Winter Olympics\ , Paul was part of the management team that oversaw food production at Ath letes Village in Whistler. Paul received special recognition for “Leader ship and Support of Organic and Sustainable Cuisine” from California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium in 2009. @RougeCal\n\n\n\nCraig Flinn\n\nChef Craig Flinn is the chef/proprietor of Chives Canadian Bistro\, 2 Doors Down\, a nd 2DD Bar &\; Bites in Halifax. His apprenticeship began when he worke d with Chef Michael Smith at The Inn at Bay Fortune on Prince Edward Islan d. He then worked in Europe\, Canada\, and the U.S.\, most notably at the famous Savoy Hotel in London\, England.\n\nCraig opened Chives in 2001. Si nce then the restaurant has been a solid supporter of local food producers and has won numerous accolades\, including being named among the Best New Restaurants in Canada in enRoute magazine and earning Best Cuisine in Nov a Scotia from Taste of Nova Scotia. In 2013 Craig opened 2 Doors Down Food &\; Wine\, a restaurant that quickly became one of the most popular re staurants in Halifax. He launched 2 Doors Down Bar &\; Bites two years later.\nCraig launched his first cookbook\, Fresh and Local\, in 2008. Two more books in his “Fresh” series soon followed. A fourth book\, Out o f New Nova Scotia Kitchens\, made the 2016 shortlist for best Cultural &am p\; Regional Canadian Cookbook at the Taste Canada National Cookbook Award s. @chefcraigflinn\n\n\n\nJoshna Maharaj\n\nJoshna Maharaj is a busy chef\ , activist and speaker with big ideas about good food! Joshna’s strong s ocial justice and sustainability ethics are rooted in her time at The Stop \, a community food centre where she built innovative and delicious commun ity food programs.\n\nRecently\, Joshna has been working with institutions in Toronto building new models for institutional food procurement\, produ ction and service\, proving that the institution is a viable tool for soci al change. Joshna has been an expert panellist on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin and makes regular appearances on CBC Radio. Joshna is a two-t ime TEDx speaker and recently made the shortlist of nominees for the inaug ural Basque Culinary World Prize\, which recognizes chefs who use gastrono my for social change. @joshnamaharaj\n\n\n\nAli Hassan\n\nAli Hassan is a Canadian standup comedian\, writer\, actor and radio and television person ality. CBC fans will recognize him as the past lead panellist on George St roumboulopoulos Tonight\, the recent host of the annual battle of the book s\, Canada Reads\, and the weekly host of Laugh Out Loud.\n\nHe has starre d in films like French Immersion\, Breakaway and Goon. You can find him on television right now as a recurring character on FXX's Man Seeking Woman\ , PBS Kids' Odd Squad\, the CTV/eOne series Cardinal and upcoming on the V ICE series FUBAR.\n\nAs a standup comedian\, he is a Canadian Comedy Award s nominee who has performed at the Just for Laughs Festival\, JFL42\, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and the Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival - the firs t festival of its kind to be held in the Middle East. Ali is touring his s olo show\, Muslim Interrupted\, across Canada in 2017. @StandUpAli\n\n\n\n Emma Cardarelli\n\nAfter completing double major in English and Psychology from the University of King’s College\, Emma Cardarelli decided she wou ld like to try something different.  She headed out west to try her hand at cooking in a professional kitchen at Lake O’Hara Lodge in Yoho Nation al Park.  This is where Emma determined that the life of a professional c hef was for her.  She returned to Montreal to attend cooking school at L ’Institute de tourisme et hotelerie du Quebec where her teacher\, Jean-P aul Grappe introduced her to Frederic Morin and David MacMillan\, now of J oe Beef.  After working with Fred and Dave for many years in a couple of different establishments\, Globe and Liverpool House\, Emma was ready to s trike out on her own.  She opened Nora Gray in September 2011 with busine ss partners Ryan Gray and Lisa Mc Connell. After six years\, Nora Gray is still going strong and only getting busier.  At the moment\, Emma is look ing forward to opening second restaurant with Ryan Gray and Marley Sniatow sky in November 2017. @noragraymtl\n\n\n\nAntonio Rinaldo\n\nBorn and rais ed in Halifax\, Tony grew up experiencing everything in the kitchen first hand in his father’s restaurant\, Salvatore’s New York Pizzeria. After graduating from the culinary management program at Georgian College in Ba rrie\, Ont.\, Tony spent time cooking in Halifax (Rogi Orazio)\, Montréal (Nora Gray)\, Toronto (Parts &\; Labour)\, Jasper\, New York\, Las Veg as and Lyon (Le Potager des Halles) before returning home to open two busi nesses with his brother\, Sam. \n\nInspired by a rich family history inclu ding a long line of culinary mavericks in Halifax\, Buffalo\, New York\, S icily and beyond\, the brothers launched T Dogs\, a gourmet hot dog cart o n the streets of Halifax. Two short years later they opened their first of ficial restaurant\, Rinaldo’s Italian American Specialties. The restaura nt specializes in handmade sandwiches\, pizzas and pastas just like the fa mily used to make – everything from scratch using local ingredients. \n\ nA few months after opening\, Rinaldo’s was nominated in five categories for The Coast’s Best of Halifax awards\, nominated as New Business of t he Year for the Halifax Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Halifax Business Awar ds and listed as one of ‘New Restaurants Across Canada That are Worth Tr avelling For’ in WestJet Magazine. @rinaldoshfx\n\n\n\nDavid Smart\n\nDa ve Smart took a circuitous route to becoming a chef. He worked as an engin eer and project manager while indulging his love of cooking by making dish es for his friends. Eventually his skill as an amateur chef prompted those friends to suggest he take his cooking to another level.\n\nDave attended Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Ottawa\, graduating at the top of his cl ass. He cooked in various restaurants in Ottawa before landing in the kitc hen The Tempest  in Wolfville. He eventually inked a deal to buy the rest aurant and become its chef/owner\, rebranding it Front and Central.\n\n"I love the excellence\, the precision\, the technical aspects of cooking. I' m a traditionalist when it comes to cooking but I still have fun playing o n the sidelines with avant-garde food styles and techniques."\n\nNow with his wife Susan\, Dave is opening a small farm-restaurant with a 12-seat di ning room in their farmhouse at the base of the North Mountain in the beau tiful Annapolis Valley\, with the hope of sharing the best of what the reg ion has to offer. @ChefDaveSmart ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://devourfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/0 8/Devour-Celebrity-Chef-Dinner.jpg LOCATION:Wolfville Farmer's Market\, 4 Elm Ave\, Wolfville\, NS\, B4P 2S3\, Canada GEO:45.0920578;-64.36384250000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4 Elm Ave\, Wolfville\, NS\ , B4P 2S3\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wolfville Farmer's Market:ge o:45.0920578,-64.36384250000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR