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:69@devourfest.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20141112T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20141113T010000 DTSTAMP:20141103T221504Z URL:https://devourfest.com/program/devour-opening-gala-film-featuring-anth ony-bourdain-eat-drink-man-woman-devour-opening-gala-post-reception/ SUMMARY:Devour! Opening Gala Film Featuring Anthony Bourdain: Eat Drink Man Woman & Devour! Opening Gala Post-Reception DESCRIPTION:\n\nDevour! Opening Gala Film Featuring Anthony Bourdain: Eat D rink Man Woman\n\nScreening and Q&\;A 8:00-10:30 PM\n\nThis is Anthony Bourdain’s favourite food film of all time. We have never been more exc ited to have someone curate our Opening Night Gala and we intend to have t his be the first in a long-standing tradition of special guests taking us on a delicious trip into the past\, shining a spotlight on some of the wor ld’s best food films. Eaten\, but never forgotten.\n\nIn Eat Drink Man W oman\, family is forever\, and food is fleeting. Or is it the other way ar ound? Maybe that’s just the way it feels in this award-winning film by A ng Lee about a father/chef and his three daughters.\n\nTaiwan/USA\, 1994\, 124 minutes\nDirector Ang Lee\nDistributor Audio Ciné Films\n\nDevour! O pening Gala Post-Reception\n\nBook Signing 10:30PM-11:30PM\n\nParty 10:30- 1:00 AM\n\nLike a fine meal\, the night isn’t truly over until you’ve indulged in an evening appéritif.  Mingle with celebrities and chefs\, a nd get hyped for the next four days of the festival with signature Devour! drinks and incredible food inspired by Eat Drink Man Woman prepared by Ch efs Peter Dewar\, Don Mailman and Annaleisa Scigliano who will lead their talented teams of students from the Nova Scotia Community College’s Culi nary Arts program. And if you’re also a bookworm\, join special celebrit y guest Anthony Bourdain as he hosts a one-hour book signing.*\n\n* 100 ti cket buyers will be randomly selected for the book signing.\n\nAnthony Bou rdain \n\n\n\nChef\, author\, and raconteur Anthony Bourdain is best know n for traveling the globe on his stomach\, daringly consuming some of the world’s most exotic dishes on his hit TV shows including CNN’s Parts U nknown\, The Taste on ABC and as Executive Producer &\; Narrator on The Mind of a Chef on PBS. Somewhat notoriously\, he has established himself as a professional gadfly\, bête noir\, advocate\, social critic\, and por k enthusiast\, recognized for his caustic sense of humor worldwide. He is as unsparing of those things he hates\, as he is evangelical about his pas sions.\n\nThe “chef-at-large” at New York’s famed Brasserie Les Hall es\, Bourdain is the author of best-selling Kitchen Confidential: Adventur es in the Culinary Underbelly\, a candid\, hysterical\, and sometimes shoc king portrait of lif in restaurant kitchen that has been translated into m ore than 28 languages – as well as the travel journal\, A Cook's Tour\, 3 crime novels\, a cookbook\, a biography of Typhoid Mary\, the bestsellin g graphic novel Get JIRO!\, and others.\n\nHis work has appeared in The Ne w Yorker\, The New York Times\,The Times of London\, Bon Appetit\, Gourmet and many other publications.  He has shared his insights about team buil ding and crisis management with the Harvard Business Review. He has been p rofiled by CBS Sunday Morning and Nightline\, and has been a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman\, Morning Joe\, Late Night with Jimmy Fallo n\, The Daily Show\, Charlie Rose\,The Colbert Report\, and Real Time with Bill Maher.\n\nBourdain joined the writing staff of HBO’s Treme in 2011 \, contributing to the popular drama’s restaurant storylines. In 2013\, he launched his own publishing line with Ecco\, Anthony Bourdain Books\, a n imprint of HarperCollins. Titles include Daniel Vaughn’sProphets of Sm oked Meat\, Roy Choi’s L.A. Son: My Life\, My City\, My Food\, Marilyn H agerty’s Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews\, and the newest title\,  Pain Don't Hurt: Fighting Inside and Outside the Ring by Mark Miller and Shelby Jones\n\nThe legendary Anthony Bourdain: No Res ervations\, was widely popular all over the world\, winning two Emmy Award s\, with several other nominations. 2014 brought the continued success ofT he Taste\, a cooking competition series for ABC with Nigella Lawson\, and the third season of Parts Unknown: Anthony Bourdain on CNN\, winner of the Producers Guild Award\, and two Emmys\, including Outstanding Cinematogra phy for Nonfiction Programming and shared the honor of Outstanding Informa tional Series\n\nAlong with executive producers Joseph Caterini\, Chris Co llins\, and Lydia Tenaglia\, won the Outstanding Culinary Program Emmy in June 2014 for the April Bloomfield– and Sean Brock–starring season of the PBS show Mind of a Chef.  MOAC’s third season will feature Edward L ee and Magnus Nilsson\, premiering in September.\n\nChefs\n\nPeter Dewar\n \n\n\nStarting his culinary career at The Culinary Institute of Canada in Prince Edward Island\, Peter Dewar moved to Bern\, Switzerland upon gradua tion for a two year apprenticeship. Upon returning home to Canada\, Peter spent his time working in Whistler\, British Columbia in the winter\, and in Atlantic Canada in the summer\, before becoming a full time instructor at Nova Scotia Community College’s Culinary Arts program.\n\nPeter has w on numerous awards in his field including the title of Competing Chef of t he Year at the CCFCC Chefs Challenge in Montreal\, the President’s Citat ion Award from the Nova Scotia Chef’s Association in 2008 and 2009\, and the Culinarian of the Year award from the Nova Scotia Chef’s Associatio n in 2008 and 2009. Peter was also a core member of Culinary Team Canada t hat won gold at the 2012 World Culinary Olympics in Erfurt\, Germany.\n\nD on Mailman\n\n\n\nHailing from Kentville\, Nova Scotia\, Don Mailman start ed working in the foodservice industry at the young age of 13. A quick lea rner\, Don started as a dishwasher\, soon became a line cook\, and then a breakfast cook by the age of 15. Beginning his culinary training under the late Chef Alex Clavel\, he gained his Certificate of Qualification in 198 9. Classically trained in culinary arts\, Don successfully completed his N ational Chef de Cuisine in 1995\, and has been studying the finer science of Food Healing for the past 15 years.\n\nHolding the positions of Food &a mp\; Beverage Manager\, Executive Chef\, Restaurant Director and Manager\, Consultant\, Trainer\, Business Owner and now Culinary Instructor\, Don h as been published in many magazines and has written many cookbooks. Winnin g many awards for his cooking and recipes\, he has had the pleasure of coo king for many well-known people from all over the world. Having worked acr oss Canada for over 34 years\, Don joined the NSCC team in 1997\, hoping t o pass on his knowledge to Canada’s future chefs\, who he believes are g oing to be greater than this generation.\n\nAnnaleisa Scigliano\n\n \; \n\n\n\nRecently joining the team at the Nova Scotia Community College\, A nnaleisa Scigliano has been the Baking and Pastry Arts instructor since 20 13. Prior to NSCC\, Annaleisa was the pastry chef at The Prince George Hot el for over eight years\, along with numerous hotels and restaurants prior to that. Travelling to Germany\, New York\, Australia\, Chicago and acros s Canada for advanced training\, she has been trained by Jacquy Pfiffer\, Frank Michel\, Pierre Herme and Bronwen Webber\, in the areas of macaroon sculpted cakes and sugar and chocolate showpieces.\n\nIn the past\, Annale isa has been the Pastry Chef for the Nova Scotia Culinary Team\, placing f irst in the Atlantic Conference. She has also received many honours and aw ards throughout her career\, including The Alex Clavel Award and The Clay Burrill Award. Annaleisa says that being a Pastry Chef has taught her abou t dedication and commitment - something she strives to teach her students on a daily basis.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://devourfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/0 8/devourfest_slider_2014_AB.jpg LOCATION:Festival Theatre\, Acadia University\, 504 Main St\, Wolfville\, N S\, B4P 2S2\, Canada GEO:45.0910997;-64.36581280000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=504 Main St\, Wolfville\, N S\, B4P 2S2\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Festival Theatre\, Acadia University:geo:45.0910997,-64.36581280000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Halifax BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20141102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR