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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181024T200000
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URL:https://devourfest.com/program/devour-opening-gala-film-presented-by-c
 bc-curated-by-sam-kass-w-winner-of-nourish-ns-film-food-challenge-short-fi
 lm-nova-scotia/
SUMMARY:Devour! Opening Gala Film Presented by CBC: Jiro Dreams of Sushi cu
 rated by Sam Kass (w/Winner of Nourish NS Film & Food Challenge & short fi
 lm Nova Scotia)
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to host Chef Sam Kass as our official Opening 
 Night Gala Guest Curator. He will be interviewed by returning festival hos
 t\, Bob Blumer\, following the screening and will also sign copies of his 
 new cookbook\, Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor\, Good Health\, Better Wo
 rld. Read more here.\n\nThe Opening Night Gala film\, Jiro Dreams of Sushi
  directed by David Gelb\, will be preceded by two short films\, the yet-to
 -be-announced winner of this year's winner of the Nourish Nova Scotia Foo
 d &amp\; Film Challenge and Nova Scotia directed by The Perennial Plate.\n
 \nWe invited children and youth of all ages to make a short film about how
  youth can impact change in food. The winner will receive a $500.00 prize 
 from Nourish Nova Scotia to support a healthy eating program or initiative
  in their school/community\, as well as a $500.00 in equipment from CBC.\n
 \nJiro Dreams of Sushi\n\n85-year-old Jiro Ono is considered by many to be
  the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Ji
 ro\, a 10-seat\, sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo s
 ubway station. Despite its humble appearances\, it is the first restaurant
  of its kind to be awarded a prestigious three-star Michelin Guide rating\
 , and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimage\, callin
 g months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro
 ’s sushi bar. A thoughtful and elegant meditation on work\, family\, and
  the art of perfection\, chronicling Jiro’s life as both an unparalleled
  success in the culinary world and as a loving yet complicated father. \nU
 SA\, 2011\, 81 minutes\nDirector David Gelb\nDistributor eOne Entertainmen
 t\n\nNova Scotia\n\n\nThe Perennial Plate spent one month filming the fish
 ermen\, farmers and foragers of Nova Scotia\, and share their favourite mo
 ments.\nCanada\, 2018\, 3 minutes\nDirectors The Perennial Plate\n\nSam Ka
 ss\n\n\nSam Kass is the former White House chef and senior policy adviser 
 for nutrition in the Obama administration. He was executive director of Fi
 rst Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign and helped her cr
 eate the first major vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roo
 sevelt’s victory garden. Sam is the founder of TROVE\, a strategy firm f
 ocusing on improving health and sustainability of food\, and author of Eat
  a Little Better: Great Flavor\, Good Health\, Better World. He helped cre
 ate the American Chef Corps\, which is dedicated to promoting diplomacy th
 rough culinary initiatives. He is an MIT Media Lab fellow and a World Econ
 omic Forum Young Global Leader. \n\nBob Blumer\n\n\nGastronaut\, author\, 
 and seven-time Guinness World Record holder Bob Blumer is best known as th
 e creator and host of Food Network’s award winning shows Surreal Gourmet
  and Glutton for Punishment\, and host of World’s Weirdest Restaurants. 
 He has also written six cookbooks in which he transforms ordinary ingredie
 nts into wow-inspiring dishes through simple cooking methods and whimsical
  presentations that have become his culinary trademark. His other car is a
  Toastermobile. www.bobblumer.com\n\n&nbsp\;
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