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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20141115T203000
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URL:https://devourfest.com/program/dinner-with-chef-connie-desousa-charcut
 -chef-renee-lavallee-the-feisty-chef/
SUMMARY:Dinner with Chef Connie DeSousa (Charcut) & Chef Renee Lavallee (Th
 e Feisty Chef)
DESCRIPTION:This dinner is inspired by the film Brasserie Romantique.\n\nGe
 nerous wine pairings with every course\, taxes and gratuities included.\n\
 nConnie DeSousa\n\n\n\nDubbed the Primal Ballerina – for her years of fo
 rmal dance training juxtaposed with her meat-centric culinary mastery – 
 Connie DeSousa is one of Canada’s Top Chefs having starred as a finalist
  in the Food Network culinary competition and a Tourism Calgary Culinary A
 mbassador. Known for stand-out butchery skills\, she can debone a pig’s 
 head in record time. Far from gratuitous\, Connie and her Calgary restaura
 nt\, CHARCUT\, are true to timeless honoured culinary techniques\, sustain
 ability and walking the “toe-to-tail” talk. In a “back-to-basics sty
 le” she expertly prepares authentic\, regional food at great value and t
 o high critical acclaim.\n\nConnie obtained Le Cordon Bleu Paris Certifica
 tion and graduated on the Dean's List with honours from the Southern Alber
 ta Institute of Technology’s culinary program. She competed with the Alb
 erta Culinary Team at the World Culinary Olympics in Erfurt Germany\, and 
 worked in Koln\, Germany at Taku Restaurant under Chef Sven Feldman. In 20
 05\, Connie opened the Mobil 5-Star St. Regis Hotel\, San Francisco. While
  working in the United States\, Connie was awarded many distinctions\, and
  was given the opportunity to train at many award-winning restaurants\, in
 cluding Jean Georges in New York City\, and Alice Waters' Chez Panisse in 
 Berkeley\, California. Connie was recognized nationally as Canada's 2013 O
 utstanding Chef in the GE Monogram-Terroir Awards and received the 2013 Va
 cay.ca award for Top Female Chef in the country.\n\nRenee Lavallée\n\n\n\
 nBorn and raised in Shawville\, Quebec\, Renée Lavallée left home at an 
 early age in hopes of becoming a lawyer\, but after “politely” being a
 sked to leave the university she was attending\, her parents gave her a ch
 oice: find a new school and buckle down or get a job. She promptly applied
  to George Brown College in Toronto and decided to give cooking a shot. Af
 ter twenty crazy years in the business\, including many stints in restaura
 nts around the world\, Renée has called Nova Scotia home for the past ten
  years.\n\nSince stepping away from restaurant kitchens over four years ag
 o\, Renée has rediscovered her passion for cooking. More importantly\, sh
 e has rediscovered her love for sharing this passion. Renée currently div
 ides her time between her popular communal dinners and cooking classes at 
 Two if by Sea Café\, managing her seasonal waterfront hotspot\, The Shack
  Oyster Bar\, and running the show at her newest venture\, The Canteen (Da
 rtmouth). With years of experience under her belt\, Renee has built a succ
 essful consulting business under The Feisty Chef brand\, working for a var
 iety of clients in both the public and private sectors. Renée’s ability
  to not only cook\, but to confidently communicate with consumers and medi
 a in both French and English has led to numerous contracts locally and abr
 oad.
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