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:511@devourfest.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20181028T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20181028T130000 DTSTAMP:20180921T113423Z URL:https://devourfest.com/program/the-devour-golden-tine-awards-brunch-2/ SUMMARY:The Devour! Golden Tine Awards Brunch DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the very best of the 2018 festival at our Devour! Awards Brunch. We present the Golden Tine Awards for this year’s films in five categories: Best Short Documentary\, Best Short Drama\, Bes t Feature Documentary\, Best Feature Drama and Best Animation. Winners are chosen by our esteemed jury – Anita Stewart (Food Laureate\, University of Guelph &\; founder of Food Day Canada)\, Dan Clapson (Eat North) an d Greg Rubidge (Syndicado Film Sales). This year’s brunch will feature c hefs and food from some of the province’s busiest and most tasty brunch locations.\nYour $25.00 ticket includes brunch and beverages.\nSponsored b y Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia &\; Compass Distillers\nAwards made by Art ist: Brad Hall\n\n \n\nParticipating Chefs:\n\nChristine Fancy \n\nAlways a lover of art and design\, Christine left her native New Brunswick to stu dy architecture and design in 2006. Living and studying in Montréal ignit ed another artistic flame\; cooking. After completing a comprehensive cook ing and baking program at Humber College in Toronto\, she worked in France as an apprentice in a chocolaterie. She then returned to work in Toronto in the pastry kitchens of Auberge du Pommier and Colborne Lane\, later tak ing the lead role of pastry chef in restaurants including The Gabardine\, Origin\, the Drake Hotel and Blackbird Baking Co.\, earning the Top 30 Und er 30 award from the Ontario Hostelry Institute in 2015. Christine\, her p artner and their two dogs now call the Annapolis Valley home. @yybaking_ns \n\nJamie MacAulay\n\nA native of Nova Scotia\, Jamie’s first taste of t he kitchen was washing dishes and prepping in a local pub as a teenager. A fter travelling Canada as a cook\, Jamie began a five-year mentorship with Chef Bernard Casavant in British Columbia. With the encouragement of Chef Bernard\, Jamie attended cooking school and received his Red Seal diploma in Nova Scotia before rejoining Chef Bernard in Whistler\, B.C.  In 2006 \, Jamie relocated to Oliver in the beautiful Okanagan wine country as sou s chef of the Senora Room at the Burrowing Owl Estate Winery. This present ed a rare opportunity to cook in a completely local and sustainable atmosp here with talented chefs\, and work closely with passionate growers and fa rmers. \n\nWith over 20 years in the hotel and restaurant industry Jamie h as worked in all facets\, from Chef de Partie for the world renowned Fairm ont Hotels and Resorts to Chef de partie and butcher at Market by Jean Geo rge\, the award winning New York chef.  He has also been cooking locally in the kitchen of the exceptional Fid Resto. With a notable side passion f or ramen now front and center\, Jamie is the Chef and owner of WATER&\; BONE Noodle bar in the north end of Halifax. At WATER&\;BONE Jamie offe rs up his take on the comforting Japanese cusine and dishes that he connec ts closely with. @waterandbonehfx\n\nStéphane Levac\n\nBased in the Annap olis Valley Stephane Levac is no stranger to the local food movement. Surr ounded by what he terms an ‘agricultural wonderland’\, much of his suc cess is linked to the inspiration he gains from the local farms and vineya rds\, as well as fishing and foraging. Stephane made a name for himself at the Wolfville Farmer’s Market named Tastes of the Valley – Judge’s Choice for Best Savoury Award on two occasions. Stephane was also the only farm market food vendor in Nova Scotia to be featured in the 2017 Curated Guide magazine with his ‘over-the-top breakfast bagel sandwiches’. In 2012 Stephan\, together with his partner\, established Frais Catering pro viding an opportunity to partner with some of the most well-known local wi neries such as Benjamin Bridge\, Planters Ridge\, Lightfoot and Wolfville among others. Additionally\, over the past year Stephane has worked under Chef Ray Bear at the very popular restaurant Studio East in Halifax.Today\ , you can find Stephane working at Just Us Coffee Roasters as the Chef/Kit chen Team Lead. @fraiscaterer\n\nAntonio Rinaldo\n\nBorn and raised in Hal ifax\, Tony grew up experiencing everything in the kitchen first hand in h is father’s restaurant\, Salvatore’s New York Pizzeria. He graduated f rom the culinary management program at Georgian College in Barrie\, Ont.\, then cooked in Halifax (Rogi Orazio)\, Montréal (Nora Gray)\, Toronto (P arts &\; Labour)\, Jasper\, New York\, Las Vegas and Lyon (Le Potager d es Halles) before returning home to open two businesses with his brother\, Sam. \n\nInspired by a rich family history of culinary mavericks in Halif ax\, Buffalo\, New York\, Sicily and beyond\, the brothers launched T Dogs \, a gourmet hot dog cart on the streets of Halifax. Two years later in 20 17 they opened their first official restaurant\, Rinaldo’s Italian Ameri can Specialties. The restaurant specializes in handmade sandwiches\, pizza s and pastas just like the family used to make – everything from scratch using local ingredients. \n\nIn its first year of business\, Rinaldo’s won the Best New Restaurant Award from the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia and was listed as one of ‘New Restaurants Across Canada That are Worth Travelling For’ in WestJet Magazine. @rinaldoshfx\n\nTerry Vassall o\n\nTerry’s experience in the restaurant industry began in a Jewish del icatessen in Sydney\, N.S. After taking the culinary arts program at Malas pina College in Powell River\, B.C.\, he apprenticed at highly regarded re staurants in Vancouver such as Star Anise and Montri’s. He returned to N ova Scotia and spent three seasons at The Keltic Lodge in Cape Breton\, wh ere he worked and apprenticed under accomplished European chefs such as Gi lles Hostel and Daniel Francois mastering the art of balance\, subtlety\, and the value of fresh ingredients.\n\nTerry moved to Halifax and became c hef at Sweet Basil Bistro\, Seven Winebar and Restaurant\, The Five Fisher men\, and Trattoria della Nonna. He won the silver medal in the Gold Medal Plates competition in 2013. He was hired by a British catering company\, The Mossiman Group\, to cook at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi\, Russia\, and was asked to return with the company for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Jan eiro. He currently owns and operates Mappatura Bistro in Halifax with his partner Simone Mombourquette. @mappaturahalifax\n\nThe 2018 Devour! Jury:  \n\nGreg Rubidge\n\nAfter graduating with an MBA in finance and working in commercial banking\, Greg Rubidge worked in film and TV production befo re founding an interactive digital agency focused on entertainment and web sites for TV series. He went on to work at a national mobility carrier ove rseeing product development for the then emerging wireless internet servic e market. Later\, he oversaw VOD distribution at one of Canada’s largest TV networks\, leading development of digital distribution partnerships wi th Sony\, Hearst\, Omnimedia\, Rogers and MTV. He founded Syndicado\, a fi lm and TV distribution company specialized in VOD distribution\, and later co-founded Syndicado Film Sales\, a boutique documentary film sales compa ny.\n\nAnita Stewart\n\nAnita Stewart writes\, "Over the years I’ve been called many names. Most\, thankfully\, have been polite. Summing up the p ast 4 decades or so\, the words Activist and Disrupter have been applied t he most. I like them because I have never believed that life is a dress re hearsal and if we are to live it fully\, we’d better damn well get busy. My mantra? Canada IS food and the world is richer for it." Anita is a mem ber of the Order of Canada\, the Food Laureate for University of Guelph\, and president of Food Day Canada. \n\nDan Clapson\n\nDan Clapson is the Gl obe and Mail restaurant critic for the Canadian Prairies and co-founder of the popular culinary site\, Eat North. Considered to be one of the top au thorities on the Canadian food and drink scene\, Dan is a regular expert o n TV programs like Cityline\, Global Calgary and CTV Morning Live Vancouve r. Proudly born in Saskatchewan\, he’s somewhat embarrassed that he’s never been to a Saskatchewan Roughriders game\, but you can’t do it all\ , right? When Dan is not writing\, eating or travelling across Canada\, he ’s probably relaxing at a pub in Calgary with some friends or watching R u Paul’s Drag Race. 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