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:207@devourfest.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20151108T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20151108T130000 DTSTAMP:20151008T034617Z URL:https://devourfest.com/program/the-golden-tine-awards-brunch-with-chef -tom-fleming/ SUMMARY:The Golden Tine Awards Brunch with Tom Fleming & Dennis Johnston DESCRIPTION:Join Dallas’ hottest breakfast Tom Fleming (Crossroads Diner) \, along with celebrated local chef Dennis Johnston (formerly Fid Resto)\,  to celebrate this weekend ritual with the very best of the 2015 Festival at the Devour! Awards Brunch. We guarantee to blow your mind with this in credible finish to Devour! including boozy brunch cocktails served up by D evour! mixologist Matt Jones. We will present the Golden Tine Awards for t his year’s films in our four categories – Best Short Documentary\, Bes t Short Drama\, Best Feature Documentary\, Best Feature Drama – chosen b y our esteemed jury led by Steve Shor\, along with his fellow jurors Anita Stewart and Grant Keir.\n\nFor the first time\, we will also award the yo uth winner of  The Nourish Nova Scotia Food &\; Film Challenge. We off icially partnered with Nourish Nova Scotia this year and invited children and youth of all ages to make a short film under three minutes about serio us food issues – Sugar\, Food Waste and Healthy Bodies. The winner will receive a $500.00 prize to support a healthy eating program or initiative in their school/community.\n\n\n\nTom Fleming\, Crossroads Diner\n\nTom Fl eming brings a depth of experience to his culinary savvy including educati on\, international assignments and a knowledge of local flavors that would rival any Texas-born cuisinier. After graduating from Kendall College\, T om moved to France where he staged at Paul Bocuse and L'Auberge de l'Ille. Back in Chicago\, he then worked under the tutelage of his mentor Chef Je an Joho at Everest. After five years at Everest\, he opened the James Bear d Award winning Brasserie Jo for Joho.\n\nIn 1997\, Tom moved to Dallas\, cultivating his career as Chef de Cuisine at Mediterraneo and Executive Ch ef of Riviera. His position and contribution to other Dallas restaurants i ncluded Lombardi Mare\, Lobster Ranch\, Old Hickory at the Gaylord Texan R esort and Convention Center and Central 214 at the Hotel Palomar. Though h e began his long culinary adventure with classical French cooking studies\ , he is now part of a restaurant movement of peeling off the white gloves\ , clearing the table of crystal goblets and silver\, and putting out heart y\, comforting American bistro fare. His dishes are simple\, homey and nos talgic.\n\n\n\nDennis Johnston\, formerly Fid Resto\n\nBorn and raised by Nova Scotian parents\, Dennis Johnston grew up surrounded by his family’ s gardening\, pickling and preserving. Cooking with his parents and grandp arents from a young age\, the smells and flavours of the kitchen left a bi g impression on him - so much so that he decided to make a career out of i t. After apprenticing with the Roux Brothers in London and in Brae\, and a lso with Anton Mossimann at The Dorchester\, Dennis continued travelling a nd working through Europe\, honing his culinary skills. He then moved to M ontreal where he worked for 20 years with the constant dream of one day be ing able to open his own restaurant with his own philosophy.\n\n \;\n\ nAfter moving to Nova Scotia in 1999\, his interest in heritage varieties of vegetables\, and the concept of a restaurant being completely self-suff icient locally\, Dennis and his wife Monica opened their own restaurant\, Fid. With the mantra of being local\, sustainable and ethical\, Dennis and Monica worked directly with the farmers\, foragers and fishermen. Dennis began using heritage varieties of fruits and vegetables\, sustainable fish species and the concept of nose to tail butchery in using whole animals. After winning numerous local awards over the years (including being named as one of the Top 50 Restaurants in Canada by Maclean’s Magazine in 2012 )\, the couple decided to close Fid in 2013 and take a little break before moving on to other projects. 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:STANDARD DTSTART:20151101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR