Members of Culinary Team Canada and their acclaimed mentor demonstrate gold medal techniques during first weekend of month-long Festival.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON March 30, 2010—Culinary Ambassadors and international competitors join industry leader Chef John Higgins in a multi-sensory weekend of epicurean experiences at the CAA/AAA four-diamond Queen’s Landing Hotel, April 10th & 11th.
Chef Higgins has cooked for the Queen and heads of state, won dozens of gold medals in competition, is a respected industry mentor and commands international acclaim. Rounding out the impressive team for the ‘Savour Canadiana’ weekend of the first annual Vintage Hotels Culinary Festival is a collection of international award-winning competitors including Chef James Holehouse, two-time world champion member of Culinary Team Canada and Executive Pastry Chef of Edmonton’s Shaw Conference Centre; Chef James Olberg former member of Culinary Team Canada and Executive Chef of Tiara Restaurant at Queen’s Landing; world-travelled, multi award-winning Chef and educator Scott Baechler; internationally-trained Chef and educator Tyrone Miller and; Trevor Ritchie, Queen’s Landing’s Chef de Cuisine and 2010 World Champion of the Junior Chefs Challenge held in Santiago, Chile this past January.
“Canada is a rich resource of brilliant culinary talent and Culinary Team Canada is comprised of the best of the best in the business”, said Chef Higgins, Director and Corporate Chef of the highly respected George Brown Chef School.
This culinary dream team will showcase their skills and share their personal experiences in international competitions through a series of highly anticipated seminars, informative and interactive cooking demonstrations as well as personally design the menu for the weekend’s crown affairs—the exclusive Chef’s Table Dinner on Saturday evening, and a Sunday morning Brunch.
Each weekend of the month-long Festival will showcase an esteemed group of celebrated chefs working together to educate, demonstrate, interact and execute a sensational, multi-sensory gastronomic celebration for the public. Dynamic menus will deliver impact and outstanding flavour combinations, paired perfectly with a selection of VQA wines from family owned, award-winning Château des Charmes, official winery partner in the first annual Festival.
All Festival fare will be prepared in multi-award winning Le Creuset cookware – a culinary industry quality benchmark since 1925 and the official cookware supplier of the first annual Vintage Hotels Culinary Festival.
All-inclusive weekend packages for the Vintage Hotels Culinary Festival are now on sale from $325 CAD per person and can be purchased by calling 1-888-669-5566. For more information on the Vintage Hotels Culinary Festival, please visit www.vintage-hotels.com.
VINTAGE HOTELS
Vintage Hotels is a collection of CAA/AAA four-diamond hotels. Prince of Wales, Queen’s Landing and Pillar and Post in Niagara-on-the-Lake offer 374 guestrooms, 35,000 square feet of meeting space, three four-diamond restaurants, and two spas. 100 Fountain Spa and Secret Garden Spa are consistently ranked top spas by Spas of America. Vintage Hotels also owns the 24-guestroom Moffat Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake. In 2008, the Vintage collection grew to include the Millcroft Inn & Spa located in the rolling hills of Alton-Caledon, 45 minutes northwest of Toronto. The Millcroft offers 52 guestrooms, 4,700 sq. ft. of meeting space, a four-diamond restaurant, and the renowned Millcroft Spa, Centre for Well-Being.
Offering classic style with modern sensibility, the hotel properties share a stellar reputation for delivering exceptional experiences in a unique destination. The elegant and refined Prince of Wales and the classic yet charming Pillar and Post were tops in Ontario on the Condé Nast Traveler Gold List 2006, with Prince of Wales repeating in the No. 2 spot in 2007 and in 2009 named Best Hotel in Ontario on Travel + Leisure Magazine’s List of 500 World’s Best Hotels. Queen’s Landing, voted number one Hotel in Ontario in the Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards 2009, sets the stage for everything from high-level corporate gatherings to romantic getaways in a Georgian-style waterfront mansion. The Millcroft Inn & Spa earned the Fodor’s Choice Award of Distinction in 2008 and placed 2nd in Ontario’s Finest Inns & Spas 2008 WOW awards as Top Spa, Destination & Dinner Experience. Vintage Hotels is a proud partner of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada. For more information: www.vintage-hotels.com.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Dianne Turner, Marketing and PR Specialist
Vintage Hotels
(905) 468-1362 ext. 8464
d.turner@vintage-hotels.com
April Brunet, VP of Sales and Marketing
Vintage Hotels
(905) 468-1362 ext. 8349
a.brunet@vintage-hotels.com
