Popular Food Network Canada Chef Lynn Crawford leads the charge during final weekend of Culinary Festival celebration!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON April 23, 2010 – When it comes to
Chef Lynn Crawford, expect the unexpected. She’s bringing her signature style to the final weekend of the popular first annual Vintage Hotels Culinary Festival and joining fellow popular Canadian celebrity Chef Anna Olson for the Sugar & Spice series May 1st and 2nd.
Whether competing against Bobby Flay in the Iron Chef competition or past seasons of Food Network Canada’s Restaurant Makeover, Chef Crawford has received tremendous media attention as the only female Executive Chef of a Four Seasons Hotel worldwide. Chef Crawford will bring to the Vintage Hotels Culinary Festival the same passion for cooking with fresh local ingredients that has made her new TV series Pitchin’ In a big hit on the Food Network.
Another tremendously popular fan favorite on Food Network Canada, Chef, author and Host of Sugar and Fresh, Anna Olson will sweeten the weekend with her comfortable approach, demonstrating the preparation of several mouth-watering brunch items on Sunday. Pillar and Post Executive Sous Chef Mark Longster hosts this tasty weekend accompanied by Prince of Wales Executive Sous Chef Jill St. Amour and the Pastry Chefs of Vintage Hotels.
Each with a signature style and area of expertise, these seasoned Chefs will showcase their skills and share their personal experiences through a series of highly anticipated seminars, informative, interactive and entertaining 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 — all set amidst the beautiful backdrop of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Hosted at the acclaimed Queen’s Landing, Prince of Wales and Pillar and Post Hotels the month-long Vintage Hotels Culinary Festival began Saturday, April 10th. Each weekend features an esteemed group of celebrated Chefs working together to execute a sensational, multi-sensory gastronomic celebration for the public. Dynamic menus delivering impact and outstanding flavour combinations are paired perfectly with a selection of VQA wines from family owned, award-winning Château des Charmes the 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
