Legendary Chef Jacques Pépin to demonstrate celebrated cooking techniques at third weekend of month long Culinary Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON April 19, 2010 – Industry icon, internationally respected Chef, cookbook author, television personality and cooking teacher, Jacques Pépin will share his personal experiences and renowned cooking style with guests of the first annual Vintage Hotels Culinary Festival, April 24th and 25th. The weekend is a sell out.
Joining Chef Pépin and his Sous Chef Claudine Pépin for the exclusive Cuisine Alors! Weekend will be the Vintage Hotels’ multi-award winning Culinary Teams whose acclaimed skills have helped earn the Vintage Hotels properties the CAA/AAA four-diamond award and Condé Nast Gold List distinction.
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.
“I have heard many wonderful things about the distinguished history, fine cuisine, warm hospitality and incredible wine of Niagara-on-the-Lake. I look forward to experiencing all of it and I am honoured to join my peers and share my passion in this exciting celebration,” said Pépin.
Chef Pépin was the personal chef to three French heads of state, including Charles de Gaulle, is the author of 25 cookbooks and has hosted nine acclaimed public television cooking series. Pépin’s latest book, More Fast Food My Way, contains dozens of elegant “minute” recipes. In 2008, he won a Lifetime Achievement Award from The James Beard Foundation. As a special gift to Vintage Hotels, Chef Pépin, also an inspired artist, has created an original interpretive drawing of the Saturday evening Chef’s Table Dinner menu and each guest of the Cuisine Alors! Weekend will receive a copy of this unique work of art.
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
