Canada's Great Kitchen Party is the most respected culinary competition in Canada! This year we hosted this prestigious event at Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa's Signatures Restaurant.
Our first place winner, Chef Ian Carswell of Black Tartan Kitchen took home the gold over seven Ottawa-area chefs.
Second place was Chef Ben Landreville of Sidedoor Restaurant. Chef Ben served up is version of banh khoai, a Vietnamese pancake, with spot prawns, pork sausage and fungus, nuoc mam cham, preserved vegetables and fresh herbs.
Coming in at third place was Chef Daniela Manrique of The Soca Kitchen. She served a fantastic chile-rubbed and smoked beef tenderloin with hazelnut romesco sauce, shaved raw artichoke, fermented black garlic and white soy vinaigrette and uni, port, pear pâté brûlée. Chef Daniela also won the 2019 People’s Choice Award!
Sugar is seen as the new enemy – I foresee a lot of activity around reducing the amount of hidden sugar in our diets, in light of increasing awareness of ...
For me, it is all about ‘the art of coffee and cake’. The Peggy Porschen Parlour does this incredibly well and I see it as a real trend.
I think that artisan butchers will be increasingly mainstream as more people eat less meat, but want better cuts.
In the US, we are ever paying increased attention to the footprint of the foods we eat, striving to eat as locally and seasonably as possible, and to support ...
Whether Foodwriters, Chefs or entrepreneurs in the food industry from all over the globe, Le Cordon Bleu alumni have identified 4 great trends, confirming an ...
The food industry can be a daunting place even for someone with a Grand Diplôme. We spoke to Eva Hirai, who wanted to see if the kitchens were for her.
Chef Florian Guillemenot our pastry chef instructor have been nominated as one of the top semi-finalist contender for the Pastry Chef of the Year ( Regional) ...
Le Cordon Bleu was invited by the Malaysia Palm Oil Council to contribute a few recipes using palm oil for a recipe book to be published in conjunction with ...
Diploma in Pastry Arts graduating students for the term had the opportunity to showcase their work to 30 members of the Ikebana Society KL Chapter.
Copyright © 2025 Le Cordon Bleu International B.V. All Rights Reserved.
