Craft Guild of Chefs reveals 40 National Chef of the Year semi-finalists as competition heats up
The Craft Guild of Chefs has officially unveiled the semi-finalists for National Chef of the Year as the competition reaches its next exciting stage.
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!
The Craft Guild of Chefs has officially unveiled the semi-finalists for National Chef of the Year as the competition reaches its next exciting stage.
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