Alumnus Richard Nixon | Head Chef
From zero experience to head chef.
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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!

From zero experience to head chef.
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