EAT Magazine Issue 12-01 Jan | Feb 2008

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Simply Elegant Cuisine has taken over the task of producing the meals for the Victoria chapter of Meals on Wheels. This program delivers hot ready-made meals to those in the community who are unable to shop and/or cook for themselves. All meals are now made entirely from scratch daily with only the freshest ingredients giving the recipients proper nutrition and conforming to the latest Canada food guide standards. 2006 & 2007 Vancouver Island Chef of the Year Andrew Dickinson has joined Simply Elegant Cuisine as their Chef de Cuisine, and Mike Upward, the Junior President of the Canadian Culinary Federation Victoria, has come on board as Lead Cook. Steve Walker-Duncan and his wife Lori took over the ownership of Ambrosia Catering & Event Centre from former owner Dominique Chapheau last fall, and run SEC from there. Vic’s Steakhouse & Bar will be opening in Harbour Towers Hotel in mid-January. The concept is “The Great Canadian Steakhouse� featuring top quality Sterling Silver cuts, distinctly Canadian food influenced by the grill and flavours of the local Victoria area, all paired with inspiring wine selections from BC’s top wineries. Running the show are Executive Chef Corey Jessup (previously of Vista 18) and Assistant F & B Manager Tracy Coligado (previously from Canoe Brewpub). 345 Quebec Street. 250 480 6585. Darcy Ladret has recently opened Sugar Boy Bakery, with a focus on making top quality cakes, desserts and cookies with top tier ingredients. Ladret was most recently at Sooke Harbour House, and before that worked as pastry chef at The Bearfood Bistro and the Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Los Angeles. They source ingredients from local producers whenever possible, and incorporate unusual ingredients in their adventurous sweets. Watch for their website to be up in January – www.sugarboybakery.ca. 6991B East Saanich Road. 250 857 6566. With a growing shortage of professionally trained chefs throughout Canada and around the world, Malaspina University-College is expanding its renowned Culinary Arts program. Malaspina currently offers a one-year certificate program, but starting October 2008, a second year of study will be added for students who want a diploma. The introduction of the twoyear diploma program coincides with the official launch of Malaspina’s new Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island (CIVI), a new umbrella organization that houses all of Malaspina’s culinary, professional baking and food related apprenticeship training programs. Malaspina boasts a $1.5-million professional teaching kitchen at the Nanaimo campus, where students prepare meals for two busy cafeterias and the Discovery Room Fine Dining restaurant. Malaspina chefs have participated on Team Canada in the Culinary Olympics; represented Canada on Bake Team Canada in Paris March 2008; are integral founding members of the Island Chefs Collaborative; are members of the Island Chapter of the Baking Association of Canada; and hold memberships in the Canadian Culinary Federation. Malaspina’s kitchens have graduated over 2,000 Culinary Arts students and 300 professional baking students. www.mala.bc.ca Luciano’s Italian Restaurant and Lounge has been sold to neighbouring Lucky Bar. Dave “Shoe� Kindrat is now the owner of both spaces.

MENUS The successful “International Dining Series� returns for a second year to Panache at The Westin Bear Mountain Victoria Golf Resort & Spa. The series features eight countries over eight weeks throughout January and February with a four course menu with wine pairings. Last year people made a point of visiting each ‘country’. $89 per person (not including taxes or gratuity). www.bearmountain.ca. 250 391 7160. And to liven those blah winter days, Stage Small Plates Wine Bar has started Winey Winter Sundays - a selection of great value wines for $25 and under a bottle on Sunday nights and Mussel Mondays, with a bowl of Cortes Island mussels and a glass of wine for $14.95. 1307 Gladstone Avenue. 250 388 4222.

MOVES Glenn Barlow and Ame DePaole are now open, up and running at his new Oak Bay location. Oak Bay Village VQA wines uprooted and moved to a new, larger location at 2579 Cadboro Bay Road. Current hours are 10am to 9pm daily. Make sure you pop in and congratulate them on this long-awaited move. www.bcwineguys.com Canoe Brewpub has added to its management team as of late. Sean Sloat has returned to Canoe as Assistant GM and Sales and Marketing Manager, after stints at The Sandbar on Granville Island and The Sequoia Grill in Stanley Park. Joining Sean is Geoff Jejna, from the Food and Beverage team at Olympic View Golf Course, and Angel DuPreez, a red seal chef and Caribbean yacht charter caterer. Their annual Winter Brew, the ‘Winter Gale Strong Ale’, was launched to great acclaim, and will be on tap until the suds run dry. Their next seasonal beer will be a collaboration with local coffee artisan, Shane Devereaux of Habit Coffee, for an inaugural first Espresso Stout. If all goes well, watch for this Stout to run in limited release in local restaurants as well. www.canoebrewpub.com Big changes in place at The Aerie – starting with the top. New General Manager Andrew Trinder was worked worldwide, having served most recently as General Manager of the prestigious Coral Beach & Tennis Club in Bermuda and prior to that at the Waterloo House Hotel and Horizons and Cottages, also in Bermuda. They’ve also brought on new Executive Chef Castro Boateng. After graduating from the Culinary Arts program at Humber College in Ontario, Castro worked at fine dining restaurants around the world. His most recent position was as Chef de Cuisine at the Eden Dining Room in Banff. There are also two new accredited sommeliers added to the Aerie team: Warren Walden as Director of Restaurant Operations, and Jen Brock as Cellar Master. www.aerie.bc.ca. Spinnaker’s Brewpub has brought on Andrew Kean as General Manager. Andrew hits the Island from Whistler, where he was F&B manager at the Hilton and General Manager of Blacks Restaurant & Pub. He has also managed the Duke of Westminster and the Duke of Devon in Toronto and was the opening restaurant manager for Virgin’s Babylon Roof Garden in London. He has worked with such notables as Chef Gary Rhodes at his Dolphin Square, London restaurant and Terrance Conran at his Bluebird Restaurant as well as his Butler’s Wharf Chop House. Last year Spinnakers was named BC’s Best Brewpub by the readers of North-West Brewing News. This is the second time in the past three years that they have taken the honour. www.spinnakers.com Lisa Hall has been appointed the new General Manager of The Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa. Hall joined The Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa in January 2007 as Director of Guest Experience, and was responsible for overseeing the Rooms and Food & Beverage operating departments. >

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