Gold Medal Plates

The Canadian Olympic Foundation would like to thank Gold Medal Plates for the support they have shown Canadian athletes over the years and commend the success of this year’s events.
Gold Medal Plates is the ultimate celebration of Canadian Excellence in cuisine, wine, the arts and athletic achievement. Celebrated in ten cities across Canada in 2012, Gold Medal Plates featured superb wines and premier chefs in each city in a competition to crown a gold, silver and bronze medal culinary team in each city, and subsequently nationwide at the Canadian Culinary Championships.

The Canadian Olympic Foundation is honoured to be the beneficiary of Gold Medal Plates. Over the past eight years, these events have raised more than $7 million for the Foundation to support high performance programs for athletes, namely Own the Podium. The Foundation is very proud to help fund this incredible program, which is strengthening our athletes’ performances and Canada’s medal potential more every year.

The Gold Medal Plates finale – The Canadian Culinary Championships – took place February 8-9, 2013 in Kelowna, BC. The Gold medallists in each city competed in a two-day challenge with the winner crowned as Canada’s Champion Chef of 2013. After an exciting two days of culinary competition, this year’s Champion Chef is Marc St. Jacques of Auberge du Pommier in Toronto!

GOLD MEDAL PLATES 2012 WINNERS

City	Event Date	Gold Medallist	Silver Medallist	Bronze Medallist
Toronto, ON	September 24, 2012	Marc St. Jacques – Auberge du Pommier	Lorenzo Loseto – George	Martin Kouprie – Pangaea
Regina, SK	October 11, 2012	Milton Rebello Hotel – Saskatchewan Radisson Plaza	Leo Pantel – Conexus Arts Centre	Jonathan Thauberger – Crave Kitchen + Wine Bar
Edmonton, AB	October 18, 2012	Nathin Bye – Wildflower Grill Restaurant.	Shane Chartrand – Murrieta’s Westcoast Grill	Paul Shufelt – Century Hospitality Group
Calgary, AB	October 25, 2012	Eden Hrabec – Crazyweed Kitchen	Cam Dobranski – Brasserie & Wine Bar Kensington	Duncan Ly – Raw Bar
Winnipeg, MB	October 26, 2012	Östen Rice – Wasabi Sabi	Jamie Snow – Amici at Niakwa	Michael Schafer – Sydney’s at the Forks
Saskatoon, SK	November 3, 2012	Darren Craddock – Riverside Country Club	Trevor Robertson – Radisson	Mathieu Moe – White Birch Catering
Ottawa, ON	November 5, 2012	Jamie Stunt – Oz Kafe	Jason Duffy – ARC Lounge	Jonathan Korecki – Sidedoor Contemporary Kitchen + Bar
Montréal, QC	November 6, 2012	Daren Bergeron Fou d’Ici.	Antonio Park – Park Restaurant	Marc Cohen – Lawrence
St. John’s, NFLD	November 8, 2012	Shaun Hussey – Chinched Bistro	Mark McCrowe – Aqua Kitchen/Bar	Roary MacPherson – Oppidan
Vancouver, BC	November 16, 2012	Mark Filatow – Waterfront Restaurant & Wine Bar	Quang Dang – West Restaurant & Bar	Angus An – Maenam
Kelowna, BC	February 8-9, 2013	Marc St. Jacques – Auberge du Pommier	Jamie Stunt – Oz Kafe	Milton Rebello Hotel – Saskatchewan Radisson Plaza