The Canadian Olympic Foundation would like to thank Gold Medal Plates for the support they have shown Canadian athletes over the year’s and commend the success of this years events.
Gold Medal Plates is the ultimate celebration of Canadian Excellence in cuisine, wine, the arts and athletic achievement. Celebrated in nine cities across Canada in 2011, 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 nation-wide at the Canadian Culinary Championships.
Founded in 2003, the goal of Gold Medal Plates is to raise substantial funds for Canada’s high performance athletes, while celebrating Canadian excellence. Since 2004, this event has received tremendous support and accolades all across Canada, and generated a combined net total of over $5 million for Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes!
Gold Medal Plates Finale – The Canadian Culinary Championship – February 2012 in Kelowna, British Columbia
Marc Lepine of Atelier Restaurant in Ottawa has won the prestigeous title of Canadian Culinary Champion for 2012. Coming in silver was Rob Feenie, representing the Cactus Club in Vancouver and bronze was awarded to Jean-Philippe St-Denis from Kitchen Gallerie Poisson in Montreal.
GOLD MEDAL PLATES 2011 WINNERS
|
City |
Event Date |
Gold Medallist |
Silver Medallist |
Bronze Medallist |
| Winnipeg, MB | October 27th | Michael Dacquisto – Dacquisto | Cameron Huley – 12 Resto Bar | Michael Schafer – Sydney’s at the Forks |
| Montréal, QC | October 27th | Jean-Philippe St-Denis – Kitchen Galerie Poisson | Danny St Pierre – Auguste | Nick Hodge – Kitchenette |
| Calgary, AB | October 28th | Michael Dekker – Rouge | Jan Hrabec – Crazyweed Kitchen | Justin Leboe – Model Milk |
| Edmonton, AB | November 3rd | Jan Trittenbach – Packrat Louie | Deependra Singh – Guru Restaurant & Bar | Paul Campbell – Cafe de Ville |
| Vancouver, BC | November 4th | Rob Feenie – Cactus Club Restaurants | Dale MacKay- Ensemble Restaurant | Joël Watanabe – Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie |
| Saskatchewan, SK | November 5th | Anthony McCarthy – Saskatoon Club, Saskatoon | Ryan Marquis – Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon | Trevor Robertson – Radisson Hotel, Saskatoon |
| Toronto, ON | November 9th | Jonathan Gushue – Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa | Rob Gentile – Buca | Michael Steh – Reds Bistro & Wine Bar |
| Ottawa, ON | November 14th | Marc Lepine – Atelier | Caroline Ishii – ZenKitchen | Charles Part – Restaurant Les Fougères |
| St. John’s, NFLD | November 17th | Mike Barsky – Bacalao | Chris Chafe – Magnum & Steins | Tony Velinov – Bistro Sofia |