City Palate’s Sixth Annual Pig & Pinot Festival

On June 1, 2016June 2, 2016 By Culinary Race TeamIn City PalateLeave a comment

PandP_2016

One of the most anticipated events of the year is back, City Palate’s Sixth Annual Pig & Pinot Festival!

11 talented chef teams compete for the coveted “Divine Swine” trophy, sponsored by Alberta Pork, as they create delicious and original pork dishes with free-range pork from Spragg’s Meat Shop. And nothing pairs better with the perfect porcine than the perfect pinot! 5 boutique wine stores will pour an amazing selection of pinot wines from around the world. And you get to taste it all!

Plus… a great silent auction; a fine wine raffle valued at over $2000; a gourmet coffee cart by Cappuccino King; and live music by Simply Sinatra, featuring Rob Young.

Tickets available now:

pigandpinotcalgary.eventbrite.ca

Food prepared by:

Roy Oh: Anju
Daryl Kerr: Great Events Catering
Andrea Harling: MADE Foods
Ryan Gilmour: Notable
Scott Ruegg: Ox and Angela
Oscar Lopez: Pampa
Lucas Cooke: Swine and Sow
Kevin Turner: Symons Valley Road House
Gary Hennessey: Tango Bistro
Melissa Gorsedin: The Cookbook Co. Cooks
Quinn Staples: Yellow Door Bistro

Pinot poured by:

Richmond Hill Wines
Bin 905
Kensington Wine Market
The Cellar
Metrovino

Meet the Team – City Palate’s Janet

On April 9, 2016June 6, 2016 By Culinary Race TeamIn City Palate, Meet the teamLeave a comment

BLTrun with letters Janet brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in marketing and events planning to the team. She is a mom like the rest of the team and a Brand Manager with City Palate.

Janet is a food advocate, adult educator and business and communications strategist. Her love of food comes from her Saskatchewan roots and time spent in England and Japan, where food and farming were part of her work. Her love for agriculture was sparked while studying ethno botany at Purdue University, quite a departure from her University of Victoria business degree.

Over the span of her agri-food career, she has pioneered a number of agri-food initiatives from the launch of the Canadian Culinary Tourism Committee to the development of the Canadian Language Benchmarks, a guide to help new Canadians, who often find one of their first jobs in the manufacturing sector, safely work on the job. She is the chair of the Calgary Food Committee, currently assessing the food system in Calgary with a view to developing new municipal policies and bylaws to encourage greater supply and access to local food.

Registration is now open

On February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 By Culinary Race TeamIn City Palate, Culinary Race, FoodLeave a comment

Registration is now open for the Culinary Race!

Click on this link Register for the Culinary Race to purchase individual or team tickets for the foodie race of the year!

Secure your spot soon and in May you will start receiving bonus clues for points. The more points at the end of the race, the better chance of winning!

It’s going to be a delicious time!

This week in the City Palate

On February 17, 2016February 25, 2016 By Culinary Race TeamIn City Palate, Culinary Race, FoodLeave a comment

Look for us in the latest edition of City Palate hitting stands on February 25!

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Join us, grab a coffee, some friends and Ready Set Go!

On February 12, 2016February 18, 2016 By Culinary Race TeamIn City Palate, Culinary Race, FoodLeave a comment

City Palate Culinary Race

Team up with your cleverest of food friends…

Meet at the Calgary Farmers’ Market and GO – the race is on! 30 + Calgary restaurants and food destinations are participating and racers will be challenged and tested by the clues! The race ends at Italian Centre Shop where great prizes and great bragging rights will be dished out!

Join us for a race of the year!

Race fee: $40.00 Individuals; $65.00 Teams
Saturday, June 11, 2016
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For further information, please contact: Culinaryraceyyc@gmail.com