Oakville chef Victoria Rinsma wins Canadian Regional Finals of S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition
Victoria impressed the esteemed panel of judges with her signature dish.
Victoria impressed the esteemed panel of judges with her signature dish.
Chef Stefan Armand, Canadian regional finalist, S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition.
The excitement starts to build as all 16 candidates enter the Captain’s room to great applause.
Better make room for a new drink in your cooler, this Canadian alcohol company is making some big waves with its award winning Vodka cooler.
“Aiming at crafting high-end, old world style reds, the prestigious gold medal award from the CIDC wine competition in France, is a significant recognition to our achievements. Our endless strive to grow the best grapes and make wine that reflects the terroir, without manipulation, is and has been our simple philosophy for the last 15 years.”
Rhys Pender, MW, led the games, following an introduction by Arnica Rowan of Terroir Consulting. The agency, which developed the event, is a wine research and development firm based out of Kelowna. Pender began by introducing the three panelists and told us a bit about how the games would work.
The Tasting Games North Okanagan division event in Kelowna was our biggest, baddest event so far! On stage, the hilarious Howard Soon – decked out in a Kelowna Rockets jersey and repping the valley – took on the esteemed wine educator DJ Kearney and the laid back Vancouver sommelier Matthew Landry.
Round up your sassiest friends, and take bets on who will wear it best, because you don’t want to miss out on all the Deighton Cup has to offer.
The 360th South African wine harvest has begun, and Wines of South Africa is pleased to mark the occasion by announcing the 2019 WOSA Sommelier Cup.