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Hot Chefs Cool Beats – April 25, 2019

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Mark your calendar and secure your ticket; Hot Chefs Cool Beats, proudly sponsored by Alberta Pork, on Thursday, April 25, 2019, is sure to be one of the best culinary events to experience in Edmonton this year.

HOT CHEFS COOL BEATS – THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2019

This year’s event will see an incredible crew of Edmonton chefs take over four levels of the Mosaic Centre, allowing guests to get up close and personal at interactive food and beverage stations. With Alberta Pork as the title sponsor, you can expect to sample some of Edmonton’s best made charcuterie. Get your groove on with an evening full of DJ-spun beats, feel like a chef at the build your own pizza forno station, and be entertained by live ice carving stations, break dancers, and street performers.

HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP

Tickets are $175, with all funds from the event supporting the Canadian Culinary Fund, an Edmonton non-profit which hosts an annual cooking competition called the High School Culinary Challenge (HSCC).

 

Chef Peter Keith and chef Paul Shufelt

All students who participate in the HSCC have the opportunity to apply for a full scholarship to the three-year Cook Journeyman Apprenticeship program at NAIT. The scholarship/mentorship program is designed to recognize the accomplishments of Edmonton-area high school students who have participated in the High School Culinary Challenge and to encourage these students to register in the Cook Apprenticeship Program at NAIT.

The event and the cause is near and dear to the heart of Meuwly’s chef Peter Keith.

“As one of the first scholarship recipients from the Canadian Culinary Fund, I can speak to the incredible opportunity it provides high school students looking towards a culinary career,” explains chef Keith. “The program is doing great things for our food scene in Edmonton and is helping put us on the map as a top culinary destination in North America.”

After a few year hiatus, the event is back, and moving to the Mosiac centre, which is home to chef Paul Shufelt’s Workshop Eatery. Chef Simon Smotkowicz, Culinary Federation National President, first asked chef Shufelt to get involved with HSCC about seven years ago. Since then his participation has evolved from taking on and mentoring a student in his kitchen, to joining the committee, to now chairing the committee.

Over his time with the group chef Shufelt has come to see the incredible benefits of HSCC to Edmonton’s food community.

“We are creating connections with our city’s next generaion of great chefs, nurturing their development and watching them become a large part of our city’s recognition as a premier food destination,” explains chef Shufelt. “Being a part of this event allows to not only give back to our community, but also grow this program into something more.”

FEATURING CHEFS AND CULINARY PARTNERS FROM CASA 12 DOCE, CAFE LINNEA,
EDMONTON CONVENTION CENTRE, DRIFT FOOD TRUCK, EFFIN SEAFOOD, ERNEST’S,
HARDWARE GRILL, KANTO 98 ST., MEUWLY’S, XIX NINETEEN, NORTHERN CHICKEN,
UNDER THE HIGH WHEEL, WOODWORK, WORKSHOP EATERY, ZINC

Hot Chefs Cool Beats is sure to be a sell out event. Tickets are limited.

Alberta Pork Sponsors Canadian Culinary Fund Scholarship

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Alberta Pork is proud to be supporting the next generation of chefs by teaming up with Edmonton Chefs to provide a scholarship to NAIT’s Department of Culinary Arts and Professional Food Studies apprenticeship program. 

I had a chance to check out the High School Culinary Challenge at NAIT a few weeks back where 15 teams of three high school students from the Edmonton area were challenged to present a three course meal (including a pork tenderloin) to be judged by an impressive panel of local chefs.

Any of the grade 12 students who competed at this year’s High School Culinary Challenge are eligible to apply for a Canadian Culinary Fund scholarship. This year, Alberta Pork has generously donated $5000 which will help send one student through their full apprenticeship, including tuition, books, knives and uniforms.

I had a chance to catch up with Chef Peter Keith at this year’s High School Culinary Challenge, a fellow Paul Kane grad who competed in the competition in 2008 & 2009). Chef Keith received one of the scholarships and completed the three-year training program through NAIT. During his apprenticeship he worked at Cafe de Ville, the Shaw Conference Centre, and at Hardware Grill.

Chef Keith says it is easy for him to look back and say it was the single biggest opportunity on his culinary journey, leading to opportunities including culinary team Alberta where he competed in Germany.

High School Culinary Challenge Awards Dinner

One of the major fundraisers for the Canadian Culinary Fund scholarships is the High School Culinary Challenge Awards Dinner. Tickets for the dinner on Monday, March 12, 2018 – 6:00 p.m at the Shaw Conference Centre are just $35.

To support the next generation of Alberta chefs, visit Edmonton Chefs to purchase your ticket.