This year’s field of chefs competing at Gold Medal Plates Ottawa will include four previous Ottawa medalists and five newcomers to the annual competition that raises funds for Canada’s Olympic athletes.
The participants for the Nov. 7 event, announced Monday morning, include:
Kevin Benes Carben
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Pastry chef/co-owner Caroline Ngo, Kai Benes and chef/owner Keven Benes of Carben Food + Drink in Hintonburg
Michael Blackie NeXT (Gold 2006)
Marc Doiron town
Mike Houle The Village House
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Mike Houle and Sarah Swan are co-owners of The Village House in Wakefield
Daniela Manrique The Soca Kitchen
Jamie Stunt Soif! (Gold 2012)
Jon Svazas fauna (Silver 2015)
Joe Thottungal Coconut Lagoon (Bronze 2015)
Adam Vettorel North & Navy
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Chef Adam Vettorel of North & Navy will compete at the 2016 Gold Medal Plates event in Ottawa.
Richard Wilson The Pomeroy House
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The Pomeroy House’s chef and co-owner Richard Wilson
This lineup strikes me as an astutely chosen mix. I’ve had splendid dishes from all of these chefs over the years, and my two favourite new restaurants last year were Carben and the Pomeroy House. Their respective chefs, Benes and Wilson, along with Vettorel from North & Navy, Manrique of the Soca Kitchen and Houle of the Village House in Wakefield are first-time competitors at Gold Medal Plates.
Last year’s competition in Ottawa was won by Marc Lepine of Ottawa, who went on to win the Canadian Culinary Championships last February in Kelowna, B.C., as he had four years earlier. The two-time national winner will be one of the judges at the Shaw Centre on Nov. 7.
Gold Medal Plates competitions took place in 11 Canadian cities last year, and since 2004, the event has raised close to $11 million for Canadian Olympians.
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