Cuisine Canada Scene

What’s happening – December 2010

Need help blowing your horn? As a networking organization for culinary professionals across the country, Cuisine Canada is exploring new and immediate ways to support our members. With quick, easy and accessible information in mind, we have two new features to help members promote themselves or learn about food events in your area. Events Calendar [...]

Congratulations to the Nation’s Table Winners

Long in the works, a national honour for the food sector has finally been awarded.  The Nation’s Table is the Governor General’s award for excellence in the food and culinary sector.  Founded by Jean-Daniel Lafond, the award intends to celebrate the leaders and innovators who best exemplify social values, innovation, and cultural impact that we [...]

Cuisine Canada Member Wins Best in the World

Cuisine Canada member Pat Crocker recently won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Paris, France. Her recent book, The Vegan Cook’s Bible (Robert Rose) took top honours as the Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the World. For Crocker, this is  her second big Gourmand win. Her book, The Juicing Bible,  also won Best in the World [...]

More Awards for Cuisine Canada Members

Good news comes in threes. This month, three more Cuisine Canada members brought home awards. The Herb Society of America honoured Pat Crocker who won the Gertrude B. Forester Award. This award goes to the author of a non-fiction book who not only demonstrated outstanding research skills but also inspired readers to “use and delight” [...]

Cuisine Canada Member Receives Women of Distinction Award

Jennifer Brayshaw spilled the beans on this one. In April, Anita Stewart and Rose Murray were honoured by the Ontario Hostelry Institute for their contribution in Education and Media respectively. This month, Anita Stewart is in the news again, this time as the recipient of the Business, Labour, the Professions and Entrepreneurs Award at Guelph’s [...]

Ontario Hostelry Institute Gold Awards

We don’t do a lot of horn blowing here, but that’s about to change. Remember how I threatened to out people? Well, I’m doing it. Not one, but two of our members were honoured this month by the Ontario Hostelry Institute (OHI) for outstanding contribution to the hospitality-food service industry. I did the math.  OHI [...]