Chef Robert Clark from C Restaurant Tops the Podium at Vancouver's 2010 Gold
Medal Plates
VANCOUVER, Nov. 3 /CNW/ - C Restaurant's Chef Robert Clark wielded gold-medal winning culinary prowess on Friday night (October 29th) and took home top honours at Vancouver's 2010 Gold Medal Plates competition in front of a sold out crowd at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. Chef Clark went head-to-head with nine other of the Region's finest culinary masters at this prestigious culinary competition, and now heads on to compete at the Canadian Culinary Championships, the Gold Medal Plates Finale, held in Kelowna Feb. 18th and 19th, 2011.
Clark wowed over 500 guests and convinced the renowned culinary judges of his top ranking, with a delectable terrine of Fraser Canyon rabbit, with spot prawns and paired this delicacy with an aromatic 2009 Viognier from BC's Black Hills Estate Winery.
"We are all very proud of our Olympic athletes, and everyone participating at Gold Medal Plate is truly a champion, it's an honour that C Restaurant could help in some small way. Of course winning gold was a really great bonus!" stated a jubilant Clark. "We've supported GMPs since its inception. The results of people, everybody, supporting our athletes are evident. Seeing Alexandre Bilodeau on Friday, posing for pictures with his admirers, holding the first Olympic gold medal won on Canadian snow, makes it all worth it."
Chef Dale MacKay of Lumiere in Vancouver, claimed the silver medal for the second year in a row with his creation of Baked B.C Black Cod in a BBQ Pork Consomme, Kale, nestled on Corn, Smoked Tomato which was brilliantly paired with 2009 Riesling from Tantalus in B.C.
Taking the bronze medal was Chef Neil Taylor of Cibo Trattoria, with his creation of Wild venison carpaccio, with pine mushrooms, black truffle and celery root aioli, watercress and pecorino brillo, paired with with Foxtrot Vineyards 2007 Pinot Noir from BC's Okanagan Valley.
The guests were not only treated to the finest in food, they also had the opportunity to mingle with celebrated Olympians and Paralympians, including Canada's Golden Boy, Alexandre Bilodeau, Canada's first-ever gold medallist on home soil at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and were entertained by Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo along with Colin James, Barney Bentall and Anne Lindsay. Regaling guests between sets was Canada's favourite funny man, Ron James. Auctioneers for the highly spirited event were CTV's Coleen Christie and Terry David Mulligan.
Gold Medal Plates is the ultimate celebration of Canadian Excellence in cuisine, wine, entertainment and athletic achievement. Celebrating in eight cities across Canada in 2010, Gold Medal Plates will feature superb wines and the premier chefs in each city, paired with Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes, in a competition to crown a gold, silver and bronze medal culinary team in each city, and subsequently nation-wide. Founded in 2003, the goal of Gold Medal Plates is to raise substantial funds for Canada's high performance athletes, while celebrating Canadian excellence. Since 2004, this event has received tremendous support and accolades all across Canada, and generated a combined net total of $4.1 million for Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes! For more information, visit the Gold Medal Plates website www.goldmedalplates.com.
Canadian Olympic Foundation - The Beneficiary of the events: Net proceeds from Gold Medal Plates are given to the Canadian Olympic Foundation to support high performance programs such as Own the Podium. To learn more about the Foundation and the programs it funds, please visit www.olympicfoundation.ca.
For further information:
Tina Oliver at 604-803-8813 or [email protected]
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