June 2007 - Nr. 6
Annual Chef Festival
at the Cheese Boutique
This is always an event to look forward to. Every weekend in May – including Victoria Day – some of the many outstanding chefs from the Toronto area are invited to the famous Cheese Boutique to entertain the visitors and invited guests with their culinary expertise. I took the opportunity to visit them on the 12th of May this year.
Usually
a Sommelier from the same restaurant is also in attendance with great wines
for the visitors to taste. This year it was a rich Chardonnay from Bouchard
Pére & Fils in southern Burgundy in France. Pleasant and very aromatic with
lots of fruit flavours, well balanced with a wonderfully aromatic finish.
It
proved to be an ideal companion to the delicate fish dish that the executive
Chef – Keith Froggett - from the "Scaramouche Restaurant" (One Benvenuto
Place) was offering the visitors this afternoon as a sample of his
culinary
expertise.
The Scaramouche Restaurant has had an enviable 20-year reputation as one of Canada’s top restaurants whose cuisine is based on classic Continental and French techniques using the finest ingredients in season. It is here where simplicity attains perfection.
The event at the Cheese Boutique on 45 Ripley
Avenue was so well attended that the wonderfully tasty samples of his
delectable
fish dishes ran out before the event concluded. Well, the samples were
delicious – take my word for it.
Some of the other Chefs that were invited this year were Donna Dooher from Mildred Pierce, Massimo Capra from the Mistura and many other equally well-known ‘Chefs’.
This was another very successful showcase of
culinary
excellence
and the involvement of the Cheese Boutique in the success of distinguished
local establishments.
I am already salivating for next year’s events. Congratulations to the Pristine family for bringing such interactive fair to the store and the public.
As always
Dick Altermann
