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Toronto, ON - After our long northern winter it might seem
impossible to eat a gourmet meal that was prepared with local,
sustainable ingredients. However, on Friday April 17th, at the
University of Toronto's Hart House, the second annual Brewers
Plate will prove this notion wrong with an event that pairs
locally made beers with gourmet dishes, all made from local
ingredients.
Brewers Plate Toronto will feature local farm produce, locally
made cheeses, preserves, meats, fish and other artisanal foods
in inventive dishes created by several of Toronto's locavore
chefs. Of equal importance, the libations come from six of the
Toronto region's craft breweries. The beer will be used in some
recipes, and they will be matched to specific dishes.
Brewers Plate chefs will connect with local growers and artisan
producers to source the ingredients for their dishes. The six
restaurants featured at the event are La Palette, Veritas, Jamie
Kennedy Event Catering, Cowbell, the Gladstone and Rebel House;
while the six breweries include Mill Street, Cameron's,
Wellington, Great Lakes, Steam Whistle and Black Oak.
There will also be a variety of individual food artisans,
including Ontario Cheese Society, Buddha Dog, Magic Oven, Oyster
Boy, Ninutik Maple Sugar. Non-alcoholic beverage providers
include County Cider Company, Arthur's Fresh Company, Merchants
of Green Coffee, and Oikos Tea. The magnificent Great Hall at
Hart House, with its grand gothic fireplace, will be filled with
the sounds of live jazz courtesy of Whitney Smith Swing House
featuring the sultry vocals of Gillian Margot. Doors open at
6:30pm and tickets cost $96.86 (inclusive), available at
www.brewersplatetoronto.org.
"The goal of the event is to promote local independent brewers,
chefs, food artisans and local growers," explains Chris Lowry,
Director of GET. Local foods advocate Jamie Kennedy calls it "a
beautiful way to the future."
Once again the Brewers Plate is a collaborative effort between
Green Enterprise Toronto (GET), Slow Food Toronto and Local Food
Plus (LFP) who are working together to promote slow food,
local-sustainable food and farming, and import substitution in
the Toronto region. This year Hart House is a co-sponsor and
host, and new supporting partners include The Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, and Friends of the Greenbelt
Foundation. The Ontario Craft Brewers and Ontario Culinary
Tourism Alliance are new event partners, along with Lerners LLP
Barristers and Solicitors.
GET is a local, sustainable business alliance that works with
neighborhood businesses and citizen groups to promote a healthy
environment, strong communities, meaningful work, buying local
first and fair trade. GET calls these the local living economy
values. Its members are locally-owned businesses and citizens in
the City of Toronto. Local independent businesses help to give
Toronto its unique character, and they also help you lighten
your footprint.
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