The finale of the 2011 Duelling Chefs charity series was certainly not boring, with some really challenging “black box” ingredients. The secret ingredient was coffee, with octopus and bison being the donated protein. Juniper won the final challenge of the year fairly convincingly, though the food from both sides of the kitchen was stellar. Juniper...
This post is WAY late – I’ve been unbelievably busy and distracted with other projects. This will be a quick one – just to share highlights. As usual, for the full blog post, I highly recommend visiting Ron Eade’s Omnivore’s post. Long story short – the secret ingredients were lobster, duck thigh and fresh pasta....
This past Monday was the 6th installment of the 2011 Duelling Chefs season, and unbelievably it was another extremely close battle. The challenger was John Taylor representing Domus Cafe in the Byward Market (he also owns Taylor’s Genuine Food & Wine Bar), a seasoned veteran in the Ottawa cullinary scene since the mid 1980s. The...
This past week I went to Taylor’s Food & Wine Bar in old Ottawa South to do some food & environmental photos for their new (coming soon) website, as well as some chef portraits for the bio area. This was a pretty tough assignment. Between having very limited space to work (read: none), as well...
It was another fun & delicious event on Monday evening, as Navarra’s Rene Rodriguez & team gave Juniper a run for their money in the 4th event of the 2011 Duelling Chefs series. The secret ingredient was Greek-style yogurt, and both teams were really creative in their execution. It was a stark contrast to the last event...
