PEI Culinary Alliance Announces Local Food Award Winner at Savour Food & Wine Show

For Immediate Release

 

 PEI Culinary Alliance Announces Local Food Award Winner at Savour Food & Wine Show

Where Cuisine, Wine & Conversation Come Together

 

Charlottetown, PE – May 30, 2011) – The Prince Edward Island Restaurant Association in partnership with the PEI Culinary Alliance, is pleased to announce Savour food & wine Show 2011 PEI Flavours Local Food Award recipent. Dave Mottershall from Red Shores Racetrack and Casino is the second recipient of this award; winning with Red Shores Oysters Casino featuring Rodney's Oyster Depot.

 

Menu items were presented to a panel of chef judges.  Savour food & wine was very lucky to have Alain Bosse, Chef and Food Editor of Saltscapes as Head Judge deciding on the winner,  with Chef Shirleen Peardon of  Merchantmand Pub and 2008 Taste Our Island Award Winner, and visiting from Cancun Mexico, Chef Gladiel Olmos Gamboa of Universidad Tecnológica de Cancún.  The winner received top rankings based on the following criteria: Presentation, Taste, Recipe/Cooking method, and Creative use of PEI products.  In conjunction with the mission of the PEI Culinary Alliance, this award was developed to support innovative food industry partnerships, culinary experiences and promotional programming that serve as a catalyst for increased tourism visits to PEI; increased consumption of PEI food productrs on-Island and increased export sales of PEI food products.

 

“The criterion to determine the winner is the perfect blend with our rationale as an Alliance,” states Jeff McCourt, Chair, PEI Culinary Alliance. “It encourages a standard we are trying to put in place for chefs and restaurateurs.”  McCourt adds, “With more and more demand from the consumer for restaurants to buy local, and the assortment of choice for chefs shopping in PEI, it’s nice to be able to award them for creativity.”

 

Each year The PEI Restaurant Association (PEIRA) kicks off the summer season with PEI’s largest food & wine show - Savour food & wine. It is the only show of its kind where you have the opportunity to engage conversation with local chefs, restaurateurs, and sommeliers.  With 47 food & drink vendors under one roof, it’s a great place for friends to mingle and try the newest menu offerings from their favourite Island restaurants and experience the ones you haven’t dined at yet. 

 

If you missed Savour food & wine Show, Carl Nicholson, President, PEI Restaurant Association tells us, “It’s never too late to discover the innovative culinary terrain of Prince Edward Island. Dine Around Prince Edward Island is a restaurant festival taking place June 16-30 and is a great way to discover the flavours of some of the Island's signature restaurants. Participating restaurants feature special 3-course meals at fixed prices of $25, $35 & $45.”

 

Visit edining.ca to find a new place for you to discover. Review the prefixed menus of participating restaurants in Dine Around PEI.  Or, find a new recipe for you to try at home.

 

Stay tuned. The PElRA will be announcing the Consumer’s Choice Best of Show Awards for the 3rd Annual Savour food & wine Show held at the Confederation Centre of the Arts on Thursday, May 26^th.

 

The following categories are voted on by Savour consumers through a balloting process in each of the designated categories:

 

 

§  Best Hot Food

§  Best Cold Food

§  Best Dessert

§  Best Wine

§  Best Drink

§  Best Booth

 

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About the PEI Restaurant Association:

The PEI Restaurant Association (PEIRA) is a representative body of restaurateurs across Prince Edward Island. The industry’s voice to ensure restaurants interests are represented at all levels of government. Our network also attracts industry suppliers and allows us to negotiate business savings and reduced costs for our members.

The PEI Restaurant organizes the Savour food & wine Show and Dine Around Prince Edward Island and manages e-Dining.ca Prince Edward Island.

Savour is an established brand in Nova Scotia and has been successfully operated by the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia (RANS) for 5 years. It is now the largest food and wine show east of Montreal.  The Nova Scotia event sells out annually.  Savour was launched in Newfoundland and New Brunswick in 2008.  With the launch of the PEI show in 2009, this event is now a regional showcase for the Atlantic Canadian Restaurant industry.

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Carl Nicholson, President, PEIRA

Tel: 902-963-2644 | Cell: 902-628-7987

 

 

About the PEI Culinary Alliance:

 

The PEI Flavours campaign celebrates and identifies PEI’s authentic food culture, through promoting programs and festivals such as Fall Flavours, The Flavours Trail, and Agri-Food programs.  PEI Flavours is an ongoing year-round partnership to encourage Islanders and visitors to buy and experience PEI food.  PEI Flavours is an initiative of the PEI Culinary Alliance which is a partnership between Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the PEI Department of Tourism & Culture, the PEI Department of Agriculture, the PEI Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Rural Development and industry.  For more information on PEI Flavours, please visit www.peiflavours.ca.  

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Jan Holmes, PEI Culinary Alliance

Tel: 902-368-6208