November 9, 2018

Attachments:

15 HOST19 CS kick-off one year to_en.doc

[ ]

574 kB

November 9, 2018

Alfred le Fermier Grand Cru from Fromagerie la Station has been named the Best Canadian Cheese, sponsored by Olympic Cheese, at the 31st edition of the World Cheese Awards in Bergen, Norway following a record breaking 3,472 entries being judged in a single day at the city’s iconic Grieg Hall.

Visiting Norway for the first time this year to form part of the brand new food festival, Matnasjonen Norge, the World Cheese Awards judged entries from over 40 different countries on Friday 2 November. Nine hours of judging later, the Super Jury named Fanaost, made by Norwegian cheesemaker, Ostegården, World Champion Cheese 2018, after the aged gouda stood out at every stage of the blind tasting process.

With a total of three Gold, one Silver and 14 Bronze awards going to entries from Canada this year, the World Cheese Awards has once again provided an internationally recognised seal of approval for many of the nation’s top cheesemakers. Among the other winners taking awards back to Canada are a Gold winning Bécart de l'Isle from Societe Coopérative Agricole de L'isle-aux-grues, a Bronze winning Mountainoak Farmstead 3 Year Old from Mountainoak Cheese and a Bronze winning Fuoco from Fromagerie Fuoco.

Records were broken across the board this year, as more nations than ever before entered cheeses into the world’s biggest cheese-only event. Representing 41 different countries, entries made their way by boat, truck, train and plane via 12 consolidation points around the world, from places including Brazil, Kenya, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa and the USA. 235 judges from 30 countries then tasted, nosed and graded cheeses from six continents, giving Bronze, Silver, Gold and Super Gold awards to worthy entries.

As 3,472 eventually became 16, the crowds then watched on as the International Super Jury debated the world’s top cheese. Made up of the finest palates from the international cheese community, this year’s panel featured cheese makers, cheesemongers, buyers, chefs, retailers and writers. Judges including José Pizarro, critically acclaimed Spanish chef, Cathy Strange, global executive coordinator for Whole Foods Market in the USA, Claus Meyer, co-founder of Noma in Denmark, and Nick Tsioros, owner of Olympic Cheese in Toronto, all put forward their chosen cheeses live on World Cheese TV, before crowning this year’s World Champion Cheese.

World Cheese Awards 2018 – the background

*             The World Cheese Awards is organised by the Guild of Fine Food

*             2018 was the 31st edition of the competition Top of Form

*             The planet’s biggest ‘cheese-only’ competition – no yoghurt, cream, butter or other dairy – championing the world’s best cheesemakers, from tiny artisans to global heavyweights

*             3,472 cheeses from 41 different countries entered – including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Wales

*             235 judges from across the globe travelled from 30 different countries to nose, taste and grade the cheese

*             Judging broadcast live on World Cheese TV at www.gff.co.uk/wca <http://www.gff.co.uk/wca>

*             A Super Jury of 16 judges decided the final winning World Champion Cheese

How the judging works

Judges work in teams of three to four, identifying any cheeses worthy of a Bronze, Silver or Gold award. They look at the rind and the body of the cheese, its colour, texture, consistency and, above all, its taste. Each team then nominates one exceptional cheese as the Super Gold from their table. These 78 cheeses are the best in the world and are judged a second time by the Super Jury of 16 internationally recognised experts, who each select a cheese to champion in the final round of judging. The Super Jury, representing all four corners of the globe, then debates the final 16 in front of a live consumer and trade audience, before choosing the World Champion Cheese live on WCA TV.

Matnasjonen Norge

Matnasjonen Norge is a brand new Norwegian food event, which took place on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 November at the Grieg Hall in Bergen. Featuring a food festival, conference sessions, presentations and tasting tours, the event gives the country’s producers and chefs a platform to showcase their food and drink and shine a spotlight on the quiet culinary revolution that has taken place in Norway over recent years.

VAUGHAN, ON, Nov. 8, 2018 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of Recipe Unlimited Corporation (TSX: RECP.TO) ("Recipe" or the "Company" and formally Cara Operations Limited) has declared a quarterly dividend of 10.68 cents per share on its outstanding Subordinate Voting Shares and Multiple Voting Shares, or approximately $6.7 million in aggregate.  The quarterly dividend of 10.68 cents per share is consistent with the Company's last three quarterly dividends and represents a 5% increase over the quarterly dividends paid in 2017.

With Recipe's strong balance sheet and growing cash flows, Management will continue to pursue strategic acquisitions and will explore alternatives to return more capital to its shareholders including continuation of its Normal Course Issuer Bid (NCIB) and increases to its dividend rate.  

Payment of the dividend will be made on December 14, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 30, 2018.  Recipe has designated this dividend as an eligible dividend within the meaning the Income Tax Act (Canada) and all provisions of provincial laws applicable to eligible dividends.

VANCOUVER, BC (November 8, 2018) — Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Chef Alex Chen became the first challenger to claim victory on the inaugural season of Iron Chef Canada after defeating Iron Chef Hugh Acheson on the fourth episode of the Food Network Canada TV show, which aired yesterday evening.

Chen had one hour to prepare five dishes comprising a showcase ingredient of tomatoes and earned a final score of 71 to Acheson’s 66 from the panel of three celebrity judges. The panel ascribed points to each chef based on first dish, taste, plating, originality and the incorporation of a surprise ‘culinary curveball’ of Berbere spice that was announced at the midway point of the show.

It marks yet another jewel in Chen’s culinary crown. The 2018 Vancouver Magazine Chef of the Year previously led Team Canada to a top-10 finish at the 2013 Bocuse d’Or in Lyon, France and won the 2015 and ’17 Gold Medal Plates BC regionals in as well as the 2018 Canadian Culinary Championships.

Chen celebrated his victory with a full house of friends, family and industry peers who gathered to watch a live broadcast of the episode at Boulevard, the restaurant that he helped open as Executive Chef in 2014 and led to the Best Seafood and Best Upscale titles at the 2018 Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards.

“I can’t begin to describe what an incredible honour this is for me and the entire Boulevard team that believed in me and supported me every step of the way,” said Chen. “Two decades ago when I was a culinary student I would watch the original Iron Chef Japan episodes and it fed my adrenaline and got me to love culinary competitions. It was a true privilege to be invited to cook against such a fierce competitor as Hugh Acheson.”

During the episode, Chen was assisted by Boulevard’s Connor Sperling — winner of the 2017 Hawksworth Young Chef Scholarship Finals who previously supported Chen while competing at the 2013 Bocuse d’Or and the 2018 Canadian Culinary Championships — and Pastry Chef Kenta Takahashi, an award-winning pastry chef in his own right in his native Japan.

“This is as much my sous chefs’ victory as it is mine,” said Chen. “Connor is so low-key but such a force of nature, and it is thanks to his calm attitude and precision that I became a student again. And Kenta is one of the best pastry chefs in Vancouver and such a silent warrior in the kitchen. I am honoured that both went into battle with me in Kitchen Stadium.”

Chen is one of only two BC chefs who were invited to compete in the inaugural 10-episode season of Iron Chef Canada. The other is Ocean Wise Executive Chef Ned Bell, who competed against mentor and Iron Chef Rob Feenie during the second episode of the show on October 24.

“I think Alex Chen did a great job,” said Acheson, an internationally recognized chef, author and restaurateur who hails from Ottawa but now resides in Georgia, where he is the chef/owner and partner of restaurants 5&10 and the National in Athens, GA and Empire State South, Achie’s and Spiller Park Coffee in Atlanta. “I’m going to eat at his restaurant now.”

Chen’s battle against Hugh Acheson can be viewed in its entirety online