Day 1
Twelve chefs were given a ‘black box’ filled with local products included Quinta Quinoa, and they had to choose and cook with them. Check out the masterpieces made with your favourite Canadian-grown Quinta Quinoa:
Chefs
Kevin Castonguay @kevineatsintoronto
Nick Chindamo @nickofnorth
Jane Tran @chauto
Mariam Echeverria @mariammtze
Tom Wade @cheftomelette
Bill Deslippe @Smashedappletradeco
Matthew Sullivan @matthewsullychef
Georgia Zimbel @georgiezimbel
Day 2
From the twelve competitors that cooked on day one, six were chosen to cook in today’s competition. They were given a ‘black box’ filled with sustainable and locally sourced products including Quinta Quinoa. Check out their beautifully made dishes!
Chefs
Dustin Gallagher @dusty416
Alma Becerril @alma becerril
Nick Chindamo @nickofnorth
Georgia Zimbel @gergiezimbel
Andy Hay @andyeastcoastkitchen
Matthew Sullivan @matthewsullychef
Day 3
Day Three of the Garland Culinary Competition at the Restaurants Canada Show was filled with excitement! The two finalists, Chef Andy Hay (Andy’s East Coast Kitchen) and Chef Nick Chindamo (@nickofnorth), cooked these beautiful, creative, and sustainable masterpieces. Both used Canadian-grown Quinta Quinoa in one way or the other!🌱📍
Congratulations to both chefs for making this competition memorable!
The winner of the Garland Culinary Competition was Chef Nick Chindamo, Cook at The Inn at Bay Fortune! Throughout the competition, he cooked with various ingredients of the ‘black box’ including Quinta Quinoa. In the final round, Nick lit a sage bundle to ground himself, remember the importance of sustainability in the kitchen, and to thank the earth for providing all the products he cooked with at the #RCShow19.
Chef Andy, the second finalist of the competition, showed his East Coast roots to Toronto throughout this competition. In the last round, he created a sustainable fish taco using Canadian-grown Quinta Quinoa to make the tortilla!
Congratulations again to both of you! We look forward to following both of your culinary careers! Hopefully, we can cross paths soon.
Chefs
Nick Chindamo @nickofnorth
Andy Hay @andyeastcoastkitchen