MacLean’s Cultural Chef Exchange presents Dialogues, a monthly public panel presentation, discussion and meet-and-greet with visiting global chefs. In partnership with SAIT School of Hospitality and Tourism and held at the Tastemarket by SAIT, Dialogues is geared to inspire the next generation by examining a range of topics from sustainability issues -- food waste, imbalanced ecosystems and costly food production -- to tactile and creative ways of discovering global and regional flavours within Canada. Each month will:
· welcome a new international chef
· spark interest in new topics, hot trends and opportunities
· share intelligence and broker radical ideas
· foster remarkable networking within the culinary community and most importantly for the benefit of our future chefs.
“The goal is for influential global chefs, those who work in the culinary profession, and passionate members of the public to actively experience what we as Canadians have to offer, our culinary provenance and our cross-cultural character in new and exciting ways,” says MacLean. “When different chefs boast their own culture, conservation and culinary excellence, it allows an important, thoughtful and impactful culinary community to be not only viable, but realized. This local-to-global network shares talents, exchanges techniques, encourages stewardship, advances tourism and tackles sustainability issues to the benefit of those living, working and visiting here.”
Those coming to Calgary include Michelin-Star restaurant owners, chefs from the World’s 50 Best and MacLean’s fellow contestants Netflix’s global cooking competition The Final Table, where MacLean was a finalist.
Chef Ángel Vázquez
Starting this week, events focus around the visit of celebrated Mexican Chef Ángel Vázquez. Master of Poblano gastronomy, Vázquez, a winner of Best New Restaurant at Mexico’s Gourmet Awards and a Gold medalist at FHA Singapore, launches the series with two events:
Dialogues - Session One
Wednesday, 19 February, 4 – 6 p.m.
The Tastemarket by SAIT, 444 7 Ave SW, Calgary
Pre-registration here: https://sait.imodules.com/s/1615/gid2/18/interior.aspx?sid=1615&gid=2&pgid=5564&content_id=9134
