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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Members of
Junior Culinary Team Canada – all Vancouver
Community College chefs - will fly to Ottawa this
week for the culinary opportunity of a lifetime.
They will cook a Canadian-inspired feast for William
and Kate at the couple’s first dinner of a nine-day
royal tour of Canada.
“When I found
out we’d be cooking for royalty I was at a loss for
words,” says 21-year-old chef Arielle Schwab – a
native of Abbotsford – who admits she’s a little
nervous. “I feel like I’ve won the lottery.”
The team of VCC
chefs head to the nation’s capital on June 28 and
will spend two full days prepping at Government
House. The royal couple will be served delicacies
from across the country such as Yukon Arctic char,
Newfoundland and Labrador spruce tip smoked oyster,
Alberta yak, Outaouais quail egg and Salt Spring
Island goat cheese. Each menu item represents a
different region of Canada.
“We are honoured
and thrilled,” says John-Carlo Felicella, team
manager, award-winning chef, and VCC culinary arts
department head. “This is an extraordinary
opportunity for these young chefs in advance of the
Junior Culinary Olympics in Germany next year.”
The dinner will
be served in the garden of Government House on the
evening of June 30, following William and Kate’s
visit to the National War Memorial and Rideau Hall.
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