Lac Leamy Oct 15th Gold Medal Plates Competition

Lac Leamy Oct 15th Gold Medal Plates Competition

See comments in Benitz, etal, Suisha Gardens, etal, and Chef at Chez Eric, write ups/sections of this blog, but I thought I would provide my comments on the 10 best chefs in Ottawa who are competing in this cook off, of presumably hors d'oeuvres.....

First of all, the really bad ones that I would not care for:

Ben Baird @ Urban Pear
Arup Jana @ Allium
Steve Wall @ Whalesbone

Ones I have not tried with comments:

- Stev George, @ Olivea in Kingston.... not able to try, if they have to get someone from Kingston, says something about the chefs in Ottawa.
- Yannick Anton @ Signatures... since this is a teaching hospital, would not want to go there unless the chef is cooking and chances are he won't be....
- Pat Garland @ Absinthe... have not been, but have not heard good things about him and am loath to try, considering my standards...
- Mike Blackie @ Perspective ... @ hotel brookstreet.... have heard good things, but a hotel restaurant... can't be good and it's way out in the west end....
- Matt Carmichael @ 18.... I have heard lots of things about him, but not all of it good and given his work habits.... and I tried to get him a number of times in reservations specifying him in particular... and that he is a disciple of Susur, who is truly a hero of mine... as opposed to Vardy... I will leave to serendipity to make an appointment to eat at his place....

And finally the two that I have been to but have caveated as so so, in the respective sections herein...

Benitz @ Benitz
Charles Part @ Fougeres.

So..... that gives a good idea of what I think of the bistro cooking in Ottawa and will probably not bother with this cook off....



2008 10 22

PS.... fougeres won.....the best of the best in Ottawa.... I guess so..... going to give up on the others then.... I thought the food at fougeres was OK at best....