The Great Kitchen Party wrapped up another delicious event Friday night with local chefs putting their skills to the test for the ultimate prize.
Chefs from across the Okanagan battled in the culinary competition and chef Kai Koroll of Lake Country91裸聊视频檚 50th Parallel Estate Winery took home the top podium finish.
With a final dish featuring gindara sablefish, sea urchin and sidestrip shrimp, chef Koroll will now advance to the 2020 Canadian Culinary Championships as Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 first regional chef.
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Kelowna Olympian Kelsey Serwa hosted the event at the Delta Hotel in downtown Kelowna to a packed show featuring local musicians and some of the Okanagan91裸聊视频檚 most prestigious culinary talents.
In second place was chef Andrea Callan from Red Fox Club at Indigenous World Winery in West Kelowna and third was chef Chris Braun from RauDZ Regional Table in Kelowna.
Other competing chefs included CrAsian Food Corp.91裸聊视频檚 Brock Bowes, Salt & Brick91裸聊视频檚 James Holmes, Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek91裸聊视频檚 Jeff Van Geest and Big White91裸聊视频檚 Rob Walker.
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James Chatto, Canadian Culinary Championships national culinary advisor and head judge said it was a very tight finish.
91裸聊视频淭he judging team spent over an hour debating between the gold and silver medalists,91裸聊视频� said Chatto.
91裸聊视频淭he two dishes were very different and hard to compare. Ultimately, we had to go back to the numbers on our judging criteria and we came to our winner. Less than a 1% difference, the standards were just so high in Kelowna. The line up of star chefs truly blew me away.91裸聊视频�
Chef Koroll will now represent Kelowna, the Okanagan as well as the province at the championships in Ottawa on Jan. 31.
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