sandwich

  • Abhijeet Chougule - Montreal Hotdogs Poutine & Fries

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Abhijeet Chougule
    • Team or Restaurant:Montreal Hotdogs Poutine & Fries
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:None
    • What is your hometown?:Edmonton
    • What is your favourite dish?:Steak frites
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Beef brisket
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:Mr Richard
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Carving Knive
     
     

  • Alexander Court - Naina's Kitchen

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Alexander Court
    • Team or Restaurant:Naina's Kitchen
    • City:Calgary
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:sous in burger category CFC 2016, Sous in burger category WFC 2016, YYC burger battle 2017, Alberta burger fest 2016
    • What is your hometown?:Cambridge ON
    • What is your favourite dish?:HAMBURGERS
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Cheese
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:My grandmother
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:HANDS
     
     

  • Azura Saunders - Locavore Foods

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Azura Saunders
    • Team or Restaurant:Locavore Foods
    • City:Fredericton
    • Province:New Brunswick
    • Previous Competitions:Lifesaving Sport (Lifeguard), Swimming Races
    • What is your hometown?:Fredericton
    • What is your favourite dish?:To eat, sushi. To make, panini's.
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Smoked paprika.
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:My mother, and my co-workers.
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:A good knife
     
     

  • Bill Alexander - Grey Eagle Hotel & Resort

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Bill Alexander
    • Team or Restaurant:Grey Eagle Hotel & Resort
    • City:Calgary
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:Corporate Competitions for various Hotels, Blind Food Box Competitions international travelling, Alberta Burgerfest, etc
    • What is your hometown?:Ottawa, Ontario
    • What is your favourite dish?:I have many favorite dishes but i would have to say one of my personal favorites is a stuffed chicken w/ five cheese spinach dip topped off with a romesco creams sauce
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Passion... the most powerful ingredient is great food
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:My culinary inspiration is the delight on the faces of people eating the food. I love to adapt in order to not become a 1 trick pony. Farm to table and locally sourced food are things I truly believe in.
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:I would have to say My knives
     
     

  • Birendra Pandey - Acappella Catering

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Birendra Pandey
    • Team or Restaurant:Acappella Catering
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:Sysco Great Canadian cook off (seniors)
    • What is your hometown?:Edmonton
    • What is your favourite dish?:Wada Pav ( Traditional Indian style veggie burger in a way)
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:saffron
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:My Mom and chef Gaggan from Gaggans
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:sharpening steel
     
     

  • Carla Mendres - Carla Mendres

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Carla Mendres
    • Team or Restaurant:Carla Mendres
    • City:Winnipeg
    • Province:Manitoba
    • Previous Competitions:Just one! A chili contest and my fabulous charbroiled turkey and kale chili WON! I've got a few magazine recipe contest wins under my belt as well.
    • What is your hometown?:The beautiful and dynamic Winnipeg!
    • What is your favourite dish?:Anything West Indian! Any dish that is bold, bright with fresh herbs and features a sultry curry!
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Proper bone stock, cooked overnight. The body a proper stock adds to dishes is incomparable and isn't negotiable with me! I have even taught entire classes on making a perfect stock!
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:My inspiration always comes from my travels! I have gypsy blood coursing through my veins and live & breathe for travel adventures! I try as much local cuisine as possible and upon arrival home set to work recreating the amazing dishes I've had while away
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:My skilled hands? Just kidding. Though not really kidding, I do everything from scratch in the world's smallest kitchen that doesn't have any room for fancy equipment or tools. A properly honed knife is pretty much the most essential thing in my world!
     
     

  • Edgardo Giovannoni - The Gio's

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Edgardo Giovannoni
    • Team or Restaurant:The Gio's
    • City:Spruce Grove
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:Chopped Canada & Canadian food championships
    • What is your hometown?:Uruguay
    • What is your favourite dish?:Steak
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Meat
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:Family
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Fire
     
     

  • Jonatan Billiau - Bourgondier

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Jonatan Billiau
    • Team or Restaurant:Bourgondier
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:CFC 2015 and WFC 2015 in Florida
    • What is your hometown?:Leuven, Belgium
    • What is your favourite dish?:Baguettes and Cheese
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Onions
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:Jacques Pepin
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Chef's Knife
     
     

  • Kevin Waddell - Multicultural Heritage Centre

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Kevin Waddell
    • Team or Restaurant:Multicultural Heritage Centre
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:Only CFC
    • What is your hometown?:Sault Ste. Marie, ON
    • What is your favourite dish?:Goan Sausage Pulao
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Butter
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:The hard-working Canadian food producers who raise the best products in the world!
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Curious and passionate co-workers
     
     

  • Lyle Charlet - Hathaways

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Lyle Charlet
    • Team or Restaurant:Hathaways
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:Last 2 years burger
    • What is your hometown?:Edmonton
    • What is your favourite dish?:Filet mignon
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Garlic
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:Making people love my food
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Knife
     
     

  • Neil Krog - Twisted Forks Catering

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Neil Krog
    • Team or Restaurant:Twisted Forks Catering
    • City:Grand Forks
    • Province:British Columbia
    • Previous Competitions:BBQ and this one twice
    • What is your hometown?:Grand Forks
    • What is your favourite dish?:Meat
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Meat
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:mom
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:chef knife
     
     

  • Odessa Larmand - Team North Country Fair Hospitality

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Odessa Larmand
    • Team or Restaurant:Team North Country Fair Hospitality
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:CFC 2016, WFC 2017, Sorrentino's Garlic Fest 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    • What is your hometown?:Edmonton, AB
    • What is your favourite dish?:Chicken Cordon Bleu
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Cheese
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:Anthony Bourdain
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Knives
     
     

  • Peter Keith - Meuwly's Ltd.

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Peter Keith
    • Team or Restaurant:Meuwly's Ltd.
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:2012 International Culinary Olympics, 2012 World Skills Americas, 2013/2015 HOFEX (Hong Kong Culinary Expo) 2014 FHA International Competition (Singapore) and Skills Canada 2008-2012
    • What is your hometown?:St. Albert
    • What is your favourite dish?:Lemongrass Beef Vermicelli
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Butter
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:It's a close tie between my two favorite cooks - my Mother and my Grandmother
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Mandoline
     
     

  • Robert Orton - Jokers

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Robert Orton
    • Team or Restaurant:Jokers
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:None
    • What is your hometown?:Crowsnest Pass
    • What is your favourite dish?:Meat
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:See above
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:Martin Yan
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Bottle opener
     
     

  • Shane Chartrand - Sage Restaurant

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Shane Chartrand
    • Team or Restaurant:Sage Restaurant
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:gold medal plates/ CCFC chef of the year/ Chopped Canada/ bottoms up chili competition/ Edmonton Annual chili competition/ Oyster shucking competition/ Canadian food champs
    • What is your hometown?:Edmonton
    • What is your favourite dish?:fish dishes
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:garden greens at the moment
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:my family
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:juicer at the moment
     
     

  • Shannon Minor - El Cortez

    • Competition:sandwich
    • Name:Shannon Minor
    • Team or Restaurant:El Cortez
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:sous chef to Chef Linsday Porter in the Canadian Food Championships 2015
    • Hometown:Edmonton
    • What is your favourite dish?:my mum's Irish stew & soda bread
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:fresh herbs
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:my travels
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:rasp zester
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  • Sheshona John - Radisson Edmonton South

    • Competition:Sandwich
    • Name:Sheshona John
    • Team or Restaurant:Radisson Edmonton South
    • City:Edmonton
    • Province:Alberta
    • Previous Competitions:CFC 2015 & 2016, WFC 2015
    • What is your hometown?:Toronto, Ontario
    • What is your favourite dish?:Curry Chicken
    • What is your favourite ingredient?:Bacon
    • Who or what is your culinary inspiration?:My mother
    • What piece of kitchen equipment could you not live without?:Cast Iron Pan