An exploration of Canadian fare will see the visiting chefs collaborate with Chef MacLean from field to fork,
- sourcing local ingredients from farms, foraging seasonal indigenous, fishing, and hunting, before creatively coming together to experiment in the kitchens
Both restaurants, along with MacLean’s third Calgary restaurant Nupo were recently named in Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants, making MacLean the first Canadian chef to achieve a “hattrick” in the widely respected annual listing.
Chef Darren MacLean shares his vision of the program.
“We aim to create and nurture a local-to-global culinary network to share talent, exchange techniques, encourage cooperation, advance tourism and tackle sustainability issues, to the benefit of those living, working and visiting Canada. Our country has so much to offer, it can be both teacher and student of meaningful ways to connect around food.”
The Cultural Chef Exchange includes ‘Dialogues’ hosted by SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology), a monthly panel presentation and discussion about culinary hot topics and trends, followed by a meet and greet with the chefs.
- to share intelligence and ideas on sustainability issues facing the culinary profession, from food waste and imbalanced ecosystems to costly food production and inaccessibility to quality meals