Thank you to all Chefs, Wineries and most all, the customers in attendance at the 7th Annual May, Festival of Chefs! See you next year!

Please see our Gallery of images from the five Festival weekends.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD to the 2011 MAY FESTIVAL OF CHEFS!

About the Festival:

What started a half dozen years ago as a whim has now become a Toronto tradition. The idea was simple enough, gather 10 of Toronto’s finest chefs and let them cook with Cheese Boutique ingredients and pair those dishes with wine. The Festival of Chefs  provides a face to face channel of communication between the chef and the patron. The foodie community mixes and mingles in an interactive environment where learning techniques can be observed first-hand each weekend. After watching how dishes are assembled, the audience is invited to sample the final product. A sommelier pairs wine to compliment each dish.

The annual selection process begins in January with the gathering of an in-house committee. Criteria for selections are: achievements, critical acclaim, style of cuisine, experience, potential and popular demand. Every year the Festival also features a Chef’s Table at which special guests act as ambassadors for our customers. The Festival is a celebration of culinary excellence, of passion, fine ingredients and sharing knowledge. 

We have also partnered with the Toronto Zoo to participate during the main event on each May weekend: there will be a $5 donation per  serving plate which includes a paired glass of wine-- all proceeds donated to the Toronto Zoo.  A new addition to this year’s Festival of Chefs will be a Silent Auction. Proceeds will be going to the Toronto Zoo's–Conservation Programs.

Our Launch Party on April 21 was a fantastic success, thank you to all who atended. Pictures from the evening can be found here.

Cheese Boutique Festival of Chefs: Mission

Invite Toronto’s 10 finest chefs for cooking demonstrations using Cheese Boutique’s ingredients, 
every Saturday and Sunday in May. Let them cook, and pair their sample dishes with wine from 
local wineries for our festival patrons.

Festival of Chefs participating wineries:

Tawse Winery
13th Street Winery
Cave Spring Cellars
Norman Hardie
Cattail Creek Estate Winery

If you have any questions about this event, contact Afrim Pristine, 416.762.6292