Recipe to Riches: the final pitch
Recipe to Riches: the final pitch
Today is the last day of voting for season one of the President’s Choice product development spectacular Recipe to Riches. The show’s producers flew the six finalists in from across Canada to meet each other for the first time before they film the final episode this weekend. We stopped in at the event, held in the cooking studio at the new Loblaws at Maple Leaf Gardens, to find out why they think they should take home the $250,000 grand prize. See their answers after the jump.
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- Rosy Soobrattee: “It’s something different. People are buying it and eating it in droves. And you know what? It’s needed. I mean, Indian desserts are not in the mainstream. They need to be in the mainstream.”
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- Jacqui Keseluk: “I’ve had a dream since I was 15—I know that’s not very long, since I’m only 22—to open up a café and pastry shop. The money isn’t only going to benefit me. It’s going to benefit all of Fall River.”
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- Melaney Gleeson-Lyall’s Bannock Hazelnut Pie
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- Melaney Gleeson-Lyall: “My product is actually a totally original Canadian product, and it really represents the First Nations people of Canada. And bannock itself? Everybody on every reserve will know what that means, and it really tells you a little bit about our culture.”
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- Glo McNeill’s Luscious Lemon Pudding Cakes
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- Glo McNeill: “This is brand new. It’s good in that it contains no chemicals. It has a huge popular base: there’s only one in 5,000 who don’t like lemon. It isn’t just a one-off. You’re not going to go out and never go again. People who have bought it have gone back again and again.”
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- Robert Luft’s custom-built barbecue
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- Luft and Grass, two barbecue aficionados, share a moment looking at a picture of Luft’s colossal backyard smoker.
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- Robert Luft’s Slow and Low Pulled Pork
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- Robert Luft: “On the show, they served it on a bun. But, you know, it’s pulled pork! You can put it on anything. You can eat it in a pasta, you can put it in mac-and-cheese for the kids, you can put it on your nachos. It’s something they’re going to go for and use.”
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- John Grass’s Chicken Grenades
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- John Grass: “There’s nothing else like this out there. I mean, you look at meatballs, you look at chicken wings—this is coming at it from a totally different direction. I love the way it’s packaged, and it’s a one-bite thing. And I just think it’s a home run.”
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Today is the last day of voting for season one of the President’s Choice product development spectacular Recipe to Riches. The show’s producers flew the six finalists in from across Canada to meet each other for the first time before they film the final episode this weekend. We stopped in at the event, held in the cooking studio at the new Loblaws at Maple Leaf Gardens, to find out why they think they should take home the $250,000 grand prize. See their answers after the jump.
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I love Grandma Glo’s luscious lemon pudding cake!! I think it should be the final winner, for it was my favorite!!!!!!!!! Its sooo good! I recommend it to anybody reading this message
We LOVE the Savoury Bannock-topped pie….my son asked for not one, not two, but three helpings!!!! And he hates cooked vegetables. Kudos to you Melaney! I’m going to buy as many as I can!
We enjoyed the Grandma Glo’s Luscious Lemon Pudding Cake, we have served it to friends and it was a great success.
She should win the Grand Prize.