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What went down at Terroir’s invite-only rural retreat

By Renée Suen
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What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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This week marked the 10th anniversary of the Terroir Symposium—where people who work in the food industry gather to speak and learn about innovative issues and trends in hospitality. More than 700 chefs, experts, business leaders and writers took over every nook and cranny of the AGO for Monday’s conference. In addition to the immersive art installations and packed workshops, Feast On (a provincial program that supports chefs and restaurants serving locally sourced food and drink) and the Durham Region hosted a retreat at Ocala Orchards Farm Winery, where chefs from all over Ontario cooked up a multi-course lunch for a crowd of hungry Terroir delegates. Here, some snapshots of the day’s events.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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(From left to right) Aaron Paas (Etsy), Nathan Guggenheimer (Ayden Kitchen and Bar, and Little Grouse on the Prairie, Saskatoon) and Lia Rinaldo (Devour! The Food Film Festival)—took shelter from the rain at Port Perry’s Old Flame Brewing Co.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Food and Wine’s best new chef, Edouardo Jordan of Seattle’s Salare Restaurant, sampled some of Old Flame’s beer, too.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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The grounds of Ocala Orchards Farm Winery.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Albert Ponzo (Le Sélect) partnered with Ryan Crawford (Backhouse, Niagara-on-the-lake) to make ember-roasted Beau Soleil oysters with boudin noir pressé and ramp hollandaise.

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What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Crawford also provided his house-made bread, and paired it with local cheese and Stirling butter.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Owen Steinberg (left, Harvest Kitchen) and Peter Shambrook (centre, Detour Café, Dundas) grilled walleye pike.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Here’s the (almost) finished product.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Langdon Hall chef Jason Bangerter worked with Nick Benninger (Nick and Nat’s Taco Farm, Waterloo) to prepare a bevy of roasted vegetables.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Bangerter and Benninger’s platter of root veggies.

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What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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More of their veggies (and the pike).

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Travis Barron (Northwinds Brewhouse, Collingwood) and Shaun Edmonstone (Bruce Wine Bar, Thornbury) roasted lamb.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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It was carved up and served on foccaccia with ramp purée.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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And all of the leftover lamb offal went into this stew.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Connie DeSousa of Calgary’s Charcut and Charbar digs into her lunch.

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What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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Can’t have a birthday without cake. Parkdale’s Yummy Stuff made this two-tiered (one white, one carrot), polka-dotted number.

What went down at Terroir's invite-only rural retreat
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The gang’s all here.

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