Toronto knock-off of Iron Chef will pit Jamie Kennedy against Ted Corrado
The second annual Stop for Food festival is pretty much a rip-off of Winterlicious and Iron Chef, but since it’s for charity, we’ll let it slide. To kick off the month-long prix fixe fête in 19 restaurants, a cook-off will be held on February 22 at the ROM’s C5, where attendees will see Jamie Kennedy (Gilead Bistro), Anthony Davis (Roosevelt Room) and Jason Inniss (Amuse-Bouche) compete against Luis Valenzuela (Torito), Chris Brown (The Stop) and Ted Corrado (of C5, which means he has a home stove advantage). Thirsty traveller Kevin Brauch will be hosting the culinary clash, but no word yet on whether there will be a secret ingredient or a yellow pepper–eating chairman. The event is sold out, but with proceeds going to the Stop Community Food Centre, that’s a good thing. Organizers are presently taking names for the waiting list.
To be fair, Winterlicious is pretty much a rip-off of New York City’s Restaurant Week. And since Iron Chef features two chefs going head-to-head, while The Stop’s event features three against three, it could be argued that the Iron Chef model is being improved upon. In any case, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…
Fair match. But my money’s on “Team Corrado!”
There are now 23 restaurants involved. Check them out at http://www.thestop.org
It may be sold out but the after-party isn’t and it’s free & open to the public. Join Kevin and all the competing chefs for a drink at the Drake later on tonight as part of 86’d Mondays.
Go here for more details
http://www.ivyknight.com/upcoming-events–contact.html
See you there,
Ivy