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Chef Alexandra Feswick takes home top prize at the Grate Canadian Cheese Cook-Off with her Nutty Home-Style Mac & Cheese

4/12/2016

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"This year's competitors at the Grate Canadian Cheese Cook-Off, hosted by Dairy Farmers of Canada, included Chef Thompson Tran from British Columbia, Chef Alexandra Feswick from Ontario (winner!), Chef Andrew Farrell from Nova Scotia, and Chef Nicole Gomes from Alberta. www.allyouneedischeese.ca/cookoff Image: (CNW Group/Dairy Farmers of Canada (Marketing and Nutrition))".
Alexandra Feswick, Chef de Cuisine at the Drake Hotel in Toronto, emerged victorious in one of Canada's highest profile culinary comfort food battles, Dairy Farmers of Canada's (DFC) Grate Canadian Cheese Cook-Off.With Mac & Cheese again as its theme, the biannual showdown took place at DFC's Canadian Cheese Counter at the Toronto Food & Drink Market.

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This year, four top chefs and foodies from across Canada took to the stage in an attempt to create the ultimate comfort food using Canadian cheese, pasta and a little imagination.
Chef Feswick's truly unique Canadian macaroni & cheese experience starts with combining the distinctive nostalgia of home-styled comfort classics such as Cheddar, sage and mushrooms, and memorably finishes by pairing them with the luxurious flavours of hazelnuts, Blue cheese and Jerusalem artichokes.

"The competition was stiff, each chef brought something different and unique to the table. Mac & Cheese is such a comforting dish and I wanted to stay true to that ideal while elevating it with new exciting ingredients like we do at The Drake", says Chef Feswick.  This year's four fierce competitors included Andrew Farrell, Chef de Cuisine at 2 Doors Down Food + Wine in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Alexandra Feswick, Chef de Cuisine at the Drake Hotel in Toronto; Nicole Gomes, Executive Chef at Nicole Gourmet in Calgary; and Thompson Tran, Chef and Owner at The Wooden Boat, Port Moody, BC.

The esteemed judging panel consisted of Afrim Pristine, proprietor at The Cheese Boutique in Toronto; Vanessa Simmons, Cheese Sommelier at Savvy Company; Georgs Kolesnikovs of cheeselover.ca and the Great Canadian Cheese Festival; and Rita DeMontis, Sun Media food editor.
This year's Cook-Off was organized by Dairy Farmers of Canada to take Canada's beloved mac & cheese to a whole new level and showcase the outstanding quality, variety, taste, and versatility of Canadian cheese made from 100% Canadian milk.

"On behalf of Dairy Farmers of Canada, I would like to extend congratulations to all of this year's competitors for their creativity and competitive spirit—and showing us their amazing skills. Of course, there can only be one winner and we would like to thank Chef Feswick for her outstanding recipe and showmanship today," said Sandra Da Silva, assistant director, external communications at Dairy Farmers of Canada. "Everyone who was present at the competition is going to crave mac & cheese again very soon. I know I will."

Cheese lovers across Canada can access these mac & cheese recipes and find tips for making the perfect mac & cheese by visiting allyouneedischeese.ca/cookoff.

SOURCE Dairy Farmers of Canada (Marketing and Nutrition)
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