event <\/a>is a part of the 20th anniversary season for the organization.<\/p>\n\u201cThis is such a fantastic lineup of chefs alongside the great Tom Cochrane,\u201d Stephen Leckie, CEO of Canada\u2019s Great Kitchen Party, said in a press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to be back in Victoria at the prestigious Oak Bay Beach Resort to celebrate our 20th anniversary in grand style.\u201d<\/p>\n
Milton Rebello of LIV Cafe & Bistro has already been selected as Victoria\u2019s Chef of Distinction, earning the first of two local spots for the national finale.<\/p>\n
The other spot will be up for grabs.<\/p>\n
Five Greater Victoria-based chefs will compete at the Oak Bay event, looking to earn the second position alongside Rebello.<\/p>\n
The local competitors are Castro Boateng of House of Boateng, Billy Nguyen of Rabbit Rabbit, Corbin Mathany of Ugly Duckling, Sam Harris of Brasserie L\u2019Ecole, and Israel Alvarez of MAiiZ Nixtamal Gastroteca.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese chefs represent the extraordinary depth of talent that has helped establish Victoria as one of Canada\u2019s premier culinary destinations,\u201d stated the organizers.<\/p>\n
Following the showcase in Oak Bay, the two Victoria chefs will head to Ottawa for the Canadian Culinary Championship in January 2027.<\/p>\n
They will join regional winners from nine other cities across the country.<\/p>\n
But before that, guests will sample signature dishes from each competing chef paired with Canadian wines while watching the competition.<\/p>\n
The event raises funds to ensure Canadian youth have equitable access to music education. Since its inception, the organization has raised nearly 20 million dollars for Canadian charities.<\/p>\n
Tickets are available by visiting the organization online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Cochrane to headline B.C. stop of national culinary championship Published 11:10 am Friday, July 3, 2026 Life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[903,49,48,87674,36245],"class_list":["post-780566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey","tag-vancouver-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}