Okanagan's Pirouette 2010

Okanagan’s Pirouette 2010

Chefs for 2010's Pirouette at The Grand Delta Okanagan

Photo & Design: Tarynn Parker

Pirouette 2010 will be held at the Delta Grand Okanagan on Saturday, February 6^th. The ticket price includes the reception, a brief ballet performance, four-course dinner with accompanying wines, and After Party.
Tickets are $250 and available from BalletKelowna.ca

Pirouette’s Okanagan Chefs
l to r: Bernard Casavant (Manteo Resort), Stephanie Schnepf (Chaine Jeune Commis Award Winner), Stuart Klassen (Delta Grand Okanagan), Roger Sleiman (Quails’ Gate), Olivia Harding (Delta Grand Okanagan), Mark Filatow (Waterfront Wine Bar), Matt Batey (Mission Hill Family Estate).
Pirouette will also feature an extraordinary range of Okanagan wines, each paired with food courses. Contributing wineries include Aces Okanagan,  Laughing Stock, Le Vieux Pin, Mission Hill, Noble Ridge, Quails’ Gate and Seven Stones.

In addition to their chefs and best bottles, the wineries and restaurants will also be sending their sommeliers this year. They’ll be visiting each table to explain the food and wine pairing, and to answer questions.
The chefs are all described as Okanagan culinary stars. They are:  Mark Filatow, proprietor and executive chef of The Waterfront Restaurant and Wine Bar; Roger Sleiman, executive chef of Quails’ Gate Estate Winery; Matt Batey, winery chef of Mission Hill Family Estate; Bernard Casavant, executive chef of Manteo Resort, and host chef Stuart Klassen of the Delta Grand, Okanagan.

“We have also invited two very talented young chefs to the collaboration,” said Jamie Maw, Honourary Co-Chair of Pirouette 2010. “Our rising stars are Olivia Harding, the pastry chef for the Delta Grand and Stephanie Schnepf, who recently won the national Chaine de Rotisseurs Jeune Commis competition, and will be representing Canada at the international final in Helsinki this September.”
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Okanagan Wine And Dine Out Annual Event

Showcasing the best of local cuisine, the 7th annual WINE & DINE OKANAGAN Campaign features member restaurants offering their choice of three-course dinner menus at $35, $25 and/or $15 per person.

Showcasing the best of  The Okanagan Local Food And Wine

Participating Restaurants Include:

Central Okanagan – Kelowna
Bouchons:  $35	250-763-6595
Bina Bejing Cooking House:   $15   |   $25 |   $35	250-762-7000
Bunkhouse Bar & Grill:  $25 | $35	250-868-3844
Cabana Bar & Grille:  $15 |   $25 |   $35	250-763-1955
Christopher’s Steak and Seafood:  $25 |   $35	250-861-3464
DJ’s Downtown Cantina:  $15 |   $25	250-762-0172
Fi Bistro:  $35	250-868-3389
Genjie Japanese Restaurant	250-869-0852
Grand Bay Café $35	250-763-4500
Hanna’s Lounge & Grill:  $35	250-860-1266
Hotel Eldorado:$15 |  $35	250-763-7500
Industry Room:  $15 | $25	250-860-4639
Infusions @ Okanagan College:  $15 |   $25	250.762.5445 x4426
Kettle Valley Tapas Bar & Grill: $15 | $25| $35	250-764-0833
Mabui:  $25	250-868-8852
Memphis Blues BBQ House:  $15	250-868-3699
Moxies Classic Grill:  $25 | $35	250-861-6110
Olympia Greek Taverna:  $15   |   $25 |   $35	250-765 0484
Poppadoms – Taste India:   $35	250.899.0316
RauDZ Regional Table:   $25 |   $35	250-868-8805
Red Robin: $15 | $35	250-762-9700
Ricardo’s Mediterranean Kitchen:  $25 |  $35	250-766-6810
Ric’s Grill:   $25	250-869-1586
Sal’s Prime:   $35	250-862-2909
The Keg Kelowna:  $35	250-763-5435
The Vintage Room	250-860-6060
The Yellow House Restaurant:  $25 |   $35	250-763-5136
Vintner’s Poolside Grill	250-860-6060
Wasabi Izakaya:  $25	250-762-7788
Waterfront Restaurant and Wine Bar:  $35	250-979-1222
Wild Apple Restaurant & Lounge: $15 |  $35	250-860-1031
Yamas Greek Restaurant:$25 |   $35	250-763-5823
Central Okanagan – West Kelowna
Bonfire Restaurant & Bar:   $15 |   $25	250-707-1810
La Cucina:  $25	250-707-0123
Chateau Dining Room – LOR:  $35	250-769-3511
Nineteen Steakhouse and Lounge: $25 | $35	250-768-3133
Old Vines Restaurant (will reopen Jan 20th for lunch & dinner)	250-769-4451
South Okanagan
Black Iron Grill: $25 |   $35	250-276-2447
Bogners of Penticton: $15 |  $25 |  $35	250-493-2711
Gasthaus on the Lake:   $25  |  $35	250-767-6625
Hooded Merganser:   $25	250-487-4663
Local Lounge – Grille:  $25   |  $35	250-494-8855
Passa Tempo Restaurant (N’kimip): $35	250-495-8007
Pasta Factory: $15	250-492-6088
Sage and Vines Bistro:   $25 |   $35	250-492-7243
Salty’s Beach House: $15 | $25 | $35	250.493.5001
The Cellar Door Bistro:  $25	250-494-0451
Theo’s Restaurant: $25 |  $35	250-492-4019
Villa Rosa Ristorante Iitaliano: $25 |  $35	250-490-9595
Watermark:  $15 |   $25
Zias Stonehouse Restaurant:  $25	250-494-1105
North Okanagan
Eclectic Med: $25 |  $35	250-558-4646
K.T.’s Restaurant	250-545-3228
Ora:   $25	250-275-8020
Range @ Predator Ridge	250-503-3405
The Phoenix Steakhouse	250-260-1189

And More…

Bistro 326:  $25 |   $35	250-374-2913
Brownstone Restaurant	250-851-9939
Bourbons–on the river@South Thomp Inn & Conf Centre. :  $25	250-573-3777
Chapters Viewpoint Restaurant & Catering	250-374-3224
Commodore Grand Café and Lounge	250-851-3100
Hoodoos at Sun Rivers:   $35	250-828-9404
Ora: $25	250-372-5312
Red Robin: $15   |   $35	250-374-3313
Ric’s Grill Aberdeen	250-377-3113
Rics Mediterannean Grill	250-372-7771
Rocksalt Restaurant and Bar	250-377-8075
Storms Restaurant:  $15 |   $25	250-372-1522
Tangos Tapas Bar and Bistro	250-374-3960

Ice Wine Is The Heart Of The Okanagan's Winter Festival Of Wine

The Okanagan is often described as the "California of Canada," however, it does get a little cooler up here than in most parts of California, and blessedly so, hence the fabulous regional Ice Wine Festival, now known as the Winter Festival of Wine.


Dates are Jan 16-24, 2010


Have you never tasted an Ice Wine? then we advise you to do so and straightaway.  This god-like elixir is a perfect blend of sweetness and acidity and can only be described as the wine nectar of the Okanagan.

Frozen grapes for making Ice Wine, an Okanagan specialty.

Re-christened in 2010 as the Winter Wine Festival, this annual event is kicking off as we speak, with a week's worth of tastings, seminars, lectures and more tastings!

For example, on Jan. 22nd, enjoy  Cadbury Chocolate & Heavenly Wine $40
"From light chocolate to rich dark chocolate, there is always a perfect match for chocolate and wine to satisfy your palate."

Sun Peaks Resort is hosting this year and event is generously being promoted by Okanagan Wine Festivals.

Enjoy a wonderful marriage of culinary events, wine tastings, educational seminars, and some of the best skiing and snowboarding anywhere in the world.

For more information click on Okanagan Food And Wine .

Grapes for delicious Okanagan Ice Wine.

Harvesting for ice wine in the Okanagan.

Read more about this year's ice wine harvest in British Columbia on Wines and Vines.

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