The Great Kitchen Party wrapped up another delicious event Friday night with local chefs putting their skills to the test for the ultimate prize.
Chefs from across the Okanagan battled in the culinary competition and chef Kai Koroll of Lake Country鈥檚 50th Parallel Estate Winery took home the top podium finish.
With a final dish featuring gindara sablefish, sea urchin and sidestrip shrimp, chef Koroll will now advance to the 2020 Canadian Culinary Championships as 麻豆AV鈥檚 first regional chef.
鈥淚t鈥檚 unbelievable,鈥� said Koroll, chef from Block One at 50th Parallel Estate.
鈥淚鈥檝e been pinching myself all night being in the room with all these amazing chefs, and then what happened, happened. I can鈥檛 even explain the feeling, it鈥檚 just incredible.鈥�
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麻豆AV Olympian Kelsey Serwa hosted the event at the Delta Hotel in downtown 麻豆AV to a packed show featuring local musicians and some of the Okanagan鈥檚 most prestigious culinary talents.
In second place was chef Andrea Callan from Red Fox Club at Indigenous World Winery in West 麻豆AV and third was chef Chris Braun from RauDZ Regional Table in 麻豆AV.
Other competing chefs included CrAsian Food Corp.鈥檚 Brock Bowes, Salt & Brick鈥檚 James Holmes, Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek鈥檚 Jeff Van Geest and Big White鈥檚 Rob Walker.
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James Chatto, Canadian Culinary Championships national culinary advisor and head judge said it was a very tight finish.
鈥淭he judging team spent over an hour debating between the gold and silver medalists,鈥� said Chatto.
鈥淭he two dishes were very different and hard to compare. Ultimately, we had to go back to the numbers on our judging criteria and we came to our winner. Less than a 1% difference, the standards were just so high in 麻豆AV. The line up of star chefs truly blew me away.鈥�
Chef Koroll will now represent 麻豆AV, the Okanagan as well as the province at the championships in Ottawa on Jan. 31.
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