Gordon Ramsay in Edmonton
I heard he was in town over the weekend signing books and giving cooking lessons or something. Did anybody go see him?
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this thread reminds me of girls balling and passing out over the beatles. seriously, you guys are freaking out because a tv celebrity came to your town?
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re: nonlinear
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EdiblePrairieJennifer
Nov 16, 2010 06:17 AM
I was there as a diner (the dining room was filled with us ex-Hardware Grillers!) and he seemed to be having a great time. I heard about his visit because I do keep in touch with the owners even though I was able to quit my "day job" working in the office there to write full time in 2000. But there were people there who had no idea that GR was dining. I guess the Ramsay people wanted to keep it kind of quiet just to avoid too much of a scene.
Re GR's take on the experience. Hard to tell with a guy like that because he was "working" right?...but he seemed pretty genuine, relaxed and having a great time. I too am curious if he had any specific comments on his food or the wines from the Okanagan. I'll try to find out. GR had his CFR clothes on too, which I thought was kind of "sporting" of him (plaid shirt, belt buckle and jeans!). Anyway I'll ask to see what he thought of his meal. I must say that the food was outstanding that night just ordering off the regular menu, so I'm double sure that the 7-course tasting meal that his table was having was out of control good. The kitchen was running full tilt and everything was so precise and lovely. There was great energy.
Oh, and it's completely relevant to a thread like this (in response to nonlinear) when a big deal chef comes to town, dines on local products and drinks Canadian wines, AND spends a good deal of time with the cooks in the kitchen talking to each and everyone of them, posing for photos. It is a big deal for them, so it's a relevant convo here, IMO).
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KayceeK
Nov 14, 2010 12:45 PM
My sister just spotted him at the airport Starbucks - lucky girl! He's en route to Toronto now I guess. I have met him before and found him to be very gracious and appreciative of his fans. :)
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re: Bob Mac
EdiblePrairieJennifer
Nov 15, 2010 01:01 PM
He was at Hardware Grill that night for the Full House Lottery dinner with the winning people. It was great. Half of the restaurant was full of chefs who had worked at Hardware at one point or another. Ramsay got there and immediately headed into the kitchen to meet the brigade (which was about twice the size that it normally is) and asked everyone their name and their position. Then he kept to his dinner party folks as they dined on their seven course menu. It looked like everyone was having a fantastic time. I got a copy of the menu and I'll put it up on my blog along with some photos shortly. But it was basically Hardware Grill food, bumped up the luxury notch, with a mix of the best Canadian wines ('09 Burrowing Owl Pinot Gris, '06 Quails Gate Old Vine Foch Reserve & '04 Mission Hill Occulus..the other wines were premium French vintages).
After dinner, some of the diners got their photo taken with him as he went around the dining room being very cool about signing books and posing for photos. And then he was off.
There was a lovely vibe in the room that night...and it was great fun just to soak it in.
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worldwidestuff
Nov 14, 2010 06:16 AM
Yes, he was. He stopped in at Ben's Meats on Stony Plain. He bought some Venison and checked out the selection of other great stuff.
