Anthony Demetre of Wild Honey in London will fill the last spot on COCO’s international list of 100 emerging chefs, bringing the U.K. total up to 18 and the Canadian count to zero. New York magazine’s food and restaurant blog, Grub Street, broke the news last week, and listed which panel member chose which up-and-coming chefs.
The blog also recommended that Shaun Smith—the Toronto writer who started the campaign to get a Canadian into COCO: 100 Emerging Culinary Stars Chosen by 10 of the World’s Greatest Chefs—crack a “Moosehead and chillax” (Smith commented that he’ll take a microbrew like Creemore over Moosehead any day). Solving disputes with a beer? How novel.
Attention to all the cry baby canadian chefs and foodies…
August 4, 2009 at 1:46 pm | by NicolaCOCO is a list comprised of PERSONAL OPINIONS…..
Let us keep our eyes on the stoves….
Consider it a surprise to be nominated and not a right.
Maybe Canada needs to brush up on our own culinary cuisine knowledge.
Note to Shaun Smith: Creemore Springs was purchased by Molson’s (aka Miller Coors) in 2005. While they are working hard to maintain the “micro-brew” imagery, they are no more a micro-brew than Moosehead.
Why not try Lakes of Muskoka, Black Oak, Great Lakes, Cameron’s, Mill Street or any of the other Ontario Craft Beers which haven’t be purchased by mega-corporations.
August 5, 2009 at 10:41 am | by BeagleSmuggler[...] *This story has been updated. For further developments, click here. [...]
August 5, 2009 at 1:52 pm | by Cookbook fracas: Susur Lee, Marc Thuet and other Toronto foodies displeased as Canadians left out of 100 Emerging Culinary Stars | Aprons & Icons | torontolife.com/dailyHugh Acheson (chosen by Mario Batali)
IS Canadian
August 10, 2009 at 12:49 pm | by JamesHugh Acheson is my brother and is Canadian. He was born in Kingston and trained with Henri Berger in Hull. He’s executive chef at the Five and Ten and the National in Athens, GA, regularly nominated for James Beard Awards, and one of Food and Wine’s best young chefs of 2003. He may never have had a Moosehead though. We can do something about that.
August 20, 2009 at 10:27 am | by Katherine Acheson