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15
Feb

One of my personal favorite events at the Canadian Culinary Championships is the mystery wine pairing.  The premise is simple; the organizers choose a Canadian wine, remove the label and any other identifying marks and give it along with $500 cash to the competing culinary teams.   Each team is then required to take the $500 and pair a dish with

02
Feb

Pop-Up Deli in the Garden at the Sheraton

This past Saturday we were joined by our fellow chefs in the Garden at the Sheraton Newfoundland for our second fundraiser in support of our culinary team’s trip to Kelowna BC, for the Canadian Culinary Championships. The Pop-Up deli was organized by Chef Roary MacPherson of the Sheraton Newfoundland, with the support of the Restaurant Association and participation from Bacalao, Todd

29
Jan

Star Wars, St. John’s and the Chinched Bar

Just as Christmas got under way in 2012 we did some renovations in our Bar. Most notably we changed our old bar top for a much more modern (and less precarious) bar top.  Around the same time we decided to spice up some of the artwork we were displaying. We were introduced to Photographer Sasha Okshevsky during the 2012 Gold Metal

26
Jan

Podium Dinner Fundraiser

It’s been a pretty busy start to 2013 here at Chinched Bistro.  With our new winter menu rolling out this week and the fundraisers we’ve been involved with it seems like there’s always something exiting happening at Chinched Bistro! On Thursday evening of last week Chinched Bistro along with a lot of help from our friends hosted the Gold Medal Plates

08
Dec

Our Culinary Intern Emily Hancock!

Six months ago, Chinched Bistro took on our second culinary intern in as many years.  The first, Elizabeth Lee interned with us as part of her program with the Culinary Institute of Canada in PEI.  Our most recent intern Emily Hancock comes to us from the culinary program with the Collage of the North Atlantic.

28
Nov

On November 8th Chef Hussey of Chinched Bistro took home the Gold at the St. John’s Gold Medal Plates competition. Now Chef Hussey and the Chinched team are preparing for the Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna BC on February 8th and 9th. In order to get the whole team across the island Chinched is teaming up with the  Quidi Vidi Brewery

14
Nov

Gold Medal Plates Post Report

Gold Medal Plates Post Report

This past week has been something special at Chinched Bistro, and before I get into it I’d like to thank everyone for their kind words and support. Both leading up to, during and after the Gold Medal Plates competition our friends, family and staff stepped up, and when this team comes together amazing things happen.

01
Nov

From this Rock: Dinner of Local Fare!

Tuesday night marked the 2nd annual From this Rock dinner of local fair presented by the Restaurant Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. Chef Hussey from Chinched teamed up with 7 other top local chefs for an 8 course meal made from 100% local fare.  The evening was hosted by the always entertaining Shaun Majumder and the whole event went off without

25
Oct

Gold Metal Plates 2012

Gold Metal Plates 2012

The 4th Annual Gold Medal Plates competition will be taking place in St. John’s on Thursday November 8th. The event takes place 10 different cities nationwide pitting the top Chefs in each region against each other in a culinary standoff. The object is to serve a dish paired with a Canadian wine to 400 guests, each dish and pairing is

18
Oct

Fall Update

Fall Update

Fall is here and so is a new menu at Chinched Bistro!  Over the last few weeks we have slowly phased out each of the items from our Summer menu and implemented our Fall selection.  These items will run from now until the Christmas season.