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For, like, the umpteenth time, Irish Ambassador Ray Bassett and his wife, Patricia, have opened up their official residence in Rockcliffe Park for charity.
The most recent cause was the 3C Foundation, an organization that offers support for people living with Crohn’s disease, colitis and colorectal cancer. Since 2010, the big-hearted diplomat has been welcoming the non-profit back each year to his dynamite digs for its annual fundraiser.
This year, organizers whipped up a new recipe for success with the Embassy Chef Challenge. The idea came from Embassy of Ireland Chef Mathieu Desjardins, who knew about a similar event in Washington, D.C.
Desjardins promised to recruit embassy chefs to participate if organizers could get local businesses to provide the food and drinks. The sponsors came through on all levels and the idea became a tasty reality.
“It’s Year One, so it’s a lot of work, but it is so much fun,” event planner Karen Morrison told Around Town at the inaugural chef challenge. “Everyone is having such a good time. They’ve never tasted food like this, and the chefs have been so excited.”
Irish Ambassador Ray Bassett and his wife, Patricia, opened up their official residence in Rockcliffe Park for charity on Tuesday, Sept. 23 for the 3C Foundation, an organization that offers support for people living with Crohn’s disease, colitis and colorectal cancer.
The evening netted almost $50,000 (and counting) for the IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Centre at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).
Close to 300 guests were seen mingling, drinking and wolfing down the half-dozen dishes prepared by embassy chefs from Ecuador, Japan, Kazakhstan, Spain, Thailand and, of course, Ireland.
“I’ve had my head down working but, from what I’ve heard from everybody, the comments are great,” Desjardins told Around Town. “People are really enjoying everything, including the format of us plating (the food) in front of them and the interaction they’re having with the chefs.”
Chris Knight, president and CEO of Gusto TV, served as a celebrity judge with well-known commercial real estate broker Aik Aliferis and Chef Cory Haskins from the culinary faculty at Algonquin College. There to MC were radio hosts Stuntman Stu and Trisha Owens from Majic 100.
Desjardins clinched the Embassy Chef Challenge Champion title. The People’s Choice Award went to the Ecuadorian embassy chef, Daniel Velez, for his shrimp coconut ceviche (among the guests to rave to me about this dish was top Palestinian diplomat Said Hamad).
On hand that night were 3C Foundation board president Michele Hepburn; Dr. David Mack, head of gastroenterology at CHEO; and honourary chair Colleen McBride-O’Brien with her other half, former mayor Larry O’Brien. Other attendees included prominent real estate broker Kent Browne and his family, and retired pro hockey player Jim Kyte, who recently became the new dean of Algonquin College’s school of hospitality and tourism.
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The most recent cause was the 3C Foundation, an organization that offers support for people living with Crohn’s disease, colitis and colorectal cancer. Since 2010, the big-hearted diplomat has been welcoming the non-profit back each year to his dynamite digs for its annual fundraiser.
This year, organizers whipped up a new recipe for success with the Embassy Chef Challenge. The idea came from Embassy of Ireland Chef Mathieu Desjardins, who knew about a similar event in Washington, D.C.
Desjardins promised to recruit embassy chefs to participate if organizers could get local businesses to provide the food and drinks. The sponsors came through on all levels and the idea became a tasty reality.
“It’s Year One, so it’s a lot of work, but it is so much fun,” event planner Karen Morrison told Around Town at the inaugural chef challenge. “Everyone is having such a good time. They’ve never tasted food like this, and the chefs have been so excited.”
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From left, Colleen McBride-O'Brien, Dr. David Mack and Michele Hepburn at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen 
Morning radio hosts Stuntman Stu and Trisha Owens of Majic 100 emceed the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Larry Poirier, Natalie Troughton and Sylvie Wasson were among some 300 attendees of the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Karen Corsten and Terri Hoddinott sampled the dishes at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, former pro hockey player Jim Kyte, now dean of the school of hospitality and tourism at Algonquin College, with former mayor Larry O'Brien at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Lori and Stewart Chadnick, co-owner of Pat Flesher Furs, at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Melanie Coulson, director of communications for United Way, with Julie Fine at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Sanjay Shah, Kenneth Loeb and Walter Robinson attended the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Chris Knight, Aik Aliferis and Chef Cory Haskins were celebrity judges at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, celebrity judges Aik Aliferis, Chris Knight and Cory Haskins were hard at work at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Irish Ambassador Ray Bassett and his wife, Patricia, loaned out their official residence for charity with the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Mary Browne, John Potetsianakis, Hanna Browne and prominent real estate broker Kent Browne at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Patricia Bassett, wife of Irish Ambassador Ray Bassett, with the embassy's chef, Mathieu Desjardins, at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in Rockcliffe Park in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Palestinian Chief Representative Said Hamad and his wife, Claudette, at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Eric Hobson and Cameron Armstrong from Algonquin College's culinary management program were seen plating dishes at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Nicole Loreto with event planner Karen Morrison at the Embassy Chef Challenge held Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at the home of the Irish ambassador in support of CHEO's IBD Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Irish Ambassador Ray Bassett and his wife, Patricia, opened up their official residence in Rockcliffe Park for charity on Tuesday, Sept. 23 for the 3C Foundation, an organization that offers support for people living with Crohn’s disease, colitis and colorectal cancer.
The evening netted almost $50,000 (and counting) for the IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Centre at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).
Close to 300 guests were seen mingling, drinking and wolfing down the half-dozen dishes prepared by embassy chefs from Ecuador, Japan, Kazakhstan, Spain, Thailand and, of course, Ireland.
“I’ve had my head down working but, from what I’ve heard from everybody, the comments are great,” Desjardins told Around Town. “People are really enjoying everything, including the format of us plating (the food) in front of them and the interaction they’re having with the chefs.”
Chris Knight, president and CEO of Gusto TV, served as a celebrity judge with well-known commercial real estate broker Aik Aliferis and Chef Cory Haskins from the culinary faculty at Algonquin College. There to MC were radio hosts Stuntman Stu and Trisha Owens from Majic 100.
Desjardins clinched the Embassy Chef Challenge Champion title. The People’s Choice Award went to the Ecuadorian embassy chef, Daniel Velez, for his shrimp coconut ceviche (among the guests to rave to me about this dish was top Palestinian diplomat Said Hamad).
On hand that night were 3C Foundation board president Michele Hepburn; Dr. David Mack, head of gastroenterology at CHEO; and honourary chair Colleen McBride-O’Brien with her other half, former mayor Larry O’Brien. Other attendees included prominent real estate broker Kent Browne and his family, and retired pro hockey player Jim Kyte, who recently became the new dean of Algonquin College’s school of hospitality and tourism.
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