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The faint clinking of sports medals was replaced with the celebratory clinking of wine glasses as the popular Gold Medal Plates fundraiser attracted its largest gathering yet for a night of excellence in food, drink, sports and entertainment, in support of Canada’s Olympic athletes.
A crowd of 600 showed up Monday night to the Shaw Centre. There, 10 chefs competed in a a culinary competition that saw Patrick Garland of Absinthe Café clinch top spot. He’ll continue to the nationals in Kelowna, B.C. this February.
It’s not often the athletic and culinary worlds team up but it’s a pairing that appeals to Olympian Scott Moir, who won gold in 2010 and two silvers in 2014 with his ice dancing partner, Tessa Virtue. “I always tell people that when you go to a Gold Medal Plates event it’s like going to the 10 best restaurants in that city, all at once,” he told Around Town.
The popular Gold Medal Plates fundraiser drew 600 (its largest gathering yet) for a night of excellence in food, drink, sports and entertainment in support of Canada's Olympic athletes. The gala event was held at the Shaw Centre on November 17, 2014 at the Shaw Centre.
Moir and Virtue didn’t have to flash their shiny hardware, or a nametag for that matter, for the public to recognize them in the crowd that night. “Canadians are always surprising Tessa and I because we never think people know who we are, but they’re so supportive and they follow us,” said Moir. “It’s a special experience to be Canadian, and there’s a very different relationship between a Canadian Olympic athlete and a fan that I don’t even think a pro athlete has.”
Also among the 18 Olympic athletes in attendance were such hockey stars as Caroline Ouellette and the now-retired Jennifer Botterill, who MCed. Keeping busy behind the scenes was dual season Olympian Sue Holloway. She’s the main organizer of the Ottawa GMP.
Later, Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy graced the stage with Anne Lindsay and Colin Cripps to perform. As well, former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day showed off his auctioneering chops by selling off adventures to New Zealand, Chile/Argentina, Tuscany, Provence and Scotland that include an all-star cast of travelling buddies from Canadian music and sports. The trips were described as “once in a lifetime” by Michael Runia, Ontario managing partner of Deloitte. It’s the national presenting sponsor while Tamarack Homes, represented by its president, Chris Taggart, was a major local sponsor.
Chris Klotz, who was back to co-chair the event with Dwight Brown, got the crowd pumped over Canada’s success at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. The athletes won 25 medals, making it one of the best games for our country.
To give the crowd some insight into the kind of sacrifices that athletes and their families make, Klotz singled out former freestyle skier Jeff Bean, who won 17 World Cup medals and narrowly missed the Olympic podium in 2002. His parents, in their effort to support Bean and his competitive skiing, ended up with a mortgage nearly three times higher than the original price they paid for their house in the ’70s. Bean, who retired in 2007, is now in the banking business, working for RBC in Ottawa.
Klotz also acknowledged the contributions of the chefs who created the “remarkable dishes” that everyone got to taste. “That’s 6,000 dishes that they put together, and all of that was donated by them, saving us all that money to donate toward the athletes.”
Since 2004, the Gold Medal Plates events have raised more than $8.2 million for the Canadian Olympic Foundation’s Own the Podium program that helps top-tier athletes win medals.
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A crowd of 600 showed up Monday night to the Shaw Centre. There, 10 chefs competed in a a culinary competition that saw Patrick Garland of Absinthe Café clinch top spot. He’ll continue to the nationals in Kelowna, B.C. this February.
It’s not often the athletic and culinary worlds team up but it’s a pairing that appeals to Olympian Scott Moir, who won gold in 2010 and two silvers in 2014 with his ice dancing partner, Tessa Virtue. “I always tell people that when you go to a Gold Medal Plates event it’s like going to the 10 best restaurants in that city, all at once,” he told Around Town.
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Four-time Olympic hockey medalist Jennifer Botterill was the emcee at the Gold Medal Plates event held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014, in support of Canadian Olympic athletes.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen 
Canada's Olympic ice-dancing sweethearts, Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, attended the Gold Medal Plates culinary competition and dinner held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, two-time Olympic skier Ryan Semple mingled with Olympic gold and silver ice-dance medalist Tessa Virtue and Mary Taggart and her husband, Chris Taggart, president of sponsor Tamarack Developments, at the Gold Medal Plates dinner held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Chris Klotz, co-chair of the Gold Medal Plates dinner, addressed an audience of 600 at the fundraiser for Canada's Olympic athletes, held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
In front, Chef Marysol Foucault, winner of the 2013 Ottawa Gold Medal Plates culinary competition, with fellow culinary judges Sheila Whyte, Anne Desbrisay and national culinary advisor James Chatto, at this year's event, held Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Michael Runia, Ontario managing partner of national presenting sponsor Deloitte, addressed an audience of 600 at the Gold Medal Plates event held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, organizer and former Olympic athlete Sue Holloway with Canada's ice-dancing gold and silver medalists, Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, and Chris Klotz, co-chair of the Gold Medal Plates benefit dinner for Canada's Olympic athletes, held at the Shaw Centre on Monday,
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Dwight Brown, co-chair of Gold Medal Plates, with four-time Olympic gold medal hockey player Caroline Ouellette, at the fundraising dinner for Canadian Olympic athletes, held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Bill Meyer, member of the Olympic water polo team in 1984, with his wife, Cathy, at the Gold Medal Plates dinner and culinary competition held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Olympic athletes, past and present, took to the stage at the Gold Medal Plates benefit dinner for Canadian Olympic athletes, held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Saskatchewan MP Rob Clarke got a big hug from former Olympic gold medalist Katie Weatherston (hockey) at the Gold Medal Plates benefit dinner held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Semiha Cantas, owner of Cantas fashion boutique on Sussex Drive, rubbed elbows with Olympic boxer Mary Spencer at the Gold Medal Plates dinner held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Canadian music icon Jim Cuddy performed with Anne Lindsay and Colin Cripps at the Gold Medal Plates dinner held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Canadian music icon Jim Cuddy performed with Anne Lindsay and Colin Cripps, far right, at the Gold Medal Plates dinner held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, former Olympic athletes Cody Sorensen (bobsleigh) and Jeff Bean (freestyle ski), now both working with RBC, attended the Gold Medal Plates dinner held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day was charity auctioneer at the Gold Medal Plates benefit dinner for Canadian Olympic athletes, held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Steve Moffatt and his wife, Tammy, with Kristin Smith and Brian Murray of Sakto Corporation attended the Gold Medal Plates benefit dinner for the Canadian Olympic Foundation, held at the Shaw Centre on Monday, November 17, 2014.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Steve Spooner, CFO at Mitel Networks, with Michael Runia, Ontario managing partner of national presenting sponsor Deloitte, at the Gold Medal Plates fundraiser for Canadian Olympic athletes, held Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at the Shaw Centre.
Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
The popular Gold Medal Plates fundraiser drew 600 (its largest gathering yet) for a night of excellence in food, drink, sports and entertainment in support of Canada's Olympic athletes. The gala event was held at the Shaw Centre on November 17, 2014 at the Shaw Centre.
Moir and Virtue didn’t have to flash their shiny hardware, or a nametag for that matter, for the public to recognize them in the crowd that night. “Canadians are always surprising Tessa and I because we never think people know who we are, but they’re so supportive and they follow us,” said Moir. “It’s a special experience to be Canadian, and there’s a very different relationship between a Canadian Olympic athlete and a fan that I don’t even think a pro athlete has.”
Also among the 18 Olympic athletes in attendance were such hockey stars as Caroline Ouellette and the now-retired Jennifer Botterill, who MCed. Keeping busy behind the scenes was dual season Olympian Sue Holloway. She’s the main organizer of the Ottawa GMP.
Later, Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy graced the stage with Anne Lindsay and Colin Cripps to perform. As well, former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day showed off his auctioneering chops by selling off adventures to New Zealand, Chile/Argentina, Tuscany, Provence and Scotland that include an all-star cast of travelling buddies from Canadian music and sports. The trips were described as “once in a lifetime” by Michael Runia, Ontario managing partner of Deloitte. It’s the national presenting sponsor while Tamarack Homes, represented by its president, Chris Taggart, was a major local sponsor.
Chris Klotz, who was back to co-chair the event with Dwight Brown, got the crowd pumped over Canada’s success at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. The athletes won 25 medals, making it one of the best games for our country.
To give the crowd some insight into the kind of sacrifices that athletes and their families make, Klotz singled out former freestyle skier Jeff Bean, who won 17 World Cup medals and narrowly missed the Olympic podium in 2002. His parents, in their effort to support Bean and his competitive skiing, ended up with a mortgage nearly three times higher than the original price they paid for their house in the ’70s. Bean, who retired in 2007, is now in the banking business, working for RBC in Ottawa.
Klotz also acknowledged the contributions of the chefs who created the “remarkable dishes” that everyone got to taste. “That’s 6,000 dishes that they put together, and all of that was donated by them, saving us all that money to donate toward the athletes.”
Since 2004, the Gold Medal Plates events have raised more than $8.2 million for the Canadian Olympic Foundation’s Own the Podium program that helps top-tier athletes win medals.
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