Semi-final challenge match-ups will take place Tuesday and Friday This was a first-round match-up neither chef wanted to see. Chef Rusty Cox of The Heid Out Restaurant and Brewhouse and Chef Shelby Schiller of BJ’s Diner and Creekside Pub, Kimberley, are friends. They would have preferred not to face each other in the first round […]
Salvation Army Chef Carmen Alaric for the win!
Mint-pudding curried turkey-vegetable soup and chocolate chip cookie dough hamburger soup delight Salvation Army guests Chef Kevin McDonald of the West Coast Grill and the Salvation Army’s own Carmen Alaric faced-off today, each bringing a very unique and difficult ingredient as a challenge to the other. Chef McDonald presented chocolate chip cookie dough to Chef […]
Chef Barnes of Max’s Place scoops Stone Soup competition two
Chef Barnes drops a quail egg bomb on Chef Hull, who returns friendly fire with a can of pumpkin puree On the second day of the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge Chef Graham Barnes of Max’s Place showed up with a doozy of an ingredient challenge for amateur chef and Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce Executive […]
Chef Waugh of Hot Shots wins first Stone Soup Challenge by one vote
Chocolate pudding and tuna play a role in soup-making strategy CRANBROOK – It was a dramatic first day of the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge. Chef Lindsay Waugh of Hot Shots Café took on Stone Soup veteran Chef Doug Wagner of St. Eugene Mission Resort. Waugh is a first-year culinary arts student at the College […]
Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge chefs revealed
First competition sees Chef Doug Wagner of St. Eugene and Chef Lindsay Waugh of Hot Shots go toe-to-toe CRANBROOK – This year’s Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge begins with a solid base of returning chefs, sprinkled with brand-new culinary masterminds, seasoned with a small dash of up-and-coming talent, all served with a well-known local amateur […]
Kootenay Granite Stone Soup chefs announced at live event
Secret challenge revealed and live draws for first-round match-ups What: 2nd Annual Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge kick-off press conference When: Tuesday, February 2, 2 p.m. Where: Kootenay Granite, 2373 Cranbrook St N, Cranbrook, BC V1C 3T3 Who: Competing chefs, Cranbrook and District Community Foundation, Salvation Army, Kootenay Granite and other event sponsors. CRANBROOK – The […]
Vendors bring their best street grub to Hyundai for Hunger Aug. 24
Food truck extravaganza benefits Cranbrook and District Community Foundation’s Salvation Army Soup Kitchen Fund CRANBROOK – Food trucks and vendors will gather at Cranbrook Hyundai on August 24 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to serve up some of the best street grub the Kootenay’s has to offer, all in the name of charity. The […]
Facebook “Like-fest” raises up to $5,000 for the Community Foundation
TELUS is donating $5 to the Cranbrook and District Community Foundation (CDCF), up to $5,000, for every Facebook “Like” on its July 20th Facebook post that foreshadows the “TELUS Team’s” arrival in Cranbrook. The post can be found on the Cranbrook and District Community Foundation’s Facebook page here. “All people need to do is visit […]
Local non-profits benefit from Optik TV
Cranbrook and District Community Foundation gets $25 from TELUS with your vote For every new Optik TV subscriber on the Fibre Optic Network in Cranbrook, TELUS will donate $25 to a local participating charity. The Cranbrook and District Community Foundation (CDCF) is very excited to be included as one of the non-profits in the TELUS […]
Gord Johnston receives Sustainable Community Builder Award
Cranbrook and District Community Foundation will give back more than $35,000 to local non-profits organizations in 2015; $368,000 since 2004 CRANBROOK – Long-time Cranbrook resident Gord Johnston has been awarded the 2014 Sustainable Community Builder Award. Johnston has a long history as a community leader and volunteer, most recently as the project leader […]