2021 Cooks the Books

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2021 Taste Canada Cooks the Books

Presented by Canola Eat Well

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Cooks the Books is a cooking competition that invites Canadian culinary students from across the nation to compete for the title of Canada’s Best New Student Chefs.

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Due to Covid-19 travel and gathering restrictions, the 2021 competition was a submission-based competition. Teams were each made up of two full-time culinary students from a dedicated Canadian culinary program.

Each team created their own unique dish following the Cooks the Books criteria with a “Canadian Focus with Global Influence” theme to celebrate the foods grown and produced in Canada and our unique diversity. A recipe is made up of so much more than just the ingredients used to create a dish. The techniques, equipment and presentation all play a role in the final experience. Students were challenged to think of how Canadian ingredients can be transformed into an ethnically diverse and interesting recipe using global influences.

Recipes were to consider the seasonality of the Canadian ingredients i.e. asparagus is not available all year long, therefore should not appear in a Fall/Winter themed recipe. This year we asked that 60% of all ingredients called for in each recipe, be grown, produced and/or raised in Canada. Global flavours, techniques, traditions and influence were also used to honour the Canadian foods featured in the recipe.

Students were able to use this amazing resource to discern the fruits and vegetables available in September/October in Canada: What’s in Season section of the Canadian Food Focus website.

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GOLD WINNERS

École des métiers de la restauration et du tourisme de Montréal

William Besner and Jean-François Perron

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SILVER WINNERS

Fleming College

Thi Quynh Mai Dong (Haley) and Tamara Travner

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SILVER & GOLD

Each of the students on the two winning teams will receive an F. Dick Red Spirit Chef Knife, Cut Book and AMT Fry Pan compliments of Food Supplies Inc.

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GOLD

The GOLD winning team will also receive a $3000 CAD bursary to aid with the expenses of their culinary education and the title of Taste Canada’s Best New Student Chefs!

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Assiniboine Community College

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Shaomei Zhou and Emiri Kamanaka

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Their Dish: Asian Canadian Tsunami