{"id":1772,"date":"2012-01-24T13:50:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T18:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2012-05-01T10:13:07","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T15:13:07","slug":"ohi-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/?p=1772","title":{"rendered":"OHI awards announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/About_OHI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1773\" title=\"About_OHI\" src=\"http:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/About_OHI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/About_OHI.jpg 700w, https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/About_OHI-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There you go\u2026 That\u2019s the mandate of the Ontario Hostelry Institute, an organisation that does a great deal of good for anyone who likes to eat out in this province \u2013 or stay in a hotel, or shop for local, artisanal products, or read about food and wine. The OHI provides scholarships and bursaries to talented young people who might not otherwise be able to afford professional training, and we all benefit from that. The OHI does this, in part, through its gala \u2013 a most convivial black tie party held every spring at the Four Seasons that is also an opportunity to celebrate the careers of industry leaders by giving out gold awards.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, past honorees gathered just after dawn to discuss who should be honoured in 2012. The meeting was convened (and governed with his usual mixture of tact and firmness) by the OHI\u2019s chair and president, Charles Grieco. He has generously allowed me to share the news of the winners in each category.<\/p>\n<p>Chef: Stephen Treadwell, Stephen Treadwell Farm-to-Table Cuisine<br \/>\nHotelier: Anthony (Tony) Cohen, Global Edge Investments<\/p>\n<p>Independent Restaurateur: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Geisweiller, Le S\u00e9lect Bistro<\/p>\n<p>Educator, Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes, Dean, College of Management &amp; Economics, University of Guelph<\/p>\n<p>Media\/Publishing, Jody Dunn, Editor and Marketing Manager of <em>Food &amp; Drink <\/em>magazine<\/p>\n<p>Foodservice Chain Operator: Cora Tsouflidis, CORA<\/p>\n<p>Supplier: Stephen J. Shamie, Hicks Morley<\/p>\n<p>Artisanal supplier: Stephanie Purdy, Purdy\u2019s Fisheries Limited<\/p>\n<p>A star-studded list of people. And that\u2019s not all. Mr. Grieco will also be presenting the Chairman\u2019s OHI Gold Award to Anita Stewart M.C., LL.D.and the Chairman\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Gold Award to Dean John Walker MBA of George Brown College. The following people have been newlt elected as Fellows of the Ontario Hostelry Institute: Jamie Drummond \u2013 Good Food Revolution; Jeff Stewart MBA \u2013 Centre for Food and Wine \u2013 Niagara College; Melanie Coates \u2013 Fairmont Royal York; Connie McDonald \u2013 Royal Ontario Museum; Chef David Chrystian \u2013 Hotel Le Germain; Jill McCoey \u2013 Langdon Hall Country House Hotel &amp; Spa;<\/p>\n<p>Afrim Pristine \u2013 Cheese Boutique; Lori Stahlbrand \u2013 Local Food Plus; Peter Bodnar Rod \u2013 13 Street Winery; Gary Hallam M.Sc. \u2013 Conestoga College.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all. The gala dinner will be held on March 22 this year (please see below). It\u2019s going to be a smashing beano with Anne Yarymowich, executive chef of Frank, and Michael Bonacini, executive chef of Oliver Bonacini, serving as the Honorary Dinner Chairs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; There you go\u2026 That\u2019s the mandate of the Ontario Hostelry Institute, an organisation that does a great deal of good for anyone who likes to eat out in this province \u2013 or stay in a hotel, or shop for local, artisanal products, or read about food and wine. The OHI provides scholarships and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91,94,1],"tags":[576,575,296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1940,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jameschatto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}