Ace’s Fundraisier – Baconfest

Ace Burpee has set out to raise $100,000 for the United Way this Fall.

WHERE
Atrium, Richardson College – 599 Portage Avenue

WHEN
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

TIME
7 – 10 PM

Ace Burpee and HOT103 present the first-ever Baconfest in Winnipeg!

The finest chefs and restauranteurs in Winnipeg are coming together to create an evening full of bacon-inspired dishes, great music and awesome bacon-inspired prizes!

All the proceeds from the evening will support the United Way through Ace’s One Man, One Hundred Thousand Dollars Campaign.

Our generous participants include:

Bistro 7 1/4
Brooklynn’s Bistro
Cakeology
Chef Rob Thomas
Deseo Bistro
Diversity Catering, University of Winnipeg
Elements
Half Pints Brewing Co.
Jonnies Sticky Buns
Pizzeria Gusto
Segovia Tapas Bar & Restaurant
The Tallest Poppy
Chocolatier Constance Popp

Tickets are $75 and are available now at HOT 103 (3-177 Lombard Avenue), Elements (599 Portage Avenue), Bistro 7 1/4 (725 Osborne Street) & Cakeology (85 Arthur Street).

Cash or cheques (made to United Way) accepted.

Huge thanks to Drew from elements for scoring Andrew and I the tickets!

_MG_9877 — Richardson College - 599 Portage Avenue

Elements – The Restaurant (at The University of Winnipeg’s Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex, 599 Portage Avenue)

Website HERE

Hours of Operation:

Monday – Thursday: 7am – 9pm (last seating)
Friday 7am – 11pm (last seating)
Saturday 9am – 11pm (last seating)
Sunday 9am – 4pm (last seating)

Elements would love to host your meetings – small or large – please call ahead to reserve a space. Reservations can be made by calling 786-9237.

Elements has a Grab & Go Counter that will facilitate quick service for coffee and ready-made sandwiches, fruit cups and salads.

Hours for the Grab & Go Counter are: Monday – Friday: 7am – 4pm

_MG_9892 — Executive Chef of elements Ben Kramer

_MG_9894 — deconstructed bacon lettuce tomato dry shooter

_MG_9900 — half pints brewery was there, my favourite beer!

http://www.halfpintsbrewing.com/

_MG_9902 — sweet nikki brown, half pints brewery

http://www.deseobistro.com/

_MG_9908 — Andrew McMonagle of BreakfastWinnipeg.com and Ace Burpee of HOT 103

_MG_9914 — Bacon Latte by Diversity Catering of U of Winnipeg

_MG_9918 — Bacon Smores with handmade marshmallow and chinese 5 spice pork by Diversity

_MG_9925 — Alex of Bistro 7 1/4 and his Chemistry Pork shirt

http://alexanderskitchen.com/

http://www.cake-ology.ca/

_MG_9941 — Cakeology Piggy bacon brownie cake Pops

_MG_9942 — Cakeology Banana bacon muffins

http://jonniesstickybuns.com/

_MG_9951 — Jonnies Sticky Buns, mini cini, Frigs all natural smoked bacon, rolled with apricot, toasted walnuts and blue cheese

_MG_9952 — Jonnies Sticky Buns, Ellice Meats Cinnamon and Brown sugar smoked bacon, rolled with cilantro and lime butter,brown sugar and cinnamon, garnished with candied lime

_MG_9954 — Andrew takes the notes. "How do you spell Aoli?"

_MG_9958 — elements the Restaurant does rabbit dumplings

_MG_9962 — Dlo Mike Delacruz mixes it up!

_MG_9964 — Constance Popp puts Quality Street to shame; a Belgian chocolate bacon truffle!

http://www.artisanchocolates.ca/

_MG_9970 — Brooklynn's Bistro deconstructed Borscht

http://www.brooklynnsbistro.ca/Brooklynn_Bistro/index.php

_MG_9973 — Brookly'nn's Bistro; Yummy little pork belly with mustard and apple

_MG_9974 — The atrium of the Richardson Science Building at the University of Winnipeg

http://www.pizzeriagusto.com/

_MG_9981 — Pizzeria Gusto; The freshest oysters in all of Manitoba right now.

_MG_9987 — Segovia Tapas Bar and Restaurant

http://www.segoviatapasbar.com/

_MG_9988 — Segovia Tapas Bar and Restaurant

_MG_9993 — Segovia Tapas Bar and Restaurant

_MG_9996 — The Tallest Poppy serves up comfort food

http://www.thetallestpoppy.com/

_MG_0015 — When you put popcorn and caramel into liquid Nitrogen you get Dragon's Breath popcorn! elements won the evening's "most theatrical" food of the evening!

_MG_0032 — Ace Burpee breathes cold smoke from liquid Nitrogen frozen popcorn

_MG_0043 — BaconFest in Winnipeg November 2011

_MG_0046 — Scott Bagshaw of Deseo (centre) yuks it up with some bacon jokes

_MG_0048 — Home made, by Alex from Bistro 7 1/4, bacon infused Vodka

_MG_0064 — What goes with bacon? Cupcakes! What goes with Beastie Boys? The Knight Rider Theme! (actually I don't think he did that. I remembered wrong.) Dlo Mike Delacruz wicked Winnipeg lap vinyl spinnamajigger man.

4 thoughts on “BaconFest, Nov 30 2011”

xtine says:

December 1, 2011 at 3:49 pm

um how did I miss this!!!
1. Leif Norman says:
  
  December 1, 2011 at 3:53 pm
  
  Winnipeg is such a large cosmopolitan place it is easy to miss out on such amazingness. It’s like New York or London, but with cheaper rent.
Sean says:

December 1, 2011 at 8:36 pm

Wow, this looks awesome. I kinda regret not going.
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