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!
Richardson College - 599 Portage Avenue
Hot 103 BaconFest
Elements – The Restaurant (at The University of Winnipeg’s Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex, 599 Portage Avenue)
Jonnies Sticky Buns, mini cini, Frigs all natural smoked bacon, rolled with apricot, toasted walnuts and blue cheese
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
Andrew takes the notes. "How do you spell Aoli?"
elements the Restaurant does rabbit dumplings
Dlo Mike Delacruz mixes it up!
Constance Popp puts Quality Street to shame; a Belgian chocolate bacon truffle!
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!
Ace Burpee breathes cold smoke from liquid Nitrogen frozen popcorn
BaconFest in Winnipeg November 2011
Scott Bagshaw of Deseo (centre) yuks it up with some bacon jokes
Home made, by Alex from Bistro 7 1/4, bacon infused Vodka
Bacon Vodka Ceasar
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”
um how did I miss this!!!
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.
Wow, this looks awesome. I kinda regret not going.
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http://jonniesstickybuns.com/
um how did I miss this!!!
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.
Wow, this looks awesome. I kinda regret not going.