Organizers of the annual Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships are expanding the competition.

Gold Medal Pints, an invitational beer competition highlighting the best in Canadian lagers and ales, has been added this year.

Gold Medal Pints saw local breweries hand-selected by international beer authority and event national beer advisor Stephen Beaumont, working in consultation with a team of local beer experts from across Canada. The breweries were invited to pour beers at local Gold Medal Plates events乌鸦传媒攗sed to select the finalists to compete in the national championships in Kelowna next month.

Five beers were poured at each city乌鸦传媒檚 Gold Medal Plate preliminary event, with guests invited to sample the ales, lagers and mixed fermentation beers. The 50 top Canadian beers were entered into a single, nation-wide competition that saw the team of independent experts, led by Beaumont, judge pilsners against stouts and IPAs against wheat beers in order to determine the five beers to be poured at the Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna Feb. 2.

At the Mystery Wine Pairing Event, the names of the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winning beers will be announced.

乌鸦传媒淲e are very excited about this flavourful addition to Gold Medal Plates and look forward to evolving it into a true, Canada-wide beer competition in the coming years,乌鸦传媒� said Beaumont.

In Kelowna, at the 乌鸦传媒淢ystery night Feb. 2, guests will have a chance to taste the finalists and those beers will be judged live during the event.

The finalists to be judged at the culinary championships will be Great Western Original 16 (Saskatchewan), Four Winds Nectarous (BC), Dageraad Blonde (BC), North Brewing Headline Milk Stout (NS), Dieu du Ciel P茅ch茅 Mortel (Qu茅bec).

Meanwhile, the chefs who will compete at the 2018 Canadian Culinary Championships are:

乌鸦传媒� Alex Chen 乌鸦传媒� Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, Vancouver, representing B.C.

乌鸦传媒� Shane Chartrand 乌鸦传媒� SAGE, representing Edmonton

乌鸦传媒� Blake Flann 乌鸦传媒� BLAKE from Canmore, representing Calgary

乌鸦传媒� David Vinoya - Wild Sage Kitchen & Bar, representing Regina

乌鸦传媒� James McFarland - University of Saskatchewan, representing Saskatoon

乌鸦传媒� Mike Robins - Sous Sol, representing Winnipeg

乌鸦传媒� Lorenzo Loseto - George Restaurant, representing Toronto

乌鸦传媒� Briana Kim - Caf茅 My House, representing Ottawa

乌鸦传媒� 脡ric Gonzalez - L乌鸦传媒橝telier Jo毛l Robuchon, representing Montreal

乌鸦传媒� Barry Mooney 乌鸦传媒� Gio, representing Nova Scotia

乌鸦传媒� Nick Jewczyk - The Fifth Ticket, representing St. John乌鸦传媒檚

Net proceeds from the championships go to the Canadian Olympic Foundation which supports Olympic athletes and high performance programs. Since 2004, Gold Medal Plates has raised more than $12 million for Canada乌鸦传媒檚 Olympic athletes.

Tickets for the 2018 event are now on sale, attendees can choose from three event package options that include the Friday Mystery Wine Pairing competition that will include Gold Medal Pints, the Black Box Competition or the Grand Finale on the Saturday night.

This year乌鸦传媒檚 featured musical entertainer will be Neil Osborne of 54/40 and the MC will be Olympic gold medalist ski cross racer Ashleigh McIvor.

Tickets can be purchased online at

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