Some of the top chefs from throughout the Okanagan will be donating their skills and pantries for the upcoming International Womenѻýs Day charity dinner hosted by The Paisley Notebook.
Itѻýs the fourth year of the event and has been organized by The Paisley Notebookѻýs Aman Dosanj to support various charities in the Okanagan including the CMHAѻýs Foundry in Kelowna.
ѻýWe are so incredibly grateful to Aman for bringing together talented and passionate chefs and wineries who put on a wonderful evening in celebration of International Womenѻýs Day,ѻý said CMHA Kelowna executive director Shelagh Turner.
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The celebration will bring together the culinary talents of the Red Fox Clubѻýs Andrea Callan in West Kelowna and Dana Ewart of Penticton as they join Dosanj and two other chefs from Edmonton.
The charity five-course dinner which will be hosted at Liquidity Wines in Okanagan Falls on March 8 and will be the first time the dinner will be held in the south Okanagan instead of Kelowna.
Turner said in the last three years of the dinner, over $16,000 has been raised for mental health initiatives at CMHA.
Wine from top winemakers in the region has been donated for pairings including suggestions from Liquidity Wineѻýs Alison Moyes, Nighthawk Vineyardsѻý Christy Bibby and more.
All collaborating chefs will each take on a course with the International Womenѻýs Day #EachForEqual theme.
All proceeds will be donated to the Foundry in Kelowna as well as Penticton, the South Okanagan Women in Need Society and Slow Food Canada.
Tickets are listed at $165 and more information can be found at .
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