Press Releases for October 5, 2007

SALT TASTING ROOM LAUNCHES OCTOBER-LONG "SOMMELIER SUNDAYS"
(Directly from the press release.)

(Vancouver BC) Fancy yourself as someone with a keen palate for wine? Ever thought that given the opportunity, you could put together a decent restaurant wine list?

Well, here’s your chance!

Gastown’s Salt Tasting Room, Vancouver’s artisan cheese and charcuterie hotspot, is inviting local wine enthusiasts to take part in a unique new weekly event scheduled to run throughout October -- “Sommelier Sundays�!

Guests eating and drinking at Salt Tasting Room between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Sundays throughout October will have the opportunity to sample the new and exciting wines that are under consideration for Salt's critically-acclaimed wine list.

Call it “Who Wants To Be A Sommelier?�, call it “Wine Idol�, Salt calls it “Sommelier Sundays�. Let Salt put you in the Wine Director’s chair and enjoy the opportunity to sample new products, fill out a ballot with your opinions (which also enters you into a Salt Gift Certificate draw), and possibly see your favourite new wine show up on Salt’s wine list! All guests purchasing food and drink at Salt from 6 p.m - 9 p.m. each Sunday in October are invited to take part.

Great friends, great food, and great wine. Isn’t that what Sundays are about?

Salt Tasting Room is an artisanal cheese and charcuterie tasting room situated in historic Gastown, Vancouver, BC. Salt features dozens of unique wines by the glass, the most diverse sherry list in the city, a knowledgeable staff, and a fun, comfortable atmosphere. Open from Noon to Midnight, 7 days a week.

Salt Tasting Room
Blood Alley, Gastown
Vancouver, BC
604-633-1912




DICE AND CHOP YOUR WAY TO THE TITLE OF "BEST TEEN CHEF"
(Directly from the Press Release.)


Vancouver -- For high school seniors that can stand the heat of the kitchen, there's no better place to show off their culinary know-how than at The Art Institute's Best Teen Chef Competition 2008.

Now in its ninth year, the Best Teen Chef Competition awards more than $250,000 in tuition scholarships to The Art Institutes schools to high school seniors in the U.S. and Canada interested in pursuing a career in the fast growing culinary industry.

Top prize winners in the competition can win a full-tuition scholarship towards an associate's degree, certificate or diploma program, to study culinary arts at any of the 30 participating Art Institute locations including The Art Institute of Vancouver.

In addition to a full-tuition scholarship and the title of Best Teen Chef 2008, the first place winner in the national competition, in partnership with Food Network, will be an “Intern for a Day� at the Food Network Kitchens in New York City. The winner will also receive a tour of the Food Network Studios, dinner for two at a Food Network chef's restaurant and a library of Food Network Kitchens cookbooks.

According to Paul Vernall, Associate Director of culinary, “Each year we see the interest in this competition grow. Teenagers still in high school are demonstrating the determination, focus and drive needed to have a career in the challenging field of culinary arts.�

To be eligible to participate in the competition, you must first send a complete Entry & Release form to The Art Institute of Vancouver or fill out an online entry form at www.artinstitutes.edu/btc by February 8, 2008. Deadline for entries to be received into the competition at The Art Institute of Vancouver is February 29, 2008. A Local Best Teen Chef Cook-off Competition will be held at The Art Institute of Vancouver on April 12, 2008.
The National Best Teen Chef Final Round Competition will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2008, at The Art Institute of Las Vegas.

The Art Institute of Vancouver is one of The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with over 35 educational institutions located throughout North America, providing an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals.


The Art Institute of Vancouver
3264 Beta Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 4K4
Ph: 604.639.5117
www.artinstitutes.edu/vancouver