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!
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)
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
Executive Chef of elements Ben Kramer
deconstructed bacon lettuce tomato dry shooter
half pints brewery was there, my favourite beer!
http://www.halfpintsbrewing.com/
sweet nikki brown, half pints brewery
Deseo Bistro
Deseo Bistro
Andrew McMonagle of BreakfastWinnipeg.com and Ace Burpee of HOT 103
Bacon Latte by Diversity Catering of U of Winnipeg
Bacon Smores with handmade marshmallow and chinese 5 spice pork by Diversity
Alex of Bistro 7 1/4 and his Chemistry Pork shirt
Bistro 7 1/4
Bistro 7 1/4
Bistro 7 1/4 Chutney
Cakeology Piggy bacon brownie cake Pops
Cakeology Banana bacon muffins
http://jonniesstickybuns.com/
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!
http://www.artisanchocolates.ca/
Chocolate bacon bark!
Brooklynn's Bistro deconstructed Borscht
http://www.brooklynnsbistro.ca/Brooklynn_Bistro/index.php
Brookly'nn's Bistro; Yummy little pork belly with mustard and apple
The atrium of the Richardson Science Building at the University of Winnipeg
Bacon!
Pizzeria Gusto
Pizzeria Gusto; The freshest oysters in all of Manitoba right now.
Pizzeria Gusto
Segovia Tapas Bar and Restaurant
http://www.segoviatapasbar.com/
Segovia Tapas Bar and Restaurant
Segovia Tapas Bar and Restaurant
The Tallest Poppy serves up comfort food
http://www.thetallestpoppy.com/
Bacon Blintzes
Mac and cheese and Bacon!
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.
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.