Algonquin College bursary to honour Ron Eade

Algonquin College’s School of Hospitality and Tourism is launching the Ron Eade Culinary Bursary with a student-led fundraising dinner on March 21.

The bursary is the brainchild of Scott Warrick and Mario Ramsay, both chef professors at Algonquin, who wanted to honour the Citizen’s former food editor, who retired last year.

“Eade has always been one of the culinary programs’ and our students’ biggest supporters,” Warrick said.

Initially, they considered a tribute dinner to salute Eade. “That just wasn’t fitting,” Ramsay said. “It had to be bigger. More lasting. Tribute dinners are soon forgotten but a bursary is a legacy.”

The event will feature a silent auction, with such items as: ❚ A five-course dinner for eight in your Ottawa-area home cooked by Michael Moffatt, executive chef at Beckta Dining & Wine ❚ Algonquin graduates Patricia Larkin, chef at Black Cat Bistro, Anna March, resident chef at Urban Element, and Katie Brown Ardington, chef de cuisine at Beckta Food & Wine will team with Pascale Berthiaume of Pascale’s All-Natural Ice Cream, and Marysol Foucault, owner/chef at Edgar as well as Odile in Gatineau, to create an out-of-thisworld dining experience. ❚ Dinner for eight cooked by TV producer and cookbook author Chris Knight at his home. ❚ A cocktail party with delicious bites from Thyme & Again Creative Catering. ❚ Dinners at a number of fine Ottawa restaurants

On March 11, auction items will also go up on a special eBay online auction site.