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Friday, June 5, 2015

Food for Thought with Alex Bielak - Les Marmitons - Cooks Without Pants

Les Marmitons - Cooks Without Pants 

Made you look! More on pants, or lack there-of, below.

In my last column, while extolling the virtues of several chefs under whose direction I have had the pleasure and privilege of cooking, I mentioned a cooking group I’m a member of. Here’s some more information about it, and how to express interest in joining.

A “Marmiton” was traditionally a young kitchen helper or apprentice chef, and Les Marmitons is a men’s cooking organization with 17 chapters across Canada and the U.S. The Niagara and Toronto clubs are within a manageable drive of Hamilton/Burlington, depending where you live: I’m involved with both. Members at clubs benefit from cooking on pro equipment at culinary colleges, the Canadian Food and Wine Institute at Niagara College, and Liaison College West, in Etobicoke, respectively.

Chapters organize events more or less monthly between September and May, including special ones