Founder's Award

The Founder's Award was presented to Anita Stewart in 1998 at Northern Bounty III in Halifax. Anita was the driving force behind the first Northern Bounty, a national symposium on Canadian Cuisine, held in September 1993 in Stratford, Ontario. It was a landmark conference, with participants from all corners of Canada and every segment of our culinary community.

The papers presented at the symposium were published in book form by Random House Canada as Northern Bounty: A Celebration of Canadian Cuisine, which Anita co-edited with Jo Marie Powers. From this beginning it became apparent that there was a need and desire for culinary communication across Canada. Along with a passionate group of industry leaders, Anita founded Cuisine Canada in 1995 and served as its first Executive Director.

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