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Executive Chef Jessica Pelland is an award-winning new radical and fierce competitor in the culinary arena. A born-and-bred Calgarian, and Alberta’s first Chopped Canada champion, her culinary roots are loyal to prairie soil with international inspiration and flavour interpretation. Since 2010, Chef Pelland has been cutting her teeth and sharpening her skills working alongside Chefs John Jackson and Connie DeSousa at CHARCUT Roast House as their right hand. Known as an ambitious powerhouse in the kitchen, she specializes in whole-animal butchery, curing, grilling, roasting, and works magic in her refined rustic cooking style.
In 2015, Che Pelland begins a new journey as Executive Chef of charbar, an innovative ingredient-driven restaurant that promises to entice Calgarians and visitors with new ways to experience food, drink, art, and socializing. Passionate about travel and exploring food communities, Chef Pelland prepares for the ultimate culinary adventure in 2014, where she will eat and cook her way through iconic culinary destinations like New York, San Francisco, and further south to Peru and Argentina. This journey of discovery will define and inspire charbar’s food philosophy and identity. At the helm of charbar, Jessica will have the opportunity to stage and collaborate with some of the world’s most influential chefs of this decade.
Website: charbar
Twitter: @charbar_yyc
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