Torontos heady food-fest is Hot & Spicy all weekend long

 at Harbourfront Centre

TORONTO -- World Routes summer festival series serves up the 

9th installment of Torontos renowned and uniquely entertaining Hot & 

Spicy Food Festival. The 06 version welcomes our newest neighbour and 

lead sponsor  Sobeys, and presents more food than ever culminating in 

what has fast become one of the hottest annual free events of the summer 

season  The Hot & Spicy IRON CHEF Competition: The Toronto Neighbourhood 

Challenge! 

Sobeys Hot & Spicy Food Festival runs Friday, August 11 -- Sunday, 

August 13 and offers 24 food vendors, 20 cooking demos, 6 music 

concerts, 5 dance performances, 6 films, 2 performance art shows and 2 

make and take projects for the kids and our International Market Place. 

Musical concerts this year feature a stellar combination of 

world-renown, award-winning artists including Nino Moschello, NOMO, 

Britains alternative State of Bengal, presented by Tilleys Endurables 

Cameroon, Muna Mingole and Frances noJazz as part of our Pepsi Concert 

series. Besharam burns hot at Late Night NOW presented by Brahama . 

Great music, along with gastronomically inspired films, dance, spiced-up 

performance comedy and a forum and photo exhibit on world food issues 

co-presented with ACT for the Earth and FoodShare Toronto. This is a 

chance for the public to experience the cultural aspect of food in ways 

not presented at other festivals. The Power of Place is Harbourfront 

Centre -- discovering the power of food and culture. Admission is Free.

Food-lovers and those who love to cook get up-close, learning the tricks 

of the trade from celebrity chefs as they fire up their grills. 

Chopping, stirring and shaking things up, this years chefs offer over 15 

unique recipes through demos, tastings and Q&A play! Highly popular with 

festival-goers, the cooking demos take place all three days on our Ann 

Tindal Lawn and in Lakeside Terrace and the Brigantine Tent. Demo food 

samples are $2 with tickets sold at each demonstration venue. Public 

information is available at 416-973-4000 or 

www.harbourfrontcentre.com/wr    

A recent, new hot & Spicy addition (year 3) and extremely popular event, 

The Iron Chef Competition goes live, onstage in the Brigantine Room as 

our panel of food experts provide play by play commentary over two 

showdowns while judging who will be crowned as Sobeys Hot and Spicy Iron 

Chef 2006. The Iron Chef theme this year is The Toronto Neighbourhood 

Challenge with chef representing the four corners of the GTA.  Saturday 

sees semi-finals as North takes on South and later East competes against 

West with the final closing out the festival. (see event listings).

FOOD FEATURES: 

Demonstrations include: Flaming Flambs, Caribbean-Thai Curry, Masala 

Girl spices, Firey Gazpacho, Hot sauce recipes, using Hot Pepper sauces, 

Jamie Kennedys kitchen recipes, Ayurderic Indian Vegetarian cooking, 

Lime pickles, Curry Devil  a Straits Chinese dish, Sobeys chef recipe, 

Aussie-style Laksa and, New Orleans favourites.  

Red Hot Market will be returning as a place for the public to sample and 

purchase an eclectic variety of spices, sauces, marinades and dips - all 

with that hot and spicy flair. 

Harbourfront Centres World Caf is proud to bring diverse and delicious 

cuisine from around the world, from chefs established throughout the 

GTA! We've tasted and tested hundreds of dishes so that you can get the 

best international treats. Every weekend, visitors have a chance to try 

food from different regions - examples include Africa, East Asia, 

Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, South 

Asia, the West Indies, as well fusion cuisine. Red Hot Market and  World 

Caf listings follow.

SPECIAL PUBIC ALERT: Harbourfront Centre will be open and accessible 

through this special event.

Torontos Waterfront Road Closure Notice  Queens Quay Boulevard

August 11-20, 2006, the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation is 

hosting a 10-day event on Queens Quay called Quay to the City: Summer 06 

so that residents of Toronto can start experiencing the benefits of a 

proposed new design for Queens Quay and the central waterfront waters 

edge promenade.

The event involves closing the eastbound lanes of Queens Quay between 

Spadina and York to traffi c. In order to set up and take down the 

event, the street closure will run from August 8 to August 23, 2006 

inclusive.

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Media Contacts: 

Shane Gerard; 416-973-4655; sgerard@harbourfrontcentre.com

Wendy Vincent; 416-973- 4518; wvincent@harbourfrontcentre.com

Bill Bobek; 416-973-4428; wbobek@harbourfrontcentre.com

Schedule of Hot & Spicy Events

The Red Hot Market

All weekend

This popular market is a place to sample and purchase an eclectic 

variety of spices, sauces, marinades and dipsall with a hot and spicy 

flair.

Hot and Spicy Iron Chef Competition III AND THE WINNER IS

Sunday August 13 at 3:30 pm

Sobeys Hot & Spicy Food Festival (August 11 to August 13) 

*All cooking demos sample tickets are $2 each, sold at venue. 

Red Hot Market (Lakeside Terrace Tent): August 11  13: 

Vendors include: Augusts Harvest; Betty K. Foods; Ednas Pickles; The Joy 

of Harvest; Masala Girl Cuisine Inc.; Susies Hot Sauce  Antigua; Brooks 

Pepperfire Foods Inc.; Mengrai by Sasi; Sauce with an Accent; Shashis 

Indian Cooking; Southern Accent; Volcanic Ass Hot Sauce 

Red Hot Market Times: Friday (6 p.m.  12 a.m.), Saturday (noon  12 

a.m.), Sunday (noon  6 p.m.)   

World Caf: August 11  13: 

Vendors include: Good 2 Go; Bright Pearl; Sangam; La Fiesta; Co Co 

Banana; Vivs Restaurant; Simmos Grill;  Churros Ricos Churros; One Love 

Corn; Tropical Food Hut 

Friday, August 11, 2006 

Cooking Demo  Flaming Flamb with Miss Kitty preceded by The Goodness 

Gracious Fire Dancers 

(9 p.m.  Ann Tindal Park) 

Music  Nino Moschella (8 p.m.  Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage) 

Music  NOMO (9:30 p.m.  Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage) 

Dance  NGOMA Drum and Dance Ensemble (7 p.m.  Toronto Star Stage) 

Forum  Food Justice Forum (6:30 p.m.  Forum - Lakeside Terrace) 

Film - Future of Food (8:30 p.m.  Studio Theatre) 

Film  Seeds of Change (10:30 p.m.  Studio Theatre) 

Performance Art  Spicy Divas Cabaret (11 p.m.  Brigantine Room) 

Visual Art  From Field to Table: FoodShare and the Power of Food 

(6 p.m.  12 a.m.  Marilyn Brewer Community Space)

Saturday, August 12, 2006 

Cooking Demo  Carol Lazzerri cooks up Southwestern Chicken Stew (1 p.m.  

Brigantine Tent) 

Cooking Demo  Caribbean-Thai Vegetable Curry with rice, peas and coconut 

milk with nutritionist Julie Daniluk and Chef Sybil Pinnock (3 p.m.  

Brigantine Tent) 

Cooking Demo  Spice Talk with Masala Girl Sapna Jain (3:30 p.m.  

Lakeside Terrace) 

Cooking Demo  Russell Ross and the Volcanic Ass Hot Sauce Company (4:30 

p.m.  Ann Tindal Park) 

Cooking Demo  Carol Lazzerri cooks up Fiery Gazpacho (5:30 p.m.  

Brigantine Tent) 

Cooking Demo  Save New Orleans Soul - Chef Troy Brocato (5:30 p.m.  

Lakeside Terrace) 

Cooking Demo  Brooks Pepperfire Foods teach you how to Play with Fire 

(6:30 p.m.  Ann Tindal Park) 

Cooking Demo  Ednas Pickles (1:30 p.m.  Ann Tindal Park) 

Cooking Demo  Flaming Flamb with Miss Kitty preceded by The Goodness 

Gracious Fire Dancers 

(9 p.m.  Ann Tindal Park) 

Iron Chef Competition  Semi-final Competition 1: Toronto North vs. 

Toronto South (2 p.m.  Brigantine Room) 

Iron Chef Competition  Semi-final Competition 2: Toronto East vs. 

Toronto West (4:30 p.m.  Brigantine Room) 

Music  State of Bengal  presented by Tilley Endurables (9:30 p.m.  

Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage) 

Music  Besharam  Late Night Now presented by Brahma (11 p.m.  Brigantine 

Room and Lakeside Terrace) 

Dance  Hawaiian Pacific Magic (1 p.m.  Toronto Star Stage) 

Dance  Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe (2:30 p.m.  Toronto Star Stage) 

Dance Workshop  Stick Dancing Workshop with the Fiesta Filipina (4 p.m.  

The Lookout) 

Film  Chef in Love (1:30 p.m.  Studio Theatre) 

Film  China Rises: Food is Heaven (4 p.m.  Studio Theatre) 

Visual Art  From Field to Table: FoodShare and the Power of Food 

(noon  12 a.m.  Marilyn Brewer Community Space) 

Kids  Make Garlic Pepper Crisps from Scratch! A no sharp knifes, no 

stove-top cooking workshop with 

author Jennifer Low (12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.  The Lookout) 

Kids  Chef Hats and Aprons Make and Take with Amy Barnes (1 p.m.  5 p.m.  

Harbourfront Kidz Tent) 

Sunday, August 13, 2006 

Cooking Demo  Chef Demo by Jamie Kennedy Kitchens (12 p.m.  Lakeside 

Terrace) 

Cooking Demo  Ayurderic Indian Vegetarian cooking with Chef Shashi Jain 

(12:30 p.m.  Brigantine Tent) 

Cooking Demo  Ednas Pickles (1:30 p.m.  Ann Tindal Park)

Cooking Demo  Indian Cooking with Masala Girl Sapna Jain (2 p.m.  

Lakeside Terrace) 

Cooking Demo  Curry Devil with Genevieve Peng (2:30 p.m.  Brigantine 

Tent) 

Cooking Demo  Compliments Culinary Centre Chef James Smith presented by 

Sobeys (4 p.m.  Lakeside Terrace) 

Cooking Demo  Aussie Style Laksa with Personal Chef Mike Benninger (4:30 

p.m.  Brigantine Tent)

Iron Chef Competition  Final Competition (3:30 p.m.  Brigantine Room) 

Music  Muna Mingole (3 p.m.  Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage) 

Music  no Jazz (4:30 p.m.  Harbourfront Centre Concert Stage) Pepsi 

Concert Series

Dance  Sampradaya Dance Creations (4 p.m.  Toronto Star Stage) 

Film  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory preceded by How Do TheyPut 

the Centers in Chocolates? 

(2 p.m.  Studio Theatre)

Performance Art  Funny Waiter (12 p.m.  Toronto Star Stage) 

Visual Art  From Field to Table: FoodShare and the Power of Food 

(noon  6 p.m.  Marilyn Brewer Community Space) 

Kids  Make and Take Chef Hats and Aprons with Amy Barnes (1 p.m.  5 p.m.  

Harbourfront Kidz Tent) (end)