Harbourfront Centre Announces Food Programming at World Routes Festivals

I just received the lineup for food-related progamming during Harbourfront Centre's World Routes festivals this summer; Here's a summary:

Canada Day weekend (July 1-3)

• Global Turns Local: cooking demos with chefs Jose Hadad (Frida), Luis Valanzuela (Toritos Tapas Bar) and Preena Chauhan (Arvinda's) on July 1 at 3:30 & 5:30 (Lakeside Terrace)
• The Hot Spot: Films about global and local food and culture from July 2 to 4
• Longo's Canadian Iron Chef Competition on July 3 at 2 & 6 p.m. with a finale on July 4 at 2 p.m. (Brigantine Room)

Expressions of Brazil (July 16-18)

• Brazilian Cooking Demo with chef Mario Cassini on July 17 at 2:30 p.m. (Lakeside Terrace Tent)

Love, Saskatchewan (July 23-25)

• Taste of Saskatchewan cooking demos with Chef Beemal Vasani (Taj Mahal) on July 24 at 4:30 p.m. and July 25 at 4 p.m. and chef Dicki Yuzicapi (Sioux Chef Catering) on July 25 at 2 p.m. (Lakeside Terrace)

Island Soul (July 30 to August 2)

• Caribbean cooking demos on August 1 at 3 p.m. and August 2 at 3 & 5 p.m. (Lakeside Terrace)
• Best Caribbean Dumplings in Toronto Cook-Off on August 1 from 5 to 6 p.m. (Lakeside Terrace)

Hot & Spicy Food Festival (August 13-15)

• The Rhyming Chef (Philman George) on August 13 from 7 to 8 p.m. and August 15 at 5 p.m. (Redpath Stage)
• Longo's International Iron Chef Competition, with semifinals on August 14 at 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. and a finale on August 15 at 2 p.m. (Brigantine Room)
• 10 Tastes to Try Before You Die food cooking demo series from August 13 to 15 (Lakeside Terrace)

(First-ever) Fortune Cooking Food Festival (August 20-22)

• Best Night Market Cuisine Revealed! August 20 (Lakeside Terrace Tent)
• Dumplings to Desire cooking series at Lakeside Terrace Tent featuring Chinese Jiãozi with chef Zhen Feng on August 21 at 2:30; Tibetan Beef and Vegetable Momos with chef Tenzin Yewong (Tibet Café & Bar) on August 22 at 1 p.m.; Japanese Dango with chef Mina Makimine (Japanese consul-general's residence) on August 22 at 4 p.m., and Bison-Kangaroo and Vegetable Momos with chef Robin Pradhan on August 22 at 6 p.m..
• The Art of Hand-Pulled Noodles with chef Ken Sun (Sun's Kitchen) on August 21 from 3:30-4:15 p.m. (Redpath Stage) and 4:30-5:30 p.m. (Kidzone Tent)
• Fortune Cooking Iron Chef with semifinals on August 21 at 1:30 and 4:30, plus a finale on August 22 at 2 p.m. (Brigantine Room)

TELUS TAIWANfest Crossover (August 27-29)

• What's Cooking with Andrew Chase (Homemakers/Canadian Living) on August 28 at 2 p.m., 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. and August 29 at 1:30 p.m. & 4 p.m.

Photos by Gordon Hawkins, courtesy of Harbourfront Centre. Top: Iron Chef. Below: Food demo.