PARIS, OUR HONOURED GUEST STAR
The festival’s gourmet Program, the Air France Wine and Dine Experience,
has been a runaway success since its inception in 2000. No surprises here: nowhere
else in the world will you find dozens of renowned chefs in the same city at the
same time, cooking at the highest level in the company of their peers. Some 250
guests from 5 continents have already paired up to sate the appetites and palates
of Festival fans, who fully understood the opportunity served up before them: tasting
dishes prepared by the greatest chefs, at Montreal restaurant prices!
This year, in celebration of our 10th anniversary, we are happy to welcome Paris
as our honoured guest city. Our honorary president will be the unique Alain Passard
of l’Arpège (three stars in the Michelin guide). Joining him will be a delegation
of 27 veteran french cooks, judiciously representing the culinary diversity of this
great gastronomical capital, as well as six French winegrowers eager to present
their meticulously refined vintages.
Close to 50 partner restaurateurs—the Festival’s Finest Tables—have gone to great
lengths to offer you a panoply of special activities. Many of them will pair up
to welcome their guests, while others prepare elaborate theme soirées offering genuine
culinary discoveries.
More? How about eight specialty restaurants, the Festival Lunch Menus, featuring
fortifying lunches for only $12.95, or the Festival of Our Cheeses with a dozen
of Quebec’s finest cheesemakers, or the activities at Jean-Talon Market including
a showcase of products from Slow Food Les Montérégiennes, or the popular Grande
Raclette, held just before the renowned Montreal All-Nighter. Surrender to the gourmet
adventure of the MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS Festival, and dig into an immense and tantalizing
array of activities.
The complete Air France Wine & Dine Experience program will be available from December
16, 2008.
