About les amis du FROMAGE
Alice Spurrell
Alice
is a Grande Diploma graduate of the
Cordon Bleu in London and
has also received a diploma in pastry from the Cordon Bleu in Paris.
An avid promoter of all things food and wine, she has been the past
president of the Vancouver chapter of the International Wine
and Food Society, and a jury member for the
Vancouver Arts Awards (culinary).
Alice is a member of France's Confrerie les Chevalier du Taste
Fromage de France, and is a
Maitre Fromager in the
Guilde des Fromagers
Confrerie du Saint-Uguzon. She has traveled extensively throughout
France, Italy, Spain and other parts of Europe.
Allison Spurrell
Allison
Spurrell, with her mother Alice, owns Les Amis du Fromage, Vancouver’s
busy specialty cheese shop. Allison Spurrell has had a keen interest in
cooking from an early age and is now an accomplished chef and business
owner. The Spurrell’s first business, The
Menu Setters,
a catering company specializing in cheese and wine functions, led to the
creation of a cheese shop with a mission to make great cheese available
to everybody. Responsible
for the acquisition of over 500 different types of cheeses, from across
Canada as well as internationally, Allison is an authority on cheese.
She conducts cheese tastings at Les Amis du Fromage, and
interacts closely with many of British Columbia’s great chefs and wine
tasting societies.
Allison has been a judge for the
Canadian Cheese Grand Prix, and she has recently received a
certificate in Cheese Making Technology from the
Department of Food Science at the University of Guelph.
She is currently involved with Les
Dames d’Escoffier and has recently been inducted in to the Confrérie
des Chevaliers des Fromages de France
and
the Guilde des Fromagers
Confrerie du Saint-Uguzon.
Joe Chaput
Joe
has cooked in Vancouver restaurants and hotels for over 20 years.
He has a Red Seal
trade certificate in cooking and has completed the
ISG Wine Fundamentals level II with
Mark Davidson. He is a member of
the Guilde des Fromagers
Confrerie du Saint-Uguzon.
You can currently find him cooking at
Au Petit Chavignol,
the new restaurant attached to the newest outpost of les amis du
FROMAGE.