All the holiday warm and fuzzies will be in the air – and on the menu – at The Art of Holiday Classics, as The Waring House, Picton’s revered historic inn, welcomes into their kitchens Calgary’s dynamic duo, Chefs Connie DeSousa and John Jackson, and Loyalist College’s powerhouse culinary team, Chefs Scott Royce, John Schneeberger and Karin Desveaux.

Expect a multicourse menu of elevated and delicious comfort food, as this ensemble of six highly decorated and seasoned chefs, hosted by The Waring House’s Executive Chef David Correa, come together to celebrate the spirit of gathering over classic dishes, all with rich stories behind them—this is a dinner that will go down in the history books! 

This extravagant feast, with wine pairings by sommelier extraordinaire, Astrid Young, and festive cocktails from Kinsip House of Fine Spirits, will be beautifully showcased in The Waring House’s Waring Hall, which will be dressed to the nines to put everyone in the holiday spirit.

As a bonus, Lesley Chesterman, a food, and media rock star in Quebec, in both English and French will emcee this event. Apart from her twenty years of influential and informative restaurant reviews in the Montreal Gazette, Lesley had a weekly reporting gig on Radio Canada for a decade and continues to make countless other radio and television appearances as judge, commentator, and reporter. Lesley will also speak to her recently released cookbook called Make Everything Delicious which will be available at Zest Kitchen—a perfect guide to cooking at home over the holidays.