(Posted 12:30 p.m., Dec. 27)
Local restauranteurs spread Christmas cheer of the edible variety
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Chefs Marc Miron and Chantal Gagné spent Christmas Eve morning preparing 20 gourmet Christmas dinners for 20 financially-strapped families in Orléans. Photo supplied

For the second year in a row the staff and customers at the Cuisine et Passion restaurant and cooking school on St. Joseph Blvd. have taken time out of their busy schedules to provide a gourmet Christmas dinner for 20 financially-strapped families living in the far east end.

Each meal consisted of pumpkin, apple and curry soup, a turkey with traditional bread stuffing, sweet potatoes and mixed vegetables and pecan pie for four. Customers and other members of the public were invited to sponsor eaxch meal for just $50. The families were all clients of the Orléans-Cumberland Resource Centre who helped prepare and deliver the meals.

Chef Marc Miron and his wife and business partner Chef Chantal Gagné started preparing the meals early Thursday morning. By 11:30 a.m. they had all been delivered to the recipient families.

"We wanted to support our community and this is just the most natural way for us to do it," says Miron. "The response from our customers was fantastic. It's the type of thing that they wanted to support and they were even happier to support knowing that it was going to stay in the community."

The retail value of each gourmet meal for four was $180.

"The families were very excited. They were thrilled to be getting such a beautiful dinner that they could share with their family," says Miron. "We plan to make it a tradition and continue it every year."

(This story was made possible thanks to the generous support of our local business partners.)

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