Spring in Stratford is bursting with flavour. Bring your friends and be the first to sample our newest Culinary Trail – The Savour Stratford Maple Trail. Don your apron and explore new ways to serve spring lamb at the GE Café Chefs cooking classes. Pull on your wellies and come foraging with us along the Avon Trail or book a special day with mom for a tea and chocolate pairing. Add special accommodation and theatre offers to your spring Stratford culinary getaway.
Savour Stratford Maple Trail
A new culinary experience awaits you in Stratford! The Maple Trail joins our award-winning Chocolate Trail and Bacon and Ale Trail. With 12 stops to choose from, you’ll be tempted by savoury bites of maple grainy mustard on a maple smoked bacon sandwich, a maple aioli dip for sweet potato fries or maple balsamic vinegar and sweet treats of crunchy maple brittle, maple fudge and traditional maple pie. Check out all the maple treats at www.visitstratford.ca/mapletrail to enjoy local maple flavours all year long.
GE Café Chefs Series
We’re picking up spring flavours this Sunday, April 14, as Chef Ryan Crawford, graduate of the Stratford Chefs School (Gastrohomestead, Niagara), returns to Stratford demonstrating the importance of sustainability using the entire lamb in several preparations including pickled tongue, carpaccio, croquets, sausage, chops and of course, grilled marinated leg of lamb. Sommelier Daniel Lafleur of Tawse Winery will pair your lunch with award-winning wines from Tawse, the same location where the lambs were raised and used to prune the grape vines in the vineyard.
On April 21 we welcome Top Chef Canada’s Rob Rossi (Bestellen, Toronto) creating every course "From Scratch…with love!" Sharing Rob’s Italian roots, you’ll make steak tartare, hand-made spaghetti, whole roasted leg of lamb stuffed and rolled, finishing with traditional panna cotta.
The series continues May 5 as Chef Jonathan Gushue (Langdon Hall, Cambridge) creates a seasonal menu from the garden. Classes run from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Local Community Food Centre in Stratford. Check out menus and purchase tickets on-line at www.visitstratford.ca/GEChefs.
Savour Stratford Spring Tastings
A Foraging Feast with Milky Whey takes you to the wild side with seasoned foraged, Peter Blush of Puck’s Plenty. On April 27 Peter will lead you along Perth County paths in search of early spring greens followed by a pairing with selected local cheese at Milky Whey. On May 4 Foraging for Edible Plants is planned as Peter guides you along his favourite stretches of the Avon Trail in search of wild leeks, stinging nettles and fiddleheads. Bring your camera and note book and take away recipes to enhance your spring bounty. For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.visitstratford.ca/tastings.
Mother’s Day Tea and Chocolate
Plan a special treat just for you and mom in Stratford on May 11. Tea Sommelier Karen Hartwick will guide a tea tasting and pairing with Rheo Thompson chocolate for a hour of pure bliss. For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.visitstratford.ca/tastings.
Plan a Stratford spring getaway with great accommodation specials and Stratford Festival theatre ticket offers www.visitstratford.ca/spring.
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