The Great Irish Stew Challenge: Tough Competition for First Place
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STEVE MCVITTIE, owner of the Celtic Treasure Chest and organizer of the Great Irish Stew Challenge in White Rock, with Diane and Dave Abbott. |
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THREE CONTEST JUDGES (L-R) Front: Councillor Catherine Ferguson, City of White Rock and Pam Glass. Behind: Mary Martin, Councillor City of Surrey. |
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MEMBERS of the Irish Club White Rock. (LEFT) Irish dancer Siobhan Doyle is with the Stewart School of Irish Dance. She is shown with her grandmother on the left, Anne Kroeker. |
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KATHY KING with her mother Mary McNulty (formerly of Donegal) |
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THREE MEMBERS of the Stewart School of Irish Dance who entertained at the Irish Stew Challenge in White Rock: Naomi McCullough, Jeffrey Carandang and Kaitlin Carandang. All three dancers recently competed at the World Championships in Belfast. [Two others who also competed in Belfast are missing from the photos. They are: Melanie Bland and Shane Byrne.] |
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GERRY O'KEEFE , Past-resident of the Irish Club White Rock and Joe Kinsella, enjoying the afternoon at the Irish Stew Challenge in White Rock. |
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ANNE BOYLE and Patrick Maxwell, enjoying the afternoon entertainment at the Irish Stew Challenge in White Rock. |
By CATHOLINE BUTLER
WHITE ROCK - On March 9 the Great Irish Stew Challenge took place in the courtyard just outside the Celtic Treasure Chest Shop and Bakery in White Rock.
Colleen and I took a drive out to sunny White Rock to take part in the festivities where I was one of the judges for the stew contest. I sat alongside Dave Abbott of Dave Abbott's Travel Diary on 600 AM Radio; Pam Glass of the Irish Women's Network; Catherine Ferguson, Councillor for the City of White Rock; Martin Jevans, Director of the White Rock Business Association; Kathy King of the Irish Club White Rock; and Mary Martin, Councillor, City of Surrey.
We all had great fun trying the different types of stew and the unanimous choice for first place was the Seahorse Grill; second place, the Celtic Times Irish Pub; and third place was Belle's Corner Restaurant.
We were entertained throughout the afternoon with the superb dancing of the Stewart School of Irish dancers of which five were going to compete at the World Championships in Belfast. The BC Regiment of the Irish Pipes and Drums were also on hand to play some well-known Celtic airs.
Steve McVittie, owner of The Celtic Treasure Chest in the Dunbar area of Vancouver and The Celtic Treasure Chest and Bakery in White Rock was one of the main organizers of the Great Irish Stew Challenge.
For the past five years, McVittie has been the parade marshal for the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Vancouver. The Celtic Treasure Chest also has a tent in the Celtic Village Market at CelticFest each year. Both Steve and his wife Lil are tireless supporters of events in the Celtic community.
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