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The SImilkameen Barbeque King wine and food pairing competition takes place Saturday, July 11 at the Grist Mill in Keremeos. Tickets are still available for the wine and culinarty event. Credit: Similkameen WIneries Association

Similkameen Barbecue King tantalizes taste buds this Saturday

PENTICTON – A premier food and wine event will take place at a local winery this weekend.

The 2015 Similkameen Barbecue King gets underway at the Grist Mill in Keremeos, beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 11. Eight chefs from throughout the South Okanagan and Similkameen will compete to provide the most crowd pleasing wine and food pairings to those in attendance.

“This truly unique wine and food experience is a competition where our featured chefs will create unique dishes for you using organic ingredients from local farmers in the heart of Canada’s organic capital. Each chef receives an identical basket of ingredients, yet each chef prepares those ingredients into remarkably different dishes,” Similkameen WIneries Association President Caroline Cottrill says.

Those in attendance have the opportunity to vote for best food and wine pairing by the 11 competing chefs, including three 'small bites' competitors.

John Rosseau and Paul Henbury from The River Line will headline entertainment for the event, followed by local entertainers They Them Theirs and Wild Organic Humans. There’s also artwork by Similkameen artists on display and a silent auction that is a partial fundraiser for the Grist Mill.

Similkameen Wineries Association Kim Lawton says tickets are still available for the event. A few shuttle seats are also available for Penticton and Summerland residents. The shuttle cost is included in the ticket price of $90. For more information go online at www.SimilkameenWine.com/events.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
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