Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fmarch-24th-2018-oaxaca-city-mexico%2F&linkname=March%2024th%2C%202018-%20Oaxaca%20City%2C%20Mexico%21" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fmarch-24th-2018-oaxaca-city-mexico%2F&linkname=March%2024th%2C%202018-%20Oaxaca%20City%2C%20Mexico%21" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fmarch-24th-2018-oaxaca-city-mexico%2F&title=March%2024th%2C%202018-%20Oaxaca%20City%2C%20Mexico%21"></a><br> Heading to The Home of true Mexican Cooking in Oaxaca with Susana Trilling.<br> <br> The SHOW<br> <br> Cheers and welcome to Year 10 of Tasting Room Radio.<br> You can find the Podcast on iTunes, Airs at 11am Pacific every Saturday at Roundhouse Radio 983 Vancouver.<br> Alex Chen – Canadian Culinary Championships – Gold Medal Winner <br> <br> Chef Alex Chen wins GoldWe start in Vancouver at the Boulevard Restaurant at The Sutton Place Hotel with Gold Medal Winning Chef Alex Chen.<br> He’ll be answering the question – How did he do it? How did he beat the very best chefs in Canada in the <a href="https://linkedin.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebb6876005851628defbd1cb8&id=cfff5097cb&e=eb1840fffe">Canadian Culinary Championships</a>.<br> He’s a totally engaging and passionate guest, very much like his cooking.<br> Alex was one of 11 chefs who won Gold Medal Plates regional competitions held across the country in 2017 to earn the right to compete in the national championships, which began with a Mystery Wine pairing event on Friday night and continued Saturday with a Black Box competition that allowed chefs just one hour to prepare a dish using seven mystery ingredients.<br> The two events culminated in Saturday night’s grand finale, where Chen prepared the same signature Parfait of Wild BC Shellfish, ‘Chowder’, Northern Divine Caviar and Bull Kelp ‘Brioche’ — paired with Sea Star Estate Farm and Vineyards’ 2016 Ortega from Pender Island, BC — that earned him top spot at the Gold Medal Plates regional competition in Victoria, BC last October.<br> Please meet our first guest Chef Alex Chen. Pure Gold!<br> <a href="https://linkedin.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebb6876005851628defbd1cb8&id=965d12c717&e=eb1840fffe">www.boulevardvancouver.ca</a><br> <a href="https://linkedin.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebb6876005851628defbd1cb8&id=1d0c394898&e=eb1840fffe">/blvdyvr</a> on Facebook / @blvdyvr on <a href="https://linkedin.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebb6876005851628defbd1cb8&id=a11f0b04dd&e=eb1840fffe">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://linkedin.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebb6876005851628defbd1cb8&id=31840a5369&e=eb1840fffe">Instagram</a>.<br> <br> Susana Trilling – Seasons of my Heart – Oaxaca, Mexico<br> <br> <br> SusanaTrillingOaxaca (Wha-haka) is the home of traditional Mexican cooking. It’s also the epicenter of Mescal and Mole Sauces.<br> How lucky was I to find a place to sit in the shade in a small courtyard and see her sign right in front of me?<br> Surely, here was a perfect guest for the show. A chef and author who discovered the historic centre of true Mexican cooking and never left. Teaching and advocating as she went.<br> <br> <br> <br> Check out just a small part of Susana’s personal history.<br> <br> Susana Trilling is a chef, teacher, caterer, author, TV hostess,
