Jacques Marie, guest speaker

Toronto Vintners Club is delighted to have as our guest speaker at the upcoming tasting of 2000 Chateauneuf du Pape, Jacques Marie - international wine judge, a Master in Food and Wine Technology and a Master Chef. A native of Normandy, France who has lived in Canada for many years, he is a co-author The Wine Lover Dines with reknown wine writer, Tony Aspler, and co-author of The Wine Manual with Konrad Ejbich and Shari Darling . Jacques also hosted two radio shows on wine.

His work experience includes Executive Chef at Sutton Place Hotel and Executive Sous-Chef at the Four Seasons Hotel Inn On The Park in Toronto. He was a Professor in Wine Education at the Stratford Cooking School and at George Brown College in Toronto. In 1992, he was made a Fellow of the Ontario Hostelery Institute.

Jacques received the Croix de Chevalier du Merite Agricole from the French government in addition to many other awards from various associations. He is an active governor of the Sommelier Guild and is a member of numerous wine and culinary groups. Jacques has many other interests ranging from music to camping and scuba diving.

Thank you to http://www.culinaryarts.ca/Culinary_Arts_chefs.htm for much of the biography on Jacques Marie.