Forest-to-Table Events

Experience the Forest on Your Plate

Conceived for large groups, C’est Bon Cooking’s Forest-to-Table Culinary Events are led by professional chefs and feature a meal made with local Canadian products and boreal forest ingredients. Participants will not only enjoy a delicious forest-inspired meal but will learn more about how our forests feed us – mind, body and spirit!

Groups Over 24 People

Interactive Cooking Demo or Group Cooking
At one of two community partner locations

Groups of 8 to 24 People

Hands-on Cooking Class in our facilities in the ByWard Market, or at one of our off-site community partner locations

Groups Under 8 People

Groups smaller than 8 people are welcome to cook in our ByWard Market facilities.
Base rates apply.

Off-Site Culinary Events

We’ve partnered with the folks at the Just Food Farm and the Vanier Sugar Shack to deliver one-of-a-kind cooking experiences that will elevate your cooking and heighten your appreciation for the forests that surround us.

Both facilities are situated within 15 minutes of downtown!

Event Features

Pre-set, three-course meal: We’ve carefully developed a menu that features forest ingredients in every dish and still facilitates dietary restrictions and the conditions of cooking outside of a kitchen environment.

MENU: Greens with Forest-Spiced Vinaigrette – Boreal Forest Risotto – Maple Dessert

Guests will partake in putting together the main course. Salad and dessert will be prepared in advance.

Sustainability Presentation: While dining, guests will learn more about the work conducted by Forêt Capitale Forest, a charitable organization working in Ottawa to plant trees and educate people on the importance of food forests and afforestation.

Your Off-Site Experience Details

RATES: $150 per person,
$15 per person, per add-on.

Taxes (13%) and gratuities (15%) extra

EVENT DETAILS

3-course meal
2-hour event
Interactive – some guest participation
Banquet table seating
Presentation while eating

INCLUSIONS

Local wine, beer, soft drinks, coffee and tea
Presentation by Forêt Capitale Forest on forest-related programs they run throughout the region

ADD-ONS ($)

Add a take-home gift:
Maple syrup (includes a donation to the Muséoparc Vanier Foundation), or
Boreal Spice Mix (donation to the Inuuqatigiit Centre for Inuit Children, Youth and Families)

CHARITABLE GIVING

A donation will automatically be made on your behalf to Forêt Capitale Forest, plus opportunity to give to our other charitable partners via the take-home gift option

MEET THE CHARITABLE PARTNERS WE WORK WITH FOR THESE EXPERIENCES

Just Food Farm

Forêt Capitale Forest

Museoparc Vanier Foundation

Inuuqatigiit Centre for Inuit Children, Youth and Families

In-Kitchen Cooking – ByWard Market

Enjoy a relaxed and content-rich cooking experience in our fully-equipped kitchens on Dalhousie Street, in the quieter part of the ByWard Market. Only 10-minutes walk from the Rogers Centre, or 5 minutes walk from the National Gallery of Canada.

You’ll consult with our chefs on the menu for your event based on your group’s dietary considerations. The menu will feature forest ingredients in every dish and local, in-season products, when available.
Guests will partake in putting together the first and main courses. The dessert will be prepared in advance.

Once your meal is done, shop from our Forest Pantry for some of the spices and ingredients you will have discovered during your cooking experience!

Your In-Kitchen Experience Details

RATES:

$150 per person for 2-Course Meal
$175 per person for 3-Course Meal
$15 per person, per add-on

For groups under 8 people:
Flat rate of $1,200 for 2-course, or $1,400 for 3-course

Taxes (13%) and gratuities (15%) extra