We are hosting 2 more Whisky Tasting Fundraisers for the displaced people of Fort McMurray. Some of the residents will be able to start heading back to town to check things out this week but it will still be awhile before the cleanup is such that they can actually move back to their homes. These are our men, women and children and they still need our help.

As I mentioned in our last email we are partnering with our food and whisky providers to raise money for the Canadian Red Cross’ Alberta Fire Appeal. The Canadian Red Cross is, along with other agencies, assisting our displaced citizens with food, clothing, necessities, lodging and counselling. The deadline for the federal government’s Canadian Red Cross donation matching is today, May 31st. We were hoping to make one large donation after our whisky fundraisers were complete but today we made a donation of $5000 to ensure the government top up.

The Edrington Group, the owners of The Macallan and Highland Park distilleries have offered to match the $1320 we raised from our first whisky tasting fundraiser we hosted. Thank you very much Dan and the folks at Edrington!

We committed to hosting  a series of 5 Whisky events to raise money for our fellow Canadians, our goal was to raise $10,000 and we’re still heading that way.  We looked at all the agencies fundraising and the Red Cross has the lowest administration costs with 91% of all money raised going to support those in need.

In addition to the generous support from our whisky partners we would also like to thank our food partners for their generous donations as well:

Gordon Food Service

Cioffi’s Meats

Hallmark Poultry

D’Original Sausage Company

Finest at Sea

Click here to donate directly to the Canadian Red Cross Alberta Fires Appeal

Whisky Tasting Monday, June 6th @ 7pm

Our fourth whisky tasting fundraiser is gonna be a bit different. Ryan Cheverie from Brown-Forman is gonna hang with us pouring some of the finest American made whisky while ya’ll enjoy some down home country cookin’.

Brown-Forman owns some of the best known whisky brands around: Woodford Reserve, Collingwood and of course Jack Daniels. B-F has also just acquired 3 Scottish distilleries; Glendronnach, BenRiach and Glenglassaugh. Who knows what he’s gonna bring along!

So come on down to The Kitchen for our early summer American Picnic, sip some whisky, hear some tales, have some great food and enjoy some southern charm and all for a good cause.

Our talented kitchen team will be creating a great southern picnic to accompany some of Brown-Forman’s greatest whiskies.

So grab one of our limited tickets and join us and Ryan on Monday, June 6th for a whisky picnic here at The Kitchen.

As always there are only 30 tickets available and I can assure you they sell out fast.

Be sure to plan for a safe ride home!

The cost for this event is only $60 plus GST and is open to only 30 people!  click here to register

Whisky Tasting Wednesday June 7th @ 7pm

The fifth and final whisky tasting in our Fort McMurray Fundraising series is our Independent Bottlers tasting, hosted by Roberto Roberti and The Fountana Group.

The Fountana Group represents some of the finest independent bottlers around: Gordon & MacPhail, Dewar Rattray, Blackadder and others.

Roberto will be here showcasing some of the best from these Independent Bottlers and . . . ? a surprise or 2?

There will be light fare prepared by our culinary team to accompany these wonderful whiskies.

So grab one of our limited tickets and join us and Roberto on Wednesday June 8th for this fundraising whisky tasting here at The Kitchen.

There are only 30 tickets available and I can assure you they sell out fast.

Be sure to plan for a safe ride home!

The cost for this event is only $60 plus GST and is open to only 30 people!  click here to register