Michael Stadtlander

 It’s hard to know where to begin when writing about such an incredible event.  Let’s begin with ‘why’.

Melancthon is a township which has a major claim to fame.  Officially it is Class 1 farmland! It grows tons of magnificent potatoes not to mention some great cole crops like brussels sprouts.  It’s high, too, and its from its rollinggravel-filled hills that the magnificent Grand and Nottawasaga Rivers rise. Here in Ontario we don’t have glacier run off  upon which many cities in the west depend, we have rainfall and winter and generous aquifers that water our land and our people.

This gathering of the Canadian Chefs Congress was an historic event and we all knew it.  Registration closed early...there were just too many people who wanted to go. Unlike the usual foodie gatherings, Michael and Nobuyo Stadtlander opened their free form farm near Singhampton, Ontario, to the professional food community of Canada.