WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Okanagan chef Martin Laprise was in the international spotlight Monday on a popular Francophone foodie show.
The broadcast also featured Okanagan vistas, local food and wine.
“I’m very happy,” says Laprise following the premier of the episode shot in West Kelowna, August 13, 2015. “I didn’t look like a goof. I made the Okanagan look good and it’s great!”
The show, Le goût du pays, translating to A taste of the country, broadcasts to 90 countries on the French language channel with the largest reach in the world.
“Ninety countries! It’s crazy,” says Laprise.
“It’s great because we get stuff right out of the garden. Cook it. I live this every day. I don’t promote it that much because I live it.”
The private chef and caterer of The Chef in Stead prepared beef tri-tip with cherry barbecue sauce and chicken with peach salsa. One of his specialties is slow cooked meat.
“Between food and all the great restaurants we have and the wineries, it has to appeal to them,” says Laprise of showcasing the Okanagan to a French audience. “But it’s going to take time for them to travel here.”
Laprise enjoyed being part of the Okanagan showcase for the show that follows French chefs in Canada, he ultimately had only one viewer in mind.
“I did it for my mom. My mom’s back east, she doesn’t travel, so then she gets to see where I live and how I cook and all this stuff. So it’s kinda nice, you know.”
Episode information can be found here.
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