This is What $700 Gets You for Gagnaire at ITHQ

The cuisine of star chef Pierre Gagnaire will be on stage at the place that produces more chefs in the province of Quebec than any other. The grand event at the Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec's restaurant will see Gagnaire and his Michelin three-star brigade serve up cocktails and a six-course meal with wine pairings (which have yet to be revealed). ITHQ chef Mathias Théau, students from the Professional Cuisine program and sommelier Eric Chevrier will be on hand to assit. Professor Thierry Pelven will supervise service with another student brigade.

Tickets for the soirée cost $700.

Cocktails
· Cheddar cream gougère
· Arugula biscuit
· Beet financier with a tart jelly
· Parmesan and turmeric shortbread
· Chestnut tuile with tuna paste
· Ginger and lemon-marinated shrimp with a cucumber veil
· Tarragon or coriander marshmallow

Six-Course Meal (plus)
· "Burnt" onion jelly with juniper, cream of
Jerusalem artichokes with cranberries, foie gras Chantilly
· Half-salted cod fillet scented with orange powder and calumba, Ryuki squash
· Cabbage soup, cabbage stuffed with snow crab, shellfish, baby turnips and red wine juice with anchovy
· Arctic char fillet poached in nut butter, fondue of grapefruit and watercress, lemon veil
· Potato ice cream with mustard, ice cider Wurtz
· Veal morsel pan-fried with local herbs, shallot confit with cinnamon, Medjool date leaf, Ricotta roasted with star anise and emulsified with black olives, crunchy fennel with rhubarb
· Red beet water with Campari, mortadella chiffonnade
· Prune and blackcurrant jam with pepper, licorice cassata
· Multicoloured marshmallows and vents de sable, white cheese mousseline, caramelized pears
· Tandoori apples with sultana raisins, Diamant shortbread biscuits with parmesan, green pepper Liebig
· Latour chocolate biscuit
· This and That at ITHQ [Eater Montreal]
· ITHQ [Official Site]