B.C. native’s recipe inspires new President’s Choice® Milk Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Cups
RECIPE TO RICHES made its season premiere this evening, with three home-cooks battling it out over their signature dessert recipes. Jesse Meredith of Coquitlam, B.C. impressed the judges with his Milk Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Cups, beating out Erika Pauze’s Maple Bacon Butter Tarts and Brad Reinsch’s Co Co Nut Nut Bars. As well, starting this weekend, Canadians can purchase President’s Choice® Milk Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Cups at select Loblaw banner stores across the country.
Jesse’s Milk Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Cups are a one-bite treat, combining hand-held chocolate cups, a crunchy graham-cookie crumb, luscious raspberry filling and a creamy cream cheese topping. This recipe was inspired by his little sister, who was sick and unable her eat her favourite dessert. Jesse’s victory last night earned him $25,000 and a spot in the live series finale on Wednesday, April 2 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC-TV for a chance to win $250,000.
Next week’s episode of RECIPE TO RICHES airs on Wednesday, March 5 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC-TV and features the entrée category. Each competitor will need to impress an esteemed panel of judges, featuring marketing guru Arlene Dickinson, chef and entrepreneur Vikram Vij and food expert Gail Simmons. RECIPE TO RICHES is hosted by actor and food-lover Carlo Rota.
After all category winners have been chosen, Canadians can vote for their favourite online at www.cbc.ca/recipetoriches/ from 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 26 to 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 30.
Find the show online at:
Website: cbc.ca/recipetoriches
Twitter: @RecipetoRiches #RecipetoRiches
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About RECIPE TO RICHES:
Now exclusively on CBC-TV, reality culinary competition, RECIPE TO RICHES aims to discover the best of the best in Canadian food development. It invites Canadian home-cooks to create and share their original favourite personal recipes with the country. Each episode features a different food category with home-cooks competing for a weekly $25,000 prize. The weekly winner will move on to compete in the series finale for the grand prize of $250,000. Each category winner’s recipe will be available across the country as a President`s Choice® brand product. RECIPE TO RICHES is produced by Temple Street Productions in association with CBC.
About Temple Street Productions
Temple Street is a leading producer of television, film and digital media content based in Toronto, Canada. A selection of Temple Street’s past and present projects includes: The Next Step (Family Channel), Orphan Black (Space, BBC America), Over the Rainbow (CBC), Being Erica (CBC, SOAPnet), Wingin’ It (Family Channel, Starz Kids & Family), Cover me Canada (CBC),Recipe to Riches (Food Network, Global), Billable Hours (Global, Showcase), Canada’s Next Top Model (CTV),How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? (CBC), Queer as Folk (Showtime, Showcase) and Darcy’s Wild Life (NBC, Discovery Kids, Family Channel). For more company information visit: www.templestreetproductions.com
About Loblaw Companies Limited TSX:
The Company is a subsidiary of George Weston Limited (“Weston”). It is Canada’s largest food retailer, a leading provider of drugstore, general merchandise and financial products and services, and is the majority unit holder of Choice Properties™, an owner, manager and developer of commercial real estate across Canada. The Company has three reportable operating segments: Retail, Financial Services and Choice Properties™. Loblaw and its franchisees together are among the largest private sector employers in Canada, employing approximately 138,000 full-time and part-time employees across more than 1,000 corporate and franchise stores from coast to coast. Through its portfolio of store formats, Loblaw is committed to providing Canadians with a wide range of products and services to meet everyday household and consumer needs. Loblaw is known for the quality, innovation and value of its food offering. It offers one of Canada’s strongest control brand programs, including the unique President’s Choice®, no name® and Joe Fresh® brands. In addition, through its subsidiaries, the Company makes available to consumers President’s Choice Financial® services and offers the PC® points and PC Plus™ loyalty programs.
About CBC/Radio-Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages.
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For more information please contact:
Kylie McGregor
unit publicist, Unscripted Programming
416 205 8638 (office) / 416 948 6181 (mobile)
For interview requests with this week’s winner please contact:
Kristina Driedger
Hill and Knowlton Strategies
1 604.692.4222
