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30 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday April 11, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Good Food Festival celebrates home cooking and eating The 15th annual Good Food Festival and Market ­ recognized as Canada's largest celebration of home cooking and eating ­ returns to the International Centre from April 27 ­ 29. This year's show explores what's new in the world of ethnic cuisine, gourmet fare, natural foods, cooking ingredients and kitchenwares. Highlights include family-friendly baking contests, prizes and guest appearances by celebrity chefs ready to dish up good eats while offering expert advice on various cooking queries. The three-day festival presents six non-stop stages where celebrity chefs entertain and educate. The Get Cooking! Stage, sponsored by Food Network Canada, will feature Laura Calder, author of French Food At Home and host of a new show of the same name. Dessert diva Anna Olson will also be there to preview recipes from her new cookbook, Another Cup Of Sugar. The Canadian Living Live! Stage will showcase Elizabeth Baird and the crew from the Canadian Living Test Kitchen. Other stages at the Good Food Festival include the Ontario Produce Marketing Association's 5 to 10 A Day Stage, the Nature's Source Live Better! Stage and new to the festival this year, the Food For Families Stage that promises to bring the new Canada Food Guide to life. This year, the Festival challenges parents and children ages six to 12 to take part in Canada's Best Butter Tart Recipe Contest. Sponsored by the Dairy Farmers of Canada, this contest answers the eternal culinary question "Who can make Canada's best butter tart?" Participating teams will present their original recipes to a panel of qualified judges. Entry is free and there are great prizes to be won. Applications can be found on the Good Food Festival website and on www.dairygoodness.ca. For those interested in all natural and organic ingredients, the Festival has paired up with Whole Foods Market to find the Whole Foods Kitchen Goddess. The Festival and Whole Foods ask mother-daughter teams to share their most mouth-watering, all-natural or organic recipes for a chance to be a "Celebrity Chef for a Day" at Whole Foods Market. Judged by some of Canada's top chefs, foodies and connoisseurs, the lucky grand prize winner will receive a 5-Night/6-Day Holistic Body Cleanse HolidayTM for Body, Mind & Soul (a $6,000 value), a $500 Whole Foods Market Gift Card and a $250 Whole Foods Market Gift Card. Entry is free with applications available online through the Good Food Festival website and on www.wholefoodsmarket.com. Local retailers involved in this year's festival include Whole Foods, Euro-line appliances, Glaxo Smith Kline, LA weight loss, Rundle sales, DK Canada - Orbit tea and Tasteworks. For more information on the 15th Annual Good Food Festival & Market or to enter either contest, visit www.goodfoodfestival.net. Is your mom a Kitchen Goddess? Entries for the My Mom is a Whole Foods Market Kitchen Goddess Contest are due by April 14. The contest invites mom and child teams to share mom's best all natural and organic recipe with Whole Foods and be a `Celebrity Chef for a Day.' Three mother and child teams will get a chance to compete in the 15th Annual Good Food Festival contest. Some of Canada's top chefs and foodies will judge which of the all natural or organic recipes is the best. The winning team will win a five-night, six-day holistic body cleanse treatment at Grail Springs valued at $6,000. Second prize is a $500 Whole Foods Market gift card, and third prize is a $250 Whole Foods Market gift card. 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