We are please to share this news regarding edmontonCHEFS.ca member Paul Shufelt!
by Liane Faulder (originally published in the Edmonton Journal)
EDMONTON – After 10 years as executive chef, Paul Shufelt is leaving Century Hospitality Group to open his own restaurant in southeast Edmonton.
The Workshop Eatery is due to launch in late September at the Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce, a new, net-zero building in Summerside at 2003 91st St.
The chef, with a reputation for being both on-trend and creative, won’t be pinned down to creating a specific style of eatery. Italian? Farm-to-fork? Fusion?
“It’s going to be me, what I like to cook,” he says firmly, noting there will be a chef’s table for people who like to place themselves into the capable hands of the kitchen.
The Workshop Eatery will focus on fresh produce, some of it from a 650-square-foot garden Shufelt will plant at the front of the restaurant. The restaurant has lots of windows, so staff will be growing seedlings inside early in the season. Four beehives on the roof will yield fresh honey. Shufelt will concentrate on cooking from scratch, and will pickle, can, dry and cure produce and meats on-site. He’s already dreaming of a house pate complete with hand-crafted condiments.
“It won’t be a big menu, maybe 12 to 15 staples, done well,” says Shufelt, 37, noting the menu will change with the seasons and the produce available. “I’m looking forward to rolling up my sleeves.”
The Workshop Eatery will have 76 seats (including nine at the bar), plus a 20-seat patio. It will serve morning coffee and pastries (watch for Auntie Bonnie’s Banana Bread), as well as lunch and dinner.
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