Local favourite, Chef Grant de Montreuil joins the team at Bonfire Grill at the Cove

Although it’s clearly winter in the Okanagan, things are really heating up in the kitchen at Bonfire Grill at the Cove. Chef Grant de Montreuil has buttoned up his whites and moved back in front of the stove bringing his fresh, regional approach to the menu at this West Kelowna waterfront restaurant.

Chef Grant de Montreuil has lived and worked in the Okanagan Valley almost his entire life. Growing up on a small farm on the Benvoulin flats and starting his culinary career in his family kitchen preserving fruits and vegetables, he moved through various restaurants picking up skills from European chefs in BC and Alberta eventually moving to Vancouver for his apprenticeship at the English Bay Café. In 1990 he moved back to Kelowna and was Chef at the newly constructed Hotel Eldorado for five years, then opened his own restaurant ‘de Montreuil’ and over the next 8 years launched Old Vines Patio at Quail’s Gate Winery, The Teahouse at Kelowna Land and Orchard and de Montreuil Big White and the de Montreuil at the White Crystal Inn.

In 2003 looking for a change of pace and new challenges, he closed all operations in Kelowna and moved to Naramata Heritage Inn followed by Sunset Organic Bistro at Summerhill Winery and Hannah’s Restaurant in downtown Kelowna.

Always interested in food, in 2009 he again shifted his food focus and started a small manufacturing company specializing in thin crust pizza shell production for retail and foodservice uses.

Now back in his chefs whites at Bonfire Grill at the Cove, Grant’s culinary style leans more toward rustic than pretentious. His style is a perfect match for the casual Okanagan lifestyle and the family friendly focus of West Kelowna.

“We are very proud and excited to have Grant de Montreuil joining us to lead our culinary team at the Cove Lakeside Resort and the Bonfire Grill at the Cove. We welcome this award-winning Chef back into the restaurant scene and we are confident local residents and visiting guests will appreciate his diverse talents and flair for local, fresh and creative Okanagan cuisine" states Mike Dempster, General Manager.

Newmenus have just been launched including a Sunday Dinner featuring a 10-Hour Roast Beef or Traditional Roast Chicken Dinner served ‘centre-table’ family style with seasonal vegetables for $15.95 per person or $10.95 for children and a Rise ‘n Shine Breakfast special at an amazing $2.99 with scrambled eggs, hash brown, bacon, fruit cocktail & toast.

Bonfire Grill at the Cove is open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner and is located in The Cove Lakeside Resort at 4205 Gellatly Road in West Kelowna. Follow us on twitter @bonfire_grill and on facebook.com/bonfiregrillatthecove