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What do you get when you mix together two celebrity chefs, a fully stocked outdoor kitchen and one special ingredient?  The BMO Mutual Funds Fall Harvest Cook-off! 

Watch as celebrity chefs Robert Rainford (Food Network Canada's Licence to Grill) and Christine Cushing (Food Network Canada's Cook with Me) go head-to-head in a 60-minute cook-off at Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square, using their imaginations and culinary expertise to create three decadent dishes with a secret ingredient.  A panel of judges, led by BMO Mutual Fund's Linda Knight, will taste-test and evaluate each of the chefs' creations to determine a winner. Spectators are invited to come out and cheer on their favourite chef, and are welcome to make voluntary donations on-site to the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Who: 

Chef Christine Cushing, Host of Christine Cushing: Cook with Me on Food Network Canada

Chef Robert Rainford, Host of Licence to Grill on Food Network Canada

Linda Knight, Vice President, BMO Mutual Funds

What:  BMO Mutual Funds Fall Harvest Cook-off

Where: Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto

When: 

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

12:30 PM – 2:30PM

Why:               

The fall harvest is a time when Canadians reap the rewards of their labour by pulling the final

fruits from their gardens.  It's also a time to prepare the garden for another productive bounty next

spring. If you use some of the same tried and true gardening techniques for your investments,

your long-term savings – or harvest – could also grow.  Come out to Yonge-Dundas Square to

watch two of today's most entertaining celebrity chefs take part in a Harvest Cook-Off and find out

why learning to invest for your retirement can be as simple as fall harvest gardening.

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For additional information on the BMO Mutual Funds Fall Harvest Cook-off, to RSVP to the event or to arrange for an interview, contact:

JoAnne Hayes,
joanne.hayes@bmo.com,
(416) 867-3996