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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 Ned Bell, Corporate Chef of the Vintage Group, and Andrew Keen, Executive Chef of Tribune Restaurant, go head-to-head in a 60-minute cook-off at Calgary's Stephen Avenue Walk, using their imaginations and culinary expertise to create three decadent dishes with a secret ingredient.  A panel of judges, led by BMO Mutual Funds' 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 Calgary Food Bank.

Who:                Chef Ned Bell, Corporate Chef of the Vintage Group

Chef Andrew Keen, Executive Chef of Tribune Restaurant          

Linda Knight, Vice President, BMO Mutual Funds

What:  BMO Mutual Funds Fall Harvest Cook-off

Where: Stephen Avenue Walk (between 1^st and 2^nd Streets SW), Calgary

When:  Wednesday, October 18, 2006

                        11:45 PM – 1:45 PM

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 Stephen Avenue Walk 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:

Laurie Grant,
laurie.grant@bmo.com,
(604) 665-7596