Prime Seafood Palace launches 'Coulson and Friends' dinner series

Chef Coulson Armstrong has launched a dinner series at Prime Seafood Palace that brings some of Canada's top culinary talent into his Queen West kitchen.

Coulson and Friends started after Armstrong's appearance on Top Chef Canada. "She asked the team this question: If you chose what you wanted to do instead of waiting for it to come to you, what would it be?" Armstrong said of his publicist. "That set off a light bulb moment, where we realized we can start working with other chefs, inviting them to come to us and collaborate on dinners."

The first collaboration was with Montreal's Au Pied de Cochon, followed by a pairing with Southern Rhône winery Château de Beaucastel. Armstrong realized the series had legs and decided to extend it.

Up next: Mon Lapin, also from Montreal, joins Armstrong in the PSP kitchen on June 17 to highlight vegetables grown on Blue Goose Farms in Fort Erie. "We've been planning this menu for over three months now, allowing Blue Goose farmers Keenan and Ashley to grow the vegetables in preparation for this," Armstrong says. "Vegetables are important to what we do at Prime Seafood Palace—and they get the same care and attention that a great cut of meat gets."

Other chefs gracing PSP's kitchen in coming months include Alex Kim from Vancouver's Five Sails, Katy Cheung from Burdock and Co., and Toronto's David Schwartz of Sunnys Chinese, Mimi Chinese, and Linny's.

For dates and tickets, follow PSP's Instagram account.