Pearson Street Smashburgers n’ Melts and La Micheline are collaborating for a one-day event for bringing together local products, fine food and a taste of summer on Saturday, July 6. 

Pearson Street Smashburger n’ Melts, a stalwart of the regional food scene, is collaborating with Chef Nouk Couturier Bernard, a Rockland-born Acadian and Franco-Ontarian chef promoting his new enterprise La Micheline. 

The evening is being promoted as bringing “good food, a foodie fun taste of summer, and family, pet-friendly atmosphere,” featuring locally produced cheese, steak from Embrun’s Gilette Farms and chef-made lobster rolls. 

“I’m partnering with Pearson Street, not only because we are good friends, but because they use local meat and all of us are looking to push local.” 

Nouk, currently a sous-chef in the Ottawa scene, has staged with Marc Lepine at Atelier, one of Ottawa’s – and Canada’s – top restaurants. While largely self-taught, the local chef cut his chops in fast food and family restaurants before working his way into fine dining. 

Inspired by his Acadian grandmother Micheline’s cooking, Nouk integrates the at-home flavours of his Acadian and Franco-Ontarian roots with a passion for fine dining, always focusing on fresh local ingredients. 

The event is taking place at Pearson Street Smashburgers n’ Melts at 8 Blaise Street, Embrun, on Saturday, July 6, starting at 12 p.m. 

Full menu available on Pearson Street‘s Facebook page.