The Culinary Team:
Sous Chef, Doreen Prei
Doreen Prei brings her European flair to Edmonton via Germany and the United Kingdom. She began her culinary path in Germany, where she trained at First Floor, a Michelin-star rated restaurant in a five-star hotel in Berlin. After successfully completing her apprenticeship, Chef Prei put her training to work at the Four Seasons Hotel Dublin in Ireland. Still wishing to expand her knowledge, she then took a position at a small Michelin-star rated restaurant in the heart of Dublin, where she learned the art of butchery.
Soon thereafter she was lured away by her former Sous Chef to join the team at the Gordon Ramsay Restaurant, which was the pride of the newly opened Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt. After relocating to Edmonton, Chef Prei served as the restaurant chef for the Harvest Room at The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald. With the opening of Zinc at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Chef Prei will bring her worldly experience as she works alongside Executive Chef David Omar.
Sous Chef, Shane Loiselle
The former chef at Edmonton's Dadeo Restaurant, Sous Chef Loiselle has garnered a loyal customer base and provided the locally-owned restaurant with the opportunity to win awards for its distinctive and heartening fare. Loiselle has also spent time in the kitchen at the only four-diamond hotel in the city, The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald.
Shane was introduced to the culinary arts at a young age by his grandmother with her French-Canadian cuisine. When his family moved from Port Colborne, Ontario, he was exposed to the savoury tastes of southern U.S.A. cooking. This paved the way for Chef Loiselle to broaden his cooking repertoire and concentrate on the idea of "from farm to table". With the opening of Zinc, Shane Loiselle will once again bring his talent to Edmontonians, this time within the Art Gallery of Alberta.