Leucan Montérégie Chefs’ Challenge
Date: May 4, 2025
Where : Club du Quartier Dix30
The Leucan Chefs’ Challenge is an accessible gastronomic experience for corporate professionals and foodies alike. Under the gourmet eyes of guests, 7 chefs will face off in three competitions to impress, amaze and satisfy their taste buds. This prestigious and dazzling evening in aid of Leucan will encourage networking and give you the chance to meet people with a heart like yours.
Passion and flavour for the cause!
Our ambassadors
Gilbert de Moscovaki
Branch Manager, Desjardins Securities
After graduating from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in finance, Mr. de Moscovaki began his career in the brokerage industry as an investment representative and investment advisor. In 2004, he accepted the position of National Representative for the Montreal Exchange in the retail brokerage division.
In 2006, he joined Scotia MacLeod’s Wealth Management division as Assistant Manager of the largest branch in the Quebec region, the Montreal branch. Since March 2014, Mr. de Moscovaki has been branch manager of the Brossard and Valleyfield branches at Desjardins Securities. Gilbert has been involved as an ambassador for the Leucan Chef Challenge in Montérégie since its very first edition in 2018.
Chefs in competition
Agathe Salmeron
Les chefs sucrés
Marie-Ève Langlois
Pastry chef, Atelier sucré
L’Atelier sucré by Marie-Ève Langlois is the culinary talent of chef Marie-Ève Langlois, combined with the gourmet flair of her sister Vanessa. These are fine, gourmet products, created and produced in Quebec with quality ingredients. Marie-Ève has been involved in the culinary world since she was old enough to work. She obtained her Diplôme d’études professionnelles en cuisine in 2012 from the Institut du Tourisme et de l’Hôtellerie du Québec, where she went on to specialize in the Advanced Cooking program. To hone her pastry skills, Marie-Ève had the immense good fortune to work alongside Patrice Demers for a year when he opened his Patrice Pâtissier boutique in 2014.
Rémy Biava
Pastry chef, Praline&Cie
Pastry chef and owner of Praline&Cie, Rémy was born in France and trained in French patisserie from an early age. You could literally say “he fell into it as a child”. After a number of experiences in different establishments, he was ready to take the plunge and decided to set up his own business in Quebec. Founded in 2020, Praline&Cie is first and foremost a passion for this chef-owner. Unpretentious, his team offers pastries that combine taste, creativity and indulgence. All recipes feature fresh, local, quality products.