About the Chef

Alexander Haun is from St. Andrews New Brunswick, a small seaside community in southwestern New Brunswick.

Kingsbrae Garden CaféAlex had started his culinary career by the age of 13, working at the Garden Café located at Kingsbrae Garden in his hometown, Saint Andrews New Brunswick. He spent 5 years there while finishing his public schooling. Following his dreams of becoming a chef, Alex enrolled in the 2 year culinary arts program at the Culinary Institute of Canada in Prince Edward Island. This lead to an apprentice position at the Relais & Châteaux Kingsbrae Arms where he worked under Chef Mark Latulipe.

After finishing Culinary Arts, Alex took a position as Chef de Partie at the Dundee Arms under Chef Patrick Young. Before completing his term with Young, he made the decision to finish what he started and he re-enrolled at the CIC for the Pastry Arts Program.

During this time Chef Alex started competition cooking, individually and as a member of Team PEI, where he was later nominated as Team Captain under the careful eye of Chef Blair Zinck. After graduating from the Pastry Program, he became Sous Chef for Chef Victor Maclean at Stanhope Bay and Beach Resort, part of the Murphy Group of Restaurants, where he eventually became a Corporate Pastry Chef.

Alex hadn’t had his fill of the CIC, and returned yet again to be an active member on Culinary Team Canada for one and a half years. As a result, he competed at the Nations Cup in Grand Rapids Michigan and the Culinary Olympics in Erfurt Germany. The coaches that Chef Alex thrived under were Chef Hans Andregg, Chef Richard Braunauer and Chef Craig Yodale. To date Chef Alex has 12 culinary Gold medals to his name and 5 of them are international wins.

Finally moving home to St. Andrews, the talented young Chef Alex opened his first restaurant, Savour, in 2009, at the age of 22 with his wife Jennie. Here Chef Alex uses his skills to create monthly Tasting Menus using fresh and local ingredients, minding his environmental footprint by using items from his own farm and other local suppliers around New Brunswick.

Savour is a living dream where the Chef and his wife serve just a few people a night.

Enjoy this profile of Chef Alex as recently published in the Telegraph-Journal.

 

Accomplishments

Medals Won

  • Gold medal winner, Knorr Culinary Challenge, New Brunswick
  • Gold medal winner, Atlantic Culinary Exhibition as part of Team PEI: Katie Patterson, Krista MacQuarrie, Gertrude Gallon, Alex Haun (Team Captain) and Coach Chef Blair Zinck.
  • Silver medal winner, Atlantic Tabasco Junior Culinary Challenge
  • 4th Place, Nationals, Next Great Chef

Recent Competitions

  • Halifax Gold Plate, 2006 Team Tribeca
  • Skills Canada PEI, 2007
  • The Nations Cup, 2007: 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze, 2 Best In Show. Team Canada: Alex Haun, Mandy Wingert and Coach Chef Hans Anderegg
  • Culinary Olympics, October 2008 Germany: Gold Medal in the Cold Competition and a Silver Medal in the Hot Competition.
  • Atlantic Provinces Culinary Exhibition, March 2009 St. John's Newfoundland: Gold Medal