Courses 3 || Price $70 & Over || Time(s) Available Dinner
Dietary Identifier(s) Gluten-Free Available || Allergen(s) unknown || Substitutions Available No
Course 1
Roasted Baby Carrots | Peach & Sea Buckthorn Glaze | Creme Fraiche | Toasted Seeds
Course 2
Duo of Alberta Pork – Roasted Pork Loin & Crispy Pork Belly | Black Garlic Jus | Mosaic of Beets | Fermented Blueberry
Course 3
Alberta Wildflower Honey | Toasted Oats | Bee Pollen | Stone Fruit
Recommended Pairings
Blindman Brewing River Session Ale – $11.00
Featured Producers
- Greidanus Honey Mill (High River) honey
- Meadow Sweet Apiaries (Wabamun) bee pollen
- Rafferty Farms (Okotoks) mint, pea shoots
- Riverbend Gardens (Edmonton) carrots
- Southern Skies Produce (Nobleford) rainbow chard
- Strathcona Microgreens (Edmonton) microgreens
- Sudo Farms (Diamond City) beets
- Vital Green (Picture Butte) creme fraiche
After ten years discovering the world and the flavours it bestows, Chef Scott Downey is back home in the prairies and set to introduce Edmontonians to his interpretation of Canadian cuisine. Opened August 2017, The Butternut Tree is just a stone’s throw from the beautiful Alberta Legislature Grounds just off Edmonton’s majestic river valley. A room with a panoramic view, Chef Downey’s first restaurant pays homage to the places he’s lived, worked and explored, while showcasing seasonal ingredients from Canada’s distinctive landscape.
Chef Scott Downey’s culinary career has been influenced through his training in the United States and Denmark. This training had started earlier than he thought through his upbringing here in Canada. His family had always found a passion for gardening and cooking meals from scratch.
In his youth, he grew up in Alberta with endless farmers fields surrounding them. From his upbringing, with this sense of eating from a garden, to his culinary training outside of Albert, his journey brought him home. He is excited daily with what is being grown here and the endless opportunities having a restaurant in Alberta offers. Keep reading…