By Crystal St.Pierre Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The National Arts Centre’s (NAC) resident chef, Jenni Lessard, is bringing the stories of her childhood blended with some of her family’s traditional recipes to the table during her time at the centre this fall. “When we bring them here, it’s not just to bring a chef and create a promotion and buy some wines and do food around them It’s to tell stories. That’s what I love and why I love the program,” said Nelson Borges, general manager of food and beverage at NAC. “Jenni is going to be awesome at that. I just know it.” For the past three years NAC has invited an Indigenous chef to take up residency at the facilities of 1 Elgin Restaurant for the months of
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