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The slick chefs at the Moncton location of East Side Mario's recently picked up first prize in the restaurant chain's national Pasta Challenge competition.

Orecchiette Genovese Alfredo, a unique, authentic pasta dish created by the East Side Mario's Moncton culinary team was chosen as the Grand Winner of the Pasta Challenge -- a national culinary event that saw the chefs of East Side Mario's restaurants across the country competing against each other to create a winning signature pasta. It will eventually be placed on the chain's national menu.

The Moncton restaurant was among 10 from across the country who made it through the selection process to the national finals in Niagara Falls.

The five-month Challenge ended with the Moncton team of chef Jeff Arsenault and cook Tara Tobin declared winners for their creation. Orechhiette Genovese Alfredo features sautéed chicken, roasted red peppers, button mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and extra virgin olive oil in a pesto Alfredo sauce.

"The Moncton team created a unique pasta with a distinctive noodle that is simply delicious. While we were very impressed with all of the signature pastas -- and there were some truly excellent creations -- Tara Tobin and Jeff Arsenault's Orecchiette Genovese Alfredo stood out as a top quality dish, captured the essence of the East Side Mario's brand and received rave reviews during the Menu Lab," said Bernie Dyer, senior vice president of East Side Mario's.

East Side Mario's has 110 locations across Canada.

Omista supports Canadian Blood Services

OMISTA Credit Union is hosting a Canadian Blood Services What's Your Type? event at their Mountain Road branch on Wednesday, Oct. 29 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Owners, employees, and the public are invited to 1192 Mountain Road to find out their blood type and more information about the process of donating blood.

It is estimated that one in two Canadians are eligible to donate blood but last year only one in 60 actually did. Canadian Blood Services needs to collect over 900,000 units of blood to meet hospital demand this year.

For more details visit www.blood.ca or call 1 888 2 DONATE to find a blood donor clinic near you.

RBC Securities holds open house

RBC Dominion Securities will hold a wine and cheese open house at the 633 Main Street location on Thursday, Oct. 16 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Guest speaker will be local artist Maurice Henri who will join with other artists showing their work at the branch office.

For more information call 869-5444 or e-mail janice.allain@rbc.com.

Aliant HR consultant wins award

Jacey Dugas, a human resources consultant with Aliant, recently received the coveted 2008 Atlantic Canada Human Resources Award (ACHRA).

Dugas was presented the 2008 Strategic Partner award based primarily for her work with Aliant's Finance Department on their goal of becoming one of the first chartered accountant training offices in the industry.

* The Cochrane Report appears each Wednesday and Saturday. Items for inclusion may be sent by e-mail to cochrana@timestranscript.com., or by fax to 859-4904.