After the 1 hour drive from downtown Toronto we arrived at the Cranberry Village. We first arrived to the rooftop patio, which has the best view in all of Collingwood.
Roof top Patio in Living Water Resort, Collingwood
From the roof you can see the lake Huron, the 19 hole golf course as well as the newly refurbished marina.
Cranberry Golf Resort
Following a quick resort tour and lunch on the roof top patio we went to do paddle board yoga (SUP Yoga).
SUP Yoga, by Blu Wave in Living Water Resort, Collingwood
At first we thought that there was no way we could balance on a paddle board, let alone do handstands, bridges and other meditation poses.
Paddle Board Yoga by Blu Wave, in Collingwood Ontario
It turned out however that meditating on a paddle board while being gently rocked by the lake was very relaxing as well as a slightly challenging workout, after about an hour we returned back to the village to take on the iron chef challenge.
The iron chef challenge works like this; two teams of equal size are given 10 minutes to plan a dish using unknown ingredients
They can also “ purchase” products such as a lemon or herbs using the team’s points, which are then deducted from the final score.
Iron Chef Challenge Team 1, July 2017
Iron Chef Challenge food preparation
Once they have used up their 10 minutes of planning time, they are given 20 minutes to cook and arrange their chosen dish. The team at the end with the most points wins. However its not that simple as the chefs who organize the competition/exercise will throw in some really odd ingredients to challenge the contestants even more. For example in our list of products that we must use was included local fresh perch and oddly enough, a small box of cereal, again, all of the given items must be included.
Iron Chef Competition
Second Team in Iron Chef Challenge in Living Water Resort, Collingwood
Iron Chef Challenge winning team, July 2017
After completing the challenge, we went to the lakeside grill to enjoy their specialty steak, we heard that it was delicious because they had recently invested quite a lot of money into a brand new grill that cooks the whole steak perfectly and evenly and it was delicious, so delicious in fact that we all wanted another plate of steak even though we were full.
And like that the day was finished, we said our goodbyes and got in the car for the 1 hour drive back home.
By Jonathan K.