Cocktail Class
2022-01-11 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-01-18 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-01-18 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-02-15 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-02-15 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-03-15 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-03-15 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-11-29 15:30 - 17:30 (America/Anchorage) and 17 more dates | Shelter Cocktail Bar, 1210 1st Street SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2R 0V4, Canada
Shelter’s monthly 90-minute cocktail class. In this course, we delve into the rich history of cocktails and the base spirits that comprise them. This class will include a comprehensive history of cocktail culture, from mixology’s origins in the 1,800’s, back to the gin craze of 1,695, through prohibition, and into the craft cocktail resurgence of the early 2,000’s. We will touch on how alcohol influenced the development of western society, and learn about the history and flavour profiles of spirits. The class includes three cocktails, muddling, stirring, shaking, and smoking techniques, class competitions, and a takeaway cocktail survival guide.

Closed for a Private Event
2022-01-21 - 2022-01-22

South Indian Pop Up by Fresh with Vresh
2022-02-03 15:00 - 2022-02-05 20:00
Welcome to South India.
Oft forgotten in the culinary landscape of India, the south boasts immense tradition and history. this modern take on south Undian heritage, comes with gentle modifications for a finger-food setting. This year, Vresh is evolving on the tastes of his last pop up at Shelter Cocktail Bar to include some new, never seen before items. Fresh with Vresh commits to sourcing 75% of all menu items from within Alberta. VIEW MENU

Tasca Pop Up
2022-06-15 15:00 - 2022-06-18 20:00, 2022-11-22 15:00 - 2022-11-26 20:00
The food philosophy at Tasca centres on flavour-focused plates, which are ideally paired with good drinks, and meant to be shared with friends. The inspiration for each dish is rooted in traditional Spanish and Mediterranean preparations but our goal is to present new compositions based around those classic flavours.
Cody Fummerton is a born and raised Calgarian. He has been cooking professionally for 11 years, working at several restaurants in the city, before moving on to The Living Room where he would eventually take over as Chef de Cuisine. He left The Living Room in September 2021 to spend time travelling throughout Spain to immerse himself the country’s food culture and restaurant scene.
Guillermo Hernandez was born in Venezuela, moving to Calgary in 2009. In 2014, he attended SAIT for the professional cooking program, later working at Double Zero and Candela before working his way up to Chef de Cuisine at The Living Room, following Cody’s departure.
During their time working together at The Living Room, Cody and Guillermo’s shared passion for Spanish cuisine led them to collaborate on a menu and concept for their own project, Tasca. The word Tasca loosely translates to ‘dive bar’ from Spanish and is an homage to the great hole-in-the-wall bars found all around Spain.

Ali Jadavji Pop Up
2022-11-02 15:00 - 2022-11-05 20:00
Shelter is pleased to host Master Chef finalist, Ali Jadavji. From November 2nd to 5th, Ali will be cooking in Shelter’s kitchen. Ali’s fascination with food started with the classic Indian sweet, Gulab Jaman. As a young child, he remembers his mom trying to shoo him away from the stove while she was frying dough and placing it in sugar water. Watching the small pieces of dough absorb water and swell up into large balls was mesmerizing, he thought she was a magician.It was moments like this and a lifetime full of food adventures and memories that led him into the culinary world.
This passion eventually led to a whole other platform – being a finalist on MasterChef Canada – a competitive cooking reality show, designed to identify talented home chefs; no participants are allowed to be professionally trained.
His father is from Moshi, Tanzania, and mother, from Karachi, Pakistan and both brought their unique cultural influences to his upbringing. He was fortunate enough to be given the unique opportunity to travel in his teenage years, thus exposing him to a variety of people and cuisines. This not only gave him an adventurous palate but also nurtured his culinary creativity and passion to fuse these cultures through food. Ali often says food is the great equalizer – it doesn’t matter the economic status, language you speak or the clothes that you wear, sharing a plate of food automatically resonates a commonality, a humbling experience to say the least.
