Get to Know Your Beer with the Prud’homme® Beer Enthusiast (Level I)

STARTS June 1 for 4 weeks, 2014! Join the Eureka Beer Guide and take the introductory course in beer education. The focus will be on brewing ingredients and processes, tasting concepts, pouring and serving concepts (including an introduction to draught systems) and food and beer pairings. Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a clear understanding of brewing…

The Butcher and the Bar – A Gentleman’s Afternoon Tea

Poppadoms is spicing up Father’s Day with a one-off Gentleman’s Afternoon Tea. Drawing on inspiration from the Dosanj family’s English roots, the lunchtime menu will follow the theme of a ‘Gentleman’s Afternoon Tea’, which, unlike a regular Afternoon Tea, is filled with meat and cocktails, all with an Indian-inspired twist. This collaboration will bring together…

Just Like Dinner at Nonna’s at Campagnolo

Looking for a deal this spring? This dinner series promises tasty value. Chef Nathan Lowey of Campagnolo Restaurant is determined to end the season with a sweet finish by bringing back the popular supper series: Just Like Dinner at Nonna’s. Every Tuesday night in June, Campagnolo Restaurant will serve up a hearty, classic Italian meal…

What to Eat & Drink at Eat! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival

Take at least a quick break from the sunshine this weekend and check out EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival at BC Place Stadium on May 30, 31 & June 1, 2014. Time it right and you can catch Lynn Crawford, Chuck Hughes, and Vikram Vij on the Food Network Celebrity Stage, along with Ned…

CONTEST CLOSED #Giveaway Muskoka Brewery VCBW Tickets and SWAG Worth $150

CONTEST CLOSED – Congrats RHANDI! Venture off the Beaten Path with Muskoka Brewery! Muskoka Brewery and Good Life Vancouver are taking the road less traveled, and want to give you a chance to join in on our craft beer adventure. To celebrate the CRAFT Beer Market with the launch of Muskoka’s latest all-natural, refreshing IPA,…

Beasts of Bourbon at The Little District

Bourbon, barbeque and bold flavours to reign supreme from June 1-15, 2014 Celebrate 13 top-shelf bourbons from across the United States. Starting with daily bourbon offerings at $2 off; June 14 & 15, 2014 all 13 brands will be available at the feature price. “Our mission is to change people’s fear of this sorely misunderstood…

Best of the Northwest Beer Fest

Liberty Merchant Company proudly presents the 1st Annual Best of the Northwest Beer Fest tasting event. This Liberty-sponsored event is in support of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, which helps provides food for up to 25,000 people in need each week. All proceeds from both ticket sales and draw prizes directly support the GVFBS….

Casks For A Cause

Here’s your chance to sample new beers and contribute to BC Children’s Hospital at the same time. Just sky train out to 22nd station and hope on the free shuttle! Frankie G’s Pub, Craft2Draft, CAMRA South Fraser presents… CASKS FOR A CAUSE A local craft beer event in support of BC Childrens Hospital. This hospital is…

Battle Royal Total Beer Glory

Four BC breweries battle it out in the Doolin’s ring for TOTAL BEER GLORY! Whoever sells out their keg first will reign as a Doolin’s featured tap for all of June. Plus extreme bragging rights! This boxing ring style event will feature some of Vancouver’s great Craft Breweries to celebrate Vancouver Craft Beer Week! Featuring…

R&B Brewing Co. presents the Chef Series

R&B Brewing Co. presents the Chef Series: a line of 650mL bottled beers that are designed to pair with food. Each beer is set to launch sequentially every six weeks over the summer and into the fall. R&B Brewing Co. head brewer Todd Graham invited chefs Chris Whittaker(Forage), Andrea Carlson (Burdock & Co.), Owen Lightly (Butter on the Endive), Robert Belcham(Campagnolo), and Brian Skinner (The Acorn) to develop their…

Green & Leafy Festival

The First Annual Green & Leafy Festival is happening this Thursday at the Yaletown Farmers Market, celebrating the abundance of in-season salad greens. The festival will feature a chef-guided tour of the market and its vendors with Chef Alvin Pillay. What: Green & Leafy Festival and Chef Tour with Alvin Pillay When: Thursday, May 29…

Foraging with Bill Jones in Tofino

Join reknown chef, author and mycologist Bill Jones as he leads you on a unique wild food experience. Enter the world of the forager; a bountiful forage food display, show and tell, and a delicious tapa brunch to top it all.   In celebration of the release of the Deerholme Foraging Book, Bills class will…

Horseshoe Bay Craft Beer Festival

Head to Horeshoe Bay’s Breakwater at Sewells Marina on June 21, 2014  where 10 local breweries have been lined up for attendees to sip and sample through.  Check out Howe Sound Brewing, Persephone Brewing Company, Bridge Brewing Company, Parallel 49 Brewing Company, Longwood Brewery, Deepcove Brewers & Distillers, Central City,  Russell Brewing Company, Stanley Park…

Tofino Brewing Blond Ale

Headed down to Feast Tofino Dock Festival and grabbed a mug of Tofino Brewing Blonde Ale to cheer on the release of a rehabilitated octopus! Had it in a plastic cup which is by no means the best way to drink it, but it worked dockside and was less of a hazard if you happened…

Pizza Fabrika Opening Soon

Vancouver is oh so very pizza-obsessed so the Wiese borthers (founders of Davie Street’s La Brasserie) are smartly capitalizing on this trend, once again choosing a West End location, this time at Cardero and Bidwell. Fabrika, meaning factory will open mid-June and will present menu of a dozen or so traditionally-based  pizza’s with the obligatory…

Tofino Brewing Tuff Session Ale

As they say, when in Rome! Our latest journey to the far west coast brought us to Tofino where Tofino Brewing rules the taps. Had to grab a growler of this Tuff Session Ale and will be going back for some bottles for the ride home. This sessionable ale (meaning lower in alcohol allowing you…

Get Your Prawn On at Provence Marinaside

We can’t seem to get enough BC Spot Prawns this year, perhaps because price issues have made them even more precious. However we’d rather eat less than none at all so we are allocating our food dollars accordingly and making room in our schedules for this tasty menu from Provence Marinaside. Chef’s BC Spot Prawn…

Craft Beer at Wildebeest

On Tuesday, June 3rd join Wildebeest in celebrating Vancouver Craft Beer Week with a six-course French-Canadian menu complete with accompanying paired pours from Quebec’s Le Trou du Diable, Dieu du Ciel, and Les Trois Mousquetaires microbrasseries. Brewmaster Isaac Tremblay of Le Trou du Diable will also be in attendance, giving guests the opportunity to indulge…

Tofino Grazing in the Gardens

The 12th Annual Grazing in the Gardens event welcomes a community of food and drink. The afternoon includes canapes by local chefs and island purveyors, paired with BC wines and island microbrews, carefully tucked away throughout 12 acres of the rainforest, in the Tofino Botanical Gardens. Live music with long time friend of the festival, Dinah…

Vancouver Foodster Goes Latin

Tour the city’s best Latin American restaurants on June 25 with your route planned by Vancouver Foodster. Each restaurant will be serving up special bites for hungry visitors; a variety of different Latin cuisines will be presented by some of Vancouver’s top chefs. From 6-9 pm that night hop on a bike, walk, bus or…