Valentine’s Day Ideas – It’s Not Too Late To Ace It Valentine’s Day can often be like New Year’s Eve, a total rip off, with prices being jacked up and a lot of cliches; heaven forbid someone asks you to marry them on February 14, I think that just might be the worst. Sorry. Husband…
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Pizza And Chocolate? It’s A Thing At Rocky Mountain Flatbread
Valentine’s Day Bliss at Rocky Mountain Flatbread The folks at Rocky Mountain Flatbread have paired up with their neighbours at Koko Monk Chocolates to deliver a delicious Valentine’s Day menu where each course paired with a handmade local raw chocolate. The three-course menu is offered for $30 per person and we were lucky enough to get…
Chef Alex Chen Takes Gold At Canadian Culinary Championships
Chef Alex Chen Shines Through Three Intense Culinary Competitions This year seemed particularly special at the Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna, as there seemed to be a tight group of chefs, all producing top notch dishes through the three competitions that made up these gourmet Olympics, and I was gratefully ring side to take it…
Chef Alex Chen From Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions With Chef Alex Chen – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna We interviewed Chef Alex Chen before he won the Victoria 2017 Gold Medal Plates where he took the gold and checked in with him this week before the finals, the Canadian Culinary Championships that take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February…
Chef Mike Robins From Sous Sol, Winnipeg Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions With Chef Mike Robins – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018 The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a…
Chef Shane Chartrand of Sage, Edmonton, Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions With Chef Shane Chartrand From SAGE– Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had…
Chef David Vinoya From Wild Sage Bistro, Regina Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions With Chef David Vinoya From Wild Sage Bistro – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance….
Chef James McFarland From University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions With Chef James McFarland – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a…
Chef Briana Kim From Cafe My House Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions For Chef Briana Kim – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a…
Chef Eric Gonzalez From L’Atelier Joël Robuchon, Montreal Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions Chef Eric Gonzalez – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few…
Chef Nick Jewczyk From The Fifth Ticket St. John’s Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions For Chef Nick Jewczyk – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a…
Chef Lorenzo Loseto From George Restaurant,Toronto Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions For Chef Lorenzo Loseto – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a…
Chef Barry Mooney From Gio, Nova Scotia Heads To The Gold Medal Plates
A Few Questions For Chef Barry Moon – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a few question…
Dine Out Vancouver Just $20 At Bimini’s Pub
Kitslilano’s Bimini’s Pub Overs Dinners Great Value Named after the Bimini Islands in the Bahamas, Bimini’s first opened its doors in 1974 after being granted the Province’s first Neighborhood Pub license. The busy bar was quickly embraced by the post Summer of Love-era hippie locals; environmental agency Greenpeace’s head office was across the street, and…
What’s Good This Week – January 24th Edition
What To Do In Vancouver This Week We’re in the midst of Dine Out Vancouver (we had some pics last week here), the arts scene is buzzing, and there’s much focus on getting healthy, spending their time at the gym, focusing on self-care and rejuvenation. Where’s your focus this year? Have you found one yet?…
Robbie Burns Day In Vancouver
Scotch Whisky, Ales, Haggis and Bagpipes! What’s Up In Vancouver This Robbie Burns Day Robbie Burns is Scotland’s most famous poet, and one of the more humorous ones. You probably know his most famous works, Auld Lang Syne, and each year the year of his birth is celebrated worldwide. As for me, I don’t need any…
Beer And Tacos With Tacofino Hastings & Red Truck Beer
Tacofino Launches Beer Dinner Series Starting With Red Truck Beer What goes better than tacos and beer? It’s a match that can’t be denied, but what’s in that taco matters when it comes to food and beer pairing, so lucky for us the powers that know have joined together to offer a variety of tacos…
Canadian Culinary Championships Kelowna BC February 2 & 3
Support Olympic Athletes While Sampling Canada’s To Chef’s Dishes at the Canadian Culinary Championships We’ve booked our flights and have sent the interview questions to the chefs competing to get a bit of background information on who is competing at this year’s Canadian Culinary Championships held in Kelowna of February 2 & 3, 2018. Our…
What’s Good This Week – Dine Out Vancouver
What to do for Dine Out Vancouver I started writing my weekly picks and it ended up being so Dine Out Vancouver heavy that I decided to do a whole post on a couple of my ideas. So here’s my Dine Out Vancouver 2018 suggestions and there’s so many choices that I’m not going to pretend…
What’s Karen Drinking – The Holland House Cocktail
Mixing Up The Holland House Cocktail Our pal Karen is at it again and mixed up The Holland House Cocktail. She’s part Dutch and this drink is in honour of the Dutch side of her family. This drink uses Genever which is a Dutch spirit that is a predecessor to gin and created prior to the…
