Registration opens March 15th, 2021 for the BC Hospitality Foundation #hospitalityhustle I don’t know about you (but I’d like to!), but this past year it’s been super hard for me to stick to an exercise plan. It’s been much easier to pour myself a glass of wine and plop myself down in a chair in…
Category: Lower Mainland Events
Chambar Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Street Parties and Throwback Menus Ring In Chambar Restaurant’s 15th Anniversary Chambar is celebrating 15 years! Seems like just yesterday when Karri and Nico Schuermans opened this gem that has seen many talented front and back of house superstars come and go, all bringing, and leaving with something extra special. From Sunday, September 15 –…
A Pride Cocktail for QMUNITY
Restaurants Across Vancouver Mix Up Cocktails For QMUNITY There’s even more ways to celebrate Pride this year, as the The Mackenzie Room has rallied eight fellow restaurants to raise money and awareness in support of the Vancouver Pride Parade. Each venue features a pride-themed cocktail for the week of the festival from July 29-August 4,…
Provence Marinaside Lobster Month
Provence’s Chefs Present Lobster Many Ways Including a Lobster Boil on July 15 Who else loves lobster! It’s such a treat and here’s your chance to try it many ways at Provence Marinaside in Yaletown at the foot of Davie Street. We recently had a delicious family brunch here, and a lunch and learn with…
Groundswell Test Market At Granville Island
Alternative Business School Graduates From Groundswell Present Their Fares In Granville Island Luckily for me, I’m on Facebook (give me a like, won’t you?) and often pay attention to the events that are suggested to me, as I procrastinate on the work I need to do. Yesterday, up popped the Groundswell Test Market At Granville…
EAT! Harvest Featuring 24 Top Chefs – Event Lising
EAT! Harvest EAT! Vancouver’s signature event is back and bigger than ever. Friday November 9th 7-9:30 pm EAT! Vancouver’s entire 2018 lineup of rock star chefs will offer bites of canapés that embody their cuisine, resulting in an unparalleled event highlighting some of the best chefs in the world, all in one room. A selection…
Event Alert! Vancouver’s Healthy Chef Competition & Gala
Vancouver’s Healthy Chef Competition & Gala Event 03. 21.18 I’ve been to this event many times and it’s a great way to support your local upcoming chefs, as funds go to the BC Chef’s scholarship program, as well as support the cause of promoting more fruit and veggies on our plates! On Wednesday, March 21,…
Eat Vancouver Dinner Series – Chicha hosts Whistler’s Isabel Chung from Chateau Whistler
Fusion Dinner at Chicha with Chef Isabel Chung from Fairmont Chateau Whistler It’s not often we devote an entire post to a single event, but this one is just one that needs attention. I’m so sad to miss this one as I’ll be in Jasper at Christmas in November (which will be equally awesome), I…
Au Comptoir and La Quercia – Collaborative Chef’s Dinner
Congratulations Au Comptoir on Your Third Anniversary These chefs collaborative dinners just keep getting better! Monday, October 23 Au Comptoir welcomes La Quercia Chef/Owner Adam Pegg to co-host a seven-course collaborative dinner and celebrate their third anniversary in fine style. The menu looks divine and we wouldn’t miss it. Two pedigreed culinary talents will share the stage…
What’s Good this Week September 22 Edition
What To Fall Into This Week in Vancouver First day of fall today and not only are there new seasonal items to add to my instastories, but there are so many fall things to eat around the city. This week certainly felt like fall, and it rained like crazy off and on, but that didn’t…
Les Dames d’Escoffier Present Summerdine – August 16th
Dinner by the Province’s Best Chefs – Les Dames Summerdine Fundraiser Supports Women’s Education, Project Chef and Growing Chefs I’m part of this amazing organization and each year we present a dinner party across the province created by our region’s top chefs. This year it’ Wednesday, August 16th when Les Dames d’Escoffier BC Chapter presents Les Dames…
What’s Good This Week in Vancouver May 23 Edition
Events In And Around Vancouver Hope y’all had a great long weekend if you got one. Michael worked all weekend sadly, as did I, so we stayed in Vancouver, but I did get out for an 8 km run through Shaughnessy on Sunday, took some strolls along West 4th and West Broadway and checked out…
Science Odyssey Canada May 12 to 21
Ten days of discovery and innovation I just came back from a Field Trip yesterday to help spread the news of a pretty cool Science Festival and got up to some very fun things on this day trip. Science Odyssey is Canada’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in Canada and it starts officially…
What’s Good This Week in Vancouver – May 11 Edition
Enjoy Vancouver This Week With These Tasty Events What’s up for Vancouver this week? Lots! We are back in town and settling back in from our honeymoon and have plans to hit the Spot Prawn Festival on Saturday for our 2 week anniversary celebration (joking). There’s a ton of Mother’s Day Celebrations and I did an entire…
What’s Good This Week in Vancouver – March 29thish +
Events in and Around Vancouver WHAT? It’s almost April, and this is our Vancouver weather? Well, at least Vancouver is a city that knows how to function in the rain and whether it’s pouring or sunny, we’ve always got a ton to do to distract us. What to do this week? Here’s just a few…
What’s Good March 14 – What to do In Vancouver This Week
Vancouver Events This Week Hard to believe we are half into March! C’mon cherry blosoms! But I think I boringly say it’s always hard to believe we are at “some particular date”, as time tends to fly by for me every day. I should try a better intro. However, back to the weather, it’s a…
Vancouver Restaurants Celebrate French Gastronomy
3 Renowned Vancouver Restaurants celebrate French Gastronomy on March 21st What are you doing next Tuesday night? If you enjoy French Food done well it would be a good time to make a reservation. We’re torn! For the third consecutive year, over 2000 restaurants in 150 countries will participate in the #GoodFrance event to celebrate…
What’s Good This Week – February 28+
What’s Good In And Around Vancouver Can’t believe is March already and also that it is snowing in Vancouver at the very same time. Ah well…..we’ll get spring soon enough, right? I’m hopeful! In any case, here’s a few suggestions to brighten up your day and give you something to look forward to. Get Your…
What’s Good This Week – February 22
What to do in and around Vancouver this week? It’s been a busy couple weeks. We just got through another year of Vancouver International Wine Festival and were thoroughly impressed with the wines and the people we met behind them! Now we are onto the last week in February and I seriously can’t believe how…
What’s Good This Week in Vancouver Version 2017.0
What to do in Vancouver this week of January 2017 Is it just me or does it seem like the new year really starts in the second week of January? Last week wasn’t bad, it’s not like I ate a dozen donuts in one seating, I actually had some great gal pal time and even…
