Once again, house wine partnered with Wine Australia are throwing a party to celebrate Australia’s Birthday Down-Under-style. With over 40 different wineries and 120 wines from across Australia. You will discover why Aussie really rules. Join us for an adventure this Australia Day! Date: Friday, January 25th, 2013 Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm Place: Stanley Park…
Category: Lower Mainland Events
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with dishes and drinks from the Roaring 20s
Two Chefs and a Table brings in 2013 with a Prohibition-style Dinner Two Chefs and a Table is going back to the Roaring Twenties for one night with a speakeasy-style dinner to celebrate the New Year. The menu, drinks and décor will harken back to the wild days of prohibition, though guests can dine easy…
New Year’s Eve Escape to Wine Country Dec 29 2012 – Jan 1, 2013
Order tickets via Eventbrite: http://nyetobcwinecountry-efbevent.eventbrite.ca/ Spend New Year’s weekend in Winter Wine Country Saturday December 29, 2012 to Tuesday January 1,2013 INCLUDES: 3 nights accommodation in luxury mountain view studio suite with king size bed at Walnut Beach Resort. (upgrades to 1 bedroom can be arranged please message cassandra@goodlifevancouver.com) Transportation from Vancouver to Osoyoos and…
Rogue Holiday Beer Dinner/Tap Takeover
The Calling Public House. 6 taps will be taken over by “winter themed” Rogue beers such as the XS Old Crustacean Barleywine, Santa’s Private Reserve, Mogul Madness, Yellow Snow IPA, and we’ll be launching the Chatoe Rogue Roguenbier. $40 will get you a 3 course beer pairing dinner.$35 for CAMRA members. Please call The Calling Public…
One Day Salmon Sale at Whole Foods
On Friday, Dec. 7, Whole Foods Market is hosting a one-day sale on wild-caught Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified sockeye salmon for $7.99/lb. – a savings of nearly 50 percent! Whole Foods Market’s sockeye salmon are hand-selected by our own port buyers at the peak of the season, then packed exclusively for our seafood cases to…
Kale & Nori Christ-Makkah Event
Don’t miss out on the final Kale & Nori pop-up of 2012, and this is sure to be a quick sell out. 4 courses by Chef Jonathan including the “Turketta” 4 cocktails by Lauren Mote, including a variety of liquor sponsors to sweeten the deal – we are not confined to any single category, instead…
Wine Dinner at Wild Rice New West
GET INTO THE FESTIVE SPIRIT WITH A SPIRITED WINE DINNER AT WILD RICE NEW WESTMINSTER Executive Chef Todd Bright and Sommelier Andrew Switzer have collaborated to create a stunning five-course wine pairing dinner to kick-off the festive season. The dinner will be held at the New Westminster location on December 5th starting at 6:30 p.m….
Road 13 Winery & Save On Meats Team Up For DTES Charity
British Columbia’s Road 13 Winery is joining forces with Vancouver’s iconic Save On Meats to present “The Farmer And The Pig” – a three-course dinner celebrating BC wine and diner classics, to benefit A Better Life Foundation in support of Downtown Eastside social initiatives. At 8:00 pm on Wednesday, December 5th, join Mick Luckhurst of Oliver’s…
UNVEIL RARE BALVENIE 50 YO – Education Seminar & Sampling
Monday, November 19 | 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Join Balvenie Brand Ambassador, Lorne Cousin in the Cambie Kitchen for an exclusive tasting and education of Balvenie’s finest. Enjoy samples of the following: Balvenie 12 YO Doublewood Balvenie 12 YO Signature Balvenie 15 YO Single Barrel Balvenie 21 YO Port Wood Watch as they reveal…
Get a Sweet Start on Your Holiday Season in Candytown
Yaletown to Host Vancouver’s Newest Christmas Festival The Yaletown Business Improvement Association is proud to announce the only free outdoor Christmas festival on Mainland Street in Downtown Vancouver. November 23-24, 2012, Candytown is kicking off the festive season with a fun and interactive weekend. Vancouver’s newest festival will transform the heritage district of Yaletown into…
Vancouver Foodster presents “Tasting Plates Vancouver” – Fall Edition
Prepare to experience some of the newest and tastiest offerings on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. as Vancouver Foodster, Vancouver’s essential online food and drink guide, presents “Tasting Plates Vancouver” Fall Edition in Chinatown and Strathcona. Participating restaurants will offer tasting plates of their food to the guests, thereby showcasing their…
A Special Night with Canada’s Favourite Recipes, Rose Murray Elizabeth Baird
Edible Canada is proud to welcome Canadian Culinary icons Rose Murray and Elizabeth Baird for a special evening to celebrate their new cookbook, Canada’s Favourite Recipes. Murray is a bestselling cookbook author. You may have noticed a poster of her latest book, A Taste of Canada, gracing the walls of our bistro. Baird was the…
Eastside Culture Crawl November 16 + 17 + 18, 2012
Tannis Hopkins Art For Food Lovers will be present at the 16th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl – a FREE 3-day visual arts phenomenon. Art For Food Lovers are off the east side loading bay of the 1000 Parker St building # 108. This event involves more than 10,000 people visiting artists in their studios in the area…
Beaujolais Nouveau 2012
Celebrate at Kits Daily Kitchen – November 15, 2012 At one past midnight on the third Thursday of each November, from little villages and towns like Romanèche-Thorins, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey through a sleeping France to Paris for immediate shipment to all parts of the world. By the time…
Fat Dragon Bar-B-Q to Release the Kraken
Fat Dragon Showcases Local Aquatic Bounty at the First-Ever Shellfish Mania Dinner Fat Dragon Bar-B-Q to host Shellfish Mania on November 21, 2012. Chef de Cuisine Adam Johnson will prepare a monster of a meal showcasing local shellfish. This family style feast will feature oysters, crab, clams, scallops, mussels and shrimp with a touch of smoke…
Brothers, Yonah and Jacob Sweetapple, Battle for Negroni Supremacy at UVA Wine Bar
On Wednesday, November 14th at 7pm UVA Bar Manager, Yonah Sweetapple will take-on famed kin and bar star Jacob Sweetapple in a negroni-focused competition. The Sweetapple showdown will feature an evening of secret recipes and friendly competition alongside regular menus and weekly DJ, LadyHawk, spinning records. 10% of the evening’s Negroni proceeds will go to…
River Market Sunday Supper
Sunday Supper at River Market: Close out your week with a lively evening of fun and good eats at River Market’s new Sunday Supper Series, which takes place after hours in the market’s Food Hall. Pull up a seat to the community table on Nov. 11 at 6 p.m., and dig in to handcrafted Prime…
CinCin’s Mushroom and Truffle Festival Heralds the Flavours of Autumn
FESTA DEL FUNGO This November will signal CinCin’s eighth annual Festo del Fungo, the celebration of Truffles and Wild Mushrooms that heralds the lusty flavours of autumn. Executive Chef Andrew Richardson, whose Michelin-starred skills have ignited the wood-burning forno at CinCin for the past six months, has been busy meeting with his suppliers – and…
From Shangri-La with Love
Martinis shaken… and stirred, in a setting worthy of Bond. James Bond, code name 007, has captivated audiences for 50 years. On November 8th, the eve of the release of Skyfall, Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver is celebrating all things Bond. Join us in Xi Shi Lounge, where we have a License to Thrill, beginning at 8:00…
Whisky Brunch Fundraiser
With The Gold Medal Junior Culinary Team of Canada A VERY special event! Hosted by Marcus VonAlbrecht, Director of BC Chefs Association, guests will enjoy food & whisky pairings prepared by the Junior Culinary Team of Canada (ccfcc.ca) Trust us, this food will be spectacular. These are Canadian world-class competition winners, winning 5 gold medals…
