Vancouver Hosts Canada’s Premier Citywide Gin Celebration From AUG 12th– 26th Do you love gin? YVR hosts the summer edition of Gin-A-Palooza – Canada’s first-ever, citywide Gincentric Celebration! For two weeks, Vancouverites have the opportunity to navigate the city’s streets visiting participating venues. Please your palates with 30 signature ginspired cocktails; learn fact from fiction about this classic spirit; and,…
Category: Lower Mainland Events
Richmond Garlic Festival At The Sharing Farm
The 7th Annual Richmond Garlic Festival & Chefs To The Field On Sunday August 23rd Okay, seriously, who doesn’t LOVE garlic? It just makes a dish and I am mad about it! So when we heard about this festival a few years back we headed on out, but far too late! This year we’ll get…
Dinner on The Pier for Growing Chefs
Next Thursday August 20th will host the North Shore’s first ever Dinner on the Pier raising funds for Growing Chefs! Starting at the beautiful Pipe Shop Building in Lower Lonsdale, there will be a cocktail hour with yummy cocktails and of course plenty of beer and wine! Enjoy live music, Nautical photobooth and raffle prizes before…
Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival
Canada’s most unique festival rolls back into town. It’s time for Cheese Rolling! The Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival, one of Canada’s most exciting and fun-hearted events, is back again. Hosted by Dairy Farmers of Canada, the event will feature activities the whole family can enjoy including cheese rolling races, costume contest, recipe demos and tastings,…
Polo Day at the Pacific Polo Club
Vancouver – Witness the Sport of Kings; Power and pure Polo passion featuring two matches! Sunday, August 16th, 2015 – 11:30AM to 5PM GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! >>> The Vancouver Polo Club is located in the Southlands and is a purveyor of the fine sport of polo. The Vancouver Polo Club opened in May 2014. Since then,…
3rd Say Hi to a Stranger Weekend Brightens Vancouver August 21-23, 2015
Get friendly with the 3rd edition of the Say Hi to a Stranger Weekend from August 21-23, 2015. Vancouver businesses, artists, and volunteer street teams will create socially interactive environments to encourage residents to say hello to one another and use the hashtag #sayhitoastranger on social media. This movement was borne out of the reputation of…
Shake It Up At Made With Love
MadeWithLove™, the largest mixology competition in Canada, is coming back to town! After Winnipeg and Calgary, continues its 2015 western tour in the great city of Vancouver. The finals will be held on August 31st at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, located at 900 West Georgia Street from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Tickets are available at the presale price of…
The Botany of Beer
Beer in the garden with Bomber Brewing? Yes please! This 2-part class explores the plants essential to beer through an interactive talk, a local microbrewery tour, and plenty of tasting. The Botany of Beer is presented in partnership with Bomber Brewing, this will be a focused look at the ingredients in beer, and why and…
Edible Canada Hosts Top Chefs
UPCOMING MARKET DINNERS & EVENTS Guest chefs from BC are en route to Edible Canada for gourmet, seasonal feasts in the private room at the Market. 2015 Guest Chef Market Dinner series will welcome new chefs and old favourites into the custom demo kitchen in the heart of Granville Island. For these one-of-a-kind evenings, guests enjoy an…
Les Dames Summerdine – A Few Seats Left + Online Auction
On Wednesday, August 12th join Canada’s largest concurrent dinner party as Les Dames d’Escoffier BC Chapter presents Les Dames Summerdine . This fundraiser takes place at thirty different restaurants, wineries, cooking schools and culinary venues across the province. While most venues are sold out, seats in Vancouver can still be bought at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks, where Chef Jennifer Peters of Nextjen…
Golden Dumpling Cook Off and Derby August 12!
Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie and Here There present Vancouver’s Golden Dumpling Cook Off! The Cookoff returns August 9th! Refreshments are by Red Truck Brewery, restaurants will plate fresh takes on the filling-and-wrapper format. An expert panel of judges will taste their way through entries from 17 restaurants battling to fill, wrap, steam and fry their way…
#BigSmokeBurger July 29 Big Smoke Burger Giving Away Burgers
BIG SMOKE BURGER GRILLS ITS WAY INTO VANCOUVER On July 29th, the gourmet burger franchise opens its first location in Vancouver on West Broadway Internationally celebrated gourmet burger shop Big Smoke Burger today announced its first location in Vancouver at 500 West Broadway. To celebrate the grand opening, Big Smoke Burger will be giving away…
Join Ford For #FordTryMore Deals To Win a Trip To Montreal
We’ve been out trying a few new things this summer and popped into the Guess HQ Escape House last week to help recover a lost artifact through a series of clues! To solve the mystery, you have to disable laser beams, unlock a vault and remove the artifact without setting off any alarms. That’s all I can…
KNIFEWEAR RETURNS: THE WORLD’S SHARPEST POP-UP TO VANCOUVER
CANADA’S FINEST HIGH PERFORMANCE JAPANESE KITCHEN KNIVES Here to throw a match into traditional retail Kevin Kent, Founder of Canadian culinary knife importer Knifewear introduces top quality hand crafted Japanese knives to Vancouver on their second West Coast Tour. The pop-up shop will run July 27 – Aug 2, hosted by @thisopenspace located at 434…
#CanadaISFood: JULY 28 – Twitter Party!
We believe that Canada IS food and the world is richer for it! Join Canadian chefs, food writers, farmers, home cooks and food lovers, Tuesday, July 28th from 8pm – 9pm EST! AND WIN! Led by Canadian Food Ambassador Anita Stewart AND also hosted by myself and a some major Canadian Foodies! Want to know why…
VANCOUVER CHEFS TO TEACH ADULT COOKING CLASSES
Raising Fund for Earthbites School Garden Program Some of Vancouver’s most talented and award-winning chefs have signed on to teach cooking classes to adults in order to raise funds to help kids connect with their food. The list is impressive and includes a diverse array of Vancouver chefs: Chris Whittaker (Forage) – BC Restaurant Hall…
Vista D’oro Farms & Winery – 4th Annual Walnut Festival
Oh what nutty fun this will be! DATE: Sunday July 26th, 2014 TIME: 12pm until 4pm LOCATION: 346 208th Street – Langley Sunday the 26th, join Vista D’oro to celebrate the Green Walnut! We have invited a number of our favorite chefs/creators/farmers to spend the day at the farm with all of us, in celebration…
Air Canada enRoute Film Festival 2015 Screening
Stop by the Vancity Theatre for a free film screening at the 2015 Air Canada enRoute Film Festival. Hosted by eTalk’s Liz Trinnear, the night will begin with a cocktail reception at 6:30pm, followed by an 8:00pm screening of 20 selected shorts from Canada’s brightest young filmmakers. Make sure to arrive early, as space is…
The Deighton Cup
The event that changed the way Vancouver plays, The Deighton Cup, is running Lucky Number Seven on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Hastings Racecourse (188 N. Renfrew St.), from 12 pm to 6 pm. Named after legendary Vancouver saloon owner John “Gassy Jack” Deighton, The Deighton Cup is warming up for its seventh anniversary of…
Long Table Distillery Gin In The Garden – Van Dusen Gardens
Next up on August 15! 1-5pm, Long Table Distillery is partnering with VanDusen Botanical Garden to create drinks that combine fresh picked botanicals found in their vast collection of plantings – All to compliment the gin. The result is a cocktail experience of remarkable taste and botanical diversity, served in one of Vancouver’s most acclaimed garden settings. Cocktails…
