Local food businesses in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are signing up to Meet Your Maker where local food producers and local food buyers meet, get business and grow. Scheduled for Monday February 27 at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver, this local event is modeled after Portland, Oregon’s very successful ‘Farmer-Chef Connection.’ This…
Category: Lower Mainland Events
A Rogue Women in Beer Pairing Mingler
Thursday March 8th – 6:30 March 8th (International Women’s Day) at Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar. 8 Fabulous BC Beers brought to you by…. 8 Charismatic BC Women in Beer from…. 8 BC Breweries paired with….. 8 Perfectly Paired Creations by Rogue Chef Cory Chapman! Sponsored by Pink Pints! ….Yes Boys, you are welcome to come!! $55/person includes tax, gratuities and swag! PASS…
Gray Monk at Edible Canada
The Edible Canada at the Market team is incredibly excited to be hosting our first ever Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival Event this month, and honoured to be welcoming Gray Monk to our Granville Island bistro. We invite you to join us for a delicious evening with one of BC’s first families of wine –…
ReWined with Marquis Wine Cellars
Join us on Thursday, April 5th for a magical evening of wine and wishes. Proceeds will grant the heartfelt wishes of BC children with life-threatening medical conditions. 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM Vancouver, BC Admission is a bottle of fine wine with a minimum value of $50, registered & purchased through Marquis Wine Cellars. All bottles will be auctioned off…
Beta5 Marmalade Tasting
Unique marmalade tasting at Beta5 on Saturday February 18; take home a jar of your favorite*. Two informal tasting sessions at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Sampling 6 different marmalades (on fresh baked scones), ranging in flavor from sweet to bitter: meyer lemon, pink lemon, rangpur lime, seville orange (made with granulated sugar), traditional seville orange (made…
Cupcake Throwdown for HAVE Culinary Training
This year’s Throwdown is thursday February 16th at The Chapel from 7pm-10pm To register or volunteer please contact Stephanie at vancouver.cupcake.throwdown@gmail.com or 604.506.0112 The Cupcake Throwdown has hosted bakers going head to head, vying for cupcake supremacy since 2009. All the while raising much needed funds for H.A.V.E. Culinary Training Society. For those attending the event it is…
Vancouver Wine Professional Challenge
Calling all Wine Professionals !!! Are you up for a challenge? On Tuesday February 21st participants will sniff, swirl and spit their way to crowning a winner of the 2012 Art Institute of Vancouver Wine Professional Challenge. Participation is FREE and the winner receives….. * From Puddifoot (A bottle of vintage Port, Riedel Carafe &…
Memphis Blues Pugilists Set to Defend Pulled Pork Title on Feb 22nd at BC Place Stadium
Park and George Head to the Ring to face Challengers Re-Up BBQ and the ‘Recipe To Riches’ Winner “I feel good about this. I really do. It was important to get back to the old country,” says Park Heffelfinger, co-owner of the beloved Memphis Blues Barbeque House, as he and his partner George Siu step…
Seasonal 56 Cooking Classes
Cooking classes are back, and we are kicking them off with a little pork! Gelderman Farms Pork cooking class March 13th 2012 $45 per person/ $40 per diner’s club member 6:00 p.m. Local honey glazed pork tenderloin with apple, walnut, dried plum bread pudding Beer braised leg, juniper and balsamic braised cabbage; pork fat fried potatoes Pork belly…
House Wine Singles Event
Mingle with the Singles We’d like to invite all the fabulous single women and men out there to raise a glass with us. This relaxed mingler features grape varieties that shine spectacularly on their own. We’ll pour popular classics like Pinot Noir, Syrah, Riesling and Chardonnay and introduce you to exotic and off the beaten…
Refuel Restaurant Reveals Valentine’s Day Menu
refuel to offer prix fixe menus designed for individuals and couples Refuel Restaurant & Bar, specializing in local, seasonal, comfort food, reveals a three-course prix fixe menu for individuals and a romantic five-course menu designed for couples to share, available on Tuesday February 14. Guests are invited to relax at the open kitchen bar with a burger or savour one of…
Seasonal 56 Gumboot Dinner with Goat’s Pride Dairy
Tuesday February 28th 2012 6:00 p.m. @Seasonal56 @GoatsPrideDairy Goat’s Pride Dairy attending producer ( http://www.goatspride.com/) $45 per person/ $40 per diner’s club member To start: Tasting of Goat’s Pride dairy cheese with seasonal compotes and house crackers Dinner (served family style) Salad Barnston Island greens, Goat’s pride feta cheese, house pickled Glen Valley beets, In Season Farms…
House Wine Presents Italian Wine
Italy Encore While Italy can be one of the most challenging regions to understand, it can also be one of the most rewarding. Our 101 on Italian wines is back by popular demand. This sit down seminar will help you understand the labels, demystify Italy’s various regions and introduce you to some of the most…
8th Annual “A Taste of BC’s Finest” Charity Fundraiser
The 8th annual “A Taste of BC’s Finest” Food and Beverage extravaganza takes place on Saturday May 12, 2012 from 7:00pm to 10:30pm at Semiahmoo House Society. This is a fun filled event with sumptuous food and tantalizing beverages, and with much thanks to our sponsors and exhibitors, the event is bigger and better than…
13th ANNUAL HEALTHY CHEF COMPETITION
BRITISH COLUMBIA CHEFS’ ASSOCIATION Partial proceeds raised from this event help fund scholarships for the B.C. Chefs’ Association and support several health organizations. Hyatt Regency, Vancouver Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 Judging @ 6:30PM; Dinner: 7:30 PM This is a fun and healthy competition that has been taking place for over a decade. It is organized…
Ten local chefs to compete for BC Chinese Chef of the Year at BC Foodservice Expo
The woks will be steaming and the fish sauce flying when 10 local chefs compete to be crowned the first ever BC Chinese Chef of the Year. This iron-chef-style live competition will take place Jan. 29 and 30 on the Discover Presentation Stage at the BC Foodservice Expo. Metro Vancouver is among the top destinations…
house wine – A Toast to Robbie Burns
Back by popular demand! At house wine it’s not just about the grape; sometimes we cheat on wine… In honour of Robbie Burns Day, we are excited to toast the great poet and share our passion for our favourite brown spirit. Explore the wonderful world of Scotch with healthy drams of various blends as well…
CRU Restaurant – Quails’ Gate Winery Dinner
Sunday, Feb 26 Join us for a special evening with Winemaker Grant Stanley. Share Grant’s passion and taste his award-winning wines with cuisine prepared by executive chef Alana Peckham. Family owned and operated, Quails Gate Winery is known for producing premium wines that perfectly express the terroir of their origin, and have attracted considerable attention…
Vintage Corks at West – Cali Wine Fair Dinner
California Dreaming – Arts Club Spring Wine Dinner Tuesday, April 17 | 6:30 p.m. | $195, all inclusive It’s a stellar line-up from six of California’s most prestigious wineries as Vintage Corks and West join to present an intimate, epicurean adventure exclusively for this Arts Club fundraiser. Executive Chef Quang Dang will craft a compelling five-course menu…
Le Vieux Pin & LaStella Tasting
The BC Wine Appreciation Society is proud to host not one but two of the Okanagan’s most exciting wineries! Rasoul Salehi of Le Vieux Pin and LaStella, both members of the Enotecca wine family, will be here with a great selection of his wines on Tuesday, February 21. Le Vieux Pin has a French focus. …
