Women & Traditional Cuisine Culinary Event in Mexico

First Women & Traditional Cuisine Culinary Event Hosted by Renowned Mexican Chefs At Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit Oh if we only had the budget to head to this event at the end of January! Here’s hoping some of you might be able to attend the Women & Traditional Cuisine event! Perhaps we’ll craft one more…

VanWineFest Tickets On Sale January 8, 2020

VanWineFest France and More – Event Listing Get your plan in order for the 42nd Vancouver International Wine Festival, as the an eight-day celebration of wine and food is coming from February 22 to March 1 at the Vancouver Convention Centre and other venues around Metro Vancouver. The 2020 festival features 163 wineries participating in…

Dinner With a View Geodesic Dome Dining

 Dinner With a View Launches January 15th – February 16th, 2020 Part pop-up restaurant, part outdoor oasis, Dinner With A View will deliver an exclusive gastronomic adventure under the stars at Ambleside Beach, West Vancouver, opening January 15th – February 16th, 2020. Attendees will be situated in heated, clear and frameless geodesic domes, each designed…

Best Things To Do in Vancouver November 25 Edition

What To Do In Vancouver This Week It’s a tough week to decide what to allocate to this column, so stay tuned as we’ll have to add later! Here’s some of the Best Things To Do in Vancouver This Week. Empower Her 2019 – November 27 On Wednesday, November 27, 2019 WORTH Association will bring together…

Things To Do In Vancouver November 20 Edition

Good Things – Vancouver Events And What To Do in Vancouver I’m in holiday mode already and have been getting the house ready to decorate and thinking about what cookies to bake this year. I probably won’t pull out the full decor until December, but I’ve got some plans, which is what counts, right? Half…

Tacofino Hosts Shift Change Hospitality Industry Outreach Event on November 25 – Vancouver Event

Hospitality Community Unites to Discuss Issues Involving Gender, Substance Use and Mental Health, Introduces Employee Assistance Program, Free to Industry Workers Tacofino is set to host Shift Change — an event designed to bring the local hospitality community together to create dialogue and exchange ideas to improve the quality of life for those working within an often-challenging industry…

Bishop’s Restaurant Fall Game And Foraged Dinner

The Bounties of BC: Wild Game and Foraged Dinner at Bishop’s Restaurant Bishop’s Restaurant, Vancouver’s original farm to table restaurant, has been delivering local food and wine to its diners well before the trend went mainstream. On Thursday November 28, 2019 join them to celebrate the flavours of fall, with a menu stacked full of…

Kitchen Aide For Mental Health – Event Listing

Vancouver Chefs Unite To Raise Awareness For Mental Health Initiatives Several Vancouver chefs have banded together to end the stigma on speaking out about the prevalence of mental health issues in the kitchen. They want people to speak up and loud. On Monday, November 18, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., the whole community is invited to…

Papi’s Seafood and Oyster Bar Welcomes Jefferson Alvarez – News

Jefferson Alvarez Now Head Chef at Papi’s – New Nightly Dinner and Weekend Brunch Menu Congratulations to our friend Chef Jefferson Alvarez on his now formalized role at Papi’s Seafood and Oyster Bar. It’s time for a revisit for us, and doesn’t that brunch sound tempting. From the press release – SMC Communications Papi’s Seafood and…

Week of Italian Cuisine – Event Listing

Italian Cuisine Week Hits Vancouver The Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World will take place on November, 18 to 24, 2019, with over 1,000 events showcasing Italian wine and food, held all around the world.  In Vancouver you can join this gourmet adventure with a dinner on November 20th at the Italian Cultural…

Things To Do In Vancouver This Week October 25 Edition

What To Do In Vancouver This Week It’s full on fall and the wind is howling, almost signalling that it’s time to cozy up inside under a blanket by the fire. But we’re not that easily scared off and a little wind won’t keep us from getting out and enjoying Vancouver and all it has…

Eat! Vancouver Q + A With Chef Cathy Whims of Nostrana

Chef Cathy Whims From Nostrana in Portland Vancouver Is At Eat! Vancouver More of our pre-coverage on EAT! Vancouver as tickets are going fast and we don’t want you to miss out. Here’s our Q + A with Chef Cathy Whims From Nostrana, one of the best Italian restaurants in Portland.  EAT! Vancouver takes place…

Eat! Vancouver Q + A With Chef Pino Posteraro

Pino Posteraro From Cioppino’s Vancouver Is At Eat! Vancouver We are counting down to EAT! Vancouver as it’s less than two weeks away! We’ve interviewed some of the chefs participating to get to know them a little better and here’s the scoop from Chef Pino Posteraro from Cioppino’s Vancouver, one of the best Italian restaurants…

Last Minute Thanksgiving Meals Around Vancouver

No Plans For Turkey Dinner Yet? Thanksgiving Feasts Still Available Around Vancouver Still haven’t made up your mind on what to do for that Thanksgiving Dinner? There’s still time to get some turkey if you act quickly, but reservations are filling up fast. We’re heading to friends so I’m digging out my recipe for Pecan…

Passions 2019 – Fundraiser for Dr. Peter Aids Foundation – Event Listing

Passions 2019 Highlights the Importance of Food as Harm Reduction We’ve been supporting Passions for many years and look forward to seeing what the chefs have created for this year’s must-attend gala on September 26, 2019! When people arrive at Passions 2019 at Performance Works on Granville Island September, 26, they can expect to hear…

Improv Festival Runs September 24 to 29 at The Clutch

Improv Troupes Perform and Teach During Improv Week Last week we headed over to the theatre on Commercial Drive’s  Havana to take an Improv Class, all in prep for the Improv Festival happening this week at The Cultch. I had done some Improv with Vancouver Theatresports, but was never formally trained, so this was something of…

From Farms to Forks For Growing Chefs October 6 – Event Listing

Growing Chefs Annual Fundraising Kitchen Party It’s Growing Chefs kitchen party! Wander through the kitchen’s of the Pacific Institute of culinary arts, watch the chefs in action, meet the growers, and enjoy delicious tasting plates – each paired with a different wine from Mission Hill Family Estate. Pairing the province’s best chefs with B.C.’s finest…

Raise The Barn For Hazelmere Organic Farm

Hazelmere Organic Farm, An Evening Of Community With A Cause On Saturday, September 14 you can enjoy a seven-course fundraising feast with kombucha, beer, and cider pairings at Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, in Granville Island! The brightest talents from our local hospitality industry are coming together to support of one of BC’s most epic…

Burger Week With ItsJoshEats

Le Burger Week On Until September 7 – Josh Boettcher Reports We saw that Josh Boettcher had actually gone and tried almost all the burgers from Burger Week, so weasked him to do a guest post based on his food-filled Instagram so you could see what’s out there to nosh on this year. Every first…

VCC Chef’s Table Volume II

Chef Hamid Salimian’s VCC Students Deliver A Tantalizing Meal VCC Chef’s Table pop-up restaurant hosted by the VCC Culinary Arts is on until September 8th so you need to act quickly to get a seat for this one! We dined on the series menu last night and it is an impressive display of the culinary…