Vancouver Chefs Unite To Support Cherry Blossom Festival At Sakura Night Gala To support the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival and its free events that attract 125,000 people each year, eight notable chefs are joining forces to put on a spectacular showcase of Japanese-fusion cuisine at the festival’s most important fundraising event of the year, the Sakura Night Gala presented by…
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Vancouver Opera Festival – News Release
Vancouver Opera Festival starts tomorrow We’re off to a couple operas this year and will report back! Sunday’s a full day of fun! Read on for more….FESTIVAL GUIDE HERE! Vancouver Opera Festival launches with performances of Rossini’s La Cenerentola in the afternoon and Gounod’s Faust in the evening. On Sunday, there is a free Party on the Plaza featuring a full day…
Poisson d’Avril at Provence Marinaside
Seafood Feasts at Provence in Yaletown Until April 30th, Provence Marinaside in Yaletown is hosting their 11th annual Poisson d’Avril. In France, ‘Poisson d’Avril’ (April’s Fish) is a one-day affair corresponding to our April Fool’s Day. The good folks at Provence believe you can never have too much of a good thing and have extended…
Flourish – VCC Fundraiser – Event Listing
Join VCC Alumni and Students At The Annual Gala We missed Flourish last year, but won’t let that happen again, so stay tuned for coverage on this years’ gala, or, better yet, get there yourself and enjoy all the delicious dishes with wine pairings! Flourish Gala is a fundraiser for the Vancouver Community College Foundation to…
What’s Good This Week – February 25 Edition
What To Do In Vancouver This Week How can we be celebrating the last week in February already? I’m feeling like I’ve done nothing this year, it’s a blur, it’s just flown by and it’s been a lot of reaction and not much pro-action. After a week in Kelowna for the Canadian Culinary Championships (congrats…
Vancouver International Wine Festival – News Release
Wine, Wine All Around – and Many Drops to Drink It’s not too late to get in on the action at the 41st Vancouver International Wine Festival as a few stellar events still have tickets available. This week’s festival includes 53 events, 160 wineries, 16 countries, 1,425 wines and 25,000 participants. Join them! If you…
Canadian Culinary Championships – Black Box Challenge
Black Box Challenge Ingredients Tough Ones at the #CCC2019 The second challenge at the Canadian Culinary Championships is the Black Box Challenge, where the chefs are given a box of mystery ingredients, access to the Okanagan College Kitchen pantry and then let loose to create a memorable dish using all the ingredients in the Black…
Chef Takashi Ito Receives People’s Choice Award at the Canadian Culinary Championships
CHEF TAKASHI ITO RECEIVES PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD WITH HIS PAIRING WITH MYSTERY WINE VISTA’S EDGE CABERNET FRANC FROM MISSION HILL FAMILY ESTATE We are already into day two here and the chefs from the Canadian Culinary Championships have finished the Black Box competition and are preparing for tonight’s finale. Last night’s competition saw Chef Takashi…
Canadian Culinary Championships Kelowna 2019
Canadian Culinary Championships Compete In Kelowna February 1-2, 2019 This year we’ll be heading up to Kelowna again for the Canadian Culinary Championships and are looking forward to hearing back from the chefs as we’ve sent them a series of questions leading up to the big competition to get to know each of them better….
VanWineFest Tickets On Sale
VanWineFest Tickets Going Fast The 41st Vancouver International Wine Festival returns for an eight-day celebration of wine and food February 23 to March 3 at the Vancouver Convention Centre and other venues around Metro Vancouver. The 2019 festival features 160 wineries participating in 54 events. This year, the spotlight shines on wines from California, with 53 wineries from the Golden…
Dine Out Vancouver Festival – News Release
Dine Out Vancouver Bookings Open Today Canada’s largest food and drink festival adds breakfast menu offerings in 2019 We got a quick preview of a couple spots and can tell you that Granville Island has some great menus! A couple pictures of Dockside above. These last three are Sandbar. From the news release: Resolutions can wait,…
FARE: For the Human Right to Healthy Food - Event Listing January 14, 2019
Eight of Vancouver’s most innovative chefs are banding together in support of the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House This extraordinary six-course chef collaboration dinner will be experienced at Torafuku Asian Eatery on January 14, 2019. Inspired by the DTES Neighborhood House’s need to secure more funding for their healthy food programs, Torafuku’s Clement Chan reached out…
Science World Science Of Cocktails 2019 – Event Listing
Science World Presents A Night Of Cocktails and Canapes This is our first official listing of 2019 and while it seems a way off, we know the new year will roar in and before long January will be gone and we’ll be well into February. Although the general tickets are sold out, there’s still some…
Goh Ballet’s Nutcracker
Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker runs December 21 – 23 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre We go every year and wouldn’t miss it! See you Saturday night. Last chance to see this year’s dream come to life….With five performances featuring international dance stars, and accompanied by Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Goh Ballet’sThe Nutcracker runs December 21 – 23 at Queen Elizabeth…
Gingerbread Family’s at Good Earth = Donation to Food Bank
Good Earth Coffeehouse Offers Up $$ to Food Bank If you check our Instagram account you’ll see there’s some festive cinnamon buns at a nearby coffee shop on Alma, so why not make a stop in just down the street and pick up some Gingerbread too? The holidays are all about giving. With your help,…
Christmas at Canada Place runs to January 3
Canada Place Lights Up For The Holidays Free walk-through experience includes the Woodward’s Windows, Avenue of Trees, winter lighting display, Sails of Light and more at Canada Place! Capture the spirit of the season at Canada Place! Celebrate Christmas at Canada Place presented by the Port of Vancouver. Running for four weeks this year from December…
What’s Good This Week December 6th Edition
What To Do Around Vancouver This Week Well we’ve already had our holiday party for my company as well as our office building party, so I’m fully into the holiday spirit. I’ve got a hot chocolate station ready to go for Friday, with boozy treats included and I’ve been quite spoiled with items being shipped…
London Drugs Stocking Stuffers for Seniors Program
London Drugs Supports 15,000 Elderly Canadians This Holiday Season If you are looking for an easy way to give back this season just head on in to London Drugs and look for the holiday tree! Pick a wish from the tree and go shopping for a deserving senior in your community. I did this yesterday…
OH Studio and Strange Fellows Brewing KRAMPUSMARKT Dec 6th-8th – Event Listing
Join OH Studio and Strange Fellows Brewing for KRAMPUSMARKT When we heard about this market, filled with local goods, we couldn’t help but spread the word. Krampus is coming….. to Strange Fellows Brewing! To light up the dark season, they have 3 days of old world-inspired festivities planned in celebration of everyone’s favourite baddie. Break out your…
Mon Paris Pâtisserie Sweetens The Holidays – News Release
Mon Paris Pâtisserie’s Modern Collection of Festive Treats Chef Elena Krasnova’s holiday collection is now available at her charming Parisienne chocolate and pastry shop in Burnaby The pastry case at Mon Paris Pâtisserie (4396 Beresford St., Burnaby) is now decked with show-stopping treats for Christmas. Mon Paris owner and pastry chef, Elena Krasnova, has created a…
