Wine Festival Celebrates Smaller Garagiste Wines! If there’s only one wine festival you get to this summer, this should be the one! August 19th in Kelowna the Garagiste North returns to wow wine lovers with a unique taste of the future of wine country. Garagiste North “The Small Producers” Wine Festival, celebrates the artisan winemaker…
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Les Dames Summerdine
Summerdine 2018 – One Night, Many Dinners and Many Already Sold OUT! As many of you know I am a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier, an invitational organization of women leaders in food, beverage and hospitality whose mission is education, scholarship and philanthropy. Much of our fundraising goes towards scholarships for women in the culinary,…
Food Day Canada 2018
An Invitation to ALL Canadians – Help Put CANADA on the Menu! Celebrate Canadian Food with Great Ingredients, Top Chefs, Amazing Farmers and Canada’s Most Iconic Icon, the CN Tower Fifteen years ago in 2003, our borders were closed to Canadian beef. It may have been an economic disaster, but it was not a culinary one….
What’s Good This Week July 24 Edition`
What To Do Around Vancouver I can’t believe it’s the last week of July! June and July just flew by as we took some time to head to the Island, had lots of family visits and then there’s the fact that I am working full time in ECommerce now. I’ve got much less time to…
Indian Summer Festival
From July 5 – 15 the Indian Summer Festival Spreads Out Across Vancouver We were lucky enough to stop in for the opening of the Indian Summer Festival this week, and yesterday, the first ever outdoor space PAUSE opened, located at Vanier Park. PAUSE will host 15+ fascinating, family-friendly and unique free events July 6-15. The opening included dishes…
Canada Day Celebrations
Last Minute Ideas For Canada Day Happy Canada Day to you all! It’s a fairly gloomy one here in Vancouver, but we’re not going to let that stop us from enjoying some Canadian Food and getting out to raise a good ol’ glass of Canadian beer, wine or a Canadian-spirit based cocktail or two! Here’s…
Where To Take Dad For Father’s Day
Treat Dad With a Meal Out On Father’s Day What are you doing for your Dad this Father’s Day? We’ve got a couple suggestions for brunch and dinner, but you might just want to cook up his favourite meal at home, so there’s a great list of suggested recipes here too! Brunch at CRAFT CRAFT…
CLOSED #Giveaway 2 Tickets to Nomad Dinner Club Katsuji Tanabe
Top Chef Mexico’s Katsuji Tanabe in Vancouver June 19 Congrats Rebecca! We’ve partnered with the Nomad Dinner Club, to give 2 tickets to their next event away! The Nomad Dinner Club promotes celebrity chefs and brings in some of the biggest names in the culinary world and this dinner features Chef Katsuji Tanabe. The evening…
BC Seafood Festival Signature Weekend
#BCSeafoodFest Features over 40 Local, National and International Chefs We’re packing our bags and heading over to the Island this weekend for the BC Seafood Festival with Chef Shelome Bouvette from Chicha! There’s still some tickets left but many events are sadly sold out! I’ve been many times and this year sounds EVEN BETTER. This…
Pairings – A Gourmet Evening At Science World
Pairings at Science World Explores The Science Behind Food And Wine Matchmaking While Supporting Underserved Children On June 13, enjoy gourmet bites from renowned chefs and restaurants paired with a selection of fine wines from Oliver’s Golden Mile Bench Science World is partnering up with La Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, an association of Gastronomy, and select wineries…
What’s Good This Week May 22 Edition
What’s Going On In Vancouver This Week It’s been a busy week for me here as I’ve joined a very cool company, Satel Creative, a Vancouver ecommerce agency, and right off the bat there’s an event this weekend, and I hope to see some of you there. Craft Beer Week starts this week and there’s…
What’s Good This Week – May 15 Edition
What To Do In And Around Vancouver This Week I’m not exactly fond of this heat, so I’l be spending as much time as possible in an air conditioned environment, but there’s a few reasons I will be making a journey out around Vancouver and here’s a few of them. Gastown Chicken Fight Returns for…
BC Tastes Better – Eat Locally
British Columbia’s Local dining promotion Launches If you’re following me on Instagram, or any of my social feeds you’ll see there’s a whole lotta local going on lately. Last week we dined out in the greenhouse in Langley as part of BC Greenhouse Veggie Days, and yesterday we visited Milner Cheese, Maan Farms, Fraser Valley…
What’s Good This Week May 10 Edition
Events and Happenings In And Around Vancouver This Week Looks like sunshine is on its way this weekend and we’re getting up to 24 degrees by Sunday. We’ve already let you know about the Spot Prawn Festival here, and the BC Buy Local initiative here, but we wanted to mention some great ways to learn some…
Annual Spot Prawn Festival returns to Fishermen’s Wharf
On Saturday May 12, 2018, join the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia for a celebration of iconic, local delicacy at the 12th Annual Spot Prawn Festival. Available online: Get your 2018 Spot Prawn Festival tickets. This year, there are three ways to enjoy the Spot Prawn Festival: FREE – access to the docks, view cooking…
Mealshare Tonight For Tomorrow May 9th
Mealshare Works Towards a Brighter Future for Canada with its Annual Fundraiser – Tonight for Tomorrow Non-profit inspires Canadians to take action and raise money by dining out, while UNICEF reports the country is lagging in the fight to end child hunger. Won’t you join me for dinner on May 9th! We’re headed to Fable…
What’s Good This Week April 26th Edition
What’s Up In And Around Vancouver This Week I’m just a week away from a big fundraiser I’ve been working on for Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, plus we are just days away from BC Greenhouse Veggie Days, and both projects are taking up just a wee bit of my time so I’ve had to let…
What’s Good This Week Easter Edition
Where to Hop to For Easter Feasts in Vancouver Daffodils are blooming and spring is in the air, and even though I’m currently freezing and it feels far colder than 6 degrees out today,I’m sure that warmer days will soon come. But while we are waiting for more spring blooms and sunnier days, we can…
Greasy Spoon Diner Vol. 37 Featuring Chef Charlotte Langley
Greasy Spoon Diner at Save on Meats March 19 We’ve attended a couple of these dinners and I psyched to return to this year’s version which features all female chefs. March 19 Chef Charlotte Langley is coming in from the East to cook for us! Dine out for a cause (Better Life Foundation); you won’t…
Event Alert! Vancouver’s Healthy Chef Competition & Gala
Vancouver’s Healthy Chef Competition & Gala Event 03. 21.18 I’ve been to this event many times and it’s a great way to support your local upcoming chefs, as funds go to the BC Chef’s scholarship program, as well as support the cause of promoting more fruit and veggies on our plates! On Wednesday, March 21,…
