Slow Food in Canada, representing all the Slow Food convivia across the country, recognized the contribution of seven Canadian ambassadors of good, clean and fair food during its annual meeting held in Montreal. The Canadian Food Hero recognition is given each year by Slow Food in Canada to individuals who protect, defend and promote sustainable,…
Category: Events
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…
Meet My Market Month
The BC Association of Farmers’ Markets is excited to announce that July is Meet My Market month at farmers’ markets across the province! Throughout the month of July, anyone in BC can participate in Meet My Market month by bringing a friend to their local BC farmers’ market and entering a grand prize giveaway via…
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…
Agassiz Farms Cycle Tour
Explore the Harrison’s countryside via cycle on July 25 and meet the local farmers. The Agassiz Farms Cycle Tour is a leisurely self-guided cycle tour around a 25 km flat route visiting farms. Stop into the Agassiz Harrison Museum, an old CPR train station and learn the history of the community, or into the UBC Dairy…
Chicha Hosts Peruvian Summer Party
Well my fav ladies Shelome, Allison and Kumiko are hosting an all you can eat Peruvian summer party at Chicha Restaurant at 136 East Broadway on Saturday, July 18, 2015 from 4-10 pm and I highly recommend you check this out! Look forward to an outdoor barbeque grilling assortments of popular Peruvian street meat, an indoor Peruvian ceviche…
Ribfest Canada Day
Five of the city’s top amateur grill masters to get raked over the coals on Canada Day RibFest began in 2009 at an East Van backyard BBQ hosted by restaurant industry wine buyer Jeff Curry. Since then, RibFest has been a battlefield where the city’s most ambitious amateur BBQ masters from restaurants across the city…
UBC Chef Challenge
The competition is fierce at in the UBC food scene as the UBC Food Services go up against chefs from AMS Conferences and Catering, and Mahony and Sons Public daily to grab appetites and dollars from students, staff and UBC visitors and residents! They’re now making it official with a foodie competition at UBC and features two…
Bastille Day at Bistro Pastis
TODAY a few seats left @pastisvan. Entertainment with French chanteuse, Pepper Really, who will of course sing the French national anthem, La Marseillaise. Also, if you wish, enter to win a five-course catered dinner at your house, hosted by owner, John Blakely. Don’t miss out on this fun night. Phone the restaurant now to reserve…
Similkameen BBQ King
July 11th is the Similkameen BBQ King celebration. Enjoy an extraordinary evening with award-winning wines from Similkameen wineries and cider members and dishes from the distinguished chefs who are vying for the title of Similkameen BBQ King 2015. This truly unique Similkameen wine and food experience is a competition where featured chefs will create unique dishes for…
Vancouver Avocado Showdown Cooking Competition
I’m judging this avocado recipe competition and hope to see some of you there! Get out your best Avocados From Mexico recipe and compete! Create a fun, shareable dish using Avocados from Mexico and enter it in a blind-tasting competition against the best of BC food bloggers. Come down for some avocado cooking tips with chef Darren Clay,…
Awards of Excellence Entertainment
The City of Vancouver Awards of Excellence takes place on Monday, July 6, 2015 from 6:15pm to 8:30pm at the Orpheum Theatre on 601 Smithe St., Vancouver and is free for the public to attend. Awards of Excellence celebrate outstanding achievements by local individuals, organizations and youth who make Vancouver a better place in which to live. Tickets to…
Taste, Victoria’s Original Culinary Festival is Back
Food and wine lovers hungrily await the Taste festival just a few weeks away. In its seventh year, the annual Taste: Victoria’s Festival of Food and Wine, set to take place July 16 – 19, 2015 at Hotel Grand Pacific, introduces wine professionals and dedicated chefs leading interactive culinary events including chef, winemaker and sommelier seminars and…
Les Dames d’Escoffier Induction 2015
I am honoured to announce that our Les Dames d’Escoffier BC Chapter welcomed ten new members from across the province! I am a member and on the board and am super proud of this group and all we do! Also note we’ve got Summerdine coming up August 12, 2015. More here. The ceremony took place mid-dinner…
Urban Digs Farm and Market Summer Party
Join URBAN DIGS FARM to celebrate the start of summer and opening of the NEW butcher shop and farm stand! 4992 Byrne Road in Burnaby. Admission includes a boozy or non-boozy beverage, entertainment and a farm tour. Reup BBQ will be working their magic on local, organic chicken, their world famous biscuits & gravy and they’ll…
Chef Jefferson Alvarez and Txotx Basque Imports Pop Up Basque Pintxos Bar
Walking into a bustling pintxos bar in the Basque Country is an experience. On the counter are dozens of beautiful small bites being enjoyed by groups of friends as they discuss the day’s events. Between bites, txakoli (a light, effervescent white wine) and sidra (an acidic and funky cider) are ordered to cleanse your palate…
FunDeLentil Tour
For the month of June, 24 Food Day Canada restaurants in 7 cities across the nation are challenging one another in The FunDeLentil Tour. From Vancouver to Halifax they are serving signature dishes using the world’s best lentils on their menus. Canadians are encouraged to dine then vote online at fundelentil.ca for their favourite lentil dish/chef for a…
Red & White Provisions Pop Up 337 E. Hastings
Run by the Big Lou’s Butcher Shop team, Red & White Provisions is popping up at 337 E. Hastings on June 11th-12th and again from June 17th-19th offering a range of fantastic and familiar sandwiches and sides. The first week of the pop-up will be a lunch-only service–think of it as a food truck with comfortable seating…
