The Cheese and Meat Festival Returns to Vancouver

The Cheese and Meat Festival Showcases the Best Local Producers The deliciously indulgent Cheese and Meat Festival returns to The Pipe Shop this year, bringing an array of BC and the Pacific Northwest’s finest flavours on November 5th. Explore and connect with the best of BC’s local food and drink producers and discover some new…

From Farms to Forks

Farm to Forks for Growing Chefs One of Growing Chefs’ first classroom volunteers and past board member, Chef Andrea Carlson is among the winners of the coveted Michelin Stars handed out this week in Vancouver! Congratulations Chef! She is one of the chefs for this very limited-seated dinner. Only twenty tickets for this year’s From…

BC Craft Brewers Conference November 8 & 9, 2022

BC Craft Brewers Conference in New Westminster is less than one month away The BC Craft Brewers Conference, aka BC Beer Con, hosted by the BC Craft Brewers Guild and presented by Great Little Box Co / Ideon Packaging is less than one month away. The conference will bring together key stakeholders from the BC…

Joy of Feeding UBC Farm

Chefs show their roots at the UBC Farm Sunday, October 2 the sun was shining and UBC Farm was looking fine, ready to host the guests for the Joy of Feeding. I’d been a few years back, I believe five, the last time it took place, and it was a marvelous celebration of cuisine from…

Stacy’s Rise Project™ Launches in Canada to Support Women Entrepreneurs 

Stacy’s Rise Project™ Launches in Canada to Support Women Entrepreneurs  Applications open today for the opportunity to be one of four women running small businesses who will be awarded a $15,000 CAD grant and access to a mentorship program with leadership from PepsiCo Foods Canada and Frito-Lay  As a woman-founded business, the Stacy’s brand believes…

La Grande Festa

Superior Italian Food and Premium Italian Wines The Italian Chamber of Commerce is celebrating 30 years of Italian excellence in Western Canada with La Grande Festa. The evening begins with an open-bar Prosecco Reception with Bottega Prosecco by Stile Brands, paired with Grana Padano DOP by Bosa Foods. Antipasto “Patè di Trota” Limoncello marinated trout,…

Light Up Chinatown Festival

Presenting the Official Light Up Chinatown! Festival Guide & Taste of Chinatown 2022  Light Up Chinatown! presented by RBC, is back this weekend with a two-day, family-friendly festival. From September 10 to 11, 2022, the whole community is invited to experience a full slate of new programming, food experiences, and colourful lights and lantern decorations around Vancouver’s historic Chinatown…

Chef Ned Bell Appointed Buy BC Chef Ambassador

Buy BC Chef Ambassador Ned Bell  Buy BC announces a delicious partnership with locavore Ned Bell as the program’s new “Chef Ambassador.” The award-winning chef is a champion for local, seasonal, and sustainable foods, farmers and fishers, and he delights in sharing simple ways to cook and eat the best of our province. The author…

The Italian Chamber of Commerce 30th anniversary Gala Dinner

“La Grande Festa” The Italian Chamber of Commerce 30th anniversary Gala Dinner September 29, 2022, 6–9pm Coast Coal Harbour Hotel Vancouver  “La Grande Festa”- the Italian Chamber of Commerce 30th anniversary Gala Dinner with a superior culinary experience including: Premium Italian wines Exclusive 5-course dinner Italian appetizers Authentic Italian food products Silent Auction Enjoy a…

UBC Farm – Metro Vancouver Feast of Fields

Celebrate the harvest this year at BC’s best local food & drink festival Feast of Fields is FarmFolk CityFolk’s annual local food celebration and signature fundraising event, held each year on a different farm in the Okanagan Valley, on Southern Vancouver Island, and in Metro Vancouver. The Feast is Canada’s largest and longest-running local food…

Wild Salmon Celebration

Let’s Get Wild!  Wild Salmon Celebration Get Wild!  Join the Chefs’ Table Society of BC (CTS) and the BC Salmon Marketing Council at 6:30 pm on Saturday, August 27, 2022, to celebrate iconic wild BC salmon, and our fishers and chefs. All-Star Chefs: Robert Clark and Julian Bond, Organic Ocean Roger Ma, Boulevard Kitchen &…

Mogiana Presents Coffee Innovation at Beanstock Coffee Festival

Mundo Novo Coffee and Mogiana Present Coffee Innovation at Beanstock Coffee Festival Mundo Novo Coffee Roasters will present the newest innovation in coffee processing, Anaerobic Coffee, at Vancouver’s Beanstock Coffee Festival on August 20 and 21, 2022. Aerobic fermentation, where oxygen is present, is the most common method of coffee processing, whereas Anaerobic is just…

Top Chef Canada Season 10

Food Network Canada’s Top Chef Canada Returns Food Network Canada’s esteemed culinary competition, Top Chef Canada, returns for a milestone 10th season featuring fiery new challenges, a roster of exceptionally talented chefs, and the title of Canada’s Top Chef on the line. A Top 20 overall specialty entertainment program in spring ‘21*, this season, dubbed Top…

Liuyishou Hotpot Celebrates its 8th Anniversary

Liuyishou Hotpot Celebrates its 8th Anniversary and Presents “Celebration 8” Dinner Gala on August 8 Pairing with BC VQA Wines, Liuyishou Hosts 8th Anniversary Wine-Paring Dinner Gala to Feature One-of-a-Kind Hot Pot Experience in Richmond Liuyishou Hotpot is celebrating its 8th birthday on August 8, 2022! Since the Chongqing-based restaurant chain opens its first location…

Anita Stewart’s Food Day Canada

University of Guelph Honours Food Day Canada Food Day Canada will take place on July 30, a day for all Canadians to celebrate Canadian cuisine and everyone who helps to get it to the table. The annual celebration was founded by the late Anita Stewart, who was the University of Guelph’s food laureate, the first such…

Brewery & The Beast Culinary Talent

Additional Ticket Released for Brewery & The Beast Western Canada’s popular food-and-drink feast for the senses, Brewery & The Beast, is releasing one hundred general admission tickets and 10 VIP Experience tickets on its website at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26, to the previously sold-out Vancouver event taking place on Aug. 7. Brewery &…

Les Dames d’Escoffier Picnic + Bubbles August 21

Picnic for a Cause Presented by Les Dames d’Escoffier BC Fundraiser to support women in hospitality and Food Banks BC  Les Dames d’Escoffier BC is excited to announce its summer fundraiser “Picnic and Bubbles”, a fun experience taking place on August 21, 2022, in collaboration with restaurants across BC. Guests can support women in hospitality and Food Banks…

Indian Summer Festival

Indian Summer Festival 12th Season Celebrates Culture The Indian Summer Festival begins this week and there are events and discussions bringing you everything from food to music. Vancouver’s ‘festival for the curious mind’, marks its 12th edition with a return to in-person experiences from July 7 to July 17, 2022, with both ticketed and free…

Jak’s Give Back Saturday June 25

JAK’s Gives Back 10% of sales Vancouver Food Banks Saturday, June 25, JAK’s will be donating 10% of sales from all 13 JAK’s locations and jaks.com to local food banks during their fourth annual JAK’s Gives Back program. Summer is the slowest time for food bank donations but the demand for their services continues to…

Planted Expo Special Events

Vancouver’s Planted Expo Celebrates Healthy Living Did you catch the Planted Expo this fall in Vancouver? It was grand and now it’s back as a weekend exhibit taking place in Vancouver June 4th and 5th. Planted Expo also has three special ticketed events from guest speakers at Planted Expo throughout the weekend tailored to their passionate…