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…
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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…
World Hunger Day
World Hunger Day and SkipTheDishes Donation to Mealshare World Hunger Day is May 28 and Mealshare and food delivery service, SkipTheDishes, are once again joining forces for the second annual Food For Thought campaign. The campaign’s purpose is to bring more awareness to the problem of food insecurity across Canada. A Food For Thought resource package…
Chef Alessa Valdez Online Cooking Classes
Cooking Classes from EverythingGoesVirtual EverythingGoesVirtual.com (EGV) takes a new hybrid approach to interactive cooking classes on Saturday, May 28, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. They are bringing the taste of Okanagan to Vancouver by inviting Chef Alessa Valdez of Phantom Creek Estates to cook live from Richmond, BC. Four guests will be on location while…
Wild Pacific Halibut at the BC Seafood Festival
Wild Pacific Halibut Demo and Lunch Oh, hello, festivals! One of my favourites is the BC Seafood Festival, featuring Wild Pacific Halibut. I think the first one I attended was in 2010, but it could have been earlier. The last was 2018, one of the biggest festivals with chefs coming from all around the globe….
Vancouver Wine Festival
Tickets Still Available for the Vancouver Wine Festival The Vancouver International Wine Festival is on, but there are still a few events remaining if you haven’t yet booked your tickets. Check the Festival at a Glance for current availability. California Wine Beach Party Wednesday, May 18, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm PDT California vibes come alive…
Mother’s Day Gifts
Mother’s Day Gifts and Outings around Vancouver We’ve rounded up some Mother’s Day Gifts for you for this Sunday thanks to SMC Communications. Take-Home Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea from Savoury City Available for pre-order until Thursday, May 5 for pick up on Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 Savoury City is making it easy…
Women of Options Raises Funds for Options Community Services
Fifty Women Commit to Raise $25,000 each for Local Youth in Need Brava to these Women of Options, including Rebecca Bolwitt Miss 604! Options Community Services strives to raise $1.5 million for youth falling through the cracks. As one of BC’s largest, and most respected non-profit community organizations, Options Community Services is seeing a variety of…
Good Wine Gal Presents Benzinger and Peak Cellars
West Coast Wine Tastings with Good Wine Gal It’s a great month for wine tastings as the spring releases are coming out and many of the wineries are opening their cellar doors after their winter closure. This coming Wednesday and Thursday we’re going to check out two great new world wineries. First up is Peak…
Katana Kitten at Fairmont Pacific Rim
Mixologist Masahiro Urushido from New York City Bar, Katana Kitten, Bring Japanese Flair to Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim The Three-Night Pop Up from Katana Kitten will Include a Custom Cocktail Tasting Menu at Botanist and Japanese Bites and Drinks at The Lobby Lounge & RawBar For three nights only, New York City’s beloved World’s 50…
Hot Chefs Cool Jazz Fairmont Pacific Rim
Hot Chefs Cool Jazz More Events The 2022 Hot Chefs & Cool Jazz Gala, in support of Junior Culinary Team Canada, will be hosted by Fairmont Pacific Rim Executive Chef Damon Campbell. Top culinary talent from the Vancouver and Kelowna areas will be providing exclusive dishes specifically designed for the event. TICKETS Join…
What’s Good This Week April 10 Edition
Spring To Do’s Around Vancouver The blossoms are blooming, the daffodils are out, and it’s still snowing in some parts of the province! Fortunately, Vancouver has been spared, although it’s a bit chilly out there as I discovered hobbling about the seawall yesterday while I await my back to feel better, a visit to the…
The Curry Cup Returns to Mount Pleasant
Vancouver Chefs Compete for the Curry Cup After two years the Curry Cup is back at Heritage Hall in Vancouver to heat things up before Spring fully arrives. Presented by Chefs’ Table Society of BC and the Mount Pleasant Business Improvement Area, this friendly competition brings eight chefs together for one night of curry education, competition, and comradery. Photos…
Okanagan Falls/Skaha Lake Winery Association Wine Festival
New BC Releases Featured at Upcoming Heart of Wine Country™ Tasting Premium wines from a selection of BC’s best wineries will be in the spotlight at an upcoming event devoted to the wines of the Okanagan Falls/Skaha Lake Winery Association. The Heart of Wine Country™ Spring Release takes place Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at Vancouver’s…
Vancouver Cocktail Week
Vancouver Cocktail Week – Presented by The Alchemist magazine The countdown is on! Within a few short weeks, we can all raise a glass to Vancouver’s first-ever cocktail week. Get your tickets before they sell out! From March 6 to 10, 2022, Vancouver Cocktail Week presented by The Alchemist magazine will celebrate the excellence of…
What’s Good This Week January 3rd Editon
Some fun stuff to check out this week The first week of the new year is here and we’re not sure whether to crawl up into a ball and avoid the world or get out and enjoy it while we still have our freedom. Nevertheless, the clock keeps ticking and we’re hoping for the best….
Dine Out Vancouver Festival
The 20th Anniversary of Dine Out Vancouver Festival from January 14 – 31, celebrates the flavour, innovation, and resilience of Vancouver’s restaurant industry The dates are now set for the 20th anniversary of Dine Out Vancouver Festival, and the feasting and fêting promise to be epic. Canada’s largest food and drink event — taking place…
What’s Good This Week November 22 Edition
What we’re into this week We hope everyone is doing as best as can be expected right now. It is indeed a difficult time for all and we are being tested once again. Thoughts are with all of those whose homes, land and livelihoods are being affected. Climate change is very real and we’re going…
Chef Connie DeSousa Mentors Chef Rafael Covarrubias
Chef Connie DeSousa and her mentorship of Chef Rafael Covarrubias We’ve got something new in the works, a monthly podcast. We’ve called it Clutch-Her. Cultch means a mass of stones, broken shells, and grit of which an oyster bed is formed, and at this time in hospitality, we think this is just the word we…
