Liberty Merchant Company hosts the 21st annual Taste BC: a fundraiser for the Oak Tree Clinic at BC Children’s Hospital. The Foundation provides specialized HIV care for infected women, pregnant women, partners, children and youth, and support services for affected families. Thanks to the generosity of participants and vendors, the event has raised a collective…
Sustainable Table at The Vancouver Aquarium
Food enthusiasts have another reason to rejoice this season – Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre’s executive chef Tim Bedford has created a contemporary, ingredient-led event to tantalize guests on February 20: The Sustainable Table. The Sustainable Table is an unforgettable feast showcasing some of British Columbia’s finest local and sustainable ingredients. Working in collaboration with…
YEW seafood + bar Pays Tribute to the World’s Oceans
YEW seafood + bar collaborates with Lauren Mote The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – Jacques Cousteau Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver and YEW seafood + bar are thrilled to launch the Oceans Program, a global approach to cocktails that honours the world’s five unique oceans and…
Robbie Burns Whisky Supper
Presented by Café Medina 780 Richards January 25 6:00 PM General Admission: $78* Celebrate the birth of Scotland’s favourite son and address the haggis for auld lang syne as Café Medina owner Robbie Kane and Executive Chef Jonathan Chovancek mark Robbie Burns Night with a welcome reception and three-course, family-style dinner paired with cocktails prepared…
Winter Cask Festival
11am – 6pm, Saturday January 24th 2015 at Central City Brewpub + Restaurant Central City’s Winter Cask Festival is back for another year! Once again, we will have a great selection of casks to suit every taste, delicious food, some good music and a few surprises all held at Central City Brewpub, Surrey BC. Come along and mingle with…
THE GLUTEN FREE EXPO
The Vancouver Gluten Free Expo is back and bigger than ever. The 2015 expo is being held on January 17 and 18 at Canada Place. Tickets are available online for $12 until January 16, 2015, and for $15 (cash only) at the door. Children ages 10 or under get in free and must be supervised…
Fantastic Mr. Fox with Chef Brian Skinner
Here There presents Sensory Cinema: Fantastic Mr. Fox, a tasty new way of experiencing the movies. Featuring award-winning chef Brian Skinner, best known for his culinary contribution to Vancouver’s vegetarian culinary scene with The Acorn, his recent Winter Supper Club series and collaboration dinner with Yotam Ottolenghi. Chef Skinner will be tailoring food and cocktails…
Roam – A Dinner Party
Here There is teaming up with Music on Main and the Juice Truck to present the first edition of Roam, a dinner party that pairs 3 live classical performances with a meal by chef Annabelle Choi. Imagine a musical happening unlike any other, in an unexpected environment and a menu designed for the classical performances carefully…
The VANCOUVER HOT CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL Returns for its 5th Year!
January 17 – February 14, 2015 We love this festival! City Food Magazine knows this city’s best chocolatiers, pastry shops, bakeries, gelato and ice cream shops and they have smartly partnered with them again for their annual Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival. From the release City Food tells us: WHAT’S NEW: New participants for 2015 include:…
Apple Cider sweetened with Xyla®
Brrr folks. It is January and it’s not getting any warmer anytime soon. After those days on the mountain, or just around the block, be sure to warm up with this delightful and healthier cider! Xyla®, is a natural sugar alternative made from North American hardwood, that looks and tastes just like sugar, and replaces…
One Night Only: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
There is still time to buy your tickets to Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo! The cross-dressing company apply breathtaking technical prowess to ridiculously re-interpreted ballets favourites, including Swan Lake and Paquita. Seating is now open in the Dress Circle and Balcony. These are great seats and are sure to sell quickly. Don’t miss Les…
Secret Speakeasy Dinner With Swallow Tail Supper Club
Great event that we participated in a few years back. Excellent evening with great company! The Main Event: Imagine you’re a guest in a 1930’s speakeasy, a funky Chinatown kitchen, or perhaps a secret hide-away in the jungle. This annual, secret speakeasy dinner will focus on Vancouver’s Chinatown. Chef Jamie Huynh of Hawksworth/Farmer’s Apprentice and Brooke…
Chef Brian Fowke and his Partners have sold Kitsilano Daily Kitchen
The following news release came from Kitsilano Daily Kitchen Today. After nearly five years at 1809 West 1st Avenue, Chef Brian Fowke and partners Derek Lew & Mike Edwards are pleased to announce the transition of 1809 West 1st Ave into the hands of a well-established food star in the Vancouver scene. A Top Chef…
Feast of Fortune 2015 | Support Mount Saint Joseph Hospital
Support the purchase of a new CT scanner for Mount Saint Joseph Hospital at Tapestry Foundation for Health Care‘s 2015 Scotiabank Feast of Fortune gala on Saturday, February 7, 2015. At a special pre-dinner reception, enjoy a sampling of signature dishes from six acclaimed Vancouver chefs, each a winner of the Chinese Restaurant Awards. Featuring…
Fable hosts a special dinner with Chef Dale Mackay
Well if it isn’t just one of our favourite chefs visiting one of our favourite local restaurants for a collaboration dinner! On Friday January 30th, Chef Dale Mackay will visit Fable Restaurant to create a five-course meal alongside the Fable’s Chef Trevor Bird Last year former Vancouver dweller Chef Mackay headed back to his hometown of Saskatoon to open Ayden…
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL TICKETS ON SALE JANUARY 6
It’s time to start thinking about which events you will attend for this year’s Wine Festival. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 6 at 9:30 a.m. for all public events at the 37th annual Vancouver international Wine Festival, presented by The Vancouver Sun. Forty-three events are available for wine lovers, including dinners with international vine…
Farm 2 Fork New “Pop-Up” Concept Opens
Resolve to eat better with Farm 2 Fork’s Pop Up from January 10th until February 2nd , 2015. Chef Nicolas Brandon Hipperson and Sous Chef Shahni Arshad are the creative team behind this project and they’ve developed a stellar menu full of uber-local products from local farms such as North Arm and Helmers. Farm 2 Fork will…
Street Food City Returns To Dine Out Vancouver Festival
Week-long street food pod dishes out daily specials, January 19 – 25, 2015 Street Food City, Vancouver’s original street food pod, returns for a week-long pop-up during Dine Out Vancouver Festival. Now in its fourth year, Street Food City will take place January 19 – 25, 2015 on the north plaza grounds of the Vancouver…
Hippie Garden Chips
If you’ve resolved to eat better in 2015, fear not, there’s a whole industry out there willing and ready to feed you the latest in “must have” health foods. While you are reading up on what to throw in your smoothie, and what is the ideal post-workout snack, you can rely on your common sense, and simply…
Nut-based Cheese Tasting at Graze Vegetarian
On January 11th, Graze is proud to present a Vancouver first – a cheese & wine tasting event featuring exclusively non-dairy, nut-based cheeses. The cheeses are developed in house at Graze Vegetarian by Chef Karen McAthy, from ancient cultures roqueforti and camemberti and b. Linens (used in brevi and Linburger style “smelly” cheeses) – cultures…
