The Sooke Harbour House received the Gold Award for Best Restaurant on Vancouver Island at Vancouver Magazine’s 20th Annual Restaurant Awards.
This marks the 20th consecutive year that the Sooke Harbour House Inn has received this distinction. According to Vancouver Magazine, “Every proponent of regional dining owes a debt to locavore granddaddy Sooke Harbour House.”
Co-owner Frederique Philip says, “I am very proud that our kitchen team has once again been honoured with this distinction for their hard and consistent work. It is very hard to maintain this level of quality day in and day out and I really admire them for their ongoing creativity and consistency. It is a pleasure to work with artisans who come up with new dishes that reflect the rhythms of the seasons, and who respect the intrinsic nature of the ingredients from our certified organic gardens and the sea nearby. We have been very fortunate over the last thirty years to have been able to work with such outstanding people.”
Co-owner Sinclair Philip is equally happy. “Nature has provided our area with many wonderful and unique foods and I am very pleased at how our staff has worked to skilfully incorporate more and more indigenous plants, seaweeds and mushrooms into our menus. I increasingly enjoy foraging for mushrooms, and it always amazes me what magic our staff performs with these year round delicious morsels. We have always tried to showcase the best foods from Vancouver Island and we have a great deal to draw upon. Island wines, cider, and mead from Tugwell Creek also improve year after year and it is easier than ever to offer very high quality foods to travelers to our region. ”
Sinclair Philip will be away at the National Slow Food Annual Meeting in Toronto. If we can be of any help, please contact Frederique at 250-642-3421 ext. 308 or by cell phone at 250-893-3421. Her email address is frederique@sookeharbourhouse.com.
Sinclair Philip
Sooke Harbour House,
1528 Whiffen Spit Road,
Sooke, British Columbia,
V9Z 0T4 Canada
Email: sinclair@sookeharbourhouse.com
Telephone: 250-642-3421 extension 203
Best Vancouver Island Restaurant, Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards, April 16th 2009
Sooke Harbour House was the first recipient of Eat Magazine’s Green Star Guide of Local Food and Drink Hero Award, Eat Magazine, December 2008
Grand Award, One of the World’s 73 Best Wine Lists, Wine Spectator, August 2008
One of Canada’s Top Five Hotels, Travel and Leisure Magazine, January 2008
Ranked number eight ‘World’s Best Service’, Travel and Leisure Magazine, Reader’s Poll, June 2007
Second Best Hotel in the Continental US and Canada, Eighth Best Small Hotel in the World, Travel and Leisure Magazine, Readers’ Poll, January 2007
Corporate Environmental Award: Leader in Environmentally Responsible Tourism, Tourism Victoria, 2004
Best Small Inn in North America, Readers poll and editors of Mountain Living Magazine, January 2007
Audubon International Green Leaf Eco-Rating Program, Four Green Leaf Hotel, the highest eco-rating in British Columbia, 2004
