6th Annual BC Spot Prawn Festival Saturday, May 5th – 11 am to 3 pm False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf (just west of Granville Island) Tickets spotprawnfestival.com
On May 5th the city’s top chefs prepare a spot prawn boil at False Creek’s Fishermen’s Wharf benefiting The Chefs Table Society. Meet local chefs and fishermen at this 6th annual prawn boil featuring demonstrations from Vancouver’s top chefs including Vikram Vij, Tojo, Ned Bell, Executive Chef of The Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver and The Pear Tree’s Scott Jaeger as well as a BC wine tasting, live music and autographed cookbooks. Vancouver Aquarium provides kids exploration of fabulous fish and other cool creatures through hands-on activities, their mobile habitat and other family friendly events and “Ocean Wise” will be giving away 150 children’s pass to the Vancouver Aquarium.
This is a free family event with cooking demo’s and kids activities. Tickets for the prawn boil are available at $12, which includes fresh, off-the-boat Spot Prawns, salad side dish and Terra Breads to mop it all up with! Also included is a BC wine sample tasting and samples of Mogiana coffee. Please note: parking for the day is OFF site.
Canada’s largest Spot Prawn Festival and Prawn Boil makes fresh, right off the boat, local spot prawns available for hundreds to taste so after you’ve been inspired by the demo’s, grab your own bagful off the fishing boats ($12 per lb) and recreate the chef inspired dishes at home.
The festival kicks off the spot prawn season, which continues on for six to eight weeks allowing the public an opportunity to buy live, locally sourced and sustainable prawns directly off the dock daily from 1 pm at Fisherman’s Wharf (just west of Granville Island). From here over 50 of Vancouver’s top restaurants will serve up these fresh delicacies in recipes and special dishes, including a prawn boil at Chef Rob Belcham’s Campagnolo.
Tickets are available on line and advance tickets are recommended as this 11am – 3pm event sells out, last year by 1:30 pm. For further event details and tickets visit http://www.spotprawnfestival.com
