Big Mountain Foods Takes Gold for Product of the Year at the BC Food & Beverage Awards The best of BC food, beverage, and natural health products were highlighted and celebrated at the annual BC Food & Beverage Awards Night. From the Innovation Award to Product of the Year, the 2022 award winners were crowned. More Tasty Food Products From soy-free tofu to Bannock, vegan honey and sparkling pear soda, BC is home to some of the most innovative food and beverage products, and the entrepreneurs and industry leaders who make them. The event was catered by Susan Mendelson and…
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Chef Mike Tuangkitkum from Vancouver’s Maenam Restaurant Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is the lead-up to the Canadian Culinary Championship and is underway in cities across Canada. Vancouver’s competition takes place on November 24, 2022, at the Westin. We’ve asked the chefs a few questions to get to know them a bit better and here are the results from Chef Mike Tuangkitkun, the Chef de Cuisine at Vancouver’s Maenam. Tell us a little bit about your style of cooking. I am devoted to using only traditional Thai recipes, combined with French and Thai cooking techniques, and using local ingredients whenever possible. Where…
Chef Scott Korzack Bacaro Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is the lead-up to the Canadian Culinary Championship and is underway in cities across Canada. Vancouver’s competition takes place on November 24, 2022, at the Westin. We’ve asked the chefs a few questions to get to know them a bit better and here are the results from Chef Scott Korzack from Bacaro Vancouver. Tell us a little bit about your style of cooking. I enjoy letting great ingredients shine. I enjoy food to look simple, yet there is a lot of work and craft behind it. Where do you eat in Vancouver when you…
Chef Sandy Chen Archer Dining Vancouver Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is the lead-up to the Canadian Culinary Championship and is underway in cities across Canada. Vancouver’s competition takes place on November 24, 2022, at the Westin. We’ve asked the chefs a few questions to get to know them a bit better and here are the results from Chef Sandy Chen from Archer Dining in Vancouver. Tell us a little bit about your style of cooking. My cooking style: Modern Asian with a classic twist. Where do you eat in Vancouver when you have a day off? Top three spots perhaps? Anything…
Chai Latte Cupcakes from the Luxe Baker Alina Fintineanu is a competed in season five of The Great Canadian Baking Show. Since her season aired, she has spent time perfecting new original recipes, including her Chai Latte Cupcakes. Made with chai-infused milk and buttercream, this will be your new go-to baking project when you must stay indoors when it’s too chilly! Check out her website Baking With Alina. Serves 15 Chai infused milk 150 ml milk, 2% 4 Chai tea bags Sponge 135g unsalted butter, softened 120g golden yellow sugar 200g all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder ¼ tsp baking…
Whistler’s favourite food and drink festival has always been Cornucopia Whistler Whistler is in full swing until November 20 with new events and experiences November 25 – 27, 2022 for Cornucopia Whistler. We might make it up there for the final weekend, what about you? Scroll down for events available on that last weekend, and here are a few we’d be at if we weren’t still catching up with work and home projects! More Event Listings Cornucopia Weekend November 11-13 While Cornucopia events are selling out, plenty of great options are still available, including our favourite two for this weekend.…
Regional Qualifier for The Canadian Culinary Championships, Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Vancouver’s chefs are gearing up for the hottest Culinary Competition in the country, Canada’s Great Kitchen Party Vancouver, which will also raise funds to provide Canadian youth the opportunity to be extraordinary in sport, music, and food. Over 17 million dollars has been raised over the past 16 years. Karen Blair, Co-Founder of Canada’s Great Kitchen Party speaks of the organization’s contributions to a variety of charities. Tickets $556.50 “In 2022, we are proud to support three beneficiaries that celebrate and elevate Canadian culture in sport, music and food…
Meatball Throwdown at The American Chefs Mike McClintock and Doug Stephen are hosting a special meatball and beer throwdown in November at The American, with proceeds benefiting Movember, in support of mental health initiatives, testicular and prostate cancer research. This Sandwich, That Beer: Movember Edition. On November 12, 2022, six chefs and six breweries are coming together for a special This Sandwich, That Beer: Movember Edition throwdown. Hosted by chefs Mike McClintock and Doug Stephen at The American (926 Main Street), each participating chef has been challenged to create a unique meatball sandwich to be paired with local brews. Guests…
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 ones! When you arrive at the festival you receive your own personal charcuterie board (your gift to keep) and a tasting glass for sipping. Get ready to mingle with artisanal food and beverage vendors showcasing multiple samples of their finest creations. Presenting up-and-coming local producers…
Restaurant 20 Victoria in Toronto Named Canada’s Best New Restaurant After a brief hiatus, Air Canada enRoute is thrilled to present the anticipated Top 10 list of Canada’s Best New Restaurants, with Toronto’s Restaurant 20 Victoria taking the number one spot. Led by chef Julie Hyde, Restaurant 20 Victoria features an upfront bar area for à la carte plates and an elegant dining room and patio for the six-course tasting menu. In the second place, Montreal’s Mastard showcases Quebec terroir with fresh seasonal ingredients. Mimi Chinese, this year’s third-place winner, takes diners on a tour of hyper-regional Chinese cuisine from…
Botanist Bar Awarded Michelin Exceptional Cocktail Award The first edition of the MICHELIN Guide Vancouver has been revealed, honouring Botanist Bar with the ‘Exceptional Cocktail Award’, along with recognizing Fairmont Pacific Rim, Botanist and The Lobby Lounge & RawBar at the Star Reveal Gala held in Vancouver on Thursday, October 27. Botanist Bar is home to the country’s most unusual Cocktail Lab – a bartender’s studio that inspires creativity as well as space to prepare and experiment with ingredients to develop house-made tinctures, shrubs, syrup and whatever else they can concoct. Its custom creation features industrial kitchen equipment to integrate a culinary-forward approach…
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 Farms to Forks are remaining and the night begins with a tasting dish from Chef Andrea! BUY TICKETS NOW On November 6, 2022, at 5:30 pm, the 13th annual From Farms to Forks harvest kitchen party takes place IN-PERSON! From Farms to Forks pair many…
Vancouver just discovered the restaurants that make up its first MICHELIN Guide selection Vancouver Michelin Guide is officially here as eight restaurants earned one-MICHELIN-Star distinction and twelve received Bib Gourmands. The full selection, including Recommended eateries, totals sixty restaurants. Our coverage on the announcement of the incoming guide is HERE. “Our teams of inspectors genuinely savored their dining experiences in Vancouver,” said Gwendal Poullennec, International Director of the MICHELIN Guides. “They were very impressed with the city’s gastronomic dynamism. The selection – from Stars to Bib Gourmands to the Recommended spots – are all appealing in their own authentic DNA, and…
Douce Diner Launches “Douce After Dark” Evening Private Event Bookings and Off-Site Catering ***NEWS FLASH!*** Fellow Les Dames d’Escoffier member, Dame Chef Dawn Doucette and her superb Douce Diner have expanded their offering to include evening private bookings and off-site catering with ‘Douce After Dark’. Release Courtesy of SMC Communications. Douce Diner at 1490 Pemberton Avenue will be available to enjoy at night! They will be supplying good vibes from “Dawn to Dusk”. The bright, welcoming restaurant is the ideal place to celebrate major milestones or “just because” get-togethers, and the party-loving planners at Douce can create anything from a cocktail…
Treat Your Pet with PetSmart this Halloween If you’ve been following us on social media, you may have noticed the appearance of a large orange cat named Cheerio. Our friend Lara became allergic to this sweet thing, and we’ve been looking after him so she can breathe easily again. I can’t believe the entertainment he has provided; my husband Michael speaks to him more than to me now, and he’s up to various antics every day. You know that thing about cats and boxes, and it’s oh so true. That’s why when we saw the PetSmart Halloween Carnival-themed box and…
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 craft brewing industry for an annual networking and educational event in person at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster. The conference will feature a Keynote each day, educational seminars, industry updates and an opportunity to network on the trade show floor with 65+ vendors. Social…
Get Cooking with the Zwilling Z-Cut How’s your fall cooking coming along? I’m finding pumpkin on my mind, pork roasts, and fall baking and I am still enjoying all the great fresh produce that’s coming out of the farms and greenhouses because summer is just not finished yet. There are still strawberries coming out of the fields, and raspberries in my mother’s garden. I’m also spending more time playing around with kitchen tools such as the ZWILLING Z-Cut, which saves me more time in the kitchen. For more of my suggestions for Kitchen Tools from an episode I did on…
Kicking off October’s BC Craft Beer Month with limited-edition EXPLORE BC Peach Farmhouse Ale The EXPLORE BC Beer Peach Farmhouse Ale Series is brought to you by the BC Ale Trail in partnership with Destination BC, and celebrates the fall season with a new limited-edition craft beer, and special offers to explore the province’s vast Ale Trail network. Launched in tandem with BC Craft Beer Month, the EXPLORE BC Peach Farmhouse Ale is a collaboration by six breweries representing all the province’s tourism regions. Produced by Ravens Brewing Company, the beer will be available at select liquor stores, restaurants and…
Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competition October 5-9 in Mexico City Since winning the Gold Medal and Canada’s Chef Paul Mastalir Award for Kitchen Excellence at the Canadian National Competition last year in October 2021, Leah Patitucci, from Kelowna’s Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, has been waiting for her chance to compete on the international stage. She has been working long and hard in the kitchen, training to test her culinary prowess against a field of as many as twenty other young chefs from around the world at the 46th Concours International des Jeunes Chefs (Young Chefs) Rôtisseurs Competition. She is now…
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 around the world. This year, local chefs from some of Vancouver’s most beloved restaurants, prepared their favourite family recipes in the fields of the farm. Featuring UBC Farm produce, Joy of Feeding is an outdoor food festival and fundraiser for the food literacy and sustainability programs…
