Annual Spot Prawn Festival returns to Fishermen’s Wharf

On Saturday May 12, 2018, join the Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia for a celebration of iconic, local delicacy at the 12th Annual Spot Prawn Festival. Available online: Get your 2018 Spot Prawn Festival tickets. This year, there are three ways to enjoy the Spot Prawn Festival: FREE – access to the docks, view cooking…

Mealshare Tonight For Tomorrow May 9th

Mealshare Works Towards a Brighter Future for Canada with its Annual Fundraiser – Tonight for Tomorrow Non-profit inspires Canadians to take action and raise money by dining out, while UNICEF reports the country is lagging in the fight to end child hunger. Won’t you join me for dinner on May 9th! We’re headed to Fable…

Handcrafted Spirits on TSN1410 – Milk of the Wolf at The Union with Rob Hoover

The Union Dishes Up South Asian Flavours We stopped in for the Handcrafted Spirits Show on TSN1410 to catch up with bartender Rob Hoover at The Union in East Vancouver and sampled a few of the drinks currently on the list. They’ve just launched a new food menu too, so we’re looking forward to returning…

What’s Good This Week Easter Edition

Where to Hop to For Easter Feasts in Vancouver Daffodils are blooming and spring is in the air, and even though I’m currently freezing and it feels far colder than 6 degrees out today,I’m sure that warmer days will soon come. But while we are waiting for more spring blooms and sunnier days, we can…

Empanadas With Chicha’s Chef Shelome Bouvette

Chef Shelome Bouvette Serves Up Empanadas We met with Chef Shelome Bouvette at The Wellness Show to find out more about her restaurant, Chicha, on East Broadway.  Scroll down for her Empanada recipe too! So delish! Tell us a little bit about your restaurant and/or style of cooking. Chicha Restaurant interprets modern Peruvian cuisine with local,…

Healthy Chef Competition & Dinner

Healthy Chef Competition & Dinner Results On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, ten restaurants and culinary schools created entrées and desserts for attendees where fresh produce is a key component at the Healthy Chef Competition produced by the BC Produce Marketing Association (BCPMA) and the BC Chefs’ Association (BCCA).  Guests only know what they are eating when they open…

Bobbette & Belle Salted Caramel Cupcakes

Bobbette & Belle Share A Sweet Recipe For Valentine’s Day I don’t think cupcakes could ever go out of style, especially when they are salted caramel. Sure macarons, eclairs and donuts that have gotten their fair share of play of late, but I will always choose a cupcake over most sweets, sometimes just for the…

Event Alert! Vancouver’s Healthy Chef Competition & Gala

Vancouver’s Healthy Chef Competition & Gala Event 03. 21.18 I’ve been to this event many times and it’s a great way to support your local upcoming chefs, as funds go to the BC Chef’s scholarship program, as well as  support the cause of promoting more fruit and veggies on our plates! On Wednesday, March 21,…

What’s Good This Week March 12 Edition

What To Do Around Vancouver This Week We’ve been busy traveling and then catching up from traveling, so our posts have been rather infrequent of late. Life and work balance is always a challenge and sometimes I just get exhausted trying to keep up. Hopefully this sunshine will motivate me to get back in the…

Celebrating International Women’s Day With Women in Wine

Raising a Glass to Women For International Women’s Day With so many women standing up and speaking out, it is wonderful when we can stop and celebrate and lift one another up. There are many strong and inspiring women in the wine and food industry, and we caught up with a few of them to…

VIWF Announces 2018 Trade Competition Winners

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: VIWF ANNOUNCES 2018 TRADE COMPETITION WINNERS We’re heading down to the Vancouver International Wine Festival for some more tasting today, but thought we’d report on the wine award first. From the press release today! The Vancouver International Wine Festival announced the 2018 trade competition winners on Friday at Celebrating Excellence: 15th Annual Awards…

Miku Launches Aburi Prime

Vancouver’s Sushi Experts Take Aburi To The Next Level I went to high school in Kelowna and there certainly weren’t any sushi places there way back then, or anything at all remotely Asian other than Manchu Wok at the food fair and maybe a rather suspect “Western-Chinese” buffet somewhere off the main highway. I first had sushi…

Reiki at Love Look Inside

Love Look Inside Offers Reiki And Pilates On The North Shore This year I’ve picked the theme of self-care and I’m working towards happiness and health as opposed to unrealistic goals and self-judgement. If you’ve been following me this January, you’ll know I’m currently I’m doing the Fit Body Boot Camp, which is so much…

Market By Jean-George Presents Takashi Murakami Tasting Menu

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg Inspires Dinner Currently at the Vancouver Art Gallery is the first major retrospective of Takashi Murakami’s work ever exhibited in Canada, and Market By Jean-George has a tasting menu inspired by his art to celebrate this epic display; it of course includes octopus, and how could it…

Meet Lori Joyce from Betterwith Food At The Wellness Show

Lori Joyce Joins Women Empowering Women Panel For the past 26 years, The Wellness Show has been on the cutting edge of the latest health and wellness trends, bringing them to the residents of the Lower Mainland. This year’s show takes place February 16 and 17, 2018, at the Vancouver Convention Centre and there’s lots of…

Chef Alex Chen Takes Gold At Canadian Culinary Championships

Chef Alex Chen Shines Through Three Intense Culinary Competitions This year seemed particularly special at the Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna, as there seemed to be a tight group of chefs, all producing top notch dishes through the three competitions that made up these gourmet Olympics, and I was gratefully ring side to take it…

Chef Alex Chen From Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Heads To The Gold Medal Plates

A Few Questions With Chef Alex Chen – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna We interviewed Chef Alex Chen before he won the Victoria 2017 Gold Medal Plates where he took the gold and checked in with him this week before the finals, the Canadian Culinary Championships that take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February…

Chef Mike Robins From Sous Sol, Winnipeg Heads To The Gold Medal Plates

A Few Questions With Chef Mike Robins – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018 The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had a…

Chef Shane Chartrand of Sage, Edmonton, Heads To The Gold Medal Plates

A Few Questions With Chef Shane Chartrand From SAGE– Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance. We had…

Chef David Vinoya From Wild Sage Bistro, Regina Heads To The Gold Medal Plates

A Few Questions With Chef David Vinoya From Wild Sage Bistro – Competitor In Gold Medal Plates, Kelowna The Canadian Culinary Championships will take place this weekend in Kelowna, BC February 2-3, 2018. The eleven competing chefs will be aiming for gold as they compete in three events over two days testing their skills, creativity and endurance….