We love salmon and rain or shine we’ll be checking this out this weekend. In a year that has been particularly challenging for salmon, the Pacific Salmon Foundation is asking for your help in celebrating salmon’s most abundant species. Pink salmon are traditionally undervalued as a seafood source even though they are the most sustainable…
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CHEFS ANNOUNCED FOR 2011 GOLD MEDAL PLATES COMPETITION IN VANCOUVER
Top Chef Canada winner Dale MacKay takes on ten talented BC chefs at The Westin Bayshore on November 4th After finishing second in 2009 (to Rob Feenie) and again in 2010 (to Robert Clark), Top Chef Canada winner Dale MacKay will go for the top prize at the 2011 Gold Medal Plates competition in Vancouver…
C dinner Party with Dr. David Suzuki
On November 10th, C is throwing a dinner with sustainability and environmental titan Dr. David Suzuki. A fundraiser for the D.S.F. and Harry Kambolis’ C Blue Foundation, the evening will feature a dazzling tasting menu(with wine pairings) prepared by Chefs Lee Humphries and Robert Clark. $250 per person. Guests are encouraged to RSVP to leonard@crestaurant.com…
Breakfast with Chef Robert Clark on Sustainability
#ccfcc2011 Wednesday, June 15 2011 Chef Robert Clark speaks at the CCFCC 2011 Sustainability Breakfast. Enjoy fresh, local products. Tickets Here This West Coast-style breakfast features fresh, local products as Chef Robert Clark speaks about sustainability— not just for our oceans but also for all aspects of our food sources. Contemplate the future, what’s next. Menu…
Harvest Tours and the upcoming B.C. Shellfish Festival
With harvest tours and the upcoming B.C. Shellfish Festival, the world is your oyster this summer on Vancouver Island. Eating an oyster from the waters around Vancouver Island is a way to taste the mysteries of the Pacific Ocean in a single bite. Oysters owe much of their particular qualities – flavor, size, color, shell…
Gold Medal Plates
Olympic Host: Adam van Koeverden Celebrity Host: Ron James Entertainment: Jim Cuddy, Colin James and Barney Bentall with Keynote Address by Alexandre Bilodeau Chair: Arthur Griffiths Gold Medal Plates is the ultimate celebration of Canadian Excellence in cuisine, wine, the arts and athletic achievement. Gold Medal Plates Vancouver Friday, October 29, 2010 6:00 pm Sheraton…
Join The Social Order for a Truly Exceptional Dining Experience
The School of Fish Foundation has created the world’s only Floating Dining Room, and you’re invited to join The Social Order for an exceptional dinner. This elegant “raft”is staying afloat with the use of 1,675 plastic 2-litre bottles built into its frame, and is moored alongside the prestigious False Creek Yacht Club. Once boarded, your 6-course…
West End Car Free Festival’s Recipe Challenge
CLARK vs. KAMBOLIS Stop by Raincity Grill on Father’s Day – Sunday, June 20 during the West End Car-Free Festival as Executive Chef Robert Clark takes over the restaurant’s Denman Street sidewalk to serve up a street-friendly menu. Watch over Raincity’s grill as two recipes battle it out. First up are Chef Clark’s chili cheese…
James Barber Benefit for Providence Farm
May 16 – The Canadian Chefs’ Congress presents a special afternoon at Providence Farm, consisting of a 6-course food and wine pairing event that will showcase the food of top chefs such as: Brad Boisvert (Amuse Bistro) Castro Boatang (House of Boatang) Robert Clark (C Restaurant) Rafael Flores and Berenice Balbuena (Rock Salt Cafe) Bill…
ocean wise CANstruction inukshuk, REVEALED!
Unique design sculpture benefits food bank while celebrating Vancouver’s Olympic emblem and the culture of Canada’s Arctic Today the Vancouver Aquarium revealed an enormous Inukshuk sculpture made entirely of cans of Ocean Wise recommended seafood in a display of Olympic spirit. Created by an Aquarium design team, the Ocean Wise Canstruction project will be available…
The Governor General of Canada invites Robert Clark to Ottawa for a dinner in honour of the Prince of Wales
Clark sat yesterday with Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall at a dinner that celebrated the Nation’s Table. The group indulged in culinary creations based on the fresh, seasonal and organic diversity of distinctly Canadian products. The honour also included an invitation for Clark to sit on a Canadian Advisory Committee for future Governor…
Raincity Grill announces its participation in the CSA Grain Initiative
The CSA Grain Initiative is Vancouver’s first locally sourced flour distribution system established with the help of Jim Grieshaber-Otto of Cedar Isle Farm in Agassiz. As one of 200 shareholders participating in this local coup, Executive Chef Robert Clark is certain the scope of Raincity Grill’s 100-mile menus will now increase. “The real story is…
C Food Cookbook from C Restaurant
From the restaurant the Globe and Mail calls “the most original and exciting fish and seafood restaurant this country has ever seen,” comes a highly anticipated cookbook by owner Harry Kambolis and executive chef Robert Clark. C Food brings the bold avant garde concepts of C Restaurant to the printed page in a stunning book…
Staying Accountable at C
“Counting every fish has to be one of the cornerstones of any sustainable management plan,” says C Restaurant’s Executive Chef Robert Clark. Clark has been working with B.C. fisheries in an attempt create a system that tags fish in order for them to be properly accounted for. “This allows us to go one step further…
It’s tomato time in the lower mainland and Raincity Grill is celebrating.
August marks the return of Raincity Grill’s Annual Tomato Tasting Menu. Diners are sure to be swept away as the culinary team at Raincity celebrates the diverse tastes, colours and textures of B.C.’s freshly ripened tomatoes. Farm Initiative – Raincity Grill is pleased to announce a new partnership with UBC Farm/Centre For Sustainable Food Development….
Vancouver Magazine Announces Winners of 20th Annual Restaurant Awards
Vancouver, BC; April 15, 2009 – Stars of the B.C. restaurant industry gathered yesterday at the Sheraton Wall Centre for the 20th Annual Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards. The audience of more than 80o included the city’s top chefs, sommeliers and food critics. The event was capped by Cioppino’s/Enoteca winning the event’s top honor, Restaurant of…
