Amanda Healey Returns to Vancouver as Botanist’s New Executive Chef

The internationally experienced chef takes over the kitchen at Fairmont Pacific Rim’s acclaimed Coal Harbour restaurant, launching her first dinner and summer tasting menus. Botanist has welcomed Amanda Healey as its new executive chef, marking a new chapter for the award-winning restaurant inside Fairmont Pacific Rim. Healey returns to Vancouver with more than 20 years…

All My Relations: Honey Salt’s October 2 Art-Dinner Honours First Nations Heritage

Honey Salt at Parq Vancouver is dedicating the fifth edition of its ongoing Art-Dinner Series to First Nations heritage, culture, and cuisine on Thursday, October 2, 2025. The evening features a Four Hands, four-course collaboration between Honey Salt Chef and series founder Johann Caner and guest chef Stephanie Baryluk, alongside a curated patio art exhibit,…

Support Your Local Community Breaking Bread

SUPPORT SYSTEM: VANCOUVER RESTAURANTS SHOW SOLIDARITY, URGE DINERS TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH ‘BREAKING BREAD’ INITIATIVE Restaurants Create Limited-Time-Only Menus, Suggest Other Ways of Supporting Small and Independent Businesses Affected by COVID-19 Vancouver restaurants represented: Café Medina, Juke Fried Chicken, Beetbox, L’Abattoir, Havana, Belgard Kitchen, Wildebeest, Nuba, Heritage Asian Eatery, Origo Club. Members of Vancouver’s…

The Finalists For The 2019 Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards

The Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards Will Be Announced April 29 It’s always a tense moment when Van Mag drops it’s finalists for the highly-coveted restaurant awards and every year the competition seems to get more difficult. Here are the finalists copied right from the Van Mag announcement. “Below you’ll find the spots that our judges deemed…