Hawkers Market & Made From Scratch Saturday and Sunday set to the summer sounds of local band BESTiE! Vancouver is home to one of Canada’s youngest chefs in Training. Liam Lewis who goes by the moniker The Little Locavore is 12 years old and is taking on the Vancouver food scene by storm eating everything…
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Chef Comp at Main Street Station Farmers Market
Pro-Am Competition Details Here’s your chance to compete head-to-head alongside a couple of the most reputable chefs in town. Chef Alvin Pillay of the Blackbird Public House and Oyster Bar and Chef Nathan Lowey of Campagnolo are inviting aspiring chefs to partner with them in a friendly pro-am competition at the Main Street Station Farmers…
Canada’s Ultimate Twitter Party with President’s Choice
Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at from 7 AM to 10 PM EST join Canada’s Ultimate Twitter Party, brought to you by President’s Choice®. It’s time to feed your curiosity! Coast to coast with @preschoice on September 24, 2014 to find out what every Canadian is discovering when it comes to food. Get ready for a fun and informative, real-time conversation with fellow…
Vancouver Modern Home Tour
September 20 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm | $30 Modern Home Tours is pleased to announce the 2014 Vancouver Modern Home Tour in conjunction with Western Living Magazine’s Design Week and Vancouver Design Week. Curated by Western Living Magazine Editor-in-Chief Anicka Quin and Modern Home Tours, the second annual Vancouver Modern Home Tour offers…
Feast of Fields Craft Brewers
#MVFeastOf2014 Chef GoodLifeVan (Michael Smith) I was told that I could come to Feast of Fields this year to sit on a blanket, read a book and drink craft beer. Well I only managed to do one of the above but that one was the best part! The beer sampling of course. The BC craft…
J Natural Spa
I have walked up 4th Avenue in Kitsilano hundreds of times and never noticed J Natural Spa before. There’s a signboard that I must have passed, but it’s tucked away on the upper level. I must have been tweeting or somehow focused on something else. Never mind, as I have found it now. SocialShopper put…
Moon Festival Tea Service The Urban Tea Merchant
The Chinese Moon Festival is on Monday, September 8 this year and until then The Urban Tea Merchant is serving up their Moon Festival Tea Service. Always a fan of afternoon tea at The Urban Tea Merchant, I was excited to mix it up a bit with the addition of Moon Cakes and a few extra Asian-influenced items on…
Mystery Chefs Host ‘Slow Fish’ Dinner
Well known chefs cook together to raise awareness for sustainable seafood Join @slowfoodcanada Slow Fish movement with 8 mystery chefs & @ChefsTableBC Sept 27 http://bit.ly/1lHb5nV Wine and dine for sustainable seafood at the inaugural @ChefsTableBC Slow Fish Mystery Dinner http://bit.ly/1lHb5nV [Vancouver, BC] Lovers of seafood and social times are alerted to mark their calendars. On September…
Sip & Savour Salt Spring Island
Each September Salt Spring Island gets festive with Sip & Savour Salt Spring Island. This year the events take place during National Organic week from Friday, September 19th to Sunday, September 21st, 2014. The festival brings together growers, food providers and chefs from Salt Spring Island and partners them with vintners representing the wine growing regions of British…
Sip & Savour Salt Spring will take place on Friday, September 19th to Sunday, September 21st, 2014
Celebrate National Organic Week on Salt Spring Island! The Festival will bring together growers, food providers and chefs from Salt Spring Island and partner them with local craft brewers and vintners representing the wine growing regions of British Columbia. Foodies, start your engines, Sip & Savour Salt Spring 2014 is coming soon! Menus are planned, reservations are being…
Visiting The Royal Thai Consulate General
The Royal Thai Consulate General, Sutthiluck Sa-ngarmangkang, is now settled at her residence and invited media into her home for a preview for this weekend’s (August 23/24, 2014) Discover Thailand Festival. Discovering Thailand Festival 2014 (www.worldculinary.net/thailand) is taking place at the Vancouver Art Gallery, North Plaza. The presentations included a cooking demonstration of very tasty and not too spicy…
Vancouver Farmers Market Tomato Festival
Celebrate the “Love Apple” with tastings, beautiful and informative displays and recipes to make with those delectable heirlooms you just found at the market. James Coleridge from Bella Gelateria will be crafting tomato basil gelato from Sole Food Street Farms tomatoes and Earth Apple Farm basil! This limited edition gelato will be available at the Trout Lake & Kitsilano Tomato Festivals…
Willkommen! to Harvest Haus
New autumn festival brings a taste of Northern Europe to Vancouver With their continuing passion for bringing accessible, premium cultural experiences to Vancouver, The Social Concierge has partnered with Wet Ape Productions to present the inaugural Harvest Haus from October 2 – 5, 2014. For four days, Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza will be transformed into a multi-media…
North American Hemp Co.
A few months back I started using North American Hemp Co hair and face products and I’m still addicted to these lotions and potions. They are available at London Drugs and currently on sale, the shampoo and conditioner is only $7.99. The moisturizing shampoo is just what it claims to be – moisturizing! I have dry hair…
Baconfest 2014 Urban Diggs Farm
Come and celebrate International Bacon Day with us at Urban Diggs 5th annual Baconfest…. a celebration of all things porky & delicious…. especially bacon! Your $10 admission gets you into the event, one complimentary beverage & entertainment. Reup BBQ will be on site frying up deep fried pork belly sandwiches and with “hog dogs” on the grill…
#DAY2NIGHT Summer Market Explosion
Local Vancouver foodie event, Hawkers Market, is coming together with The Eastside Flea on Saturday August 16th to host a summer market explosion!! TICKETS! Featuring Vancouver’s favorite flea market, local food vendors, large bar with craft beer & fun summer cocktails, outdoor food trucks, live music & DJ’s… this is an event like Vancouver has…
Araxi Long Table Pemberton
The Araxi Longtable Dinners are British Columbia’s most exciting al fresco dining experiences. Staged at North Arm Farm in Pemberton and Lost Lake in Whistler in past summers, these sold-out events embraced our extraordinary local ingredients picked at the peak of the season. Guests have the opportunity to meet the suppliers who raise the produce,…
Canadian Cheese Rolling
Do you fancy running down the hill to chase a cheese wheel? It’s not really for me, but I would run for cheese if I was assured something cheese-filled at the end. Thankfully I didn’t have to do much other than catch a cab to get down to Forage Restaurant for the media preview of…
Metro Vancouver Feast of Fields
Feast of Fields is a 4 hour wandering harvest festival held around British Columbia; Vancouver’s event is on September 7, 2014. With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, you can taste the very best of BC from chefs, farmers, fishers, ranchers, food artisans, vintners, brewers, distillers and other beverage producers from across the province. Feast…
