Chef Mark Filatow Waterfront Wines Kelowna

#ccc2013 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-9, 2013 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here is the scoop from Chef Mark Filatow Waterfront Wines Kelowna. What was your first food memory? The smell of my Mom’s soups simmering on the stove What was…

Chef Eden Hrabec Crazyweed Kitchen Canmore

#ccc2013 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-9, 2013 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here are the answers from Chef Eden Hrabec Crazyweed Kitchen in Canmore. What was your first food memory? Really so many.  My mom was always cooking at home…

Chef Marc St. Jacques Auberge Du Pommier Toronto

#ccc2013 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-9, 2013 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here is the scoop from Chef Marc St. Jacques Auberge Du Pommier Toronto. What was your first food memory? Picking vegetables in my grandparents’ garden in Guelph, Ontario….

Chef Daren Bergeron Fou D’Ici Montreal

#ccc2013 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-9, 2013 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here we check in with Chef Daren Bergeron from Fou D’Ici Montreal. What was your first food memory? Perogies What was in your elementary school lunch kit? Bologna…

Chef Jamie Stunt Oz Kafe Ottawa

#ccc2013 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-9, 2013 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here are the answers from Chef Jamie Stunt from the Oz Kafe in Ottawa. Where did you first learn to cook? I went to high school really close to my…

Chef Milton Rebello Saskatchewan Radison Regina

#ccc2013 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-9, 2013 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here are the answers from Chef Milton Rebello from the Sakatchewan Radison in Regina. Where did you first learn to cook? At home…I was inspired by my…

Chef Darren Craddock Riverside Country Club Saskatoon

#ccc2013 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-9, 2013 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge.  Chef Craddock reports in below. What was your first food memory? Cooking breakfast with my dad on Sunday mornings What was in your elementary school lunch kit?…

Chef Shaun Hussey Chinched Bistro St. John’s

#ccc2013 @goldmedalplates Chefs from Canada will meet in Kelowna from February 7-9, 2013 to compete in the Gold Medal Plates Canadian Culinary Championships.  I sent them some questions prior to the challenge. Here’s the scoop on Chef Shaun Hussey from Chinched Bistro in S. John’s. What was your first food memory? Eating a delicious ripe mango What was…

CONTEST CLOSED #Win 2 tickets Feb. 1 2013 King Lear at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Congrats to @contest_canada To win: 1) Leave a comment on this post naming a name of another PuSh Festival Perfomance 2) Follow @goodlifevan on Twitter 3) Post the following to Twitter: RT AND comment on site to #win  #giveaway @goodlifevan @PuShFestival  http://ow.ly/haWhV  http://pushfestival.ca/   Contemporary Legend Theater (Taipei, Taiwan) Presented by the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Asian-Canadian Special Events Association February…

Dockside Dine Out Vancouver 2013

Dine Out Vancouver is on until February 3, 2013 and if you are looking for a room with a view, Dockside Restaurant in Granville Island is an excellent choice.  Dine oceanside with views of False Creek and if you want to have a mini staycation, the Granville Island Hotel is an elevator ride away.  The…

BC FOODSERVICE EXPO – Register to attend online!

The 2013 BC Foodservice Expo, Western Canada’s largest hospitality trade show, returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre this weekend – January 27 & 28. Avoid line ups and register online at www.bcfoodexpo.ca for just $20! ROASTED COMPETITION – Meet the top 8 Competitors The Roasted Competition is our professional chef challenge. Competitors work in restaurants…

Edible Canada Dine Out Menu 2013

Hit up another Dine Out at Edible Canada last night before heading to the highly entertaining Ride the Cyclone at the Granville Island Arts Club Theatre.  Chef Greg Reid recently took over the leadership of the kitchen as the new Chef de Cuisine.  He had been with Edible since the summer, so was already more…

Street Food City II

Presented by the Street Food Vancouver Society, and the Downtown Vancouver BIA January 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 11am – 3pm Wednesday through Friday 11am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday North Plaza, Vancouver Art Gallery FREE ENTRY Returning for a second season, Street Food City II is your opportunity to sample from a collection of…

Dine Out Vancouver Italian Kitchen

Stop 2 on our Vancouver Dine Out sampling with Glowbal Group’s Italian Kitchen.  Here the menu is $28 here and the choices vary from crostini to minestrone and include strip loin and rigatoni primavera,  Portions are generous and the atmosphere here is more formal than fish shack.  Hard to say what the crowd will be…

Dine Out Vancouver’s Fish Shack

Dine Out Vancouver is on and Glowbal Group has a variety of choices and price points.  We got an early start on the food festival at Fish Shack, an awesome deal at $18.  They didn’t yet have the donuts, but the salmon cakes where very good with a nice dense texture and a lift from the…

Taste Washington 2013

One Weekend – One Location – March 23-24 Taste Washington brings more than 200 spectacular Washington wineries together under one roof on one weekend for your sampling pleasure. Featuring wine from boutique wineries, newly established wineries as well as some of Washington’s original producers, the two-day tasting format gives wine lovers the opportunity to try…

Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival

Back for its third year, and this time, even more chocolate makers have come together to spike their hot chocolate drinks with the wildest, most delicious flavours you can imagine. 23 CHOCSTARS — 27 DAYS — 60+ CRAZY FLAVOURS! January 19 – February 14, 2013. Chocolate makes you happy. ~~~~~~~ FIND A HOT CHOCOLATE BY VENUE ~~~~~~~ Beaucoup Bakery Bel Cafe…

Vikram Vij Launches “Vij’s Kitchen” at UBC

Award-winning Vancouver-based chef Vikram Vij and his wife Meeru Dhalwala are proud to announce their involvement in a brand new venture with the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Vij’s Kitchen is a facility that provides state-of-the-art learning space for UBC students studying food, nutrition and health, dietetics, community health and…

Dine Out Vancouver – Book Now!

RESTAURANTS NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS – 240 participating restaurants sets a new Dine Out record  January 8th Tourism Vancouver released the names of all restaurants taking part in the 2013 Dine Out Vancouver Festival. Every year, the citywide celebration showcases Vancouver’s explosive culinary scene to tens of thousands of local and visiting foodies – and this year…

Noodlemania around Vancouver

Taste a variety of noodle dishes around Vancouver on a noodle journey on January 12 from 1;30-5:30 pm.  Sample chow mein, spaghetti, mac & cheese, pho, pad thai, ramen and more from restaurants featuring American, Chinese, Filipino, Hong Kong, Indian, Italian, Southern, Taiwanese, Thai, and Vietnamese cuisine. http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/noodle-mania-vancouver-2-tickets-9140049133 Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting…