Have (Hope Action Values Ethics) Culinary Society is an amazing culinary training school providing foodservice job training and job placement to individuals in Vancouver who have had many life issues that have made finding work difficult. There are students with mental and physical disabilities, those facing poverty or addiction issues or homelessness. Over the past…
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Cooking For A Cause – Guarding the Gifts
On May 11, King Pacific Lodge and the Gitga’at First Nation will host Cooking For A Cause, a celebration marking the launch of their co-founded charitable organization: Guarding the Gifts. The intimate evening will bring together a collective of likeminded environmental and cultural advocates, and feature top culinary talent, to draw attention to the risks…
CONTEST CLOSED #Win #Contest #Giveaway NZ Wine Fair – Tuesday May 1
Win 2 tickets to New Zealand Wine Fair TO WIN 1) Leave a comment on this post naming one of the wineries at the fair http://www.nzwine.com/events/new-zealand-wine-fair-vancouver/ 2) Follow @goodlifevan on Twitter 3) Post the following to Twitter: RT AND comment on 2 ticket #giveaway #nzwine May 1 #Vancouver http://bit.ly/JPB9tr Tuesday May 1, 2012 7:00pm – 9:30 pm…
Bites on Bikes Delivers Lunch in Downtown Vancouver
Bites on Bikes is Vancouvers newest and most exciting lunch delivery service. We are peddling delicious gourmet sandwiches all wrapped up with a homemade cookie and a San Pellegrino beverage, all over Downtown Vancouver. Bites on Bikes MENU All our food is prepared fresh daily in our socially and environmentally conscious kitchen and brought to you…
Have Culinary Welcomes Chef Kayla Dhalwall May 10
Executive Chef Amber invites Chef Kayla Dhalwall of House Guest to create another night to remember at Have Cafe. Working with our culinary students, the chef’s will create a wonderful menu highlighting local foods with internatinal flair’. This exciting menu will be paired with wine from the Okanagan. All proceeds from the night will be…
Long Table Dining at Nelson the Seagull
Picked & Sprout–our second event in our long table and food-integrated dining design series. Expect an early spring meal inspired by a gathering of wild things. Two evening bookings, cocktails and wine pairings available at the bar, live music and an a myriad of transformative and luminous fresco and food themed installations. Two evening booking…
The Urban Tea Merchant Sakura Westcoast Afternoon Tea Service
The Cherry Blossoms are here and Vancouver is celebrating with its very own Cherry Blossom Festival from April 5-28. Although not an official event of the festival, The Urban Tea Merchant has one of the most culinary tempting offerings in honour of the blossom, its Sakura Westcaost Afternoon Tea Service is an ideal way to spend part of an…
Oliver Osoyoos Oyster Festival #oooysterfest
If you love Oysters, you need to be at the Okanagan’s only oyster festival: the OOOyster Festival! The Oliver Osoyoos Oyster Festival was created to showcase sustainable oysters together with the award-winning wines of the Oliver Osoyoos Winery Association. Even oysters need a day in the sun! Sip the new Spring releases from the participating wineries of…
Restaurant Rumble 2012 – charity boxing event organized by Aprons for Gloves Boxing Association
With 12 weeks of training beginning on April 16th, any individual that works in the local service industry (or any profession that ever wore an apron, for that matter) can live the dream, and trade in their apron for a pair of boxing gloves in order to fight for the greater good. They will train…
Vancouver’s Easter Brunches
Not sure yet whether I’ll venture out or not, but here’s some of my top picks in case you’re in need. Yew Restaurant + Bar – 650 Howe Street, Vancouver – Four Seasons Hotel YEW’s Easter Brunch features over 50 delicious items. Kids Station with all the fixings – including chocolate waffles and a visit from…
Vancouver’s Easter Treats
It’s good Friday in Vancouver and another long weekend when those with real jobs take time off and us freelancers catch up on our never ending to do lists or organize our taxes (and some of us a few years of taxes). I am working all weekend and not really even a huge fan of…
Terra Breads Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns remind me of my childhood. We had them at Easter every year, but they weren’t always my favourite. I hated the ones with the candied and coloured fruit in them and used to pick those out, and preferred the icing over the other strange plastic-like topping some had. Later on in life…
Support Our Culinary Teams with Online Auction
Welcome to Canadian Culinary Federation and BC Culinary Arts Foundation first online auction. Aim of this auction is to raise funds to support the following Culinary Teams on their effort to represent our province and country in the upcoming national and international culinary competitions. – Canada’s National Culinary Team – Canada’s Junior Culinary Team – …
Newly Expanded Waterfront Wines Now Open
@WFWines – Executive Chef/Sommelier Mark Filatow and his team are thrilled to welcome guests to their newly expanded restaurant. After weeks of extensive renovations, the acclaimed Kelowna eatery is open for business, now with double the seating capacity. “It feels wonderful to be open for business once again and to finally be able to show…
Grape Juice Aims to Harvest $100,000 for Big Sisters
Local companies get ready to serve up a glass of good will at a unique fundraising event on April 26th. Tickets are now on sale for Grape Juice, the fifth annual wine auction fundraising event for Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland. At the April 26th event, presented by Ferrari Maserati of Vancouver, guests can…
1st Annual Big Red Barn Burner BBQ Competition
We’ve invited some of our best friends to Chilliwack for a BBQ. This weekend Well Seasoned is presenting the 1st Annual Big Red Barn Burner BBQ Competition in conjunction with the Outdoor Yard Garden & Renovation Show at Chilliwack Heritage Park. We would love for you to join us there! You don’t have to wait…
Sun-sculpted chocolate Easter eggs add sensational artistry to this year’s Easter baskets
Beautiful sun-sculpted chocolate egg from Cocoa West Chocolatier is filled with its signature Unbelievably Good Egg truffles and foil-wrapped solid dark chocolate eggs. Chocolate is the preferred ingredient when it comes to Easter eggs, and this year, Cocoa West Chocolatier of Bowen Island offers a stunning and delicious alternative to the mass market eggs that…
Steve’s Wine Club: Rethink Pink
April 10, 2012 5:30 pm Rosé wine has had a bad rep for years, but it’s making a come back and we think it’s going to be the patio wine of the summer. Wine Director, Steve Lobsinger, hosts this Rosé Tasting giving you a chance to try some unique wines while dispelling some common preconceptions about Rosé wines….
CONTEST CLOSED#Giveaway @airwick candles, fuzzy robe, slippers ($100)
Congrats @ihugsducks Jenn on your win! Last night we light up the new Air Wick® changing-colour candle and watched in change colour and fill the room with a pleasant vanilla aroma. We are sort of hooked. The candle uses fibre optic technology and once lit, a soft a glow illuminates through the wax and…
