Last night we held our first Holiday Market in four distinct ‘markets’ around the West side of Vancouver, featuring multi-vendors both local and international at Meinhardts, Be Fresh and Milano Coffee Roasters, plus Silk Road Tea who featured their own products.

Meinhardt Fine Foods serving appetizers

Maureen (left) – Rum Cakes + Fruit Sauces

Karen of Blue Heron Cheese and Plant Based Laiki Whole Grain Crackers

ARC Iberico

Terra Foods

Sal de Ibiza

JusTea
Vendors:
Meinhardt Fine Foods — Appetizers and Egg Nog
ARC Iberico – Fresh cut ham @ARC_HamCarver
Terra Foods – European Holiday Snacks @TerraFoods
JusTea – Ethically Traded Tea
Maureen – Rum Cakes + Fruit Sauces
Sal de Ibiza – Spanish Salts, Chips, Chocolate, Nuts @saldeibizanorthamerica
Paw Paw’s Cocktail Cherries (Small Batch) @pawpawscocktailcherries
Blue Heron Cheese
Plant Based Laiki Whole Grain Crackers @laikicrackers

Taketo Mizue – Milano Coffee serving the Orange Zest

Jonny Hetherington of JH Essentials

Whipped and Beaten

Whipped and Beaten

Flowers by Hayat’s Garden

Faculty Brewing

Gastown Foodie books

Livia Sweets
Vendors:
Milano Coffee – coffee beverages @MilanoRoasters
Faculty Brewing – collaboration beer with Milano Coffee @facultybrewing
Jonny Hetherington JH Essentials– hot sauces and ketchup @JHEssentials
Whipped and Beaten –baked goods @WhippednBeaten
Livia Sweets — Small batch sweets, and organic sourdough @liviasweets
Flowers by Hayat’s Garden — salads by @sajandco
Gastown Foodie — Cookbooks by Brad Hill @foodiebooks.ca
Olympia Komianos — Jewelry @olympiakomianos

Tempea Natural Foods

Blume

Kapow Now!

Talk to me Naked
Vendors:
Be Fresh Catering – Savoury @befresh
Biota — fermented products and kombucha @biotayvr
Blume — Latte Mixes @itsblume
Kapow Now! — Healthy snacks @kapow_now
Tempea Natural Foods –tempeh @tempeafoods
Talk to me Naked – art @torisswanson

Lucia serving Mulberry Tea
Silk Road line-up of teas and other products.
Guests had a chance to taste all sorts of food and drink, do some shopping for the holidays, enter contests, as well as meet the various producers and other foodies.
By: Richard Wolak