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Interview with Chef Enrique Menendez

Vancouver is home to some of the best chefs in the world, many have worked for the top chefs and restaurants around the world as well as around the city. Dishing with the Chefs is a series of Interviews with…

Meatball Challenge 2015 Winners

The Vancouver Foodster Meatball Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Vancouver, Burnaby, Langley and Pitt Meadows.  Each restaurant and deli featured their creation on their menu from April 1-26, 2015. and their customers voted for…

Innovate Products at Grocery Showcase West

I was one of the judges of the top Innovative Products at the annual Grocery Showcase West (GSW) at the Vancouver Convention Centre held April 14, 2015. Known as the event for Western grocery retailers to meet with food producers…

Food Finds at the Canadian Health Food Show 2015

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the annual Canadian Health Food Show at the Vancouver Convention Centre. This show saw food producers and suppliers from across North America showing their products to mostly natural food retailers. It’s the largest…

Interviews with EAT! Vancouver Fest Chefs

For the 13th annual EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival which is taking place at venues throughout the city April 26 to May 3, 2015, an inaugural collaborative dinner series is about to take place here for the first time….

Vancouver Foodster Pasta Challenge

Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Pasta Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their pasta dishes into this challenge, some of the restaurants have created a special pasta creation just for this challenge and others have…

Interview with Chef Ryan Reed

Vancouver is home to some of the best chefs in the world, many have worked for the top chefs and restaurants around the world as well as around the city. Dishing with the Chefs is a series of Interviews with…

Celebrating the Spirits at BC Distilled

On April 18th I attended BC Distilled that featured over 23 distilleries from across British Columbia, it was mostly small-batch distilleries and many of them were new. Tasting was the operative word here and there were a few that not…

Food and Got Craft? May 2 – 3

Handmade is the best kind of food, and Got Craft? has foodies covered for all of their cravings. Gourmet handmade butters by The Local Churn, Graveley & Sons’s cocktail infusion kits, and Le Meadow’s Pantry‘s old-world luscious jams and bold marmalades are just some…

Food Films at DOXA Documentary Film Festival

The DOXA Documentary Film Festival runs April 30 – May 10th and within this amazing selection of films there are a selection of films that are Food themed. Here is a selection of these films for your consideration, make sure…

Sakura Afternoon Tea at the Urban Tea Merchant

I indulged in their Sakura Afternoon Tea last week celebrating the Japanese cherry blossom season with a delightful array of savoury and sweet treats accompanied by some of their special teas. An ode to spring, the Sakura Tea Service is…

UBC Food Services: Touring, Learning and Tasting

Touring UBC Food Services at the University of British Columbia. With 54,000 people on campus daily during the school year, over 40 restaurants are ready to serve, offering many different types of cuisines, in popular branded restaurants as well as…

Touring Strange Fellows Brewery

Iain Hill & Aaron Jonckheere started their impressive brewery in late 2014 in a 9,000 sq foot building in East Van. After visiting the tasting room a few weeks prior, Aaron toured me around the establishment where I had a…

Friday Lunch with Kenji Maeda at Market by Jean-Georges

The Friday Lunch is a focus on the restaurant’s Lunch menu along with the Interview of a notable Business or Cultural leader who is joining me as my guest at restaurants in and around Vancouver. Each of the places I…

Caesar Challenge 2015 Winners

The Vancouver Foodster Caesar Cocktail Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants and bars around Vancouver, Richmond and North Vancouver.  Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from March 12-April 5, 2015. and their customers voted…

Celebrating Halibut Season at Coast Restaurant

BC Halibut season is in full swing, a couple of days ago, I visited Coast Restaurant where Chef Pedro Gonzalez prepared a couple of his new Ocean Wise Halibut dishes for me to taste. Tomato Crusted Halibut on a bed…

Vancouver Foodster Meatball Challenge

Welcome to the Vancouver Foodster Meatball Challenge. Restaurants from all over the city were invited to enter their meatball dishes into this challenge, some of the restaurants have created a special meatball creation just for this challenge and others have…

Food Talks Vol 12 on April 27

This is the twelfth event in this Food Talks series! Come join us to meet and mingle with other foodies, and to hear some enlightening speakers from the food community. Hosted by Richard Wolak – Founder of Vancouver Foodster and…

Pizza Challenge 2015 Winners

The Vancouver Foodster 2nd Pizza Challenge was a great success featuring unique creations at restaurants around Vancouver, Burnaby and North Vancouver.  Each restaurant featured their creation on their menu from March 5-28, 2015. and their customers voted for their favourites…

Sakura Night at Tojo’s on April 19

Let the celebrations begin this spring with an extraordinary dining experience hosted by Tojo’s Restaurant, featuring sensational Japanese cuisine created by Tojo’s Restaurant, Zen Japanese Restaurant, Hapa Izakaya, The RawBar at Fairmont Pacific Rim, Miku Restaurant as well as Zakkushi…

Brunch with Casey-Jo Loos at Argan Bistro

Brunch is a favourite past time shared by many and should be an extraordinary experience, one that you will cherish. Vancouver has some wonderful places for brunch. Each of the places I visit is unique for what is offered along…

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