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Awards

The 2009 Urban Diner Awards are Coming

by paulkamon 03.09.2009

Bang a gong, the awards are on!
Updated: Sunday, March 18 ~ categories revised

CAMRA Vancouver Recognizes Beer Excellence

by Rick Green 01.22.2009

The Vancouver chapter of the Campaign for Real Ale announced the results of its annual members poll recognizing local and regional excellence in brewing and beer service. More inside…

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2008 BC Gold Medal Plates Review

by admin 11.09.2008

(photo by: Michael Schratter)

Last Wednesday night, some of British Columbia’s elite chefs, wineries, athletes, diners and industry professionals, gathered at the crowded Westin Bayshore Hotel in Coal Harbour for one of the most prestigious culinary competitions in Canada, The Gold Medal Plates.

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Gold Medal Plates 2008

by admin 11.04.2008

Tomorrow the Western Canadian leg of the 2008 Gold Medal Plates Olympic fund-raising competition begins here in Vancouver @ the Westin Bayshore, followed by Edmonton on November 6th and Calgary on November 20.
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enRoute’s Best New Restaurants For 2008

by admin 11.01.2008

Air Canada’s enRoute Magazine has just released their annual “10 Best New Restaurants in Canada” awards list for 2008. A big congratulations to all of our BC winners!
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Are Wine Spectator Awards A Racket?

by admin 08.21.2008

Are they really? It sure as hell looks like it at first blush after this…
As part of the research for an academic paper I’m currently working on about standards for wine awards, I submitted an application for a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. I named the restaurant “Osteria L’Intrepido” (a play on the name of [...]

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The 2008 Hall Of Fame Bio Videos Are Out

by admin 07.24.2008

David Hawksworth Hall of Fame Bio

I had the honour of introducing David at the BCRHOF gala this past spring and watched these very well put together bio films, used during the induction. Take a look at them all here. Among the inductees on video are Brent Hayman, Bernie Casavant, Sinclair Philip, Vikram Vij, Anthony Gismondi, [...]

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