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Celebrity Chefs

Blue Mountain and Friends

by paulkamon 01.28.2010

A big congratulations to Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars for putting on such a stellar event last night at the Four Season’s Hotel in benefit of the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. This year’s Blue Mountain and Friends event sold out with 350 tickets and raised approximately $13,000 for the foundation. Kudos to all the chefs [...]

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Vancouver’s Top Chefs Unite for Haiti

by paulkamon 01.28.2010

An important call for help has been put out to the F&B industry to help Haiti in its most desperate time of need and many of the city’s top chefs, along with many others, have responded to the call. Please help spread the word about this great event. Details inside. ~ PK

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C Restaurant Book Signing and Tasting

by paulkamon 01.26.2010

WHAT: C Restaurant will be visiting three select Chapters locations for food tastings and book signings for its newly released hard cover cook book, C Food.

DETAILS: Taste some of Vancouver’s finest seafood creations from C Restaurant and get your copy of C Food signed by co-author and C Restaurant Executive Chef, Robert Clark.

January 31, [...]

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Cooking with Dale and Stephane

by paulkamon 11.13.2009

(All photos courtesy of Tracey Kusiewicz of Foodie Photography)
Long ago, I worked as a dishwasher for a couple of years in a very busy restaurant and was on the verge of being “promoted” out of the kitchen to go bus the floors with the better smelling front of house crowd, when some strange sense of [...]

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Fuel Restaurant to Close November 29th

by paulkamon 11.11.2009

The highly-acclaimed and award winning Fuel Restaurant is closing its doors. Last day of service is November 29th. Owners, Tom Doughty and Chef Rob Belcham plan to re-open in the same space as a “neighborhood restaurant and bar specializing in Casual Northwest Cuisine.”
Full press release after the bump…

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Araxi Cookbook Giveaway Contest!

by paulkamon 10.19.2009

I have a copy of Araxi’s stunning new cookbook up for grabs, courtesy of the Top Table Group. 250 pages of sublime local culinary goodness from Chef James Walt and the Araxi team beautifully photographed with easy to follow recipes.
WINNER: Congratulations to Rachel T, you are the owner of the new Araxi cookbook!

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Hell’s Kitchen Finale Party at Araxi

by paulkamon 10.16.2009

Urban Diner was at the sold-out Hell’s Kitchen Season 6 finale screening party at Araxi in Whistler on Tuesday evening, happily sharing drinks and canapés with 200+ revelers and the show’s four hard-working finalists, Dave, Kevin, Ariel, and Tenille. Big thanks to Top Table and the brilliant staff of Araxi for throwing another unforgettable party [...]

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Chef Bernard Casavant Joins Okanagan’s Manteo Resort

by paulkamon 10.13.2009

BC Restaurant Hall of Famer, Chef Bernard Casavant (Sonora Room, Fairmont Chateau Whistler), has joined the Manteo Resort as Executive Chef of the resort and the Wild Apple Restaurant and Lounge.

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Daniel Earns Third Star

by paulkamon 10.11.2009

Chef Daniel Boulud’s legendary flagship restaurant, Daniel, has finally earned its third Michelin star.

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Cook Book Launch: “A Boy After the Sea”

by paulkamon 09.11.2009

When: Thursday, September 17th 2009, from 5.00pm
Where: Barbara Jo’s Books to Cooks, 1740 West 2 Avenue, Vancouver
How: Tickets cost $65 (including a copy of the book) and are available from www.bookstocooks.com
“An enticing collection of recipes from our oceans, rivers and lakes finds form in a stunning coffee table book, launching this month. Featuring recipes crafted [...]

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Pink Salmon Festival

by paulkamon 08.26.2009

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What? Pink Salmon Festival
When? Sunday, August 30th, 11am – 5pm
Where? Hadden/ Vanier Park, Vancouver BC
Who? Chef Robert Clark, chefs from Nu, C, and Raincity Grill, BBQ master Rockin’ Ronnie Shewchuck, live music by Highrise Lonesome, fish painting by Stream of Dreams Society and more!

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Chefs To The Field at Terra Nova

by paulkamon 08.17.2009

If all the food and wine from The Dirty Apron Cooking School open house and VinoCamp CheeseCamp 09 wasn’t enough this weekend, I needed to eat more. Jeesh. However, on Sunday morning I headed to the Chefs To The Field event at Terra Nova Schoolyard Society in Richmond.

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