EAT! Vancouver, The Everything Food + Cooking Festival™
By Vancouver and Beyond | Filed in Vancouver and Area Information
Anna Olson, Host of ‘Sugar’ & ‘Fresh With Anna Olson’
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Rob Feenie, Vancouver’s Iron Chef
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Bob Blumer, The Surreal Gourmet, Host
& Co-creator of ‘Glutton for Punishment’
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‘BBQ’ Naz Cavallaro, Grilling Expert/Spokesperson
Weber-Stephen Products Co.
Headline The Food Network Celebrity Stage at the 6th Annual
EAT! Vancouver, The Everything Food + Cooking Festival™
May 23, 24 & 25, 2008 at BC Place Stadium
Vancouver, BC, May 1 , 2008 – Executive Event Production is proud to announce the sixth annual EAT! Vancouver, The Everything Food + Cooking Festival™, Canada’s largest consumer food + cooking event.
Throughout the three days of the show The Food Network Canada Celebrity Stage will feature TV celebrities Anna Olson, Host of ‘Sugar’ & ‘Fresh With Anna Olson’ on Food Network Canada; Rob Feenie, Vancouver’s own Iron Chef America winner, Bob Blumer The Surreal Gourmet, Host & Co-creator of ‘Glutton for Punishment’ on Food Network and ‘BBQ’ Naz Cavallaro, Grilling Expert/Spokesperson Weber-Stephen Products Co.
The HOMESENSE International Culinary Stage, presented by Western Living Magazine and CTV will feature local celebrity Hidekazu Tojo with Glutton for Punishment Bob Blumer in a west coast style ‘fugu’ cook-off. Other culinary stars from around the world will include Filipino Chef Sandy Daza and chef/owner of Toronto’s awaqrd winning restaurant, Amuze-Bouche, Chef Jason Inniss representing Barbados cuisine as well as chefs from Peru, Mexico and Malaysia. Come for a taste of the world and explore your next culinary destination.
Visitors will watch the excitement of heated competitions at the ‘Iron Chef’ style Citytv’s Master Chef Competition with 17 chefs competing for the title. The Canadian Festival of Barbecue + Chili Competition, presented by Weber returns once again with 25 teams from across North America competing.
Celebrity chefs, popular local restaurants, wineries, food and beverage manufacturers, cookbook authors, retailers, artisans, and many others from the culinary world will come together once again for a three day public extravaganza at BC Place Stadium. EAT! Vancouver encompasses unique food experiences, opportunities to learn behind-the-scenes culinary magic from professional chefs, dynamic entertainment through celebrity chef cooking demonstrations and intense culinary competitions, diverse food , beverage and cooking related exhibits; and of course fantastic shopping opportunities.
Come for lunch and stay for dinner! EAT! Vancouver presents the Bite of Vancouver restaurant pavilion. The chefs of favorite Lower Mainland restaurants will serve up appetizer portions of their signature recipes. For a nominal charge ($1 – $4) per item visitors will be able to savor the flavors of numerous eateries.
Beer, wine and spirits will be well represented in the Tasting Pavilion where visitors can sip and taste hundreds of different beverages. Hosted by Daenna Van Mulligen, Vancouver’s Wine Diva, the Grapes and Hops Stage will feature presentations and tastings by numerous local and regional beer and wine experts as well as radio/television personality Terry David Mulligan.
While at EAT! Vancouver, visitors will also enjoy shopping in the marketplace of over 200 exhibit booths. Producers, manufacturers, retailers and food artisans will showcase a wide assortment of unique products for eating, drinking, cooking, entertaining, and outfitting a kitchen. Exhibits will include everything from gourmet foods to kitchen accessories, and barbecues to beverages. Everything for a healthy, balanced life style!
EAT! Vancouver runs May 23, 24 & 25, 2008, at BC Place Stadium.
Show hours are: Friday, 4 pm to 9 pm; Saturday, 11 am to 9 pm; and Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm.
Admission is $14 for adults, $6 for children 7-14, 6 and under-free, Seniors (65+) $12
Tickets available at the door or on-line from our website: www.eat-vancouver.com
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