“FoodTrip” is a culinary focussed trip where I visit food areas of interest which include restaurants, cafes, bakeries and/or other places such as wineries, distilleries, chocolatiers and more that people can visit...
Read MoreA few months while on a culinary trip to Victoria, I spent the morning at the Fol Epi Bakery. Cliff the head baker and owner started baking when he was 19 and never thought he would have his own bakery, previously he opened Wild...
Read MoreWhile visiting Victoria recently I met up with Gary Lindsay who is the Purveyor of Precious Liquids for Driftwood Brewery who then gave me a tour of their brewery. Founded in the spring of 2008, Driftwood Brewing Company is a...
Read MoreChef’s Table is a series of Interviews with some of the top chefs in North America. I chatted with Dan at The London Chef on a recent visit to Victoria. Dan Hayes has been a chef for over 11 years, beginning his professional...
Read MoreShawn Soole | Victoria What drew you to Bartending? I was a handyman at a hotel when I was 17, they asked me to come in to help out while I was living in Brisbane, Australia. From there I worked up and down the coast in...
Read MoreJanice Mansfield is the woman behind House Made Bitters in Victoria, BC hand crafted in small batches, with the finest ingredients. These bitters are used by bartenders to make their cocktails. Each bitter has an alchohol base...
Read MoreSolomon Siegel | Victoria I met up with Solomon Siegel who is the Food & Beverage Director at Hotel Rialto in Victoria. We chatted about bartending, cocktail culture and he mixed up some cocktails. What drew you to...
Read MoreArt of the Cocktail is a three-day cocktail festival celebrating art, craft, and tradition. Join us at the Crystal Garden, Chateau Victoria and local restaurants for a journey into cocktail culture, where you can...
Read MoreLocal culinary aficionado Kathy McAree is cooking up a whole lot of good things these days as she prepares to launch the third-annual Taste: Victoria’s Festival of Food and Wine, a gastronomical event set to take place July 21...
Read MoreTaste uncorks Thursday July 15, 2010 with an evening tasting of more than 100 British Columbia wines and local cuisine prepared by top Vancouver Island chefs. Not just a wine festival, Taste is a culinary tourism experiences...
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