Written By Guest Writer Events / Places Nov 5, 2014 A Fall Fundraiser for a Teaching Kitchen SHARE VIA: Facebook Twitter PinterestThe 2014 James Barber bash will be a culinary celebration of the Cowichan Valley. Local food will be paired with Valley wines and ciders in a tradition that honours a former Cowichanian and bestselling cookbook author, Canada’s late Urban Peasant.Chef Bill Jones from the renowned Deerholme Farm is organizing the event. Bill has gathered talented local chefs, food, and wine and cider producers to put on a great meal. Each chef will feature local food in a separate course. Each course will be paired with local wine and cider to enhance the flavour profile of each. Local farmers have stepped up to donate food for the event, including exotic ingredients such as wild mushrooms and goat.Jeff Downie, owner of the Old Firehouse Wine and Cocktail Bar, has donated the space for this event. The venue boasts ample parking and a convivial atmosphere. Centrally located, this venue helps to build community between the dinner participants and the chefs and farmers.The beneficiary of this year’s event will be Cowichan Green Community’s (CGC) Teaching Kitchen. In purchasing and repurposing the old Phoenix Station Motor Inn in Duncan (since renamed The Station), CGC gained an Island Health certified commercial kitchen. Here, CGC offers food skills workshops, and makes the kitchen and cooler space available to local chefs, caterers, and farmers in need of extra production and storage space.“The kitchen is in need of some new equipment,” states CGC Executive Director Judy Stafford. “Our vision is for this kitchen to become a hub for food production and education. We are elated to team up with Bill Jones to make this vision a reality.”In addition to amazing food, this afternoon event will feature a silent auction of memorable local experiences, and live entertainment.Tickets are $100.00 per person and can be purchased online through CGC’s website (www.cowichangreencommunity.org), or from CGC’s office (360 Duncan Street, Duncan, BC). For more information on this event, or if you are a local farmer or wildcrafter who wishes to donate product to the event, please contact the Cowichan Green Community at 250-748-8506 or email vanessa@cowichangreencommunity.org. Visit our website: www.cowichangreencommunity.org SHARE VIA: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Written By: Guest Writer We get many people writing guest articles for us, as well as past contributors. This is the Guest ... Read More You may also like Awards / Drink People / Events / Wine Events / Wine News October 15, 2020 SOMM SMACKDOWN—Rumble at Aura Waterfront Restaurant Strange, interesting, and wonderful things can happen in odd times, and there is no stranger time than now, but something needed to be done to pay ... Read More Events / Food & Wine Pairing / Food Events / Places / Victoria February 25, 2020 Pacific Northwest Wine Dinner: Canoe Brewpub & Unsworth Vineyards Multi-award winning Unsworth Vineyards and Canoe’s Chef Kyle Dampsy joined forces on Wednesday, February 19, in Canoe’s upstairs Dining ... Read More Events October 30, 2019 Eat the Future Victoria’s food community came together this week at Boom + Batten restaurant for Eat the Future, a tasty event to raise money for future chefs ... Read More Causes / Chefs / Events / Victoria August 30, 2019 Mary Ploegsma—The Tattoo Series I It was an unforgettable afternoon. Mary Ploegsma served us David’s Tea’s vanilla chai with sweet local strawberries and chocolate biscuits. The ... Read More Causes / Chefs / Events / Food Heroes / Sustainability August 30, 2019 An Evening with Chef Ned Bell and Ocean Wise On August 20, 2019, Ocean Wise and Eagle Wing Whale and Wildlife Watching Tours teamed up to present the first in a series of speaker events in ... Read More Beer & Cider / Beer Dinners / Events / Food Events / Wineries & Breweries August 30, 2019 A Categorically Great Meal Saanich Brewery Category 12’s ‘Brewmaster’s Dinner’ Marries Wildcraft With Craft-Beer It was somewhere at the beginning of the ... Read More Comments are closed.
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