Written By Guest Writer Events / Folks / Food News / Libations / Places / Places May 3, 2019 The Buzz Tofino May 2019 SHARE VIA: Facebook Twitter Pinterest16th Tofino Food & Wine Festival — 20 top chefs, 75 wineries and 21 breweries to indulge on June 7th – 9th. Friday kicks off The Cocktail Show at Schooner Restaurant, featuring creative cocktails paired with small bites. The signature event Grazing in the Gardens on Saturday afternoon, June 8, has local chefs pairing B.C. wines and microbreweries with canapes, all set in the lush rainforest of Tofino Botanical Gardens. You can move along to Schooner’s Sunset Patio Brew-Be-Que in the evening to take in more spectacular food and spirit pairings. www.tofinofoodandwinefestival.comWest Coast Nest is hosting a unique opportunity to learn hands-on from local experts about foraging varieties of seaweed and then enjoying a seaweed lunch by Picnic Charcuterie. Follow this up with a workshop on pickling kelp while sampling seaweed and lastly meet chef Paul Moran at 1909 Kitchen for a special seaweed dish. www.westcoastnest.orgHelp support your local fishermen while celebrating boat-to-table food culture at one or all Feast Tofino series of events starting April 26th through May 5th. Maybe an intimate dinner is your idea of a night out, or perhaps you and a group of friends prefer a restaurant take-over or a large scale community event, there’s something for everyone. www.feasttofino.comThe Pointe Restaurant and Driftwood Cafe are this years’ hosts of B.C. Seafood on Your Plate, part of the B.C. Shellfish Festival taking place June 2019 (dates TBD). View their swimmingly good dinner menu at www.wickinn.comAnd finally, put some beef on your plate every Tuesday night starting in June at the Driftwood Cafe off Chesterman’s Beach, where your favourite farmers’ bounty will be paired with house-made beachside burgers and Tofino Brewing Co. beer. www.wickinn.comDrinkeventsFoodTofino 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 Beer / Beer & Cider / Drink / Events March 2, 2020 Victoria Beer Week March 6 – 14 Victoria Beer Week returns March 6-14 with 19 different events held in venues around Victoria. This 7th annual festival of craft beer offers ... 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 Beer / Events / Food Events / Places / Spirits / Victoria February 25, 2020 11th Annual Island Beer and Spirits Festival The Strathcona Hotel has long brought together BC brewers and distillers in its multiple taprooms but rarely is the brewing craft celebrated so much ... Read More Beer & Cider / Events / Food Events / Places / Victoria November 17, 2019 Canoe Brewpub’s Eighth Annual Winterbrau Festival 2019 Beer brewers from across the island and the lower mainland gathered in the lofty wooden halls of Canoe Brewpub over November 9 and 10 for the eighth ... 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 Comments are closed.
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