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Top Table’s New Awards, Spring Menus And Upcoming Events…

Keep up with award-winning Top Table restaurants CinCin, Araxi, West, and Blue Water Cafe at TopTable.ca

News from Scout supporters CinCin, Araxi, West, and Blue Water Café

Vancouver + Whistler, BC | Top Table restaurants were successful again this year at the annual Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival Wine List Awards. Convened on Friday, April 23rd at a luncheon to kick off the final weekend of the 32nd festival, Blue Water Cafe and West won two of only three Platinum Awards, while CinCin won one of five Gold Awards, and Araxi, Silver.

The Wine List Awards draw upon restaurants from across British Columbia and Alberta, with judging criteria measuring each restaurant’s wine program philosophy and how successfully wine and food pairing goals match it. Further criteria include the quality of wine education for staff, an accessible and user-friendly list, and the provision of value at all price points.

We would also like to congratulate Owen Knowlton, wine director of West, who was nominated for Sommelier of the Year, a distinction awarded to Blue Water Cafe’s Andrea Vescovi in 2009 and Chris Van Nus in 2007.

Top Table’s wine libraries are also perennial recipients of the ‘Best of’ Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator magazine.

Spring Menus

At each of our restaurants, our chefs are heralding the arrival of Spring with fresh seasonal menus. Highlighted are halibut, spot prawns and early run salmon; and from our growers’ fields, the first peas, fava beans, fiddleheads, and morels. We invite you to enjoy springtime’s bounty. Click on the restaurant links to view the current menus: Araxi, Blue Water Cafe, CinCin, West.

Blue Water Cafe Honoured by Red Cross

We were honoured to be recognized by the Red Cross recently with a ‘Power of Humanity’ award. Presented yesterday evening, April 27th during the annual meeting of the Canadian Red Cross, Lower Mainland Region, Blue Water Cafe was recognized for its continued support through its founding sponsorship of the annual Red Carpet Soirée. Following highly successful events in the past two years, Blue Water Cafe is proud to play host to the third annual event on Thursday, May 6th.

Upcoming Events

We are excited to be involved in these upcoming events. Click on the links for further details, or visit our online event calendar.

May 6th | Red Cross Red Carpet Soirée in support of the Canadian Red Cross | Blue Water Cafe

May 12th | Pastry in Europe 2010 Cookbook Event | Barbara-jo Books to Cooks | Thierry, Thierry Busset

May 13th | Hot Chefs Cool Jazz in support of Bocuse d’Or Team Canada | Araxi, James Walt & CinCin, Todd Howard

May 16th | Chefs for Life in support of Vancouver Friends For Life Society | Araxi, James Walt & BWC, Frank Pabst

June 2nd | VISA Infinite Winemaker’s Dinner for VISA Infinite Cardholders | Blue Water Cafe

June 11th | Night at the Aquarium in support of the Vancouver Aquarium | BWC, Frank Pabst

July 18th | Outstanding in the Field, Pemberton, BC | Araxi, James Walt

About Top Table

One of the most highly respected hospitality groups in Canada, Top Table encompasses four of the leading restaurants in Vancouver and Whistler: Araxi, CinCin, Blue Water Cafe and West, and is set to open the highly anticipated atelier “thierry”, featuring hand-crafted chocolates and pastries. Continuing to evolve in the pursuit of excellence, each venue has received significant critical acclaim, both locally and internationally.

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