The GOODS from Edible Canada

Vancouver, BC | The 2012 Market Dinner schedule was released today, always one of our busiest booking days of the year. And with our expansion to Edible Canada this past summer, it only made sense to invite chefs from across this vast country to participate in our Market Dinner Series. Guest chefs from our own BC backyard will join us, as will visiting chefs from the Prairies, Ontario and Quebec. National celebrities (including Anna Olson,Connie DeSousa, Andrea Nicholson, Derek Dammann), and local talent (including Vikram Vij, James Walt, Ned Bell, Thomas Haas) are headed to Granville Island. All are coming to represent Canadian cuisine to the fullest, and each Chef will prepare a gourmet, seasonal feast in our custom designed private demonstration dining room at Edible Canada at the Market. Check out all the dates and details after the jump…

We are also expanding on the Market Dinner theme with a number of signature evenings. Our popular Whisky Dinners with Cask Strength return (with more dates to satisfy demand!) as well as Alfresco Summer Dinner Evenings in stunning locations around Greater Vancouver.

As with all of our popular Market Dinners, guests enjoy a multicourse seasonally inspired dinner prepared right in front of your eyes. Our sommelier chooses select and often rare BC and Canadian wine, beer and spirits to pair with your meal, and guests are offered a 10% discount in the Edible Canada Retail Store and on future tours booked at the event. Since the goal of the evening is just to relax and enjoy the experience, we will email you a copy of the recipes and wine pairings from the night.

Each Market Dinner is limited to only 24 guests. Gift certificates are available, as are multipack savings packages. Confirmed dates are listed below – more chefs and dates will be released over the coming months. If you’d like to be added to our mailing list and be first to know about dates, please email us and let us know.

2012 DATES

January 26 – Chef Andrea Nicholson of Top Chef Canada & Killer Condiments $150 per person.

February 11 – Whisky Dinner with Chef Eric Pateman & Cask Strength?$85 per person.

February 16 – A Taste of Tofino Dinner with the Tofino-Ucluelet Culinary Guild $85 per person.

March 3 – Chef Jeff Van Geest of Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery ?$85 per person.

March 12 – Chef Ned Bell of YEW at the Four Seasons $85 per person.

March 28 – Chef Todd Howard of CinCin $85 per person.

April 5 – Chef Derek Dammann of DNA, Montréal $150 per person.

April 10 – Chefs Cameron Smith & Dana Ewart of Joy Road Catering?$85 per person.

April 18 – Chef Thomas Haas $85 per person.

April 26 – Whisky Dinner with Chef Eric Pateman & Cask Strength?$125 per person.

May 15 – Chef Frank Pabst of Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar? $85 per person.

May 17 – BBQ Dinner with Ron Shewchuk? $85 per person.

May 29 – Chef Wendy Boys of Cocolico? $85 per person.

June 12 – Chef Tim Cuff and Chef Owen Foster of Nita Lake Lodge? $85 per person.

June 19 – Chef Jonathan Chovancek & Lauren Mote of Kale & Nori Culinary Arts? $85 per person.

June 30 – Whisky Dinner with Chef Eric Pateman & Cask Strength $125 per person.

July 3 – Raw Food Feast with Afke Zonderland? $85 per person.

July 11 – Alfresco Summer Dinner Series? $125 per person.

July 25 – Alfresco Summer Dinner Series? $125 per person.

August 7 – Chef Lee Parsons of Bacchus at the Wedgewood Hotel? $85 per person.

August 15 – Alfresco Summer Dinner Series? $125 per person.

August 29  – Alfresco Summer Dinner Series? $125 per person.

September 11 – Raw Food Feast with Afke Zonderland? $85 per person.

September 22 – Whisky Dinner with Chef Eric Pateman & Cask Strength? $125 per person.

October 16 – Chef Vikram Vij of Vij’s & Rangoli? $85 per person. Due to extremely high demand, we will again be offering tickets to this class by lottery ONLY, so if you would like to try and win an opportunity to purchase two tickets to this popular evening, please send us an email.

October 27 – Whisky Dinner with Chef Eric Pateman & Cask Strength $125 per person.

November 9 – Whisky Dinner with Chef Eric Pateman & Cask Strength?$125 per person.

November 19 – Chef James Walt of Araxi Restaurant? $85 per person.

Details

Edible British Columbia | Edible Canada
1595 Johnston Street | Vancouver, BC. V6H 3R9
Office: 604.558.0040 | Retail Store: 604.682.6675 | Bistro: 604.682.6681 | Fax: 1.866.272.8777
Email: [email protected] | Website: www.ediblecanada.com
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Retail Store Hours

Open 9am-7pm daily in the Granville Island Public Market

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The People

President and Founder: Eric Pateman
Chef de Cuisine: Jennifer Dodd
Restaurant GM: Diane Butt
Director of Liquid Assets: Treve Ring
Operations Manager: Erin Quinn
Retail Manager: Tracy Proke

About Edible Canada

Edible Canada — Sightseeing for your taste buds.

Edible Canada (formerly Edible British Columbia) is a six year-old business headquartered at Granville Island Public Market, in Vancouver, British Columbia. We are Canada’s largest culinary tourism and locavore retail company, dedicated to sourcing the highest quality culinary products from coast to coast for our customers.

Services include our retail & online artisan food store, chef guided Granville Island Market Tours, demonstration guest chef Market Dinners, Gourmet Kayaking Weekends, and popular Amuse Bouche newsletter and blog. In the summer of 2011 we opened Edible Canada at the Market — a vibrant bistro in the heart of Granville Island and at the forefront of Canadian cuisine.

About Eric Pateman, President & Founder

Edible British Columbia was created by Eric Pateman in the spring of 2005. Eric is a Vancouver native with a lifelong passion for food and wine. He has worked in the hospitality industry for over 15 years both as a chef and hotel consultant and has rated restaurants for the Mobil Travel Guide. Eric’s own culinary travels have taken him throughout North America, to the UK and to Africa where he has sought out unique food experiences. Edible British Columbia is the product of Eric’s fervor for great food and wine, his extensive knowledge of the hospitality industry and an enthusiasm for exceeding expectations when it comes to customer service. Eric is a past board member of the BC Culinary Tourism Society and the Vancouver Coast & Mountains Tourism Region. Eric is also a member of the Chef’s Table Society, Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver and supports many local charities including the Vancouver Food Bank and Les Dames D’Escoffier. Eric was named as one of Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 Under 40 Business People in 2007, and to Western Living Magazine’s list of the Top 40 Foodies Under 40 in Western Canada in 2008.

Customer Feedback

“The tour and lunch were hugely successful. Feedback from the group – some of whom have been attending this conference for over 10 years – was that it was one of the best events ever. Thank you very much for your assistance in making the Saturday morning activity such a hit. I would not hesitate to recommend these tours and in fact will soon organize one with local friends – we also should be able to enjoy these special parts of Vancouver. Thanks again for your attention to detail.”
Private Granville Island Market Tour

“We were fortunate to have Edible British Columbia plan our honeymoon. Our 8-day trip was the best vacation of our lives. Eric worked with us to customize a honeymoon that offered relaxation, luxury, and culinary greatness. Every last detail was taken care of — hotel, car and ferry reservations (including the honeymoon suite at a Sooke B&B and a beautiful room at the Pan Pacific), dinner reservations at prime times and prime tables, picnics and hiking suggestions, and guided tours. Highlights included an extraordinary meal at West’s chef’s table, a romantic meal at sunset at the Pointe, and a dim sum tour of Richmond with Stephanie Yuen. It was terrific to have someone take such careful note of our desires and dislikes (our menus regularly featured favourite foods such as oysters and crab, and addressed food allergies), stay within our budget, and yet balance that with freedom and down time. Most importantly, after planning our entire wedding, we were able to sit back, eat, drink and most of all ENJOY, the beauty and of British Columbia. We’d return tomorrow if we could!”
Culinary Tourist

“The meal at West was awesome, the scallops and steak were just perfect and the wine was nice paired with each course. My wife was impressed that I had a consultant help with the planning of our anniversary meal.”
Culinary Tourist

“My wife and I are life-long products of the Eat Van melting pot, so we are no strangers to Asian food, but Tony succeeded in broadening our culinary horizons. Had we waded into the market’s food stalls without him, we would have stuck to the safe choices and not had the fun learning experience we had.”
Market Tour

“The event overall was an absolutely fantastic experience! Chef’s willingness to share knowledge and enthusiasm for food makes this event. To be totally honest, I would be willing to pay more for this experience – I think it is worth at least double when you consider the price of other cooking classes or comparable experiences. Best of luck to you all and I will definitely be in touch for future events!”
Behind the Scenes – Private Cooking Class

“Chef was amazing, personable, laid-back and knowledgeable! We had a fantastic time, great food and wine, wonderful people. We will definitely recommend this to our friends and family. Thank you, Vancouver needs more culinary experiences like this!!”
Behind the Scenes – Private Cooking Class

“An excellent evening with every single thing meeting or exceeding expectations.”
Private Market Dinner

“What a superb evening — I only wish I lived closer as I would attend several each year. Thanks to Eric and his fantastic and entertaining staff – it was a very enjoyable evening!”
BC’s Best Market Dinner

“The guides performed magic with the preparation and presentation of each meal. If I were not there watching that they were actually preparing and cooking the food from scratch on the “Coleman stove”, I would have thought that they had used packed prepared food. The quality of the food and it marvelous taste had all of us longing for more… yummers. Both guides were very approachable, friendly, knowledgeable and very professional – they made the trip very, very enjoyable… an awesome experience indeed.”
Gourmet Kayaking Weekend

“I loved this tour! The stops we made at the different venues were informative and very yummy. I only wished I could bring the whole market home with me. After the tour my daughter and I went back to places we had stopped at, picked up items for our lunch which we ate out on the deck. Then I bought what I could bring back with me on an airplane. I would even take this tour again! I would hope that every visitor and person living in the area would take this tour! Thanks!”
Granville Island Market Tour