Top Table Restaurants Opening Doors And Corks To Medalists
February 5, 2010 by Scout Magazine
Filed under Downtown, Gluttony, Whistler
Award-winning Top Table restaurants CinCin, Araxi, West, and Blue Water Cafe to pop corks for Olympic medalists
News from Scout supporters CinCin, Araxi, West, and Blue Water Café
Vancouver & Whistler, BC | Winning an Olympic medal is no easy feat. The road is long, the sacrifices many, and the support structures that enable athletes to reach the podium are elaborate. But ask an Olympic athlete the key to their success, and the reply is almost always, “My family and friends.”
Araxi in Whistler, and Blue Water Cafe, CinCin, and West in Vancouver, will salute winning athletes during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics by helping them toast family and friends at the restaurants’ bars with a complimentary bottle of Nicolas Feuillatte champagne.
“We want to congratulate the bronze, silver and gold medalists from all countries, and give them the opportunity to toast those closest to them, that took them to the pinnacle of their sport,” said Jack Evrensel, proprietor of Top Table. “Top Table is all about teamwork, and so are the endeavours of Olympic athletes – this is a simple way to show our appreciation.”
Medalists: Reserve in advance through Top Table’s restaurant directors, bring your medal, and the bubbles will begin to flow. Read more
Top Table Cookbook Collection From Vancouver’s Top Toques
December 1, 2009 by Scout Magazine
Filed under Gluttony
Purchase signed copies of all three Top Table cookbooks (West, Araxi, Blue Water Cafe) this holiday season
News from Scout supporters West, Blue Water Cafe, and Araxi
From the good folks at Top Table comes word of a gift set – “an inscribed collection of the year’s top cookbooks” – just in time for the holidays. More after the leap… Read more
Araxi, West, CinCin, & Blue Water Café Ready For The Holidays
November 26, 2009 by Scout Magazine
Filed under Gluttony
Lunch service, cookbooks, private functions, gift certificates, and more from the Top Table group of restaurants
News from Scout supporters CinCin, Araxi, West, and Blue Water Café
Vancouver, BC | Araxi, Blue Water Cafe, CinCin and West offer delicious holiday gifts and entertainment for staff, family and favoured clients. Full details on what the award-winning restaurants have planned for the holidays after the jump…
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At Araxi In Whistler To Welcome The Hell’s Kitchen Finale…
October 14, 2009 by Scout Magazine
Filed under Gluttony
At The Fairmont Hotel in Whistler with The Hell's Kitchen Final Four: Dave, Ariel, Tennille, and Kevin
Yesterday, I finished penning a column for the WE about a Whistler restaurant that has seen its brand buffed in technicolor by a medium I generally abhor – reality TV. The restaurant is the venerable, 28 year old Araxi, a favourite of mine and near-perennial winner for Best Whistler at the annual Vancouver magazine restaurant awards. The show was Hell’s Kitchen, an expletive-bleeped Gordon Ramsay pressure cooker that sees a bunch of cooks from diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and weight categories thrown together in a bubbling stew of well-seasoned contrivance, all vying for a chance to work under the restaurant’s executive chef, James Walt. Read more
Highly Anticipated Araxi Cook book Soon To Hit Store Shelves
September 23, 2009 by Scout Magazine
Filed under Gluttony
Araxi's elegant yet easily approachable cookbook champions the seasons and its locale
News from Scout supporter Araxi
Whistler, B.C. – From the pans of Whistler’s famed Araxi Restaurant and executive chef James Walt, to the pages of Araxi’s new cookbook, come seasonal recipes accessible to the home cook, and packed with regional flavours of ranch, field and sea.
Available at fine booksellers on October 3rd or online now, Araxi: Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant, champions its locale in Whistler’s two distinct seasons: summer and winter. Read more
Araxi
October 4, 2008 by Scout Magazine
Filed under Gluttony, Whistler
4222 Village Square | Whistler, BC | VON 1B4 | MAP
Voice: 604 932 4540
Web: Araxi.com
Email: info@araxi.com
Gallery
Hours
Dinner served nightly from 5:00 – 11:00PM
Late menu available until midnight
Lunch available during the summer months and for private events
Our Team
James Walt, Executive Chef
Aaron Heath, Pastry Chef
Steve Edwards, Restaurant Director
Samantha Rahn, Wine Director
About Araxi Restaurant
Best of the Pacific Northwest
A crossroads of mountain elegance and approachable dining in the heart of Whistler Village, Araxi enjoys a long-held international reputation for excellence in food, wine and hospitality, including the award for ‘Best Restaurant at Whistler’ from Vancouver magazine for an unprecedented nine consecutive years.
Executive Chef James Walt celebrates carefully sourced local ingredients from nearby Pemberton Valley farms, where he collaborates frequently with local growers. His seasonally rotating menus also feature the freshest seafood catches direct from the Pacific. Walt’s innovative and skillfully executed dishes deliver intelligent compositions and delightful flavours, carefully married to our award-winning wine list.
Araxi’s seamless service and hospitality is led by restaurant director Steve Edwards, a consummate host dedicated to providing his guests Whistler’s optimal dining experience.
The dining room offers lively ambiance enhanced with fresh flowers, original works of art and David Merino frescos. The adjoining Bar is the mountain’s popular gathering place for locals and visitors, and in the summer season the patio is the nexus of Whistler’s village life, wrapped by stunning mountain vistas.
The Cookbook
Araxi, Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant
by James Walt $45.00
Gorgeous photography and accessible recipes frame the seasons and chef James Walt’s celebration of our region’s bounty in Araxi: Seasonal Recipes from the Celebrated Whistler Restaurant. A graduate of Stratford, Walt’s sterling career includes the executive chef position at the Canadian Embassy in Rome. The highly anticipated cookbook was just released to high praise by both patrons and Walt’s peers, including chefs Gordon Ramsay and Heston Blumenthal. Walt’s distinct Canadian style – that celebrates both local farms and coastal fisheries – has won praise and ovations at New York City’s James Beard House where he has showcased his talents three times. Now long established as Whistler’s finest dining experience, Araxi also features exceptional dessert recipes from pastry chef Aaron Heath and wine pairings from Samantha Rahn. Best Chef Book in Canada, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, 2009.
For more details and to order a copy, click here.
Accolades
“This enduring room seems to get better every year. Chef James Walt takes his pick of ingredients from the nearby Pemberton Valley and crafts them into lush, textured dishes full of flavours.” – Vancouver magazine, 2008
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