Vancouver Cooks 2 Wins Gold At The Canadian Cookbook Awards

Today is Scout’s 2nd birthday, and I could have asked for no better present than the news that has just arrived from Toronto. I am thrilled (and not a little proud) to announce that Vancouver Cooks 2 – the cookbook that I edited with Jamie Maw and Joan Cross for the Chefs’ Table Society of BC – has won Gold at the Canadian Culinary Book Awards. A billion thanks and sincere congratulations to the 70+ local chefs that contributed recipes, and to all the participating restaurants that have been pushing its sale, the proceeds of which go to financing bursaries for emerging culinary talents, culinary education programs in BC schools and sustainability events like the annual Spot Prawn Festival. Read more

“Vancouver Cooks” On The Short List For National Award

Well this is a very pleasant surprise!

The Chefs Table Society of BC’s new cookbook, Vancouver Cooks 2, which sees recipes from over sixty of this province’s top chefs (edited by Jamie Maw, Joan Cross, and Andrew Morrison), has been shortlisted in the Canadian Culinary Culture category of the Canadian Culinary Books Awards. Winners are to be announced in Toronto on November 5th, 2010.

Our publisher is pretty excited, and so are we. Wish us luck.

Who Are All Of These Chefs And Why Are They In The Same Room?

How many of BC's top chefs can you recognise? Put names to the faces at the bottom of this post.

The other night at the Dirty Apron cooking school, the Chefs’ Table Society hosted a launch party for their new cookbook, Vancouver Cooks 2. Several contributing chefs served up samples of their recipes from the book using the school’s many stations, while dozens of guests from the media and the restaurant world sipped on Mission Hill wines, R&B Sun God Wheat Ale, and bottles of Chambar’s signature brew… Read more

Vancouver’s Top Toques Line Up And Sign At UBC Feast of Fields

Chefs Table Society president Pino Posteraro signs a copy of Vancouver Cooks 2 at Feast of Fields

Attendees at last weekend’s Feast of Fields on UBC Farm were given the first opportunity to purchase the new Vancouver Cooks 2 cookbook and have it signed by a dozen of its 70 chef contributors. The book, which features 120 recipes from BC’s best restaurants, “officially” goes on sale in mid-October, but can be purchased in advance at Barbara Jo’s Books To Cooks and those participating restaurants that have sequestered cases of their own (be sure to ask when making your dinner reservations this week).

Many thanks to Tiffany Soper for the following photographs. Click through to see who turned up… Read more

New Cookbook Featuring 70 BC Chefs To Be Released Oct 17th

I am very excited to say that the Chefs’ Table Society’s new cookbook, Vancouver Cooks 2, is at the printers with a release date set for October 17th. Edited by Joan Cross, Jamie Maw, and myself (with a great foreword by Vicki Gabereau), it features recipes from over 70 of British Columbia’s very best chefs. This project has been a year in the making, and we’re thrilled that it’s now out of our hands. Check after the jump for a full view of the cover and more information. Read more