Experience Global Culinary Flavours at Dine Out Vancouver Festival’s Eighth Annual Vancouver World Chef Exchange

Experience Global Culinary Flavours at Dine Out Vancouver Festival’s Eighth Annual Vancouver World Chef Exchange
Canada’s largest food and drink celebration returns: January 17 to February 4, 2024

Take your taste buds around the world at Dine Out Vancouver Festival’s most anticipated culinary event. The eighth annual Vancouver World Chef Exchange will bring award-winning chefs from global culinary hubs to a selection of MICHELIN recognized restaurants in Vancouver for a series of four collaborative dinners, featuring flavours from London, Ho Chi Minh City, and Oakland. Since its inception in 2016, more than 30 chefs from around the world have come to Vancouver for these exquisite collaborations.

This year during each event, the pairings will feature two MICHELIN recognized teams, from Bibs through to Stars, who will join forces to produce an incredible multi-course dinner at the Vancouver-based chef’s restaurant, taking inspiration from their respective restaurants’ most popular dishes; their own cultural influences and favourite fare, and local, seasonal ingredients.

The spirit of the Vancouver World Chef Exchange is one of collaboration and community building: sharing ideas and experiences, as well as developing relationships between Vancouver and international chefs and the destinations that have influenced their cooking.

Tickets for the Vancouver World Chef Exchange are now available for purchase. Be sure to book them quickly as seats are limited.

Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2024 Vancouver World Chef Exchange Pairings:

London’s Chef Jan Ostle and Vancouver’s Chef Matt Gostelow
Where: The Acorn
When: January 23 at 5:30 PM, 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM and 8:30 PM
Details: Join The Acorn’s Executive Chef Matt Gostelow and owner Shira Blustein in welcoming Chef & Owner of MICHELIN Green Starred Wilson’s Restaurant in London, UK, Jan Ostle, for a unique fusion of culinary talents and a celebration of sustainable gastronomy. This special event features a multi-course family-style tasting menu collaboratively crafted by Chef Matt Gostelow, the Acorn Kitchen team, and Chef Jan Ostle. There will also be thoughtful beverage pairings provided by Acorn Sommelier Shea Cunningham, promising an unforgettable evening for food enthusiasts and those passionate about the limitless possibilities of farm-to-plate vegetable-forward cuisine. Learn more here.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Chef Curtis Demyon and Vancouver’s Chef Warren Chow
Where: Wildlight Kitchen + Bar
When: February 1 at 6:00 PM
Details: MICHELIN Guide Young Chef Award recipient, Executive Chef Warren Chow of MICHELIN Guide-Recommended Wildlight Kitchen + Bar, looks forward to welcoming Chef Curtis Demyon of MICHELIN Guide-Recommended Elgin Saigon, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. A veteran of the Vancouver food scene, Curtis returns home to join Warren for this one-of-a-kind culinary experience which will combine their passions for utilizing local ingredients and fusing global flavours, all rooted in the training and experience that each has drawn from French and Western cooking. We are thrilled to pair these two talented young chefs who helm restaurants that both earned Recommended status in their respective cities’ 2023 MICHELIN Guides. Learn more here.

Oakland’s Chef Andres Giraldo Florez and Vancouver’s Chef Chanthy Yen
Where: Bacaro
When: February 2 at 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM
Details: Join ‘MICHELIN Guide-Recommended Bacaro’s Executive Chef Chanthy Yen in welcoming Chef Andres Giraldo Florez of ‘MICHELIN Guide-Bib Gourmand’ Snail Bar in Oakland, California for this exclusive collaboration. Savour a one night only culinary affair with an exclusively curated 8-course dinner showcasing a fusion of locally sourced ingredients, uniquely bold flavours and a pairing of dynamic wines. The seamless blend of styles will highlight the best of old world Venice and the vibrant spirit of Oakland. Learn more here.

London’s Chef Angela Hartnett and Vancouver’s Chef Andrea Carlson
Where: Burdock & Co
When: February 4, with select seating times available from 5:30 PM until late
Details: MICHELIN Guide One Star Burdock & Co. Executive Chef and Owner Andrea Carlson looks forward to welcoming Chef and Owner of MICHELIN Guide One Star Murano Restaurant in London, UK, Angela Hartnett, for a memorable night of dining as part of this year’s Vancouver World Chef Exchange. We are thrilled to be closing the series with this female MICHELIN Star duo which began back in April when Chef Andrea and Chef Angela collaborated on an exclusive dinner in London. Learn more here.

For more information, including ticket prices, visit dineoutvancouver.com/events.

Support for the Vancouver World Chef Exchange is provided by partners Air Canada and the Westin Bayshore, Vancouver. As official airline, Air Canada is offering a 15% discount for all base fares on the first 1,000 bookings made on flights from the United States to Vancouver and from within Canada to Vancouver for travel between January 15^th 2024 to February 15^th2024. See dineoutvancouver.com/about/fly-with-air-canada/ for more details.

Dine Out Vancouver Festival runs from January 17 to February 4, 2024. Visit dineoutvancouver.com for more information. Diners can follow @DineOutVanFest on Instagram and Twitter and @DineOutVanFestival on Facebook for culinary inspiration. Follow along on #DOVF.

About the Vancouver World Chef Exchange
The spirit of the Vancouver World Chef Exchanges one of collaboration and is designed to spread Vancouver’s culinary story around the world. It is an exchange of ideas, experiences and ultimately the development of a community of relationships between Vancouver and international chefs and the cities they come from. The Vancouver World Chef Exchange is produced by Destination Vancouver as part of the annual Dine Out Vancouver Festival and is generously supported by Air Canada and the Westin Bayshore, Vancouver. #VWCEx

About Dine Out Vancouver Festival:
Back in 2002, a group of food and wine enthusiasts got together with the team at Destination Vancouver and pitched the idea of a fixed-price menu deal to get Vancouverites out and into restaurants during a normally slow time of the year. Twenty-two years later, Dine Out Vancouver Festival has grown into Canada’s largest food and drink festival.

About Destination Vancouver
Destination Vancouver is the official destination marketing and management organization for the spectacular city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and represents more than 800 members in the city’s visitor economy. Destination Vancouver’s mandate is to support Vancouver’s tourism industry in developing compelling experiences and offerings for the city’s visitors and promoting Vancouver to target Canadian, US, and international markets. www.destinationvancouver.com