The Vancouver edition of the Canadian Culinary Championship Qualifier…

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The Vancouver edition of the Canadian Culinary Championship Qualifier

The Pipe Shop
115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver, BC V7L 0B2
Wednesday, October 08, 2025

5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

An evening of celebration and elevation of Canadian culture in food, sport and music. Savour the dishes of the city’s best chefs as they compete for the podium. Taking place at the Pipe Shop, this glittering evening will showcase the best of Vancouver’s culinary talents while fundraising for local and national charities and celebrating excellence in Canadian culture. The city will unite to ensure Canadian youth have equitable access to healthy food, sports opportunities and music education. The Vancouver qualifier will support MusiCounts, which ensures that music education is inclusive, sustainable, and accessible; Spirit North, which empowers Indigenous youth and transforms lives through sport and play; and Fresh Roots, which challenges the barriers to achieving accessibility equity for youth. The Canadian Culinary Championship qualifiers, since their inception, have raised over $19 million.

Cofounders: Stephen Leckie, CEO and Karen Blair, COO

A panel of distinguished judges evaluated the dishes prepared by each chef, including Chris Johns – National Culinary Advisor for Canada’s Great Kitchen Party and the Canadian Culinary Championships, recovering restaurant critic and highly respected food and travel writer and Joie Alvaro Kent, Vancouver’s head judge.

This year’s competing chefs are listed below:

Bal Ajagaonkar, representing Desi Indian Lounge
Jay Park, representing Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar
Luke Boswell, representing Bar Corso
Maria Ponce, representing Chupito
Robert Lee, representing Glowbal
TJ Conwi, representing Ono Vancouver X Reroot Kitchen

Wednesday, October 08, 2025. 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The Pipe Shop 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver, BC V7L 0B2

5:00 PM: VIP ACCESS TO THE COMPETITION

6:00 PM: THE COMPETITION (Dinner: stand-up format) Savour a 7-course small-plate dinner, with each dish paired with a superb Canadian wine.

7:40 PM: CELEBRATION (Dessert: seated format) Includes Canada’s Pinnacle Wines, dessert, and an exclusive Live and Silent auction. Guests will enjoy electrifying live music celebrating the music of “Spirit of the West,” with the band’s frontman and founder, Geoffrey Kelly, the legendary Barney Bentall, Kevin Fox and Matthew Harder. The pinnacle of the evening: the podium presentation!

FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM: @GreatKitchenParty
LINKEDIN: Canada’s Great Kitchen

About CANADA’S GREAT KITCHEN PARTY (KP) and the
CANADIAN CULINARY CHAMPIONSHIP (CCC)
Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is dedicated to elevating and celebrating excellence in Canadian culture. Staged in ten cities across the country, each event is a regional culinary competition which qualifies the winning chefs to move on to compete at the Canadian Culinary Championship. Chefs, musicians, and business leaders all come together for a spectacular experience with a mission: to ensure Canadian youth have equitable access to music education – supporting MusiCounts and access to sport and play for Indigenous youth – supporting SpiritNorth. Funds raised stay in the community. KP is also the largest exposition of Canadian wines, with over 200 wineries, local breweries and spirit companies profiled at the events. For more information, visit greatkitchenparty.com.

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