Leading the kitchen in Notch8 Restaurant & Bar at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is no small undertaking. The restaurant’s doors stay open 365 days a year, serving four different meal periods daily to guests from around the globe. Dennis Peckham rose to the challenge becoming Notch8’s Executive Chef in May 2019.
Sip your way through Waterside Winery’s ‘Sip of the Season’ and the Shuswap Wine Trail’s Christmas Open House weekend on December 7th and 8th. Come and taste local award-winning wines, exclusive offers, new vintage releases and library wines, local food delicacies and artisans arts and crafts.
The magic never ends – soak up the joyous atmosphere at TWG Tea salons and indulge in the delectable Festive Set Menu. It contains your choice of hot Magic Christmas Tea, Christmas Lights Iced Tea, or a Magic Christmas Tea infused mocktail, paired with a main course and dessert.
Juke Fried Chicken will unwrap a bawks of festive, southern-fried hospitality by hosting holiday celebrations on Christmas Eve Eve (December 23), and New Year’s Day (January 1, 2020) at the popular Chinatown chicken-and-rib joint.
Summerland’s Bottleneck Drive Association celebrates the 9th annual ‘Light Up The Vines’ event to celebrate the holiday season. This free event welcomes visitors to tour along Bottleneck Drive and visit wineries, cideries, breweries, and distilleries who have decorated their vineyards, orchards and tasting rooms for the holidays.
“To be named as one of Canada’s best new restaurants is definitely something we couldn’t have anticipated,” says Shaun Layton, who opened ¿CóMO? Taperia last year alongside fellow industry veterans Frankie Harrington and Justin Witcher. “All we wanted to do was give Vancouver a little piece of Spain we love so much. Where people can enjoy popular Spanish drinks and creative, yet, simple tapas together in an intimate space with fun and great hospitality. It’s an incredible honour.”
The 5-course menu will be inspired by traditional Italian recipes re-invented by the visiting chefs of Professional Association of Italian Chefs (APCI) in collaboration with local Italian chefs, members of the Vancouver Chapter of APCI.
More than 500 visual artists will open their art studios, collaborative work spaces, garages, and homes — to engage with the public, showcase their remarkable work, and encourage fellowship — during the 23rd annual Eastside Culture Crawl, taking place across Vancouver’s Eastside community from November 14 to 17, 2019.
Acclaimed Portuguese-Canadian playwright Elaine Ávila’s new play, FADO, is a tale of love and ghosts set in the back alleys and brothels of old Lisbon. Part concert and part theatre, the story of a young woman confronting her country’s Fascist past and her own identity is interwoven with the heartbreaking national music of Portugal known as Fado, which means “fate.”
Reminiscent of classic British pantos, O Christmas Tea is rich with wordplay, comic physicality, and cleverly crafted interactive elements; however, it is James & Jamesy’s boundless imagination and endearing chemistry that bring to life the magic of this unique festive experience.