An award winning list of local, national and international celebrity chefs has been announced for the 12th annual BC Seafood Festival, a 10-day celebration in Comox Valley, June 8-17.
The 2018 event is unveiling the next generation of the festival by extending the highly anticipated BC Seafood Festival Signature Weekend to three days, featuring new events and celebrations including celebrity chef demonstrations, award-winning shellfish and seafood tastings, interactive and educational displays, and competitions including the famous Fanny Bay Oyster Shucking Competition and the OceanWise Chowder Challenge.
Signature Weekend Day passes are available for purchase to enjoy some of these weekend highlights:
B次元官网网址� Learn to cook B.C. seafood at two different celebrity chef demonstration stages
B次元官网网址� 15+ Seafood tasting stations B次元官网网址� meet the producers and chefs
B次元官网网址� 15+ B.C. craft beer, wine and spirit tasting stations
B次元官网网址� Live music performances
B次元官网网址� KidsB次元官网网址� interactive zone featuring numerous touch tanks and interactive displays, and seafood cooking classes, plus the first visit to the festival by the Vancouver Aquarium AquaVan.
Notably, an impressive group of celebrity chefs, and for the first time ever, a lineup of international culinary celebrities, are being featured that weekend and throughout the Festival.
International celebrity chefs include:
B次元官网网址� Chef Tony Su, Ming Court, Cordis Shanghai, Shanghai
B次元官网网址� Chef Mark Best, Marque, Bistro by Mark Best, Sydney, Australia
B次元官网网址� Chef Tim Ho, The Food Gallery, Langham Hotel Hong Kong
B次元官网网址� Chef Chris King, Roux at the Landau, Langham Hotel London
United States celebrity chefs include:
B次元官网网址� Chef Scott Schneider, Al Fiori, Langham Hotel New York
B次元官网网址� Chef Abby Ferrer, Star Noodle, Maui, Hawaii
B次元官网网址� Chef Jose Duartes, Taranta, Boston
The growing list of regional and domestic chefs currently includes:
B次元官网网址� From the Comox Valley - Chef Ronald St. Pierre, Locals Restaurant; Chef Nigel McMeans, Blackfin Pub; Chef Chance Wilke, Avenue Bistro; Chef Sloane Romano, Atlas Caf茅; Laura Agnew, As You Like It; Dawn McRae, Custom Gourmet; Chef Aaron Rail, White Whale Restaurant; Chef Todd Radford, High Tide Public House; Chef Xavier Bauby, Culinary Arts; Chef Christian Arbez and Chef Melania Pearson, Thrifty Foods Truck.
There will also be chefs from Victoria, Vancouver, and, for the first time, Culinary Team British Columbia chefs.
B次元官网网址淭his yearB次元官网网址檚 BC Seafood Festival promises to be the best yet for presenting a stellar line-up of famed local, domestic and international chefs, while also showcasing our renowned sustainable seafood from our pristine West Coast waters. We look forward to welcoming visitors and locals to the festival and events,B次元官网网址� said Chef Nathan Fong, chef producer for the festival.
Stay tuned for more tantalizing events to be announced in the coming days. Fun-filled dinners, CanadaB次元官网网址檚 largest happy hour oyster bar, a seafood brunch cookout, and more will make this yearB次元官网网址檚 BC Seafood Festival the best in its 12-year history.
Tickets to select public events are now on sale.
For more information and tickets go to bcseafoodfestival.com
