CINCIN APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF MARK PERRIER
(Directly from the Press Release)

Vancouver, BC – Jack Evrensel is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Perrier as the new Executive Chef of CinCin: “Mark is a tremendous talent. His fresh perspective, innovative style and drive to continuously improve will bring a new dimension to our guests’ overall dining experience.�

A new shining star in the culinary scene, Perrier refined his skills in some of Vancouver and Europe’s top dining rooms. Enticed by the exquisite dishes, gleaming kitchen and rhythmatic flow of Chef David Hawksworth’s brigade, Perrier secured a position at West following his graduation from Vancouver’s Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts in 2001. His natural flair for cooking soon earned him a promotion to Sous Chef and win for Dubrulle’s Rising Star Black Box Competition.

Inspired by Chef Hawksworth’s influential tutelage, Perrier landed an apprenticeship in London, England with famed Chef Michel Roux Jr. (with help from CinCin’s Chef Patisserie Thierry Busset) at his celebrated two star Michelin restaurant, Le Gavroche.

Now back in Vancouver and at the helm of CinCin’s wood fired kitchen, Perrier joins Michelin-starred Busset and Restaurant Director Edwyn Kumar to produce a force of performance, professionalism and passion.

An ingredient-driven seasonal focus sets the tone for Perrier’s menu, with a repertoire of exciting new dishes including Whole Grilled Mediterranean Sea Bass, Wood Roasted Spatchcock Quail and Sage-braised Fraser Valley Rabbit.

“I’m looking forward to this new role at CinCin,� says Mark Perrier. “The possibilities are endless with such a strong team and I'm confident that we can take CinCin to the next level.�


Located in the heart of Robson’s buzzing shopping district, CinCin offers contemporary Italian-inspired cuisine crafted from the open woodfired kitchen. Dinner served nightly from 5pm until 11pm and late menu until midnight. For reservations call 604.688.7338 or visit www.cincin.net. Valet nightly.

Filed in DAILY NEWS/Greater Details; PEOPLE/Chefs; RESTAURANTS/News

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A BOUQUET OF ROSE
GRAY MONK LATITUDE 50 ROSE,
Okanagan BC, 2005

During a recent trip up to Gray Monk we were disappointed that one of our favorite BC rosés, Rotberger (wrote-bur-ger), was a couple of months short of release. But we were quickly placated with a sample of a shiny new rosé under Gray Monk’s Latitude 50 label series. ... CONTINUE READING


Filed in DRINK/A Bouquet of Rose

TODAY'S PRESS RELEASES


Coast Restaurant's Chef Sean Riley is going to be in a big crabby mood on July 26th. (Posted July 5, 2007)

UBC Farms announces their first Summer Market Festival for this weekend. (Posted July 5, 2007)

The town of Ucluelet plan to party it up at Ukee Days on July 27-29. (Posted July 5, 2007)

Osoyoos Larose of Oliver announce the birth of a baby sister for their Grand Vin. (Posted July 5, 2007)



Wild Rice will close for a week in August while they construct a dumpling station for their new master dumpling maker. (Posted July 4, 2007)

A 100 foot dinner in Sorrento. (Posted: July 3, 2007)


Filed in DAILY NEWS/Greater Details and Press Releases; FOOD/Farmers Markets

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THINGS YOU DON'T HAVE YET

There are some women who thing nothing of wearing see-through blouses, and we have a friend, we think even braver, who walks around with a see-through plastic purse, but how many of us are daring enough to own a totally transparent refrigerator? -- CONTINUE READING.

Filed in FOOD/New Products

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THE MEDIA HOUND


In Today's Globe and Mail, Alexandra Gill ogles the Goldfish - bowl, but yawns at the food. As she points out, it's not that sort of place anyway, but perhaps her most amusing revelation about the restaurant is that they are posting pictures of local restaurant reviewers in the cloakroom. So why didn't the staff just take a good look at them when almost all were invited in to hold hands with Bud Kanke for the pre-opening celebrations?

Ah well, as one shark in the water we once knew used to say: "if you can't impress them, hire them." If you absolutely must need "10 Reasons to Love Goldfish", the gals at Vitamin V have provided them. And we are sure the little fact that the website editor's husband was the consultant for the Goldfish menu, and that the website's publisher also just happens to be the public relations person for the Kanke organization had absolutely nothing to do with their take on the restaurant at all. It only just looks that way.

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GET OUT AND BE THERE
The Regional Events Calendar has expanded.

We hope you had a very enjoyable Canada Day weekend. We took the three day opportunity to hitch around British Columbia and pick up over 50 NEW EVENTS to update our Culinary Calendars for the summer. Whew! And we have a feeling there will still be a lot more to come -- especially in the Okanagan. What ever happened to the "lazy daze of summer"? Remember when this used to be the slow season with few dates to have to jot down in our daytimers? Remember daytimers? Well, that's all in the past now. There are so many things happening over the next three months, it's going to be tough scheduling in that hammock time.

Because we know that Vancouverites will want to get out of the big smoke and spend some time at other points around the province, we've separated the information by region.

If you want to see the entire list just go to the EVENTS Tab at the top of the page.

Or if you just want a specific region you can look down the index and choose just the events for

GREATER VANCOUVER

VICTORIA

VANCOUVER ISLAND

THE GULF ISLANDS

FRASER VALLEY

OKANAGAN

WHISTLER/SQUAMISH/PEMBERTON
(Sorry, this link is temperamental - try going to the Events
tab and choose from the left hand index)

BC INTERIOR

You'll find it all of the above in the EVENTS Section, plus there is also a page which links to these calendars under the REGIONAL tab. Of course as usual we will also use the EVENTS section to store DAILY and MONTHLY ITEMS, and if it is just a specific type of event you are looking for, such as food festivals or wine tastings, you can consult the TICKET LADY (Events by Region) and she will show you where these lists are maintained in the other sections.

We will keep adding to all these data banks as the information comes our way. And for all of you out there who did the patriotic thing this weekend and skipped down to the States to purchase an iPhone, we've added a Google map link to every listing too. So now there is no excuse not to get out and participate, right?

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OPENINGS!

Boneta has opened its doors and is serving dinner on Tuesday through Saturday starting at 5:30 p.m., as well as expletive expressions for lunch on Fridays at noon.

And although in Gastown, parking is either a myth or a slice of urban adventure, at Boneta you can leave all the worrying about your car to the complimentary valet. Hey, we'd even be grateful for an insulting one.

Check out Boneta at 1 West Cordova Street, Vancouver.

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