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Press Releases for August 23, 2007



C RESTAURANT TURNS TEN

C Restaurant turns 10 and will celebrate with a by invitation only birthday party on September 1.

The dress code is "Vancouver Riviera"

Does this mean topless?




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JULIAN BOND IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF & PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF CULINARY ARTS
(Edited from the press release.)

VANCOUVER, BC – Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts is pleased to announce that Chef Julian Bond has accepted the position of Executive Chef & Program Director.

"I am extremely excited to have Chef Julian join our Institute" said President & Founder, Sue Singer, "With his previous experience in culinary education and his many industry accomplishments, I am confident that Chef Julian will help bring Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts to the next level".

Bond’s career highlights include opening the award winning restaurants Oritalia at the Sheraton Le Soleil and Star Anise in Vancouver. Bond also honed his teaching abilities in the Test Kitchen of Cactus Club Café Restaurants, and as Director of Culinary Programs at Dubrulle International Culinary & Hotel Institute of Canada. Prior to joining Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, Chef Julian worked as a consultant to singular and multi-unit restaurants.


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OKANAGAN SUMMER WINE FESTIVAL A SUCCESS
(Edited from the press release.)

The 6th annual Okanagan Summer Wine Festival presented by American Express and hosted by Silver Star Mountain Resort was another strong success for the B.C. wine tourism industry. The three day Festival held August 9-11 attracted wine tourists from BC and Alberta and afforded a chance for those visiting the Okanagan in the summer to participate in one of the four annual Okanagan Wine Festivals.

Over 1,000 visitors experienced wine seminars featuring great Canadian dairy cheeses, chocolate and wine pairings, obscure Okanagan wine varietals and learned what wines go best with a summer barbeque. Four separate winemasters dinners were held and the Summer Wine Festival capped it off with its unique outdoor progressive wine tasting situated in the main street of Silver Star Resort’s village. Along with live music at the "Sip and Savour "event, a special art gallery and the ability to hike, walk and bike on Silver Star Mountain, the Festival continues to be a great way to experience Okanagan wines in a world class resort setting.

Roger Gillespie, Marketing Chair with the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society and Hospitality Manager at Sumac Ridge Estate Winery and See Ya Later Ranch Winery stated “The Okanagan Summer Wine Festival enjoys an enviable position in the wine festivals across North America. It is the only major Canadian wine festival to take place in the summer at one of Canada’s finest all season resorts. The rare combination of unusual seminars, an outdoor progressive tasting, music and the arts offer a great match with Silver Star’s natural beauty and charm.�

A free 60 page events guide is available at all wineries or Tourism Information Centres in B.C.; at BC Liquor Stores, VQA wine stores and available online at the www.thewinefestivals.com.

For more information on the four annual Okanagan Wine Festivals, contact Blair Baldwin, Christina Ferreira or Allen Tozer at the Okanagan Wine Festivals - 250-861-6654 or info@thewinefestivals.com.


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NYALA RESTAURANT RELAUNCHES THEIR VEGETARIAN BUFFET

Beginning August 27th, Nyala African Cuisine and Gallery, an Ethiopian owned African restaurant will be offering their vegetarian and vegan-friendly African buffet. The buffet will be available for lunch 7 days a week and dinner 3 nights a week.

Owner, chef, and self-taught potter, Assefa Kebede's unique and flavourful dishes take us across worldly borders, featuring food from many parts of Africa including: Ethiopia, Morocco and South Africa. Keen on incorporating locally sourced ingredients in his cooking, Kebede combines the freshness of the West Coast with the warmth of Africa in every dish.

The weekly changing buffet will include classic veggie buffet items: vegetarian stew, lentil salad, tabouleh (couscous salad), injera (Ethiopian flat bread), split pea with mushrooms, rice and Nyala's specialty berbere sauce (an aromatic hot sauce). The buffet will be open seven days a week for lunch, along with a small lunch menu option, for $9.50 per person. Dinner time at Nyala presents an extensive menu with the buffet offered as an additional special on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday nights for $18.50 per person. A beer and wine special will also accompany the buffet.

For the past 20 years, most of that in their original Kitsilano location, Nyala African Cuisine's friendly, unique and warm atmosphere has become a little African getaway for many diners and pottery buyers alike; Assefa's hand-made pottery decorates Nyala and can be purchased right off the walls.

The lunch buffet is available: 11:30am -2:30 pm 7 days a week. $9.50 per person

The dinner buffet is available Sunday, Monday and Wednesday: 5 pm - 9 pm. 18.50 per person

Nyala African Cuisine and Gallery, 4148 Main St. Vancouver (26th and Main), 604-876-9919, www.nyala.com


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AURORA BISTRO IS NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH AND BRUNCH
(Edited from the press release.)

Vancouver, BC… Aurora Bistro, is now opening its doors for lunch and brunch. Beginning on September 1st Aurora Bistro will be open for lunch Monday – Friday from 11:00am, and brunch Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am - 2:00pm. Menu additions include West Coast inspired breakfast favourites all in keeping with Aurora Bistro’s dedication to regional cuisine.

The fresh sheet style lunch menu will change daily and feature items such as the Oyster Po’ Boy - Fanny Bay Oyster in local stoneground cornmeal on a sweet roll with smoked paprika aioli or the House Made Chorizo Sandwich on baguette with walla walla onion rings and heirloom tomato preserve, both served with soup, mixed greens or pomme frites.

On Saturday’s and Sunday’s Aurora Bistro will now offer West Coast inspired breakfast items featuring a wide variety of local, organic and sustainable ingredients. Weekend breakfast items include: smoked cascade tomato soup with crème fraiche, black truffle scrambled eggs and smoked sablefish hash with poached eggs, asparagus, hollandaise and tomato preserve on a smoked sablefish potato hash.

Aurora Bistro is located at 2420 Main St., Vancouver, B.C. For more information please call 604-873-9944


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