NANAIMO – As a celebration of Vancouver Island’s culinary culture a one-day food festival will take place Saturday, September 26 at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre (VICC). Running from 10 am to 4 pm. this first ever event is entitled: FEASTIVAL and is expected to be the largest one-day food festival in Nanaimo’s history.
The session will feature Food Trucks, a Farmers Market, Celebrity Chef Demonstrations, Family Cooking Lessons, and a companion trade show profiling growers, producers, processors, distributors, value-added products, appliances, kitchen goods and culinary accompaniments. For the gourmand in everyone there will also be a “Sips” section featuring tastings of Island wines, craft brews and spirits and an on-site retail outlet. The day will also include the 2nd Annual Seafood Chowder Competition, to be decided by a panel of celebrity judges and, ultimately, a People’s Choice vote.
Four celebrity chefs will choose recipes from their own cookbooks to demonstrate and share with the audience. Don Genova, of CBC fame, will highlight items from his first book, a BC-best seller, Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Cory Parsons, a Nanaimo chef and author who happens to be quadriplegic will demonstrate how he gets around a kitchen to produce some amazing dishes. Daksha Narsing, spice master and author of numerous Indian inspired cookbooks will spice things up while Hilary Malone of Sea Salt Food Co, one of the trio of family caterers and cookbook authors, will feature dishes most popular with their customers.
Up to 75 trade show booths will present a wide variety of food-related products and services from a variety of Island exhibitors selling directly from their booths. From food specialties to small and large appliances, flatware and dishware, artisan creations, caterers, restaurants, and value-added products like spices, seasonings, locally prepared and packaged goods and more.
– For more information, please visit: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feastival-celebrating-the-islands-culinary-culture-tickets-17900097674.