Events

After teasing for the last few episodes, we finally spill the beans. A long-table dining experience in downtown Courtenay is coming up this Sunday evening and you're invited! The dinner will be on Duncan avenue, between 5th street and 6th street (there are just a handful of tickets left!). We're inviting you to experience some of the finest food the Comox Valley has to offer. Our own Chef Jonathan Frazier has created a 4 course menu reflecting the essence of the Valley itself - it's truly inspiring. Dawn Postnikoff of West Coast Gourmet is organizing this inaugural event and joins us on this episode. The ever amazing Connie Earl sits in as well to reveal pairings, inspirations and other sneak previews. We're all so excited! We hope you are too!   Sunset on the Street Long Table Dinner Downtown Courtenay Sunday, September 17th 5:00 pm 4 Course Gourmet Dinner paired with Local Spirits & Wines. Live Music with Easy Street. $100 The Downtown Courtenay  

Jonathan and Darren have a chance to sit down and catch up with what's going on in the Edible Valley. With a few new changes the big one being new Studio to podcast from. Also the boys get a chance to talk about some of the upcoming things they are up too.

A growing trend in the hospitality industry are pop-up restaurants or dinners. Darren and Jonathan examine some of their own experiences and adventures in this field. Our hope is to encourage you to get out and find some of these amazing meals that are in produced by so many talanted chefs.

Summer is here and it's time to get out. In this episode chef Jonathan and Darren take the time to go over some fun activities and interesting things to do around your community. We hope to keep you entertained as well as find a way to fill your belly.

Dine Around began an event for local restaurants to showcase some great local products with value conscious pricing during a traditionally slower time of year for the hospitality industry. It has now grown to encompass pubs, bistros, hotels, vineyards, distillers, resorts and more. It's bordering a sort of 'diners festival'. There's seminars and classes, pub tours, wine tours, special accommodation packages and of course, dining! Tonight we have 3 members that sit on the Dine Around Comox Valley board, to tell all of you about the great food and amazing experiences that await you for Dine Around 2017. Chef Ronald St. Pierre, Trish St. Pierre, and Sandra Viney (who happen to be the owners of Locals Restaurant and Atlas Cafe, respectively), are a wealth of information for this, the 8th annual Dine Around Comox Valley!    For more info on the event Check out Comox Valley Dine Around

Valentine's Day, with such a great time to have a meal with a loved one. Jonathan and Darren take time to discuss some great food and meal options to help create a romantic evening.

+ Finally after a long wait: Flavour - The North Vancouver Island Picnic! We were lucky to have Darren walk the grounds of Flavour while recording interviews with many exibitors and guest to find out who they were, what they brought and why they were there. Please enjoy, we sure did.

  With the Comox Valley’s fourth Flavour Festival approaching quickly, Chef Jonathan Frazier and Darren Howlett have the chance to sit down with organizer and executive director of the
North Island College Foundation, Susan Auchterlonie.  This event is returning after a year long hiatus, and we talked about all the exciting plans that will occur at this year’s highly anticipated festival. As always this festival allows the Comox Valley to showcase its finest chefs, vintners, farmers and producers in support of education and culinary culture in our community. If you are one of the lucky 500 people that were able to get a ticket (it sold out in five minutes), you’ll definitely have a memorable time and we look forward to seeing you there!

GARLIC pt2! Following up with everything garlic in our lastepisode (and with the Garlic Festival just around the corner), Arzeena Hamir returns togo into greater detail about the variety of flavours and textures of this keyingredient; growing techniques, and choices you have when considering yourgarlic. She speaks of the benefits of eating our locally produced vs. imported types,local strains and varieties, and the methods required to grow your own hearty garlic.It’s always a treat to have such a passionate and compelling proponent of localfarming in the studio for this podcast - listen in and let us know what youthink!  

GARLIC! Tonight we sit down with the ever lovely Arzeena Hamir of Amara Farms and Craig Freeman of the Merville Hall to talk garlic. With the Garlic Festival just around the corner, there is just so much to cover! Arzeena has so much to say about flavours, strengths, varietals, and more, and really gets to the heart of why there needs to be an annual Garlic Festival. Craig then walks us through the reinvigorated Merville Hall and lays out their accomplishments and ambitions – not the least of which is hosting this great event! You are not going to want to miss this event – listen in for all of the details!