What was on your food and wine radar last year? Did you spot a trend? Did a new restaurant, wine or beer catch your attention? Who was your food hero this year? Was there a website, tweeter or blogger that helped give you a deeper insight into the food world? In other words, what were your Exceptional Eats! of 2011?
To get the skinny on the gist EAT staff worked long into the night to come up with 42 questions designed to reflect the year that was. Then, on January 1st the virtual voting booth opened for a month. When the voting ended we tallied the results and organized them into four groups: eating in, eating out, drinking and, lastly, giving credit to those who inspired us. Turns out we are a loyal and competitive bunch and many results were close–and in some instances a tie had to be declared.
We think readers chose a glorious group and I, for one, will be very busy in 2012 using this list as a guide to many new and wonderful eating and drinking experiences. In our opinion there were no losers only winners as we all win by shining the spotlight on a vibrant local food community.
* Sponsors and the winners of the prize draw follow the awards results. See below.
“The Results
* denotes the winner
LET’S EAT OUT
Restaurant of the Year:
It’s the best restaurant in the city. Bar none. In every way, every time – the best food, service, and ambience. End of discussion.
Which restaurant is it?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Brasserie L’école
Ulla
Zambris
Café Brio
VANCOUVER
*Hawksworth
L’Abattoir
Vij’s
Chambar
OKANAGAN
*Local Lounge & Grille
RauDZ
Waterfront Restaurant
Best Dish of the Year:
You are still dreaming of it, pining for it, talking about it. What restaurant dish made that lasting impression?
Name the dish, and the restaurant, please.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Steak Frites, red wine & shallot sauce, Roquefort butter at Brasserie L’école
Crispy Pork Shoulder on greens with radish, potatoes, grapes and chili mayonnaise at Zambri’s
Funghi Pizza at Prima Strada
VANCOUVER
*Wine marinated lamb popsicles in fenugreek cream curry on turmeric and spinach potatoes at Vij’s
West Coast Sablefish miso sake glaze, baby bok choy, edamame quinoa and shiitake mushrooms, kombu dashi with soy and yuzu at Blue Water Café
Kasu & Birch Syrup Sablefish, shaved cauliflower, brussels sprouts, Swiss chard at Edible Canada
SPECIAL MENTION: Rigatoni with Trippa alla Romana at Campagnolo Roma
OKANAGAN
*Tie: Okanagan Cherry Spare Ribs (Local Lounge) | Blackened Prime Rib (Ricardo’s Mediterranean Kitchen)
Confit Duck Leg “Grilled Cheese” Sandwich at Hillside Bistro
Best Place for Lunch:
Lunch is not really about replenishing energy to get on with the workday. It is an event and an excellent one at that.
Which restaurant gets the nod for best midday meal?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Devour
Hernande’z Cocina
Foo
VANCOUVER
*Meat & Bread
Cactus Club
OKANAGAN
*The Bench Market
Okanagan Street Food
Hillside Bistro
Best Restaurant Cooking Local:
If it’s in season and local, it’s on the menu. This eatery celebrates local ingredients on a grand scale.
What restaurant is it?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Camille’s Restaurant
Ulla
Devour
Sooke Harbour House
Café Brio
VANCOUVER
*Edible Canada
C Restaurant
Raincity Grill
OKANAGAN
*RauDZ Regional Table
Local Lounge
Waterfront Restaurant
Not Downtown:
If you live in a big city, pick an eatery outside of your city center that’s worth a special trip. Or tell us the name of a great restaurant in your town, village or burg that is the best of the bunch.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Bistro at Merridale Cider
Sooke Harbour House
VANCOUVER
*Pear Tree
Les Faux Bourgeois
OKANAGAN
*Ricardo’s Mediterranean Kitchen
Local Lounge
Cheap and Cheerful – Best Under $10
Max $10and delicious and well made not too much to ask, is it? Where and what?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Hernande’z Cocina
Pig
Red Fish Blue Fish
VANCOUVER
*La Taqueria
Save On Meat
Pronto
OKANAGAN
*Mad Mango Café
Il Vecchio Delicatessen
Burger 55
Best Burger:
From the bar to the bistro and now top billing at a few new hot haunts: the ubiquitous burger.
Who does it best?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Pink Bicycle
Bin 4
Big Wheel
VANCOUVER
*Vera’s Burger Shack
Modern Burger
Refuel
OKANAGAN
*Burger 55
Local Lounge
Gorgeous George’s Gourmet Burgers
Best Place for Eats and Cocktails:
Work is done for the day. Now for your reward? drink (or two) and nibbles. Cinq a sept becomes the happiest hours.
Best place for after work eats and drinks?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Veneto
Clives
Stage
VANCOUVER
*Joey Restaurants
The Diamond
YEW Bar
OKANAGAN
*RauDZ Regional Table
Cabana
Rotten Grape
Wine List Smackdown (Best Restaurant Wine List):
Do you like it comprehensive, educational, big, or just beautiful? Which restaurant?s wine menu dominates?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
Stage*
Brasserie L’Ecole
Il Terrazzo
VANCOUVER
*Hawksworth
Blue Water Café
West
OKANAGAN
*Local Lounge & Grille
Waterfront Restaurant
Keep Your Fork… (Best Restaurant Dessert):
Many diners just say no when it comes to dessert. But we have plenty of talented pastry chefs working to rise above the tried and true creme brule or molten chocolate cake.
Tell us who’s cultivating a more sophisticated sweet tooth?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Brasserie L’ecole
Ulla
VANCOUVER
*Cactus Club
Chambar
Thierry Chocolaterie Patisserie Cafe
OKANAGAN
*Local Lounge & Grille
Tie: RauDz & Waterfront Restaurant
Something healthy but fantastic. (Best Place for a Healthy Meal):
Rich foods abound these days. Where do you go to give your body a break, somewhere the food is both healthy and delicious?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Rebar
Red Fish Blue Fish
VANCOUVER
*The Naam
Organic Lives
Nuba
OKANAGAN
*Poppadoms
The Wild Scallion
The Chopped Leaf
Feeding Cart Frenzy (Best Food Truck):
Great street food has never been easier to find. At what food truck did you have a really amazing feed?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Red Fish Blue Fish
VANCOUVER
*Japadog
Roaming Dragon
La Brasserie Street
OKANAGAN
*Jeffer’s Fryzz
Under The Radar:
Give up the name of that eatery that you adore and yet no one seems to know about.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Daidoco
Bistro28
Café Ceylon
VANCOUVER
*Campagnolo Roma
CRU Restaurant
The Pear Tree
OKANAGAN
*The Real Things Pizza
Benja Thai
Poppadoms
Top Chef:
The dining scene is shining brighter than ever and this chef is a large part of the reason.
Name your favourite local chef.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Dan Hayes (London Chef)
Peter Zambri (Zambri’s)
Sean Brennan
VANCOUVER
*David Hawksworth
Rob Feenie
Dale MacKay
OKANAGAN
*Tie: Robert Cordonier (Hillside Bistro), Paul Cecconi (Local Lounge)
Rod Butters
Mark Filatow
Darren Mitchell
Best Place To Eat Sustainable Seafood:
Great restaurants that also serve a sustainable catch deserve an EAT award. At stake is the future of our oceans.
Who deserves to be the catch of the year?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Red Fish Blue Fish
VANCOUVER
*C Restaurant
Blue Water Cafe
OKANAGAN
*Local Lounge & Grille
Hillside Bistro
Best Place to Feed a Kid:
Praise be to the eateries and restaurants that have high chairs and servers who get that kids are people who should go out to eat, too. Who makes you welcome when you have sprogs in tow?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Pizzeria Prima Strada
Crumsby’s Cupcake Cafe
VANCOUVER
*White Spot
Little Nest
OKANAGAN
Boston Pizza
LET’S EAT IN
Best Locally-Owned (Food-Related) Store:
Need a fridge, chef?s knife, tablecloth, bag of beets or coffee? You’re not a fan of big-box shopping. Where do you go to buy it?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Cook Culture
The Root Cellar
Niagara Grocery
VANCOUVER
*Gourmet Warehouse
Ming Wo
Cookworks
OKANAGAN
*The Bench Artisan Food Market
Valoroso Foods
Chef’s Edge
Best Grocery Store:
Which grocery store has the selection, the quality, the people and the good vibes that says, We are the best?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Thrifty Foods
Market on Yates
Fairways
VANCOUVER
*Whole Foods
Stongs
Thifty Foods
OKANAGAN
*Quality Greens
Choices
Whole Foods
Nature’s Fare Markets
Best Selection of Specialty Foods:
Bread: one of life’s basic pleasures. And you need flour to make bread, right? Whether it’s whole wheat, organic, rye, rice, potato, or buckwheat so many varieties, so many options.
Who has the best flour selection in the city?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Market on Yates
Lifestyle Market
VANCOUVER
*Whole Foods
Urban Fare
Famous Foods
OKANAGAN
*Whole Foods
Valoroso Foods
Choices
Best Farm:
They just have the freshest produce! What local farm keeps you coming back for more?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Tie: Madrona & Mitchel Bros
Sunwing
Saanich Organics
VANCOUVER
*Kin’s Farm Public Market
Westham Island Herb Farm
UBC Farm
OKANAGAN
*Harker’s Organics
Quality Greens
Blossoms
Best Place to Buy Local Food:
It could be a farm stand, outdoor market or a store. Where do you go to buy your local, fresh and in-season food?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*The Root Cellar
Red Barn
Moss Street market
VANCOUVER
*Granville Island Market
Trout Lake Farmers Market
Kits Farmers Market
OKANAGAN
*Kelowna & Penticton Farmers’ Markets
Best Local Food Product or Ingredient:
What local food, product or ingredient do you take great pride in introducing your visiting out-of-town friends and family to?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Cold Comfort Ice Cream | *Spot Prawns
Vancouver Island Salt Co./ Berries
VANCOUVER
*Terra Breads | *Sockeye Salmon
Spot Prawns
OKANAGAN
*Carmelis Goat Cheese | *Peaches
Little Creek Original Salad Dressing | Cherries
Summerland Sweets | Apples
Best Place to Buy Pie:
Pies. Meat pies. Glorious fruit pies. My, oh my savoury and sweet. When you aren’t in the mood to bake your own, where do you go to buy a pie fix? (and don’t say you go to your Mom’s)
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Oldfield Orchard
Bubby Rose
Cascadia Bakery
VANCOUVER
*Savary Island Pie Company
Aphrodite’s Organic Café and Pie Shop
Thierry Chocolaterie Patisserie Cafe
OKANAGAN
*Tie: Britannia Pies, Robert’s Fruit Market & Orchard
Davison Orchards
Just Pies
Best Cookbook:
When you want a recipe for dinner with family, or to make for friends, what book do you turn to?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Rebar Modern Food
Vij’s at Home
Whitewater Cooks
VANCOUVER
*Rebar Modern Food
Vij’s at Home
Whitewater Cooks
OKANAGAN
*‘That’s Amore’ From Ricardo Scebba’s Mediterranean Kitchen
Whitewater Cooks
LET’S DRINK
Ground Control:
We want to know who’s bag of coffee beans you grind at home for your cuppa joe.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Caffe Fantastico
Fernwood
Discovery
VANCOUVER
*Forty Ninth Parallel Coffee Roasters
JJ Bean
Salt Spring Coffee
OKANAGAN
*Cherry Hill Coffee
Backyard Beans
Kicking Horse
Best Barista:
You bow to the bean and are always on the prowl for the best macchiato, French press or Ethiopian heirloom bean. Name your favourite barista (or coffee shop) that keeps you from going cold turkey.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Street Level Espresso
Habit
Discovery
VANCOUVER
*Caffé Artigiano
JJ Bean
Elysian Coffee
OKANAGAN
*Good Omens
Gio Bean Expresso
Beanery Coffee Company
What’s Old is New Again:
Welcome back, gin & tonic; ciao, negroni; bonjours,Sazerac. Old school drinks are one of the hot new things on the cocktail scene.
Which bar, lounge, or restaurant is doing them right?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Clive’s
Veneto
VANCOUVER
*Tie: Pourhouse Vancouver | The Diamond
900 West, The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
OKANAGAN
*RauDZ Regional Table
Local Lounge
Waterfront Restaurant
The New Alchemists:
Bartisans (bartender artisans) are coming up with modern, edgy kinds of drinking utopias and putting astonishing ingredients in a glass in new ways.
Name your hero/heroine and the bar.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Shawn Soole (Clive’s)
Simon Ogden (Veneto)
Katie McDonald (Veneto)
VANCOUVER
*Jay Jones (MARKET at Shangri-La Hotel )
Simon Kaulback, (Boneta Restaurant)
Jonathan Smolensky (Hawksworth Restaurant)
OKANAGAN
*Gerry Jobe (RaudDZ)
Ben Hefford (Local Lounge)
Best Mocktail:
Don’t mock this no-alcohol cocktail has come into its own. Who has made staying sober a beautiful thing? Name your favourite mocktail and the bar where you get it.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Cranberry Cassablanca – Ulla –
Rhubarb Shrub – Canoe
Virgin Mojitos – Cactus Club
VANCOUVER
*Virgin Vanilla Pear Ricky at Refuel
Boneta “Subtly Sweet”
OKANAGAN
*Virgin Peach Bellini (Local Lounge)
No Jito (Waterfront Restaurant)
Raspberry Blush (Milestones)
Spirited Moment:
Who gets you to raise your glass for making the best local spirit?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Victoria Gin
Frizz Vodka (Merridale)
VANCOUVER
*Victoria Gin
Schramm Vodka
OKANAGAN
*Okanagan Spirits
Urban Distilleries
Best Store for Craft Beer:
IPA, wit, stout, Belgian, porter. Where do you buy the best quality selection?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Cascadia Liquor
Spinnakers
BC Liquor Guys
VANCOUVER
*Firefly Fine Wines and Ales
Brewery Creek Liquor Store
Legacy Liquor Store
OKANAGAN
*Tie: Cannery Brewing, Metro Liquor
Tree Bewery
Heads Ups:
Impress your out-of-town host with a bottle of local beer. Name the local brew that has real beer wonks foaming over?
What would you bring?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Driftwood Fat Tug IPA
Phillips Chocolate Porter
Saltspring Winter Ale
VANCOUVER
*Granville Island English Bay Pale Ale
Central City IPA
Hurricane IPA Storm Brewing
OKANAGAN
*Cannery Brewing Naramata Nut Brown
Crannóg Ales Backhand of God
Cannery Brewing Anarchist Amber
Best Place to Buy Wine:
Wine. You want an excellent selection, a range of prices, and a personable, knowledgeable staff.
What’s your recommendation?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*BCL Fort & Foul
Everything Wine
Cascadia Liquor
VANCOUVER
*Liberty Wine Merchants
Marquis Wine Cellars
OKANAGAN
*Tie: BC VQA Wine Info Centre, Discover Wines
Metro Liquor
Best Local Wine:
Impress your out-of-town host with a bottle of local wine. What would you bring?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Zanatta
Averill Creek
Alderlea
VANCOUVER
*Burrowing Owl
Blue Mountain
Painted Rock
OKANAGAN
*Sumac Ridge Estate Winery
La Frenz
Tantalus Vineyards
Fruit of Their Labours:
Apples, pears, blackberries – whose cider or fruit wine do you groove to?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Merridale (apple)
Sea Cider (apple)
Rocky Creek Blackberry Dessert Wine
VANCOUVER
*Elephant Island Orchard Wines
Forbidden Fruit
OKANAGAN
*Elephant Island Orchard Wines
Rustic Roots Fruit Winery
Forbidden Fruit Winery
This local beverage was, in a word, remarkable. Be it wine, beer, cider, tea, coffee you name it. What really impressed you this year?
Tell us what it was and which company made it.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Driftwood Fat Tug IPA
Silk Road Tea
VANCOUVER
*Driftwood Fat Tug IPA
OKANAGAN
*Poplar Grove Cab Franc
Burrowing Owl Cab Franc
Tantalus Riesling
Painted Rock Syrah
PEOPLE
Food/Drink Experience of the Year:
Events, festivals, and seminars on food and drink were everywhere the past year which one really did it for you?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Feast of Fields
Culinaire
Great Canadian Beer Festival
VANCOUVER
*Playhouse Wine Festival
Feast of Fields
Vancouver Craft Beer Week
OKANAGAN
*Feast of Fields
Similkameen BBQ King
Best Cooking Class or School:
Knife skills 101? Advanced pasta making? Bread basics? What cooking school or class really sparked your culinary education?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*The London Chef
Cook Culture
Heidi Fink
VANCOUVER
*Dirty Apron
Books to Cooks
Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
OKANAGAN
*Mission Hill Culinary Workshops
Sandrine Pastry Classes
WSET-Rhys Pender
Behind the Counter:
Who impressed you with their amazing customer service this year?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Ottavio
Cook Culture
Charellis
VANCOUVER
*Revolver Coffee
Village Wines / Kitsilano
OKANAGAN
*Local Lounge & Grille
Terrafina at Hester Creek Winery
Codfathers Seafood Market
The Next Big Thing (Best Trend of 2011):
Food fashions come and go. Remember blackened fish? Cupcakes? Hibiscus flowers? Is it time for pork to stop hogging the spotlight? Say hello to the next big thing.
What is it?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Was there ever any doubt? Burgers of course.
Gluten Free
Raw Food
VANCOUVER
*Macarons
Pork
Gluten-free
OKANAGAN
*Eating local
Raw foods
Worst Trend of 2011:
New, but simply awful, trend. Help us weed it out!
What is it?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Cupcakes
Pulled Pork
Burgers
VANCOUVER
*Foam Sauces
Cup Cakes
Macarons
OKANAGAN
*Foam Sauces
Cake Pops
Gluten-free
The Foodie’s Foodie Award:
Who do you turn to learn from, keep you in the know or ask advice?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*EAT Magazine (blush)
Tie: Dan Hayes (The London Chef) and Heldi Fink
Elizabeth Smyth
Mary Carmack
VANCOUVER
*Scout
Follow Me Foodie
OKANAGAN
*Jennifer Schell-Pigott
Robert Cordonier
Paul Cecconi
I Eat, Therefore I Tweet:
Which food or drink tweeter, hyper-local blog, online magazine, app or website is your best friend.
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Double blush…EAT Magazine Online
Guilty Kitchen
Urbanspoon
VANCOUVER
*Scout
EAT Magazine Online
OKANAGAN
*Vinevie.com
All She Wrote
EAT Magazine Online (thanks!)
Leave No Footprint:
What business, association or non-profit best promotes a sustainable food system?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Red Fish Blue Fish
Downtown Market Society
Island Chefs Collaborative
VANCOUVER
Tie: Vancouver Farmers Markets, Ocean Wise
Eat Local
Farm Folk City Folk
OKANAGAN
*RauDZ Regional Table
Penticton Farmers’ Market
Urban Harvest Organic Delivery
The 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award:
Give recognition to the person who has spent their lifetime committed to exemplary, sincere, and passionate culinary excellence. The ripple effect of this person cannot be easily measured. Grazie.
(Note: past winners David Mincey and Greg Hays are ineligible)
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*Peter Zambri (Zambri’s)
VANCOUVER
*John Bishop (Bishop’s)
OKANAGAN
*Bernard Casavant (Wild Apple)
BEST NEW
Best new addition to the food and drink scene in 2011
It could be a new restaurant, shop, café or product. Your pick?
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
*The London Chef
Bin 4
Black Hat
Vis a Vis
VANCOUVER
*Hawksworth
Nicli Antica Pizzeria
Thierry
OKANAGAN
*Okanagan Street Food
Saint-Germain Café and Gallery
Terrafina at Hester Creek
Miradoro at Tinhorn Creek Winery
THE EE SPONSORS & DRAW WINNERS
Congratulations to our 40 prize winners.
And a big thank-you to all the sponsors who donated such wonderful prizes.
VICTORIA
Aura Waterfront Restaurant & Patio (2 x $25*) laurelpoint.com/dining/aura
Sandi Heal
Black Hat (Wagyu Tasting Dinner for Four $250*) theblackhat.ca
Ian Yeung
Cafe Brio ($75*) cafe-brio.com
Bridget Minishka
Canoe Brewpub ($75*) canoebrewpub.com
Sarah Thornton
Cascadia Liquor ($100*) cascadialiquor.com
Lori McKenzie
Chateau Victoria (Dinner at Vista 18 and One Night in a Suite) chateauvictoria.com
Elissa Frankham
Cook Culture ($200*) cookculture.com
Mackenzie Wheeler
Flavour Restaurant (3-course dinner for two – $250*) 590-7787
Barbara Kahlo
Hotel Grand Pacific (One night stay and dinner for two in the Mark)
Karen Symmes
Lifestyle Market ($50*) lifestylemarkets.com
Tony Cheong
London Chef (2 Interactive Classes*) thelondonchef.com
Stephen Lee
Lure at the Delta Victoria ($100*) lurevictoria.com
Robin Gary Hicks
Matticks Farm VQA ($30*) matticksfarm.com
Lynne Carlson
Niagara/Fairfield Grocery ($50* & Gift Basket) getfreshwithalocal.com
Diane Maclachlan
Ooh La La Cupcakes (3 x$30*) oohlalacupcakes.ca
Jayne Embree
Root Cellar Village Green Grocer ($75*) www.therootcellar.ca
Jess Howard
Silk Road (Tea Cocktails & Mocktails Workshop – $250*) silkroadtea.com
Glen Campbell
Slaters Meats ($25*) 250-592-0823
Lisbet Rygnestad
Village Butcher ($25*) thevillagebutcher.ca
Tanya Kirkland
Wannawafel (2 x $25) wannawafel.com
E. B. Klassen
VANCOUVER
131 Water ($50*) www.131water.com
Landon Young
BC Wine School Voucher for the WSET level 1 Course* bcwineschool.com
Melanie Stitt
Browns Restaurant Group ($100*) brownsrestaurantgroup.com
T Pipes
Diner No.1 ($50*) www.dinerone.com
Alan Rae
Edible at the Market ($100*) ediblecanada.com/bistro.php
Barbara Borchardt
eight 1/2 restaurant lounge ($50*) eightandahalf.ca
Wing Hui
Joey Restaurants ($100*) joeyrestaurants.com
Eddy Tan
Simply West Coast Sauces (10 sauces, t-short, ball cap) simplywestcoast.com
Lonnie Temereski
Teahouse and Seasons in the Park ($100*) vancouverdine.com
Marjorie Stevens
OKANAGAN
Bench Market ($25*) thebenchmarket.com
Valencia Curken
Hotel El Dorado (Romance Package) hoteleldoradokelowna.com
J Hopper
Joie Farm (Magnum of Rose) joie.ca
Tanis Sergeew
Medici’s Gelateria ($20*) medicisgelateria.ca
Jessica Stelkia
Okanagan Street Food ($50*) okanaganstreetfood.com
Val Jenner
Pentages (Sauvignon Blanc 08, Gamy 2010, Merlot 2006) pentage.com
Kara Price
Poppadoms ($50*) poppadoms.ca
Harmonie Basso
RauDZ ($25* + 2 martini cars) raudz.com/RAUDZ/home.html
Stewart Glynes
Theos Greek Restaurant ($50*) eatsquid.com
Alena Zamorano
Tree Brewing ($50*) treebeer.com
Marilyn Lawton
Waterfront Wine Bar & Restaurant ($100*) waterfrontrestaurant.ca
Eve Layman
*denotes gift certificate value
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