The Food Network's Bob Blumer
June 1 to 3
Don your stretchy pants and loosen your belt for Canada’s largest consumer food and beverage festival. There’s more to this expo than a staggering supply of food, wine, beer and kitchenware exhibitors. Gastrophiles delight in appetizer-size versions of local restaurants’ signature dishes at the Bite of Vancouver Pavilion. Feeling turkey-dinner full? Give your belly a break to catch one of the Food Network’s stars (Bob Blumer, pictured) on the Celebrity Stage, watch cooking demos or meet a cookbook author. Also at the festival: foreign chefs discuss international cuisine and coffeehouse employees create lovely latte art at the Western Canadian Regional Barista Championships.—Kristina Urquhart
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