A second helping of recipes celebrating the B.C. food scene, served up by 70 well-known and emerging chefs

Five years after Vancouver Cooks, which sold more than 13,000 copies, the Chefs’ Table Society returns with over 100 new recipes from 70 chefs around Vancouver, Victoria and the Okanagan, including:

• Tojo Hidekazu of Tojo’s Restaurant
• Vikram Vij of Vij’s
• Melissa Craig of Bearfoot Bistro in Whistler
• Rob Feenie

Divided into four sections—local food, international flavours, emerging talents and pioneering chefs—Vancouver Cooks 2 celebrates the key elements that have forged Vancouver’s unique culinary culture and made the city a world-class dining destination. We also see the industry behind the scenes, understanding its heritage and the innovative strides Vancouver chefs are taking.

And now, for the contest: Be the first person to correctly answer the following question by replying below. Winner will be announced Thursday December 18^th.

Which of the following chefs once worked with John Bishop?

Melissa Craig

Dino Renaerts

James Walt

A second helping of recipes celebrating the B.C. food scene, served up by 70 well-known and emerging chefs

Five years after Vancouver Cooks, which sold more than 13,000 copies, the Chefs’ Table Society returns with over 100 new recipes from 70 chefs around Vancouver, Victoria and the Okanagan, including:

• Tojo Hidekazu of Tojo’s Restaurant
• Vikram Vij of Vij’s
• Melissa Craig of Bearfoot Bistro in Whistler
• Rob Feenie

Divided into four sections—local food, international flavours, emerging talents and pioneering chefs—Vancouver Cooks 2 celebrates the key elements that have forged Vancouver’s unique culinary culture and made the city a world-class dining destination. We also see the industry behind the scenes, understanding its heritage and the innovative strides Vancouver chefs are taking.

And now, for the contest: Be the first person to correctly answer the following question by replying below. Winner will be announced Tuesday December 15^th after 5pm.

Name the restaurants each of these chefs head up:

Neil Taylor

Andrew Wong

Rob Feenie

Robert Clark

Laurent Devin

Vancouver area Chefs - Find your favourite Chef

“Vancouver Cooks 2″, the new cookbook from the Chefs’ Table Society of BC, has been released and is available at Barbara Jo’s Books To Cooks and participating restaurants. The book, edited by Joan Cross, Jamie Maw, and Andrew Morrison, includes 120 recipes from 70 of BC’s top chefs, among them John Bishop (Bishop’s), Vikram Vij (Vij’s), Rob Clark (”C” Restaurant), Rob Feenie (Cactus Club), and Hidekazu Tojo (Tojo’s). Recipes are crafted to be accessible to the home cook and are paired with BC wines by wine expert and Society co-founder Sid Cross.

Chef Nico Schuermans (Chambar & Dirty Apron Cooking School)

Chef John Bishop (Bishops) & Chef Mary Mackay (Terra Breads)

Duck Confit with mulled Red wine (by Chambar)

Jaime Maw (left), Sid Cross (middle), Andrew Morrison (right)

Vikram Vij (Vij's) & Pino Posteraro (Cioppino’s)

Cassandra Anderton (left), Annette Rawlinson (middle), Chef Tina Fineza (right)

Chef John Bishop (Bishops) & Chef Vikram Vij (Vij's)

Pacific Culinary Arts Team of Chefs and their Trout creation

DB Moderne Bistro Chef and his Charcuterie

Goat Cheese Terrine on Crisp

I spent the evening talking with the chefs and tasting their creations which were from their “Vancouver Cooks 2″ book. This Chef’s tasting was held in the Dirty Apron Cooking School and guests were able to purchase copies of the book in the store located on the other side of the cooking school.

By: Richard Wolak