Local Food Festival – Sunday, May 31
Posted by Cheryl McLachlan on May 16, 2009
The Island Chefs’ Collaborative (ICC) is again hosting a local food festival in the West Shore, entitled “Defending Our Backyard,” on Sunday, May 31 from noon to 4pm. Tickets are on sale now.
“Defending Our Backyard” is one of the highlights of Vancouver Island’s festival year. Chefs from some of the finest restaurants on the West Coast are working together to raise public awareness of the importance of local food and supporting local farms. “Defending Our Backyard” celebrates Island food, farms and flavours at the picturesque Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites in Colwood.
Tickets: Adult $45, Youth (9-15 yrs) $25, Family (2 adults/2 youth) $99, free for children up to 8 years old.
Tickets are available at: Cross Roads Bar & Grill | Smoken Bones Cookshack | Spinnakers Spirit Merchants | Cook Street Village Liquor Store | Ristorante La Piola | BC Wineguys Cadboro Bay
For more information, please visit Island Chefs’ Collaborative (ICC)
Cheryl McLachlan said
Just a reminder, this event is tomorrow, Sun. May 31st. A fun and tasty community event that will be highly informative about the foods grown and produced in “our backyard.”