Conservation and culinary creation at Chef Survival IVLocal farmer Nathalie Chambers is celebrating the one-year anniversary of saving Madrona Farm by organizing the fourth annual Chef Survival fundraiser. The challenge pits local chefs against several obstacle courses and a boat race to gather ingredients for their culinary creations. After gathering their vegetables, chefs are then forced to use what they call “survival […] Continue Reading |
Steampunk expo returns at CraigdarrochCanada’s biggest steampunk exposition returns to Victoria on September 24 and 25. Its trump card: Craigdarroch Castle. The Victoria Steam Exposition (VSE), now in its second year, celebrates all things steampunk. It consists of vendors and artists hawking their wares, plus music, burlesque, talks from artists and authors, a Victorian combat demonstration (with canes and […] Continue Reading |
Beer festival not without challengesGood times are brewing, Victoria. On September 9-10, 57 craft breweries from around the world will be exhibiting their beers at the Great Canadian Beer Festival in Royal Athletic Park. Local brewer Gerry Hieter and brewpub enthusiast John Rowling founded the annual event 19 years ago. Hieter has been the full-time chairperson of the festival […] Continue Reading |
Food Fest comes togetherSometimes life experience makes someone the right person for the job, even if that isn’t where they ever intended to go. Jason Found, the main organizer for the Island Chefs’ Food Fest, used to work as a farmer and a chef before stumbling into event organizing. “I think that’s why they picked me to do […] Continue Reading |
