Travel: Feast Tofino Celebrates Boat-to-Table Cuisine
Vancouverites are lucky enough to say that boat-to-table cuisine is something they can access quite easily. Locally, one can visit Steveston and walk down the piers to buy fresh fish from the fishermen. If that’s something you enjoy, you might want to go a little further to try some of the best culinary experiences that B.C. has to offer in Tofino.
Feast Tofino is back for its third year offering a month-long series of culinary events celebrating the region’s boat-to-table cuisine. Starting on May 1, the festival runs until May 31 meaning now is the time to start checking the calendar, booking accommodations (perhaps at Pacific Sands Beach Resort?) and calling your friends.
Feast Tofino’s kickoff event — the Sneak Peek Into Feast progressive dining experience on April 21 — previews the $29, $39 and $49 Dine About Town menus planned by acclaimed regional and local chefs for the extensive series of Feast events in May.
In short, it’s a bit of a marriage between Dine Out Vancouver with the best local seafood from Tofino. With a serious roster of the best local chefs making an appearance or two at Feast Tofino, in my eyes it looks like a win, win win all around.
Feast Tofino’s participating restaurants, chefs and providers include:
- Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie, Vancouver; Chef Joel Watanabe
- Breakers Deli, Tofino; Chef Kyle Rodway
- The Common Loaf, Tofino; Tracy Crocker
- Calm Waters Dining Room, Tofino; Chef George Tate
- CBC Radio, Victoria; National Food Columnist Khalil Akhtar
- Edible at the Market, Vancouver; Chef Greg Reid
- Fable Restaurant, Vancouver; Chef Trevor Bird
- Fetch Restaurant at Black Rock Resort, Ucluelet; Chef Louise Pickles
- Fiamo, Victoria; Chef James Avila
- Hank’s Restaurant, Ucluelet; Chefs Clarke Deutscher and Francios Pilon
- La Quercia, Vancouver; Chef Lucais Syme
- Long Beach Lodge Resort, Tofino; Chef Ian Riddick
- Marina West, Tofino; Chef Logan Head
- Norwoods Restaurant, Ucluelet; Chef Richard Norwood
- Outlandish Shellfish Guild; Victor McLaggan
- The Pointe Restaurant at the Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino; Chef Nick Nutting
- Red Can Gourmet, Tofino; Chef Tim May
- Red Fish, Blue Fish, Victoria; Chef Kunal Ghose
- Sea Shanty Restaurant, Tofino; Chef Margot Bodchon
- Schooner Restaurant, Tofino; Chef Mare Bruce
- SoBo Restaurant, Tofino; Chef Lisa Ahier
- Shelter Restaurant, Tofino; Chef Matty Kane
- Spotted Bear Bistro, Tofino; Chef Simon Burch
- Tacofino, Tofino and Vancouver; Chef Jason Sussman
- Tofino Brewing Company, Tofino; Bryan O’Malley
- Tofino Cake Studio, Leah and Gord Austin
- Trilogy Fish Store, Tofino; John Gilmour
- West Pacific Seafood, Tofino; Lutz Zilliken
- Wildside Grill, Tofino; Chef Jesse Blake
Happy eating!