Upcoming Events › 2022

Among the many joys of the holiday season is our always warmly anticipated festive dinner, which this year returns to a much-loved Chaîne member restaurant – Le Crocodile. Please join me and our gracious host chef, Grand Maître Rôtisseur Michel Jacob, for a truly memorable evening. Chef Jacob, together with his superb culinary team and front-of-house staff, has planned a “classic” Le Crocodile culinary experience for our enjoyment, with each sumptuous course complemented by a fine wine from our Chaîne cellar. This is going to be a truly wonderful evening – a wonderful way to welcome the holiday season [Read More...]

Please join us on Sunday, November 6th for our most glittering event of the Chaîne calendar year – our 2022 Chaîne Intronisation, Dinner and Celebration, which this year will be celebrated at the venerable Vancouver Club under the direction of general manager and Chaîne Maître Restaurateur Mr. Tim Ellison. This very special evening marks our opportunity to come together to welcome new members, confer important promotions and honour old friends. Our formal induction ceremony, which will be led by Canadian National Bailli Mr. Tony Catanese, will be followed by an elegant champagne reception with canapés – [Read More...]

Get ready to experience West Coast cuisine at its finest at our next Chaîne dining event to take place at Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar – one of Canada’s top restaurants and Vancouver’s best-loved dining destinations. Please join us in Boulevard’s quietly elegant private back dining room where we can savour each sumptuous morsel of a multi-course custom dinner created especially for la Chaîne by Boulevard’s Executive Chef Roger Ma. As ever, each course will be complemented by a fine wine as selected in consultation with Chef by our own Conseiller Gastronomique Bob Charlton. It has been a few [Read More...]

Please join us in the garden of our North Vancouver home for the happy return of our summer Chaîne culinary get-together – The Bailli’s Picnic! This year, members of Culinary Team BC & Junior Culinary Team Canada, under the direction of our Vice-Conseiller Culinaire Chef John Carlo Felicella, will delight you with a sneak peek testing of menu ideas the teams are exploring for the international culinary competition called ExpoGast, which will be taking place in Luxembourg this fall. (The two teams are the only ones representing Canada at the competition.) There will be food stations located throughout the [Read More...]

Come celebrate the arrival of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival with a delightful exploration of Chinese culture and cuisine with our own local historian and celebrated culinarian Judy Lam Maxwell. On Saturday, September 17, please join us for a delightful guided tour through some of the Chinatown neighbourhood’s most historic sites, then learn how to prepare, cook and ultimately enjoy traditional Chinese dumplings nicely accompanied by a lovely Chardonnay. During this fun, multi-dimensional event, Judy, one of the city’s most knowledgeable authorities on the history of Chinatown, will share some of the highlights of this fascinating district…one of the oldest [Read More...]

I am delighted to invite you to our first Chaîne Intimate dining experience of the year at the award-winning Baan Lao Fine Thai Cuisine restaurant in Richmond. This extraordinary culinary gem, under the guidance of our newest professional member Maître Rôtisseur Chef Nutcha Phanthoupheng, has earned a national reputation for exquisite Thai cuisine, top wines and exceptional white glove service designed to (as Chef Phanthoupheng says) “welcome guests as if they are members of Royalty.” In what I know will be an event “fit for a King or Queen,” Chef Phanthoupheng will take us on a culinary journey to [Read More...]

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to join us for our long awaited Chaîne des Rôtisseurs fine dining event at one of Vancouver’s finest and most celebrated restaurants – L’Abbatoir! Please join us as Chef Lee Cooper, together with his superb culinary team and front-of-house staff, indulge our group with the “Pacific Northwest cuisine with a French touch” that has made L’Abattoir a destination restaurant, not only for locals but also for foodies from around the world. The evening will begin with our customary “bubbles” followed by a special menu custom-designed by Chef Cooper expressly for [Read More...]