Local Chefs on CBC

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Starting tonight (Monday January 9) the CBC evening news (TV) will be featuring five well known local chefs and where they and their families go to eat on their days off. Tonight is Vikram Vij and family.

The news starts an hour late tonight at 7:00 pm - after the debate.

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Sounds interesting.

A good friend of mine who's a chef once told me that you "learn how to cook out of one pot" as his way of dealing with cooking at home.

I think he was too tired on his days off to even go out and eat.

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Argh! The one time I have no TV. Could someone out there post about what Vikram said last night?

Cheers!

[eatrustic]

The show came on at about 7:40 (so tonight's chef should be on around 6:40). It gave an overview of Vikram (looking quite rogueish with his chest hair and gold chain!) at work and some really tasty looking Rangolli dishes before he took his family to one of his favourite comfort food places (I think it's called the Wooden Shoe). The owner is, I believe, the guy who used to own the "Da Dutch" restaurants.

They showed him making one of the bigass crepes with the owner and that was about it.

(The owner had one of those lousy moments that only one shot takes can give when his crepe fell to pieces before the camera. It looked great at the end though.)

At the same time on the Shaw Cable channel Feenie was shilling his new book and on CTV the Kolachy Shop was being featured with HSG Neil (who looks just like comedian Michael MacDonald's love child) as a local chef out for a bite.

All in all fun local food coverage.

[Zucchini Mama]

^ Yes, that's the Wooden Shoe on Cambie. The owner has some polaroids of his customers taped up all over the place and now I remember I did see a photo of Vij's family there.

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Argh, and here I thought I was organized by setting my VCR to tape at 7 all week. Can someone please post a summary for tonight's show?

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Tonight was Rob Feenie. After a quick tour of his new kitchen (Lumiere) he went to Wabi Sabi (W. 10th) where they demo'ed garlic prawns and another dish in the kitchen. More interesting food than the night before but no family shots, just a kitchen demo where Feenie was trying to squeeze the secret ingredients to his favorite dishes from the chef.

Tomorrow (6:40 pm) is John Bishop and I believe that he goes to "East Meets West" a little place on W. Broadway.

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Here is more information about the cbc Chef's Picks Series. There is also a contest to win The Ultimate Dining Out Vancouver prize - dinner for two at every restaurant featured [This includes the chef's restaurants, as well as the places they have recommended!]

[Matt R.]

Here is more information about the cbc Chef's Picks Series.  There is also a contest to win The Ultimate Dining Out Vancouver prize - dinner for two at every restaurant featured [This includes the chef's restaurants, as well as the places they have recommended!]

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You can also watch the latest Canada Now broadcast over crappy streaming Real Audio at this site.

I don't know if you can look at archives of this show, but on tonight's edition the Bishop piece ran from 46:35 to 51:27. I especially liked the diss Ian Hanomansing threw at West, or was it meant for the magazine that rated them so highly. Doesn't that show have writers?

-- Matt.

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If I had known that CTV was running an identical series at almost the same time I would have combined the two networks when I started this. Although CTV isn't giving out 10 dinners for two to a lucky winner their series seems to focus on lesser know but worthy chefs and their fav places to dine.

Last night was Andrea Carlson the talented chef of Raincity Grill and her dining choice Annapurna (vegetarian Indian cuisine on W. 4th near Burrard). Tonight's CTV pick will air again around 11:40 or so tonight.

Ian Hanomansing's diss of West (when he heard they were featured as some magazine's top ten in N.America) was something like "oh a snowboard magazine?" Seemed more ignorant than a diss.

I think both series go to the end of the week.