Eat! Vancouver is the largest consumer food festival in Canada. [1] which takes place annually in Vancouver, British Columbia. The three-day festival is held at BC Place, and showcases restaurants and food suppliers from British Columbia and across Canada. [2] Chefs compete in several cooking competitions; [3] one is for apprentice chefs, the Junior Culinary Competition. [4]
Founded by George Acs and Heather Angeard, the first Eat! Vancouver festival took place in 2003 at BC Place; [5] that year, there were 12 chefs and 95 exhibitors. [6] The 2005 festival had 30 celebrity chefs using three stages, and added an annual barbecue and chili competition which had previously run separately at Westminster Quay since the 1990s. [6]
In 2011 the festival moved to the Vancouver Convention Centre, but returned to BC Place in 2012.
2020 saw the event go on hiatus until 2021.
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