An EBC Thanks! for Olympic Staff, Athletes & Volunteers
All of us at Edible BC would like to say thank you to all of the extraordinary people who have helped to make the Vancouver 2010 Olympics so memorable. For all of the Olympic Staff, Athletes & Volunteers, we are offering a 15% discount on everything in the Edible BC retail store at Granville Island as well as on our popular Granville Island Market Tours. The discount is valid from February 28 – March 6th.
Just show your VANOC credentials to our sales staff and they will automatically deduct 15% from your bill. This is the perfect opportunity to stock up or pick up those last minute gifts.
*Please pass on this info to anyone who has worked or volunteered during the Games.
Go Canada Go!!
And Top Table Restaurants Toast ALL Medallists with Champagne
Top Table Group also recognizes Olympic achievement and wants to toast all podium-worthy achievements. Winning an Olympic medal is no easy feat. The road is long, the sacrifices many, and the support structures that enable athletes to reach the podium are elaborate. But ask an Olympic athlete the key to their success, and the reply is almost always, “My family and friends.”
Araxi in Whistler, and Blue Water Cafe, CinCin, and West in Vancouver, will salute winning athletes during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics by helping them toast family and friends at the restaurants’ bars with a complimentary bottle of Nicolas Feuillatte champagne.
“We want to congratulate the bronze, silver and gold medalists from all countries, and give them the opportunity to toast those closest to them, that took them to the pinnacle of their sport,” said Jack Evrensel, proprietor of Top Table. “Top Table is all about teamwork, and so are the endeavours of Olympic athletes – this is a simple way to show our appreciation.”
*Medalists: Reserve in advance through Top Table’s restaurant directors, bring your medal, and the bubbles will begin to flow.
| RESTAURANT | LOCATION | CONTACT | ||
| Araxi Blue Water Cafe CinCin West |
4222 Whistler Village Square 1095 Hamilton Street, Yaletown 1154 Robson Street 2881 Granville Street @ 13th |
Steve Edwards, 604 932 4540 Stephan Cachard, 604 688 8078 Ricardo Ferreira, 604 688 7338 Brian Hopkins, 604 738 8938 |
Bearfoot Bistro Makes Champagne Wishes Come Through for Medallists
Bearfoot owner Andre St-Jacques
From the podium to the party: Winning the very first medal for your country is an athlete’s dream. Paying tribute to the first Olympic Medalist from each country, Bearfoot Bistro has invited medalists and their entourage – friends, family, coaches – to pop an Olympic-sized jeroboam bottle of the prized French bubbly, Moët et Chandon Brut Impérial, on the house.
After the ceremonial champagne sabering with world-record-holder and Bearfoot owner André Saint-Jacques, Olympians’ competitive spirit may urge them to challenge his record of 21 lopped-off bottlenecks in one minute. I think it safe to say that a different training regime would be necessary 
*Medalists please contact Marc DesRosiers at 1 (604) 902-2622 and the Bearfoot Bistro at 1 (604) 932-3433.
And new at Bearfoot for the rest of us non-medallists: Belvedere Ice Room
Guests can step into Canada’s first sub-zero vodka lounge to sample a range of 50 vodkas from around the world. Connoisseurs enter the -25C temperature wearing Canada Goose down parkas and furry winter hats. The Belvedere Ice Room menu features partner plates of gravadlax, oysters and caviar, with vodkas from Russia, Poland, France, Sweden, the Czech Republic, United States, and neighbouring Pemberton.
EBC is Ready to Welcome the World!
EBC president Eric Pateman
The world is here and Edible British Columbia is ready to show off the best of BC.
Edible BC already has over 1,500 people booked for Granville Island Chef Guided Tasting Tours during the Winter Olympics! These private tours will introduce Olympic officials and sponsors from around the globe to our city’s vibrant culinary scene. In the spirit of sport and in appreciation of athletes’ dedication and hard work, WE ARE WELCOMING ALL OLYMPIC ATHLETES TO JOIN OUR GRANVILLE ISLAND MARKET TOURS FREE OF CHARGE.
But you don’t have to be an official part of the Olympics to join in – we also have Public Granville Island Market tours daily, and there are still a number of spaces available. You can taste your way through Granville Island – the culinary heart of our city – with a skilled local chef. Edible BC’s signature tour showcases passionate vendors and aisles bursting with fresh produce, meats, cheeses, charcuterie, seafood and much, much more. Tours are 90 minutes long and $49 per person, plus GST.
During the 2010 Games we will be running our public tours at various times as per the schedule below.
2010 Winter Games Public Granville Island Tour Schedule
Friday, February 12 – 1:30pm
Saturday, February 13 – 1pm
Sunday, February 14 – 1pm
Monday, February 15 – 3:30pm
Tuesday, February 16 – 11:30am
Wednesday, February 17 – 1:30pm
Thursday, February 18 – 2pm
Friday, February 19 – 10:30am
Saturday, February 20 – 12pm
Sunday, February 21 – 12pm
Monday, February 22 – 2:30pm
Tuesday, February 23 – 2:30pm
Wednesday, February 24 – 12:30pm
Thursday, February 25 – 12:30pm
Friday, February 26 – 1pm
Saturday, February 27 – 11am
Sunday, February 28 — 10:30am
All tours must be booked in advance by calling 604.662.3606, by email, in person at the EBC Retail Store, or on our online booking engine.
*Note – Olympic athletes cannot book their complimentary tour online.
Do you have guests coming to town for the Olympics or are you renting out your house? There is no better way to say ‘Welcome to BC’ than with a taste of our province’s artisan foodstuffs from our Granville Island Retail Store. And don’t forget, no one can offer you better selection, service or style when it comes to customized gifts. With over 800 unique BC artisan food products available for individual purchase, gift baskets or amenity kits we can fit every budget.
We look forward to welcoming you – and the world - and showing off the Best of BC!
THIS is Why We Love BC
If this doesn’t give you goosebumps… You Gotta Be Here.
Check out this excellent 90 second Tourism BC Olympic spot showcasing the splendor that is this province:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcJ7KTkeLUA
Many thanks to Sophie Lui for sending us the link
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