Chef Guided Market Experiences

Have you ever wanted to go shopping with a chef and learn their favorite places, learn what they look for in certain ingredients, ask them questions about recipes, and just get inspired? Whether you are a local or a visitor to our fabulous city, Edible BC has a tour for you!

Edible BC's tours are unique in that every one of them is led by one of the top chefs in the province. This affords our guests the opportunity to interact and ask questions that you may not get the chance to otherwise, and also to experience the city from a chef's perspective. What better way to get to know the local food culture!

Currently, Edible BC offers tour of 3 distinct culinary areas in the city, and more are on the way.

Chinatown

Come and experience Canada's largest Chinatown with its incredible heritage, and even better food. Local Chinese Canadian chef's Stephanie Yuen and Dora Ho will lead you through the magical blocks while you sample tea, BBQ meats, bakery items, and so much more! If you have time, and large appetite and want to learn more about Chinese dining, stay on for the Dim Sum lunch and experience one of our favorite hole in the wall restaurants.

Granville Island Public Market

Edible BC's signature tour (and most popular) takes locals and visitors alike on a tour of BC's culinary mecca. Discover isles filled with fresh produce, meats, cheeses, charcuterie, seafood and much, much more. Local chefs Gurj Dhaliwal, Rosanna Ascencio and EBC President & Founder Eric Pateman will take you through this Vancouver institution and open your eyes to Vancouver's food culture.

This is not just a tour for visitors as we have even had locals who have shopped the market for years do the tour more than once (3 times in one case) as we open their eyes to many new places that they did not even know existed. This is the perfect opportunity to refresh your cooking routine!

Commercial Drive (Italian District)

Vancouver's Italian district is know for its plethora of restaurants, sports bars and of course, great coffee, but let Edible BC show you so much more!

Local chefs, Eric Pateman, Dora Ho and Dana Reinhardt will introduce you to the families that make up one of Vancouver's most traditional areas. Experience a charcuterie shop where the prices have not been raised in more then 12 years (worth the price of admission alone!), Vancouver's best cup of coffee, as well as a traditional italian bakery. With a stop at Trout Lake Farmer's market as well as an Italian Deli where we will learn about cheese, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, pasta, polenta, risotto and more, this is not a tour to be missed!

Sign Up Today!

To join us for any of our chef-guided market experiences, simply click on titles above which will take you to the respective tour page, and you can sign up online, or feel free to give us a call at (604) 812-9660 to make your booking over the phone.

Each tour is limited to only 8 people so that you will be able to ask lots of questions and have a very personal tour. Each tour is tailored to the group, so every tour is different.

These tours are also great for groups coming into Vancouver and we can handle up to 24 people at a time (using 3 guides), so book your next group outing with us!

Participants on the tours will receive an Edible BC tote bags filled with recipes, notes, a discount coupon for our retail store at Granville Island, water and more!

For answers to many of your other questions, visit our "Frequently Asked Questions" page for all the answers.

Hurry and sign up today and we look forward to having you join us!