Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:04pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present:  Vikram Vij, Tiffany Soper , Robert Clark,  Robert Feenie, , Mary Mackay,  Sid Cross, David Hawksworth, Scott Jaeger, Don Letendre, John Bishop, Andrew Morrison,  Pino Posteraro,  Neil Wyles
Absent: Dino Renaerts, Tony Minichiello, Jamie Maw, Thomas Haas, Karri Schuermans, Julian Bond

Approval of board minutes from December 10th, 2007

  1. Financial
    • $30, 000 GIC
    • $4,500 in cash
    • Tiffany will email invoices to members who still need to renew their annual $25.00 membership fee.
  2. Cooking Lesson
    • DATE: Friday January 18th, 2007
      TIME: 3:00pm, approx 1.5 hours
      LOCATION:Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks
      This private cooking class will consist of a cooking demonstration of recipes, a tasting of each recipe, and BC wine for the guests. The focus of the recipes will be on Pacific Northwest Cuisine, utilizing local, regional and seasonal ingredients. The class will be taught by 2-3 of Vancouver’s top chefs and members of the Chefs Table Society of BC. Net proceeds from the class will be donated to the Chefs Table Society of BC.
  3. BC Foodservice Expo
    • Organizer would like us to have an author’s corner table where some of our chefs (members or board) can promote, sell and sign their cookbooks (John, Pino, Rob Feenie and Vikram have volunteered).  Timing is Sunday Jan 27th from 11am – 5pm, Monday January 28th from 10am – 5pm
    • Can also have a chef’s table society info station at table & sign up new members.  Mary and Tiffany will be present.   Will sell Raffle tickets to chance to win a signed copy of Vancouver Cooks and a $50 gift certificate (Vij’s and Cioppino’s offered gift certificates).  One book and $50 gift certificate per day.
    • Tiffany is to contact Barbara Jo to see how many books the CTS has in storage, books will be used at the show.
  4. Fundraising Event – Dinner at Elixir
    • Fundraising dinner hosted by Don at Opus.  Fermentation (cultured) is the theme of the fundraising dinner.  There will be 5 tables of 10 with a chef, producer and food critic at each table.  The event will be posted on Urban Diner and Tiffany will put out press releases as well.   The 5 course dinner will be prepared by 5 up and coming chefs.   Cost of dinner will be $225 plus tax per person, 35 seats will be sold.  Will also hold a silent auction.
  5. Website

    • New CTS banner will be posted at the top of Urban Diner and links to bios on the board members.
  6. Spot Prawn Festival
    • 2008 spot prawn season will run around May to June.
    • CTS earned $2300.00 from the 2007 spot prawn festival.
    • Tiffany will draft a letter to send to the spot prawn association asking for funding for the 2008 festival.  Will approach Granville Island, False Creek Fishing Wharf and BC fisheries as well.  Board will review the draft letters and sign.
    • The fishing industry is forecasting a $1.00 less per pound for the 2008 season.  Japan is purchasing more shrimp for Chili.
  7. New Business
    • Urban Diner awards will be held on February 18th with over 40 categories of awards.
    • Scott is working on a James Barber scholarship.

Meeting adjourned at 3:01pm

  • Next Board meeting will be held Monday, March 25, 2008, 2pm Vij’s Restaurant.
  • Board meetings will be held the last Monday of every month.  Meetings will not be held in July, August or December.