Sunday, May 15, 2022, was the return of the "wildly" popular Spot Prawn Festival at False Creek Fisherman's Wharf. Chefs' Table Society chefs delivered over 2,000 meals and chowders to the ravenous crowd in four (drizzly!) hours:
Steve Rutherford, H Tasting Lounge -
Bonnie Khummuang, Longtail Kitchen
Salvatore Boccarossa Passione Gelato
Demonstration Chefs:
Alex Tung, Host
Andrea Aldridge, Savio Volpe
Julian Bond, Organic Ocean
Tojo Hidekazu, Tojo's
Jenice Yu, FISH
Ned Bell, Naramata Inn
Doug Chang, Ai and Om Knives
Chowder Chefs, Johnny Bridge of Chefs' Table Society of BC and Chef Conor Lowe of Smitty's Oyster House at Gibsons and his team members Murray Flaherty and Nikolay Tchorbadjiysky
Special thanks to our main partners Pacific Prawn Fishermen's Association, False Creek Harbour Authority, as well as, A&B Party Rentals, ROWE Rentals, Two Rivers Meats and GFL Environmental, Caffe Umbria, O'Rourke Winery, Lock & Worth Winery, R&B Brewing
Huge thanks to our volunteers, Margo Baloro, Darice Page, Stephanie Jaeger, Nicole Gomes, Warren Chow, Kate Clay and the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts Student volunteers for lending a hand in the rain!!
Thanks to board members Chef Darren Clay for leading the brunch services, Chef Alex Tung for hosting the demo stage, Chef Johnny Bridge for delivering chowder station and board members Angus An, Sid Cross, Jamie Maw, Tret Jordan, Poyan Danesh.
We hope you enjoyed learning about some incredible sustainability initiatives from the crews at our friends from Oceanwise, Fraser Riverkeepers and Growing Chefs!