The 20th Annual Spot Prawn Festival is made possible due to the generosity of our sponsors, who have been with us since the beginning and some new friends we made along the way:
Pacific Prawn Fishermen Association (PPFA) and their fishermen
🦐 Beverage Partners🦐
🦐 Marketplace Partners🦐
BC Crab Fishermen’s Association
Oceanwise
Chefs presenting brunch, chowder & demonstrations
Wonderful volunteer team including students from PICA & our Chefs’ Table Society of BC Board
2026 Brunch Chefs
Ben Kiely, PICA
Bobby Milheron, Maxine’s Café and Bar
Christopher Janowski, Sunflower Café
David Lee, Vancouver Aquarium
Jay Park, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar
Jitin Kapoor, Glowbal
Justin Starr, Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House
Kailash Chandra, Sula Indian Restaurant
Lina Caschetto, Say Hey Cafe
Malindi Taylor & Alex Guido, Fanny Bay Oyster Bar
Manu Furnier, Casereccio Foods
Raimund Heuser, Blue Water Café
Steve Kuan, Torafuku
Tyler Prevette, Folietta Ristorante & Bar
Ysmael Media/Catalino III Javier, Halina Modern Filipino Kitchen + Bar
BC Spot Prawn Demonstration Stage
Chef Alex Tung, host of the demo stage and CTS Education Co-Chair once again curated an incredible group of talented chefs to deliver cooking demonstrations, share tips, techniques, and inspiration for cooking with BC Spot Prawns. Always entertaining and educational!
Chris Irving, Chef Chris Irving
Cheryl Chang, Nourish
Chanthy Yen, Touk
Vish Mayekar, ELEM
Ying Gao, Araxi
Benedict Lim, The Lunch Lady
For the 20th Anniversary, we had a special panel discussion at the end of the demonstrations about sustainable seafood. Panelists included: Chef Robert Clark, who was one of the CTS board members to start the Spot Prawn Festival and has been awarded the Order of Canada for Sustainability, Mike McDermott and Chef Charlotte Langley, Ambassador for MSC Certified Sustainable Fishing.
BC SPOT PRAWN CHOWDER
Lead by CTS Competition Chair & Treasurer, Poyan Danesh and his new business Mava Foods Ltd
