Guest Chef Series + Wine Dinner Series at West

WEST PRESENTS GUEST CHEF SERIES + WINE DINNER SERIES
Leading Lights of the Food + Wine World On Stage

This autumn we are pleased to present two guest chef dinners and two wine dinners at West.

GUEST CHEF MARTIN JUNEAU OF PASTAGA RESTAURANT – MONTREAL
When
: Monday October 21st at 6:30pm
Cost:
$100 per person + tax + gratuity
Includes five-course dinner, beverages are additional.
Tickets:
Please contact Owen Knowlton at 604 738 8938 or owen@westrestaurant.com to book your table.

Chef Quang Dang is delighted to welcome Chef Martin Juneau of critically-acclaimed Pastaga restaurant to West. Pastaga was named one of enRoute Magazine’s Top New Restaurants in Canada in 2012. The two chefs will collaborate to craft a five-course tasting menu from outstanding British Columbia and Quebec ingredients.

GUEST CHEF DANIEL PATTERSON OF COI RESTAURANT – SAN FRANCISCO
Co-Presented by Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks
When:
Monday, November 4th at 6:30pm
Cost:
$160 per person
Includes five-course dinner + copy of Chef Patterson’s new cookbook, ‘COI’. Beverages are additional.
Tickets:
Please contact Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks at 604-688-6755 to book your table.www.bookstocooks.com

Awarded two Michelin stars and placement on San Pellegrino’s ‘World’s Best Restaurants’ list, COI has captured the palates of San Franciscans and its many visitors as a true culinary destination. Join us at West with special guest Chef Daniel Patterson as he narrates the journey of building his restaurant and its menus through a prism of locality as West Executive Chef Quang Dang cooks a five-course menu drawn from the cookbook.

PAINTED ROCK WINE DINNER – OKANAGAN
Special Guest:
Proprietor, John Skinner
When:
Tuesday November 12th at 6:30pm
Cost:
$140 + tax + gratuity per person.
Includes reception + five-course dinner with each course paired with Painted Rock wines.
Tickets: Please contact Owen Knowlton at 604 738 8938 or owen@westrestaurant.com to book your table.

Restaurant + Wine Director, Owen Knowlton, looks forward to welcoming Proprietor John Skinner for a special collaboration at West. Executive Chef Quang Dang will craft a multi-course tasting menu to complement the evening’s progression of wines. Painted Rock, which refers to the ancient pictographs painted on the bluffs be- hind the estate, produces both single varietals and a signature Bordeaux blend. John Skinner will speak to the history and terroir of the estate and his winemaking methods.

LOUIS M. MARTINI WINE DINNER – NAPA, CALIFORNIA
Special Guest:
Principal + Fine Wine Specialist, Peter Marshall
When
: Tuesday November 26th at 6:30pm
Cost: $140 + tax + gratuity per person
Includes reception + five-course dinner with each course paired with Louis M. Martini wines.
Tickets: Please contact Owen Knowlton at 604 738 8938 or owen@westrestaurant.com to book your table.

Join Restaurant Director Owen Knowlton as he welcomes Proprietor + Fine Wine Specialist Peter Marshall. Mr. Marshall will describe the production techniques and flavour profiles of each of the wines, served in concert with reception hors d’oeuvres and a five-course menu by West Executive Chef Quang Dang. Their historic Martini winery crafts very high calibre chardonnays, zinfandels and their signature cabernet sauvignons. Their 2008 cabernet sauvignon lot 1 was rated 93 points by Wine Advocate.

WEST RESTAURANT + BAR
2881 Granville Street, Vancouver
westrestaurant.com
604 738 8938

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