Join Chef Alex Chen, Wine Director JP Potters and the acclaimed team at Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar as they tempt eye and palate alike at an ultra-exclusive private dining event. Always a highlight of Cornucopia, guests will enjoy a decadent multi-course luncheon prepared before their very eyes, all expertly paired with top wineries from British Columbia and beyond. A classically trained chef who led Team Canada to a top-10 finish at the 2013 edition of the prestigious Bocuse d’Or culinary competition in Lyon, France, Chen won the national 2018 Canadian Culinary Championship crown this past February and was also named Chef of the Year by Vancouver Magazine in 2018, while Boulevard was also singled out as Best Seafood and Best Upscale at the magazine’s prestigious Restaurant Awards.
Chef Bio: Chef Alex Chen
A pedigreed chef, mentor and culinary champion, Alex Chen has led the kitchen team at Vancouver’s acclaimed Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar since its opening in 2014. He has earned numerous accolades, including a top-10 finish at the 2013 Bocuse d’Or, the national Canadian Culinary Championship crown in 2018, and Vancouver Magazine’s 2018 ‘Chef of the Year’. In November 2018 he became the first challenger to best an Iron Chef when he defeated Hugh Acheson on the fourth episode of the inaugural season of The Food Network Canada’s Iron Chef Canada. More recently, Alex helped Boulevard earn the No. 31 spot on the prestigious annual ranking of Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants 2019 and back-to-back titles in the Best Seafood and Best Upscale categories at the 2018 and ’19 editions of the Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards.
Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar redefines the fine art of dining with subtle, unexpected and playful approaches to cuisine, service and style. From the all-star front-of-house team to the acute attention to detail in design to the understated elegance of the restaurant’s seafood-focused cuisine infused with casual West Coast flair, Boulevard sets forth an uncompromising standard of excellence guaranteed to capture the attention of food-savvy Vancouver residents and visitors on plate and palate alike. Paired with exceptional service, a wide-ranging selection of cocktails and true European ambiance in a traditional-yet-modern setting, Boulevard — winner of the 2018 Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Awards for Best Seafood and Best Upscale — offers breakfast (6:30 to 11 a.m.), lunch (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.), dinner (5 to 11 p.m.) and late-night service until 1 a.m. seven days a week, as well as weekend brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and happy hour from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Room set-up/format: Set menu. Each course paired with a beverage.
Attire: Smart Casual
Location: Private residence
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