Feenie Chocolate Challenge; Hog Shack SWINEFEST Dates Announced

SOUTH GRANVILLE— West restaurant has announced a series of Guest Chef and Wine Dinner events starting on Monday October 21 with Pastaga's chef Martin Juneau collaborating with West's Chef Quang Dang to create a five-course tasting menu from B.C. and Québec ingredients. Tickets are $100 plus tax and gratuity. Others in the series include a visit from San Francisco's Coi chef Daniel Patterson, a Painted Rock winery and Louis M. Martini Napa winery dinners. Contact Owen Knowlton for tickets. [Eaterwire]

RICHMOND— Tickets are now on sale for the annual debauchery that is the Hog Shack SWINEFEST. Hog Shack's Chef @johnlimhing will put together a Kansas City-style BBQ buffet paired with six beers. Prizes are up for grabs and tickets sell out fast. Get yours via Eventbrite. [Eaterwire]

STRATHCONA— Tickets are on sale for the second annual Chocolate Challenge on October 10 at the Gourmet Warehouse. Student cooks and home cooks compete for to win prizes and money raised goes towards the Strathcona Backpack program, which provides food for children in the Downtown Eastside and Strathcona neighbourhoods, filling a "hunger gap" over weekends when school food programs are not available. Tickets are $50 from Gourmet Warehouse (604) 253-3022 or in person and that includes mingling with judges Rob Feenie, Thomas Haas, and Greg Hook. [Eaterwire]