Wild BC Seafood Fest – August 28th, 2010

Discover and celebrate wild BC seafood! Salmon, sardines, and sablefish. Fun for the whole family. Cooking demos with BC’s top chefs, free samples and recipes, wild BC seafood sales, market area, kids activities, live entertainment and more.

Saturday, August 28th, 2010 – 11 am to 4 pm

Steveston Harbour Authority Fisherman’s Park (Moncton & 3rd Avenue), Steveston, BC (in front of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site)

Cooking demonstrations hosted by Kosta Zogaris with:

• Tojo, Owner & Executive Chef, Tojo’s Restaurant
• Neil Taylor, Executive Chef, Cibo Trattoria
• Stephen Wong, Cookbook Author & Journalist

www.WildBCSeafoodFest.com

Read the official media release below:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 14, 2010
Third Annual
WILD BC SEAFOOD FEST … wild BC salmon, sablefish and sardines

Saturday, August 28th, 2010
Richmond, BC: The increasingly popular Wild BC Seafood Fest will take place on Saturday, August 28th between
11:00 am and 4:00 pm at the Steveston Harbour Authority Fisherman’s Park (in front of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery
National Historic Site • 12138 Fourth Avenue) in the fishing community of Steveston, Richmond, BC. This third
annual celebration is a free outdoor public event to celebrate and enjoy wild BC salmon, sablefish and sardines!

Join members of BC’s commercial fishing industry and some of BC’s most acclaimed chefs and seafood experts as
they demonstrate a variety of amazing wild BC seafood recipes and provide tips on buying, storing, preparing and
even eating some of our favourite wild BC seafood. Plus sample their amazing creations and receive copies of the
featured recipes to savour them at home!

This year’s special guest chefs include: Tojo (Owner and Executive Chef of Tojo’s Restaurant, Vancouver, BC) who
will feature contemporary wild BC sablefish creations; Neil Taylor (Executive Chef of Cibo Trattoria, Vancouver,
BC) who will present Mediterranean inspired wild BC sardine creations; and, Stephen Wong (Vancouver journalist,
food and beverage consultant and cookbook author) who will present Asian inspired wild BC salmon recipes. Award-
winning fishmonger from The Salmon Shop and Screaming Mimi’s in North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Quay Market,
Kosta Zogaris will also add incredible information and enthusiasm as the cooking stage MC.

Other event activities will guarantee fabulous fun and feasting for all: learn all about wild BC salmon, sablefish and
sardines direct from fishermen and other members of the industry; buy wild BC salmon, sablefish and sardines
straight from the fishermen at the Steveston dock; buy value-added wild BC salmon, sablefish and sardine products
from specialty vendors in the Market Area; partake in the kids’ activities; and, listen to the live entertainment provided
by Richmond’s popular Darren Specht and the Blues-Hawks. And visit the expanded, very popular Market Area to
purchase delicious wild BC seafood creations from popular local restaurants, and the best specialty food products that
BC has to offer to prepare delectable meals at home showcasing wild BC salmon, sablefish and sardines as well as
vegetables, fruit, baked goods and more!

Wild BC Seafood Fest is presented by the Canadian Pacific Sardine Association, Canadian Sablefish Association and BC
Salmon Marketing Council. The Canadian Pacific Sardine Association, Canadian Sablefish Association and BC Salmon
Marketing Council are non-profit, legally constituted organizations representing permit holders in the management and
marketing of their respective wild BC seafood fisheries.

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For event information:
Sandra Merk, Event Co-ordinator
Insight Productions
Direct Phone: 604.535.9828, E-mail: srmerk@shaw.ca

For information regarding wild BC salmon:
Gigi Egan, Chair
BC Salmon Marketing Council, www.bcsalmon.ca
Phone: 250.642.3551, E-mail: gigi@bcsalmon.ca

For information regarding wild BC sardines:
Don Pepper, Executive Director
Canadian Pacific Sardine Association , www.bcsardines.com
Phone: 604.303.0141, E-mail dapepper@shaw.ca

For information regarding wild BC sablefish:
Mark Baggio, Marketing Director
Canadian Sablefish Association, www.canadiansablefish.com
Direct Phone: 778.318.4047