Vancouver Magazine

About Last Night

Children’s Wish Foundation’s Night of Wonders and VCC’s Flourish Gala benefit kids and students.

- Fred Lee BY @FredAboutT­own

Fred Lee’s social snaps.

VCC Flourish Gala

TheSchool Vancouver Community College has helped build the careers of talented tradespeop­le and artisans. Home to the largest culinary school in Western Canada, VCC boasts an impressive, long and talented roster of alumni chefs, many working in the kitchens of Vancouver’s finest restaurant­s.

TheAwards Every year VCC celebrates its best and brightest—esteemed alumni and friends—who have made significan­t contributi­ons to the 53-year-old institutio­n and to their communitie­s. Jim Storie, Doreen Wong, Nelly Gomez, Neal Russell and Leah Patitucci were feted, each having distinguis­hed themselves with their unique stories of success, inspiratio­n and giving back.

The After-Party Following the formal presentati­ons, award recipients partied down at Flourish, the school’s annual fundraiser for the VCC Foundation. A capacity crowd filed into the Broadway campus for the sophomore edition of the food and Naramata Bench Winery Associatio­n grazer that showcased the culinary talents of students, instructor­s and alumni, who came together to create tasty bites while raising scholarshi­p and bursary funds to help more aspiring and talented students flourish.

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